Reading Time: 3 minutes Is owning a coffee shop in a place like Provo something of a quixotic endeavor? Perhaps. This is an area whose largest demographic is a group of people who believe with all their hearts that a cup of joe will keep them on the wrong side of the Pearly Gates. More power to them, but […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Meditation and mediation. They almost beg to be combined into a single concept, don’t they? Meditation is an active pursuit, but it is aimed inward. The disparate, warring elements of the psyche are brought to heel by the focused, directed thinking of the mind. Mediation, on the other hand, is also an active pursuit, but […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well folks, this week I’ve decided to do something a little different and do a double feature. (After all, I can only use the word “fun” so many times to describe one place.) My topic: attractions in Utah Valley. Jump On It in Lindon Located just off the freeway five minutes north of UVU is […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes While some people (OK, a lot of people) in this county attend various houses of worship (OK, one particular house of worship) each Sunday, other people find that their day of rest is a day with no church services or Munch ‘n Mingles. So what can these gentiles (I joke, I joke) do with those […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am so happy about the Nov. 16 article “Project Encourages Women to Continue Their Education.” It helps me keep being motivated and continue with my professional career. A couple of years ago, I was feeling a little depressed and kind of lost. I have had in my mind for a long time the idea […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Epictetus once said “only the educated are free,” but a Supreme Court ruling may challenge that. Although no professors were involved in the Garcetti v. Ceballos case that was settled in 2006, the verdict could endanger teachers’ freedom of speech in their own classrooms, which would directly affect the academic freedom we take for granted. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Writers like Edward Abbey and Terry Tempest Williams have changed the view of deserts as wastelands to one of wonder and beauty. But there are some who would like to return the desert to its wasteland status. As the folks from the Appalachian Mountains know all too well, there is no better way to destroy […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Like an obscene inchworm, a wounded woman crawls across the commons area of a Russian airport in desperate search for cover from the brutal terrorist attack raging all around her. This is not a description of a recent attack. Rather, it is a video game mission, a mission in which the player is required to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes With Ronnie Price and Ryan Toolson a distant memory, the UVU men’s basketball team is looking to build a new identity. The Wolverines took a step in figuring itself out last week as they opened the season with a 80-72 win over North Dakota State in front of a homecoming-sized crowd. “It was a real […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Hunger Banquet is an event that increases understanding of hunger in Utah and around the world. Participants gather for a unique meal and presentations on hunger and homelessness issues. All proceeds from this event benefit local agencies that address hunger and homelessness. There will be a speaker and a performance by dancers from the […]