Your Story Matters: Mental Health Benefit Concert

October 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Collin Cooper | @coop.97 Saturday night, I got to attend the Mental Health benefit concert put on by Hope For Help in our own Grand Ballroom. The event started with an explanation of the movement, and an introduction of the idea that your story matters. They invited the group of students in attendance to stand […]

Gyros at Greek-n-Go

April 24, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes A couple of years ago I had a gyro at a street vender in New York city. My initial thought was that I did not like it and I would probably never go to a restaurant/street vender that specialized in gyros again. For those of you who do not know what a gyro is it […]

This Will Destroy You at Urban Lounge

April 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reagan High | Staff Writer | @HighReagan On Friday March 27 I saw the Texas band, This Will Destroy You. TWDY can be given the blanket term of “post-rock,” but with their last two albums they have really transcended that label. Their 2011 album Tunnel Blanket can be described as a dark and daunting ‘doomgaze’ trip […]

Noodle King brings Vietnamese to Provo

March 13, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chris Lefteroff | Staff Writer Do you know what Pho is? It’s okay if you don’t. I didn’t find out it was a Vietnamese noodle soup until just a couple weeks ago. The first time I went to eat Vietnamese food was at a restaurant named Pho Plus. The food was interesting and I thought […]

Thoughts on Velour’s Open Mic Night and the Provo music scene

March 9, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reagan High | Staff Writer Open mic night at the Provo music venue Velour is, to be quite honest, hit or miss. I seem to always be invited by a friend every couple of weeks to this event and then consequently spend about two hours on auto-pilot while various renditions of current top 40 indie-folk […]

Grocery grab: Stouffer’s Pepperoni Pizza Mac & Cheese

March 9, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes I saw a photo of Stouffer’s Limited Edition Pepperoni Pizza Mac & Cheese on the food blog The Impulsive Buy  (I’m obsessed. Go read it) and immediately sent the picture to my mom and said that we needed to go hunt it down. We found it easily at Target and were giddy to try it […]

Fast food find: Zaxby’s

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Haley Madison | Blog Editor | @haleyshantelle   I have only heard extreme opinions on Zaxby’s. My brother-in-law who lived in Georgia for 2 years loves it. My sister who is currently living in Georgia hates it. My friend who tried it when it first opened in Orem was not impressed. Since they are popping […]

Portland Cello Project to play in Salt Lake

February 24, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor  On Saturday night, a posse of cellists (and a drummer) is playing a conglomerate of indie, hip hop, jazz and pop covers at The State Room. The Portland Cello Project is on tour to showcase their new album, an homage to Elliott Smith, called To E.S. but are coming […]