Cameron Simek, Life Editor Before we begin, it’s important to note that this movie is not The World’s End, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, which is the other end of the world movie premiering this summer. It seems like a deal was struck between these two films as the previews included an extended […]
Cameron Simek, Life Editor So, the week is upon us. We sit in silent reflection, thinking back to a time when our ancestors were forced to fight for their freedom. As a flag dances patriotically on the wind, thousands of hearts around the country are moved in unison to the sounds of the 1812 […]
Laura Fox, Photo Editor Saturday morning Provo is bustling with weekend shoppers, summer students and families, all enjoying the first warm days of the summer months. At Pioneer Park the water fountains are on and crowded with soaking wet kids, wild with excitement and uncertainty of where the next fountain of cool water will […]
Nicole Shepard, News Editor @NicoleEShepard Last Wednesday the debate over defining marriage took a pivotal turn when the Supreme Court declared two laws defining marriage as unconstitutional. Much of the argument revolved around Proposition 8, the California law that revoked marriage licenses previously given to same-sex couples, while denying future same-sex couples legal […]
KresLynn Knouse, Assistant News Editor, @KresLynn This Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA—a law that prevented same-sex couples from having federally recognized marriages—was unconstitutional. DOMA was signed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton, representative of the immense change in public opinion that has taken place in the […]
Alex Rivera, Editor-in-Chief Since its announcement on May 21 earlier this year, the Xbox One has been on my mind. With the new Kinect features and entertainment focus from that press release, I couldn’t help but wonder what else the Xbox One can do. And on Monday, June 10, I was pleasantly surprised with […]
By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa I’ve never been one to participate in the “console wars.” Maybe that’s because when I was growing up the choice between a Nintendo and a Sega was moot because I couldn’t afford either of them. But even as I’ve gotten older, and my allowance more robust, the console […]
By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa At 1 p.m. on Friday, June 14, President Matthew Holland broke ground at Utah Valley University on the new Classroom Building. “This was absolutely essential. This was a building that had to be built for higher education to move forward,” President Holland explained at the ceremony. The […]
By Michelle Ngo, Reporter, [email protected] Vine, Twitter’s video sharing app, is the latest trend to hit social networking. Vine can be downloaded fand allows users to create and record video clips with the maximum of 6 seconds, promoting the user’s creativity. Even brands such as Lowe’s and Gap, are using it to promote […]
Natalie Sullivan, Assistant News Editor, @nhillsullivan On June 3, 2013, Muktar Djumaliev, ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States and Canada, visited Utah Valley University to deliver a lecture to students focused on the challenges and opportunities faced by political reforms in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan, once under Soviet leadership, adopted a new […]