Soccer claims Great West Conference Championship

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute UVU used a second-half goal by Katey Turner to claim the first ever GWCC with a win over Houston Baptist last week. The goal came as Brianne Larsen passed the ball to Turner who dribbled to the top of the box, and banged it home to secure the win. “I told her halftime that I […]

Time to press the panic button?

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes For Utah Jazz fans there are two ways of looking at the rocky start into which the team has stumbled early this season. After a discouraging loss to the Boston Celtics, the Jazz are 3-5 and chemistry seems to be a big issue. Utah has lost games to the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and Sacramento […]

BLOG: Make this Christmas a digital one

November 12, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute I know it’s a bit early to talk about Christmas, but, hey, Thanksgiving usually gets neglected anyways… right? Well if you’re already thinking about what gifts you intend to buy your friends/family/comrades, you could get some sweet digital portraits made for them. UVU artist Jess Smart Smiley is taking orders between now and Nov. 25 […]

BLOG: Joe the Plumber, come to plumb

November 11, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute So apparently Joe the Plumber is coming to UVU.  There’s been some initial backlash to the news, but I kinda don’t get why everyone’s so upset.  Think back a ways.  When we became a university, much was made of the fact that we were “not losing our roots as a trade school”. And our school […]

Letting go with meditation- An interview with UVU Philosophy professor Wayne Hanewicz

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 4 minutes What sparked your interest in meditation? Over the years, I’ve met a number of Buddhists and talked to them about meditation. Also, my doctorate includes a strong area in personality theory and psychiatry. That, when combined with teaching philosophy, one can’t help but think about the relationship of human consciousness and how we live in […]

Wanna quit smoking? Try meditation

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 4 minutes There are many methods that supposedly help one to quit smoking cigarettes. And over the nine years that I smoked, I tried most of them. However, only one of them has provided long lasting effects, and this method did so with great ease and little anxiety or side-effects. That method: Meditation. Follow the instructions below, […]

On not being Australian

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ello all. This week I wanted to clear up some fallacies about my person. In my time here in Orem, I don’t go a day without someone asking me where I’m from or guessing that I’m from Australia, South Africa or Sweden (don’t ask). I wonder if there are many other Australian people out there […]

Finish it! Infinite Jest

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes INFINATE JEST is enormous in many regards. THE INTIMIDATION FACTORS: Its sheer girth — it’s nearly the size of a phone book, and thicker than some. 1079 pages stare you down, laughing at the amount of your assigned pages for homework. 388 must-read footnotes spanning 96 pages. Wallace himself once said the novel is structured […]

Events calendar

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 7 minutes Editor’s Pick of the Week Muse Music, in downtown Provo, will be hosting their annual Battle of the Bands competition starting Monday, Nov. 9 and ending with a final competition on Saturday, Nov. 14.  The show will begin at 8 p.m. each night and the cost is 5 dollars. For more information call 801-377-MUSE or […]