Swindlers receive their just desserts in local performance

March 1, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes How much money would you pay to witness two self-absorbed womanizers receive a well-deserved comeuppance? This is the experience currently offered at Hale Center Theater in Orem in their stage production of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” showing through April 24. The production, which is based on the 1988 comedic film, follows the debonair Lawrence Jameson, played […]

Wolverine Senior to hang up shoes after this season

March 1, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes After four seasons as a Wolverine, Utah Valley’s Blake Reynolds will graduate in April to go on and further her education by pursuing a master’s degree in health care administration. Reynolds grew up in Boise, Idaho and started playing basketball in seventh grade and says, “I picked it up and I loved it.” Although Reynolds […]

Night School

February 22, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Night students at UVU are interviewed and asked about night school. Also, a Pro’s and Con’s list is provided.

Maha Shiva Radha

February 22, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple stands as a rare gem among the largely homogeneous Utah culture. While most were celebrating romantic love on Feb. 14, the Krishnas, along with a large crowd of guests, worshipped Lord Shiva by observing his favorite day through dance, sacred ceremonies, chanting, music and feasting. “Typically it is a […]

Students on stamps

February 22, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes For an increasing number of students, food stamps have become a necessity for living. “I went to the government for help with groceries when I was pregnant,” said Mel Sundquist, a student at UVU who is on the WIC program. “WIC is a supplement – it does not provide enough food for your entire diet. […]

Wolverines dominate in home finale

February 22, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes After suffering a tough loss at the hands of the number-one ranked Iowa Hawkeyes, the Wolverines exacted revenge on the nearly helpless South Dakota State Jackrabbits last week. UVU cruised to a 38-6 drubbing to get back on the winning track. “Just like in previous matches, our guys came out and really tried to wrestle […]

Love U2

February 22, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes My poor roommate. One minute I’m saying how happy I am that today I finally put down my deposit for the English department’s summer study abroad: London! Last time I was out of the country, I was three. But then I get a text from a friend, and the next minute I’m throwing my cell […]

Time to cut out the middle men

February 22, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Each semester some 60 percent of undergraduate students in the U.S. voluntarily let a specter haunt their lives as they take on the burden of a student loan in order to pay for school. Those who have loans experience the cold wind and sinking feeling, which deepen every semester as their graduation date approaches and […]

Chaffetz: The Nayonator

February 16, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes When you think about Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah District 3) what comes to mind? Perhaps his embarrassing outburst toward TSA officials. Maybe it’s his leg wresting match with Steven Colbert on “The Colbert Report.” If these events are all that you know about Chaffetz, you’re not alone. Chaffetz isn’t known for pushing hard to get […]

Beads, boobs, and booze

February 16, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a white chick from Pleasant Grove that grew up Mormon, I knew very little about Mardi Gras. I could spell it, I knew beads were somehow involved, and I had a feeling that it took place somewhere in the South. Years later, I’m still a white chick and I still know very little about […]