Reading Time: < 1 minute Maybe your New Year’s this year wasn’t all you hoped it would be. Instead of celebrating and having a delightful time with all your cronies, you got too drunk, became belligerent, and passed out before midnight came around. This is too bad, but there is good news–you can attempt a New Years round two! Tomorrow […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are many questions whirling through our minds about the future. For instance, I’ve often wondered if it’s only a matter of time before a mad scientist constructs robots that transcend and enslave humans. But there are other questions to be asked. For example, is the time at hand when we deploy robots to fight […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Jan. 26 the Animal Allies Club in conjunction with the Cinema Studies Club and Peace and Justice Studies Club sponsored a showing of the 2009 film “The Cove.” “The Cove” is a documentary about the yearly dolphin slaughters that take place in the city of Taiji, Japan. Jorgen Hansen, Co-President of the AAC, said […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the lights began to dim in the Madsen Recital Hall on the evening of Jan. 28, the chattering of students was silenced by abnormal sounds from the future. The Utah Crosstalk, an electronic collaboration between BYU and U of U, sounded nothing like popular electronic music from, say, Ratatat or Explosions in the Sky. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of Utah’s great poet’s, Joel Long, read sections of his most popular book “Winged Insects” in SC 206 on Jan. 28 as part of the “Happenings in Humanities” event. The work from which he read won him the “Mayor’s Artist Award for Literary Arts” at The Utah Arts Festival. His poems have been published […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When considering lodgings, hostels come to the forefront of any come to forefront of any travelers mind.While hostels can be cheap and inexpensive, don’t be afraid to roll your sleeping bag out on a beach, it may save you 15 bucks a day. In some countries that extra cash can prolong your travels by weeks. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes We associate feet with shoes, socks, walking and even odor, but they are not generally associated with art — and yet the Synergy Dance Company has defied connotations of mundanity and reminded their audiences of the human foot’s artistic potential. On Jan. 21, the company put on a show titled “Recapture” at the Orem Public […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Many dance performances are so generic that when recounting the event it is difficult for audience members to recall what they’ve seen. This was absolutely not the case for last week’s performance by Vibe Productions titled “Move” and performed at Covey Center for the Arts. “Move” was a immensely exciting production, choreographed and performed by […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stereotypes exist because of differences in race, religion, beliefs and age. These stereotypes are what make many people associate Muslims with terrorism. However, Aliya Sultanova from Kyrgyzstan who is here at UVU studying finance, feels that these stereotypes are incorrect and most people don’t see the good side of Muslims. “Not all Muslims are terrorists, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Moved by the recent devastation in Haiti, its increasing death toll and the widespread suffering. In an effort to aid the victims of this tragedy, It’s Yoga held a Haiti Earthquake Relief/ Red Cross Fundraiser on Jan. 23 through four yoga workshop classes. The studio, located in the Shops at Riverwoods in Provo, requested a […]