Called the Screaming Green Pep Band, the group of musicians can be found at the home basketball games helping to cheer on the mighty Wolverines. As one of the teams calls a time-out, the UCCU center erupts with the sound of trombones, trumpets, french horns, saxophones, flutes and sousaphones, all kept in time by […]
Saturday-morning students beware – the vast, interconnected hallways of UVU will be transformed into a 3.1-mile track on Feb. 25. The fourth annual No Snow Indoor 5K will commence at Center Stage in the Sorensen Center at 9 a.m., opening the campus’ corridors to more than 100 anticipated participants. UVU Vice President for University […]
As with traditional hunger banquets, attendees were randomly given cards upon entry, assigning them to either upper-, middle- or low-income living situations, determining where they would sit and what they would eat. The Grande Ballroom was divided into three sections once more this year, as it has been for the past eight years for […]
Several theater students participated in the annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival held Feb. 6-11, at the end of the week, a few lucky students came home with prestigious awards. UVU prides itself on letting its students experience a hands-on education. This is especially true in the Theater Department, that not only has […]
Sounds of the thunderous banging of huge taiko drums contrasted with the peaceful, almost hypnotic sound of the harp-like koto music in the Ragan Theatre Saturday night, Feb. 11, in front of a nearly sold out auditorium. This conglomeration of culture, the third annual Japan Culture Night, focused on the intense gratitude of the […]
Mary McLerran came up with the name for her idea from Thomas Jefferson’s reference to UVA as an ‘Academic Village’. For most students, classroom learning doesn’t truly take effect until later, when real life situations bring the need for what was learned. For one student, the “norm” wasn’t enough. Mary McLerran, a senior […]
This Valentine’s Day, as you reach for your stash of romantic- omedies, just keep in mind that you are contributing to the destruction of society. As a cinephile, I have always been an anti-chick flick advocate. It’s not because I am cynical about love or have something against Jennifer Aniston (though both of those […]
UVU student Mike Brown and BYU students Casen and Landon Sperry gain Internet fame with weekly YouTube shorts. Freshman Mike Brown, a 24-year-old Digital Media major, has been collaborating with business partners Casen and Landon Sperry since he was 12 years old. “One of the very first things we talked about was that […]
Upon high school graduation, Alexis “Ali” Shields created a bucket list with the number one goal of meeting Ellen Degeneres. Once her friend secured tickets to the popular daytime “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in Burbank, California, Shields, who had never previously performed, emailed DeGeneres “a dumb song,” believing “nothing would happen with the email.” […]
The third annual Darwin Day Celebration is a UVU tradition exploring the scientific theory of evolution in celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday. Sunday, Feb. 12 is the 203rd birthday of Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution. To celebrate the life and works of Darwin, UVU has developed Darwin Day. In its […]