Reading Time: 2 minutes Things like, “That’s Brandon Sanderson walking behind you,” could be heard at the Life, The Universe & Everything event, LTUE, held Feb. 9-11. LTUE is not a typical science fiction and fantasy convention. It is actually a symposium where creative writers and artists gather to teach the business. LTUE is a free event for […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sounds of the thunderous banging of huge taiko drums contrasted with the peaceful, almost hypnotic sound of the harp-like koto music in the Ragan Theatre Saturday night, Feb. 11, in front of a nearly sold out auditorium. This conglomeration of culture, the third annual Japan Culture Night, focused on the intense gratitude of the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Midge & Richard Johnson How they met: Midge and Richard met at BYU when Midge was working for a telephone company. Richard went into the company to get his telephone line connected and met Midge. He remembers her as cute and bubbly. Even though she was engaged (and had been engaged a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU student Mike Brown and BYU students Casen and Landon Sperry gain Internet fame with weekly YouTube shorts. Freshman Mike Brown, a 24-year-old Digital Media major, has been collaborating with business partners Casen and Landon Sperry since he was 12 years old. “One of the very first things we talked about was that […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the course of four months, Lance Montgomery feverishly constructed musical notes to match the brilliant animation of BYU’s short animation film, “The Dream Giver.“ The efforts of the entire crew paid off as the dust settled and a polished product remained. On stage at the College Television awards, hosted by the Emmy Foundation, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Jonathan Boldt As much as it pains me to admit it, baseball has gone from America’s favorite pastime to past its time. It will always have its place on the four-letter network and in the hearts of the fans in Boston and New York as well as anyone over the age of fifty. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For two weeks last June, Austin Cox traveled to Malawi, Africa to volunteer at Mtendere (n-ten-dear-ie), a small orphan village. He traveled with eight other people from the Auburn Church of Christ from Auburn, AL to a small children’s village in Malawi where many of the children are orphaned due to HIV and AIDS. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was quite a spectacle. Nearly 2,000 fans cheered and chanted in unison, rooting on the hometown Wolverines. The energy was palpable, the anticipation was mounting and the chants of “U-V-U” were deafening. One would assume this occurred during the waning seconds of a tightly contested Utah Valley Men’s Basketball game, but in actuality […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Colleges throughout the nation have mascots, bands and clubs to help support the school they are a part of. With all the support from these outlets, what really makes a student body care about their school? Many people grew up loving certain schools because of where their parents graduated from or the town they […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Housing invokes a host of words: exciting, frustrating, liberating and in Utah Valley, restrictive. For many, even after college, student housing is the most affordable solution available. But student housing in Utah Valley is inseparably connected with unique stipulations. Many housing options boast “BYU-approval,” and those options require people to abide by the honor code […]