UVU posts rare home loss

January 19, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The men’s basketball team played the Fighting Sioux of North Dakota in its second Great West Conference game of the season, losing 67-62. This was North Dakota’s first conference game and they came into the game with a dismal record of 2-14 overall, losing 11 of its last 12. However, don’t let the record fool […]

Four more years!: Velour flourishes in the valley

January 19, 2010

Reading Time: 4 minutes Velour Live Music Gallery (or, alternatively for BYU students, “The Velour”) has been a local treasure ever since it first opened its doors in January 2006. My memories of the venue stretch back to Fall 2005, when a bunch of local musicians, myself included, got together to help Velour owner Corey Fox renovate his newly […]

Bramble’s Gamble

January 19, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Currently, online pharmacies are illegal in every state. But with his new bill, Provo State Senator Curt Bramble aims to make Utah the first exception. Companies have been negotiating for years with the state to legitimize prescribing medications online. Currently, KwikiMed.com is the only online pharmacy sanctioned by the U.S. government, and in 2002 KwikiMed […]

New science and health building depends on student involvement

January 19, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes This past week, David Jordan, assistant dean of the College of Science and Health, shed new light on the proposed addition to the Science and Health building. Jordan seems hopeful as the addition is currently number two on the university’s priority list of building projects in need of state funding. After the list is presented […]

A new year, a new start

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Being the connoisseur of new-age narcissism that I am, I delight in making my yearly New Years Rezes. With the beginning of a new year, we have a prime opportunity to change ourselves for the better and reach the goals in our life that we just haven’t yet been able to attain. Here are just […]

Events Calendar–Jan. 11-17

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 5 minutes Editor’s Pick of the Week: UVU Men’s and Women’s basketball will both be playing here at home in the McKay Events Center on Thursday, Jan. 14. Come out and support our school’s athletes as they go head to head with North Dakota. The Women’s game will start at 4:30 p.m. and the Men’s at 7 […]

UVU looks for GWC win over Fighting Sioux

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The conclusion of the semester break marked the end of the preseason for the UVU men’s basketball team. After dropping the three final non-conference games against Cal, Furman and UT Arlington, the Wolverines are back and ready for conference play. After hosting Chicago State in the conference opener, the Wolverines prepare to welcome North Dakota, […]

Indulge your inner creativity with locally produced art

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Springville Museum of Art (SMOFA), Utah’s most historic museum dedicated to the visual arts, is now featuring five new exhibitions as of Jan. 5. The “Natural Revelations” exhibit, featuring 23 engaging works of art created by the gifted Susan Swartz, emphasizes the inherent beauty of natural Utah landscapes. While Swartz initially pursued more traditionalist […]

The Correctionary: Free Market

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Milton Friedman once said that a lack of belief in freedom itself is what supports most arguments against free market economics. It could also be said that most uses of the term “free market” rely on a fallacious understanding of freedom, even by those who do believe in it, especially burgeoning students and future capitalists […]