Reading Time: 3 minutes Utah Valley University’s Taylor Swift Fans Celebrate Re-Recording of “Red” + “All Too Well” Short Film Senior writer, Kaylie Webster Taylor Swift released her re-recorded “Red” album on Nov 11 and her “All Too Well” short film on Nov 12. Utah Valley University students Amber Martinez, Justin Taylor and Sadie Melton chose to celebrate the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU Theatre Department put on a wonderful musical rendition of the children’s story by Roald Dahl, “James and the Giant Peach.” It follows an orphaned boy, James, who goes to live with his two awful aunts and subsequently flees their tyrannical reign on a giant, magical peach with several human-sized talking bugs. Throughout the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Criminal Justice Week was hosted at Utah Valley University last week, where experts in backgrounds as varied as death investigators to FBI agents shared their experiences. The speakers each offered a unique perspective on the state of crime and punishment, both past and present. The week started off with a presentation by Jason Bullock, a […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “The Exorcist,” “The Shining” — what do these movies all have in common? You’ve probably heard one of your parents say they are the scariest movies they have ever seen. You might have even heard them say they don’t make horror movies like that anymore and there is some truth […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The morning air is crisp and the leaves are starting to change around campus, fall is upon us. The coming of a new season brings holidays, festivities and a chance to start new traditions. With fall break 2021, just around the corner … Here’s your guide to the must-do fall activities in Utah: #1 VISIT A […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah-based LGBTQ+ nonprofit Encircle, begun by CEO Stephenie Larsen in 2016, is having a Halloween fundraiser. With the incredible generosity of Teresa Forbush Wood, Encircle is able to provide beautifully crafted “Love Louder Pumpkins” to the youth who attend the homes daily for services like therapy, Friendship Circles, tours, art nights, write nights and tons more. Forbush […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fear Factory is open for 2021’s Halloween season and provides new ways to scare guests. Even in the aftermath of last year’s pandemic, Fear Factory has continued to impress its visitors with a truly horrifying experience. Rob Dunfield, the co-founder of Fear Factory, talked about what makes this Salt Lake City’s top-rated haunted attraction. “It’s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The next installment in the MCU has finally arrived, but do not let the hype surrounding “Shang-Chi” fool you: the film is a slog to get through. Even with “Shang-Chi’s” departure from the typical Marvel formula, it cannot help but feel underwhelming. “Shang-Chi” stars Simu Liu and shows the audience Shang-Chi’s journey to confront his […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Held in the UVU Noorda Theatre was a play called “The Heidi Chronicles,” written by Wendy Wasserstein in 1988. At the time of its initial release, it received national praise and garnered a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award for best play — the first female independent of a male co-writer to do […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Courtney Davis recently became the school of arts interim dean at Utah Valley University, however, she will only remain in this position for the 2021-2022 academic year. Davis was placed in this position on May 10, 2021, because the previous dean, Stephen Pullen, decided to become a full-time professor within the department of theatrical arts […]