Despite having unfortunate, short commercial breaks, the stand out film of 2010 is going to be Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks reuniting in the flick You’ve Got G-mail. Yes, the technology driven romance theme is back and it is still conveniently based on the internet.
Rob McDowell isn’t your typical UVU student: he has long hair, dislikes authority, and likes to make fellow students ‘think’ about things. One of the ways he does this is by sitting in a different seat every time he goes to his Psychology class. “I just want to make students think, you know?”, McDowell said.
Men have been struggling to solve the mystery that is the female thought process for centuries with little success. Given that women are the more complicated sex, it seems only fair to expose a few of the simple ways a man can please a woman in a relationship.
In a tribute to the fan(s), Ryan Toolson’s season total of 666 points matched the attendance over the season at the games. The 23.8 per game clip is great as far as scoring goes, but wasn’t quite the crowd level that Director of Athletics Mike Jacobsen had hoped for.
In a press conference last week, UVU Director of Athletics Mike Jacobsen announced that the Wolverines will begin playing football in 2011. After being in the shadows of the major universities in the state, UVU will begin the process of implementing a football team as soon as next year.
In a 7 vs. 2 vote last Friday, Utah Park Service officials announced that they have extended the boundaries of this year’s elk hunt to include parts of southwestern Orem and northern Provo. The decision largely hinged on two issues: persuading new hunters to join in helping thin the growing elk population and game dispersion over a few wide geographic areas in the former boundaries.
The number one show to see in the valley this spring won’t be found at a typical reserved-seat theater that will forever smell like the octogenarians who frequently attend performances. This contemporary display of human interaction is so avant garde that it does not have a title, regular venue, script, or consistent cast.
The UVU Review is now accepting applications for positions on the staff for the 2009-2010 school year. All positions, except for Editor-In-Chief, may be applied for. To apply, simply print the PDF file here, fill it out, and bring it one of our editors in The UVU Review newsroom.
Each spring, Peace and Justice Studies hosts a conference on a timely and important topic. Last year’s conference, discussing the topic of nuclear weapons, drew more than 1,200 attendees. This year’s dialogue will discuss genocide prevention. Four of the world’s foremost genocide scholars will come to campus (the schedule can be viewed below; details and biographical information about the speakers included).
Construction has begun on the west side of campus for the new Hal Wing Track and Field Facility located north of the soccer fields. The $1.2 million project will be completed by fall 2009. It will have a 1,500 seating capacity for spectators to watch UVU’s track and field team compete.
Award-winning author of “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” Stephen R. Covey spoke on campus last Tuesday as part of UVUSA’s symposium “A New U.” Covey explained to the student audience the world they will enter after college and how to land any job.
CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS MATH LAB AND PEER TUTORING PROGRAMS RECEIVE CERTIFICATION- After more than three years of completing self-studies, gathering data and submitting reports, UVU’s Math Lab and Peer Tutoring programs were recognized with the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) Distinguished Certification in its national conference held in Greensboro, N.
With five weeks left until the last day of spring semester, it can only mean that summer is just around the corner. This summer offers the opportunity for students to take classes with a variety of options of different sessions. There are many benefits of attending summer semester.
As part of the clubs and organizations involved with the UVU service coalition, the first annual UVolunteer week will take place March 30 through April 4. “It is an effort to create more traditions at UVU, and especially to help students form a lifelong tradition of volunteering,” said Richard Portwood, president of UVU service council.
Tanya Brown, the ex sister-in-law of O.J. Simpson, recently spoke on campus about domestic violence prevention. Brown holds a bachelor’s in counseling psychology and has completed one year of her master’s degree. UVU REVIEW had the opportunity to sit down with Brown and ask about domestic violence and her personal views on the O.
