Reading Time: 2 minutes Thinking of a vacation this summer? Looking to encounter attractive people? Eliecer Andres Trillos, a senior in International Business from Bucaramanga, Colombia, recommends his country as worthy of a summer visit and shares some of its most interesting features. “Colombia is a country rich in nature. They have people that are friendly and an experience […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The evening began with the beating of drums and a song inviting the universe to join us. On Feb. 1, a large crowd packed into the storytelling wing of the Orem library to watch the group of Native American dancers called Morningstar. The children sat on woven blankets and listened quietly as Gary Field, a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Monday, Feb. 8: Service in the Zone: The Zone, Student Center, 11 a .m. -1:30 p.m. The Belle of Amherst: Covey Center for the Arts, 7 p.m., $10 admission. (Showing through Feb. 13). Tuesday, Feb. 9: The Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet: SC 206 g&h, 6 p.m. -7 p.m. A Thousand Cranes presented by BYU: […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hilary Demske’s fingers danced gracefully across the keys, in a shining performance at her piano recital on Feb. 1 at the Ragan theatre. A Texas native, Demske has a Doctorate in Performing Arts from the University of Michigan and was also schooled at other prominent institutions such as The Juilliard School and The Peabody Conservatory […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The near-capacity crowd began to grow restless as the house lights were dimmed and spotlights bounced around the arena like a psychedelic light show. With celebrities in attendance and the representation of an entire community on hand, Ronnie Price – UVU’s favorite son – was about to be inducted into the university’s athletic hall of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Many children dream of running away to the circus, and though the New Shanghai Circus is not what people might typically envision, it just might be the circus to run away to. They might not be the classic three ring circus with performing animals, but these Chinese daredevils certainly don’t disappoint. The crowded theater waited […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Desert Fathers sounds like it would be a pretty good band name, but the phrase actually refers to Christianity’s first hermits, ascetics and monks, who, in the third century, retreated to the outskirts of the Scetes Desert in Egypt. Men like Abba Antonius, Pachiomus of Thebes, and St. Paul the First Hermit eschewed the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Our campus has more than 600 veterans currently using GI Bill funds to pay for tuition. The UVU Review is in the process of featuring veteran’s stories in this column, and this issue’s focus is Brian Terry, an aviation major now in his third year, and 50 credits away from his goal of a degree […]
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 […]