Reading Time: 3 minutes New Noorda Theatre demonstrates that dreams do come true “We’re going places!” exclaimed James Arrington, chair of the Theatrical Arts department, at the Sept. 11 ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Noorda Theatre. Made possible by a generous gift from Tye Noorda, the state-of-the-art facility is more than just a performance theater. It will also […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Sept. 8, President Obama gave a speech before the nation’s K-12 public school students to ring in the new school year on a high note. Or at least he spoke before most of them. You see, some people didn’t think schoolchildren should hear the president speak – after all, he is a pinko-commie-socialist community […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr. Daniel Horns, Chair of the Dept. Earth Science, recently returned from a nine week summer semester abroad teaching geology for the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program. Complete with wireless internet, an 8000-volume library, a faculty lounge and even a merchandise store the MV Explorer is a passenger ship that circumnavigates the globe […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU Aviation Club is hosting a barbeque Sept. 17, 2009 for the organization’s annual opening social. Students are invited to come mingle with professional and student pilots and to tour UVU’s facilities at the Provo airport. Students can check out airplanes as well as have any questions about piloting careers answered. There will also […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Look, when I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point.” My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington. I honor — we honor — the service of John McCain, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. You can put […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes I may be talking to the student body president but by the way he constantly drums his fingers on his desk, you’d think he was the nervous one. Trevor Tooke reaches into his drawer and displays two drumsticks, explaining that he has a pair in his desk at all times. “I used to be in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Current and former UVU students and filmmakers, Travis Low and Torben Bernhard, are soon screening their film, “The Sonosopher: Alex Caldiero in Life… in Sound” at UVU, documenting an unusual teacher and his unconventional relationship with language, art and life. The film is based around the creative process of Alex Caldiero, and the duo plans […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute He is a mad poet. He is an award-winning artist. He is a self-proclaimed sonsopher. He is an unconventional teacher. He is absolutely unpredictable. He is undeniably moving. He, of course, is Alex Caldiero. Being a pupil in one of Caldiero’s classes is an experience one doesn’t easily forget. Whether he brings a bongo to […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sandy may implement restrictions on adult shops The Sandy City Council may issue a zoning ordinance to restrict the location of stores selling alcohol and tobacco. The council will limit the distribution of permits to adult shops in an attempt to steer them away from areas highly populated by children, such as near schools. This […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Sept. 15, UVU’s Continuing Education department started its first iLife class of the season. Every Macintosh comes with a set of multimedia tools built to help users make the most of their digitized photos, movies and music, as well as record their own albums, create DVDs and publish websites. Together, iPhoto, iMovie, Garage Band, […]