“Frozen” unsettles audience members

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September 26, 2011

schedule 2 min read

Tackling sensitive subject matter such as kidnapping, child molestation and serial killing, Chelsea S. Smith chose to direct the play “Frozen” for her Senior Platform Project. Written by Bryony Lavery, the plot centers around a grieving mother who has lost her 10-year-old daughter, a psychologist working on a neurological study of serial killers and a […]

Basketball Intramurals

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September 26, 2011

schedule 2 min read

September marks the beginning of the season for recruiters and students who wish to play sports with Utah Valley University’s intramurals program. With options like basketball, flag football, co-ed dodge ball, co-ed soccer and co-ed volleyball, students have a wide selection, and getting on a team has been made easier through a new website that […]

Othello captures the devastation of tragic love

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September 26, 2011

schedule 3 min read

In a time of war when ordinary men’s lives can end in a torrent of bullets, it is the green-eyed monster of jealousy and mistrust that is often the fateful undoing of a once-great man. William Shakespeare’s “Othello,” a production by the theater department performed in the Courtyard, captures the true meaning of the term […]

Freshman win free groceries at UVUSA event

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September 26, 2011

schedule 2 min read

Pop music crackles on the speakers, interrupted only by the sound of marbles shifting like ocean sand in a metal basket.  Tense shoulders hunch over their bingo cards waiting for that one last slot.  Instantly after the announcer makes the next call three winners stand up. Bingo! On Sept. 20, the Student Activities department of Student […]

Thunder Boldt

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September 26, 2011

schedule 3 min read

By Jonathan Boldt Assistant Sports Editor     UVU has defied the natural laws of color blending, making green ooze out of a red and blue collision of team identities. Typically red and blue make purple, but sports fans at Utah Valley University have forgotten where they are and turn green with envy and jealousy. […]

Football Intramurals

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September 26, 2011

schedule 1 min read

With no team in Wolverine green and the college up the road struggling, football could be a sore subject in Utah Valley. Instead, students are finding their own form of competition on the gridiron through UVU Intramurals. With over 30 teams already registered, flag football boasted enough heated games in last week’s first regular season […]

Banned Book Week: fighting against censorship

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September 26, 2011

schedule 4 min read

Imagine walking down the street and encountering a rally. People are holding signs and echoing the slogans shouted from an unseen blow horn. Everyone is gathered around a giant bonfire whose smoke billows upward, tainting the blue sky. Weaving around the angry protestors reveals a bonfire composed not of wood, but of hundreds of books, […]

Summer 2011 Dean’s List

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September 26, 2011

schedule 15 min read

Check to see if you made the 2011 summer Dean’s List. Name Aalders, Lorrie Abney, Christopher J Acosta, Nelly L Adams, Angela Ahn, Jaewoo Akhmetova, Rufina R Albertson, Raven S Aleksandrov, Andrey Aleman, Yazmin Ali, Amro A Allen, Sam N Allman, Shawn T Allred, Benjamin T Allred, Evan W Allred, Jeffrey W Allred, Katie B […]

Children’s play opens with success.

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September 26, 2011

schedule 3 min read

Take tidbits of the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel and combine it with Cinderella’s fairy godmother and a pragmatic goblin-fighting princess, the result is bound to delight. On the 16 and 17 of this month, the Noorda Theatre kick-started the traveling performance of “The Princess and the Goblin”; performing on campus as well as […]