For some, fishing is more than just a hobby, it is a quest to catch trophy bass, usually weighing more than eight pounds and longer than 24 inches with competitions, usually held only at the professional level, have expanded into the realm of universities, and a new club at UVU is hooked UVU is […]
As lights began to brighten, a circle of bodies appeared on the stage, all connected, all intertwined. Legs were held in the air while others were spread across the ground until, with a shift in the music, the bodies moved. One at a time, dancers broke out of the routine, spinning, leaping and flipping, […]
Dickies to Film Flixs Danny Keyes first caught wind of his inherent entrepreneurial spirit upon returning to Utah from an LDS mission in Texas. Keyes lamented the lack of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit locations in Utah after having frequented the Texas-based chain throughout his mission. Upon realizing that the start-up capital required to franchise Dickey’s […]
Over 50 theater students were invited to participate in the 44th Annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for region eight up at Weber State College Every year, thousands of students participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in eight regional divisions. These regional festivals not only give students a chance to […]
Secret Garden invites children and families to bring their imagination to the show Each day the bit of green pushes farther up: a stem, a leaf, a bud, and finally—a beautiful rose. The magic of life is silently exhibited in the growth of every tree and flower. Running through February 18th in Noorda […]
The Academy has cast its votes and the Oscar nominations have been announced. Now, there are some people who don’t put much weight into awards in the entertainment industry. For the most part, I agree with them. The Oscars, however, are different, at least for me. These are the most prestigious of all movie awards […]
Gongxi Facai, or Happy Chinese New Year. The year 2012 is the year of the dragon according to the Chinese zodiac and is known to be the luckiest of all the years. The Chinese Club, along with the Confucius Institute of the University of Utah, the International Student Center and the Department of Languages hosted […]
From barefooted modern ballet to pointe-shoed classical, the Choreography Design Project promises to deliver nights of original, diverse dance. The fifth annual Choreography Design Project, running January 26-28 in UVU’s Ragan Theater and funded in part by the Orem City CARE grant, will showcase the work of six competition-finalist choreographers as danced by Utah […]
For Marc Navez’s Senior Theater Platform, he took the story of ‘Treasure Island’ and asked himself, ‘What if Long John Silver was a pimp and the rest of the pirates were his whores?’ What followed was an original musical with buccaneers, buried treasure and contemporary pop music. Every year the theater department sponsors a […]
18th annual MLK Commemoration added a movie night to its weekly events. Tuesday’s free showing of the 2011 movie “The Help” drew over 100 students to the Grande Ballroom as part of last week’s 18th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. From the bestselling novel of the same name, the film chronicles a racially […]