Festival of Lights offers evening of food, dance and celebration The Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork invites everyone to come celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with them Oct. 17. Excited for the festival, Charu Das, the Festival of Light’s coordinator said, “It’s going to be a very beautiful, magical night. It’s a good prelude […]
Meeting the prospects, cookie style So you’re sitting alone on a Friday night looking through the pictures of all of your Facebook friends of the opposite sex, wondering who else is at home alone and bored out of their mind. You’ve reached the point where you’re almost desperate enough to put up a personal ad […]
Every person has their own story; their own little melody by which they live their lives. Although we sometimes see our differences as an obstacle in relationships, they can actually show us new perspectives that we might have never thought of before. Our different lives have all led us to different conclusions about how to […]
Answers to costume quandaries What to be or not to be … That is the Halloween question. According to the National Retail Federation, it is estimated that this year, Americans will spend $4.75 billion on celebrating Halloween this year, of which nearly 40 percent will go to costume funds. “Halloween has become the second biggest […]
Between classes, work, relationships and extra-curricular activities, students hardly have time to breathe, let alone fight apartment complexes for their rights. Without sufficient time and without legal knowledge, students are often cheated out of what they are legally entitled to. From not fulfilling maintenance requirements to ignoring requests for deposit checks, student housing often takes […]
“I’ll take a little anxiety and insomnia if it means getting a good grade point average,” Lisa comments matter-of-factly. Lisa, a current Utah Valley University student, sounds similar to the majority of her peers. Who in college hasn’t distressed over deadlines or pulled an all-nighter cramming for that Biology final? What’s different about Lisa’s situation is where her anxiety […]
During Thanksgiving break 2006, Allyce Jones received a phone call that changed her volleyball career and brought her to UVU. “It was the best Thanksgiving ever,” said Jones who received the call from UVU women’s volleyball coach Sam Atoa. Prior to UVU, Jones played her freshman season at Snow College. Jones grew up in Pleasant […]
The College Republicans are hosting fundraisers Oct. 7-8 in which club members and guests will pay to be guided through the process of gaining a concealed weapons permit. Trainers certified by the NRA will take those who sign up through the entire process, save only licking the stamp and mailing off the papers. The UVU […]
The UVU Cinema Club will be showing Slumdog Millionaire this Thursday as part of its International Film series. In case you missed the hullabaloo, it won eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and received mostly glowing reviews from almost everyone who saw it. Well — almost everyone. When I walked out of the theater with friends, […]
When asked to describe his political philosophy, mayoral candidate, Steve Clark keeps it pretty basic. “I’m a conservative Republican. I stand for strong family values, traditional values. I have a great desire to help Provo.” A little too basic. Asking a Republican candidate if he stands for traditional family values is like asking Dracula if […]