A Legend brought to life

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Owing to its considerable beauty and symbolic formations, Mount Timpanogos is surrounded by many legends. From the southwest, the Timpanogos peaks are said resemble the silhouette of a sleeping woman, and internally resides the Heart of Timpanogos, a magnificent stalactite which has the appearance of a human heart. A ballet adaptation, “Legend,” was created based […]

A fresh musical concoction

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The third full-length album from the Gorillaz is quite a potpourri of genre and style — “Plastic Beach” plays more like a mix tape than an established band’s tight concept. But what else could we expect from a duo made up of comic book creator Jamie Hewlett and Britpop superstar Damon Albarn, whose brand-new album […]

Arts and Culture Calender

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute March 8: –  Shamrock Shindig: Thanksgiving Point, $8-$10, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. –  Substance Abuse Groups: SC 221, 12 – 1:50 p.m. March 9: -Feed the Arts Scholarship Lunch, Terra Mia Ristorante,12 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. –  Nutrition Fair: UVU Hall of Flags, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., through March 10. March 10: –  UVU […]

A choice between love and duty

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes On March 3, in a small theater where the front row nearly crosses the threshold of the stage, the audience experienced an intimate and emotional journey about love and choice. At the BYU Margetts theatre, the BYU department of theater and media arts presented a thrilling production of “Blood Wedding” by Federico Garcia Lorca. “Federico […]

Equaleyes yourself: Idaho jam-band coming to Utah

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Equaleyes, a jam-rock band from Idaho, will be gracing Salt Lake City soon with their diversified sound. Their music, as lead singer and guitarist Jeff Crosby says, is centered on creating positive experiences. “With our music, we try to convey a sense of togetherness, having a good time and freedom,” Crosby says. And certainly freedom […]

Affirmative distractions

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes It was just another day at Capitol Hill when our hungry public representatives did what they wanted under the political guise of “doing what’s right.” Last week Rep. Curtis Oda introduced a new resolution to amend the Utah Constitution and end preferential treatment, or what might be better known as “affirmative action.” It’s a legal […]

Tutus, Triptychs, Timpani & Two-Minute Soliloquies

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many aspects of UVU’s diverse academic community are underappreciated, one of which is the School of the Arts. But an event on Feb. 24 and 25 titled “Tutus, Triptychs, Timpani & Two-Minute Soliloquies” provided an opportunity for over 100 students and faculty members to shine. Many lined up and filled the Ragan Theater waiting to […]

Four Year Strong

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since their 2007 release of “Rise or Die Trying,” the happycore rockers comprising  Four Year Strong have kept busy touring nonstop and putting out a collection of 90s cover songs. Finally, on March 9 their most recent endeavor, “Enemy of the World,” will hit shelves as their first major label release. The first song, “It […]

Scripture Technology: World’s Only Gutenberg In Provo

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes A German goldsmith living in the 1450s hid from the Catholic Church to invent what would not only bring the world out of the Dark Ages but become the first technology to spread information to the masses in the same revolutionary way the internet has led to an explosion of information accessibility today: the Gutenburg […]