By Kelly Cannon Life Editor At first glance, the work of Patric Bates intrigues the viewer. His pieces in watercolor and pen seem like something out of a dream. Muddied reds and blues splash on the pages, reminiscent of free floating water stains, are in stark juxtaposition to the tiny lines that are the […]
By Kelly Cannon Life Editor After over a year of trying, Kappa Sigma received its charter from their international headquarters, making them the first official fraternity on campus. Kappa Sigma first came to campus back in Nov. 2009. Though the intention was to become an official chapter by the end of 2010, those plans […]
By Kelly Cannon Life Editor The student run speculative fiction journal released their tenth issue and a retrospective issue highligahting the past ten issues. The words washing over the audience spoke of an apocalyptic nuclear war, of robots and genetic modifications, all while eating chocolate brownies and sipping on hot apple cider. On […]
By Deven Leigh Ellis Asst. Life Editor Monday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., UVU’s Director of Choral Studies Dr. Reed Criddle will direct over 100 participating students at the annual community Christmas Sing-Along of Handel’s Messiah. The long-standing tradition used to take place at the Provo Tabernacle, but since a fire gutted the building’s […]
By Timothy E. Wood II Life Writer The theater department’s last production of the year tells the haunting true story of a town’s vengeance on an a murdering elephant. A tent reaches up high, red and white. The smell of hay and animal breath accompanies the trumpeting of elephants. It’s the circus […]
By Kelly Cannon Life Editor Standing in front of an audience of peers and a few faculty members, students read excerpts of their own creative writing. Ranging from poetry to creative non-fiction, the tone of the pieces changed from cringing humor to somber realism. In the second Open Mic Night hosted by the English […]
By Deven Leigh Ellis Asst. Life Editor Over 40 friends, family and staff gathered Thursday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. in the Sorensen Student Center to celebrate students whose scholarly essays were selected for this semester’s publication of “Essais.” “Essais,” a student-run scholarly journal celebrating its second publication, chose 12 academic essays from 120 […]
It was an important day for UVU history. On Nov. 19, the Kappa Sigma colony received its charter from the Kappa Sigma International Fraternity, changing the organization’s status from a colony to an official collegiate chapter and being the first fraternity on campus. But for the small group of exemplary men, the day meant the […]
The third annual MAWL-sponsored dodge ball tournament commenced at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 in the Grand Ballroom with nine teams of six battling for the win. Brothership, Team Handsome, The Pound Town Experience, The Gentlemen, Ocean’s D, Class 10,000 and Yip K dodged, ducked, dipped and dove, but only The Mentors and Hot […]
In the most attended event during Homecoming week, the final competition for UVUSA’s Best Dance Crew took place Nov. 17, Thursday night at 8 p.m. in the Ballroom. The finalists included We are Martian, Double Vision, The Primas, Mafia by Design and Haeday. The groups competed with their chosen songs and styles of hip […]