Weekly wrap up

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November 2, 2011

schedule 3 min read

With everything happening in the lives of UVU students, it’s easy to miss some of the events happening on and around campus, and hard to keep an eye on the calendar. We have wrapped up the next seven days into four sections that will help students find the events they are interested in: UVU Sports, […]

Number one in the bathroom

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November 1, 2011

schedule 4 min read

When you gotta go, you gotta go. But next time patience wears thin because of a short wait for a toilet or urinal, take a moment to put things into perspective.   There are plenty of well-known restroom and hygiene rules to follow that will help us avoid sickness, death and physical discomfort. There are […]

UVU Dance crews strut their stuff

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October 31, 2011

schedule 2 min read

Legs twirled over shoes like spindles to the floor, arms flapped in formation, and bodies thrusted forward to undulate like serpents as they popped their assets to create sizzling performances.   Ten dance crews echoed each other’s performances with new beats and styles, some shadowy stilted marionettes, others neon ribboned liquid gyrations of hips and […]

UVU women’s soccer team seals championship

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October 31, 2011

schedule 4 min read

With their 4-0 win Saturday night over South Carolina State, Utah Valley University’s women’s soccer team won’t have to dress up as Great West conference champs come Halloween Monday night.  S.C. State came into the night up one game on the Wolverines with a perfect 5-0 conference record and a head start in the race to […]

A look into the new Science building

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October 31, 2011

schedule 3 min read

The heavy-duty plastic veil was pulled back for a private tour of the new Science Building, on schedule to be completed by March 2012.   Director of Facilities Planning Jim Michaelis and Senior Director of Engineering and Space Development Frank Young led a small group of students through the building Monday, Oct. 24.   Fruition […]

Pizza Hut Express coming to campus

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October 20, 2011

schedule 3 min read

  Pizza Hut Express, the newest addition to the food court in the Sorenson Student Center, is expected to announce its soft opening for Thursday, Oct. 27, only days after its anticipated arrival, originally Oct. 24.   A mix up with freight, wherein tracking order barcodes identifying freight were placed on the wrong boxes by […]

Declassified: Robert Hastings, aliens and UFOs

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October 19, 2011

schedule 4 min read

  As children, we watch cartoons and movies about aliens and are led to believe by parents, society, the world and the U.S. government that aliens are not real, but one man begs to differ.   Hundreds of students filled the UVU Grand Ballroom Tuesday, Oct. 18, as Robert Hastings spoke. Hastings, author and UFO […]

Woodbury Art Museum presents new exhibitions

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October 19, 2011

schedule 2 min read

  Brazilian smells followed the meandering visitors of the Woodbury Art Museum while they walked past brightly colored walls bearing actual bumpers, inscribed with “dichos” and colorful artwork. Senses were aroused with Latin American sights, scents and tastes during the open house for the new exhibits, where Tucanos Brazilian Grill provided food to match the […]

The Grassroots Shakespeare Company performs Macbeth

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October 18, 2011

schedule 4 min read

  In the chilly air of an October night, 65 people stand anxiously shoulder-to-shoulder in front of a blank stage that hit the front row mid-chest. Behind them sit others in green lawn chairs that rise with the amphitheater. Those standing feel their feet ache and all are shivering yet no one seems to mind. […]

“Eurydice” invites confrontation of difficult feelings

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October 18, 2011

schedule 3 min read

  An old bicycle, a battered mailbox and a discarded tennis racket hung as if suspended in the faint mist that filled the Noorda Theater. Each item was stark white, as if all color had been drained.   The eyes of about 60 audience members, in the intimate setting of the Noorda, were riveted on […]