Not your average Shakespeare

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September 1, 2013

schedule 3 min read

    Utah Shakespeare in the Park is a company long committed to free outdoor shows open to the public. Since its founding in 2010, the company’s director of Twelfth Night, Anne Shakespeare, has been able to get the efficiency of producing a show down to a science.  “I wanted to refine the rehearsal process. […]

Savvy fashionista secret

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September 1, 2013

schedule 3 min read

  Jeremy and Sierra Penrod are the husband and wife entrepreneurs behind the newly launched tech start up, dresspot.com. The site includes a selection of about 30 popular online retailers essentially creates a color-coded closet in one online location. While other websites can only group items by color using search engine technology, the Penrods, through […]

Medical and Mental Health Services

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April 1, 2013

schedule 3 min read

In addition to the new Student Life building’s bowling alleys, fitness centers and office spaces, Student Health Services will also be given more space and with it, the opportunity for expansion.   Student Health Services plans to add another medical patient room and regular nurse, giving the clinic five rooms and three rotating nurses but […]

Taboo on campus

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March 4, 2013

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Since May 9, 2012, recent statements by President Obama that “same sex couples should be able to get married” have brought America closer to a federal crossroads decision to be debated in the Supreme Court on March 26-27, 2013.   The Federal government, which currently has no obligation to recognize same-sex marriages on the federal […]

No requests made for increased funding at fees hearing

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February 11, 2013

schedule 3 min read

Student Health Services were discussed in a student fee hearing last Thursday, Feb. 31. In deciding how much of every student’s money should go to funding health services, student government representatives gathered in SC105a to listen to Student Health Services Senior Director Bill Erb present. The presentation covered updates, the current budget breakdown and future […]

The Gadget House now open

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January 14, 2013

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Representing the latest in mobile technology devices, the new Digital Media Studio at Utah Valley University not only appears to be the envy of gadget lovers everywhere, but a trendy new way of allowing programmers to test their own work on multiple devices.   Since planning began for the UX, or User Experience, design station […]

Memories of Guy Fawkes Night

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November 5, 2012

schedule 2 min read

Despite what remnants there are today of its original historical context, Guy Fawkes Day is simply this: a good excuse for fireworks. More commonly known to me as Bonfire Night, the holiday resembles a concoction of American Halloween and July 4th. To me, Bonfire Night symbolized coming back to boarding school after half term break. […]