Music for the arts
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Sundays at the library
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On the seventh day, God rested from his long week of nonstop work. But God wasn’t in college. For most students, a typical Sunday involves dressing up nice and spending time with the family and neighbors. But for some, squeezing in study time for the upcoming school week is just as important. Sunday hours at […]
International students should be given priority for campus jobs
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The United States Citizen Immigration Service presently limits international students’ employment to on-campus, especially for the students who are in the United States studying English as a second language. International students majoring in other fields are required to work on campus for at least nine months, and then they have the option of working off-campus […]
Correctionary: Argument
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Turning on the television to any one of the major cable news networks is a hazardous business. It could bring a smile to your face or put a hole in your wall, depending on whom you happen to agree with. Pundits argue with their guests, who fight with the other guests, all of who attack […]
Unsolicited dating advice: The art of the wingman
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Everyone has that friend – the one they dread bringing into situations involving mixed company. You know who I’m talking about … it’s that clueless friend who totally ruins your game, kills any potentially flirtatious moments and is completely oblivious to the fact that they have a severely negative effect on your relationship mojo. If […]
Adventures in guilty pleasures: Bienvenido a Miami, where the players play
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There is only one reason and two words that SHARK TALE and MEN IN BLACK II were such huge commercial successes and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ran for six years: Will Smith. What a script lacks in originality, artistic sensibility or success in concealing its capitalistic aims, it can, almost without fail, make up […]
Family first: Dashboard Confessional postpones tour
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Dashboard Confessional was scheduled to play at the McKay Events Center Nov. 11 as a stop on their North American tour promoting their new album, Alter the Ending. However, an unexpected family emergency arose within the band and they are now having to postpone the remaining performances on the tour. They were supposed to play […]
Bodies like Barbies
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Minimizing the impacts of unrealistic body standards In a country where young girls fear being fat more than nuclear war, cancer or losing their parents, something must be seriously wrong. According to Nicole Hawkins, Ph.D., one of those things is the media’s portrayal of the human body. As the director of clinical services at the […]
Synergy Dance Company features UVU as a theme for dance pieces
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Coinciding with Homecoming, the Dance department’s Synergy Dance Company is performing “Recapture” on Nov. 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Regan Theater. The evening will feature dances based around the theme of UVU’s places and people. The Synergy Dance Company is a class and a club on campus with the focus and mission of giving […]
Laptops: Distraction or learning aid in class?
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So, it looks like MacBooks are “in.” Every classroom has the handful of students that have them resolutely centered on their desks. But the person sitting behind you probably doesn’t think it’s used to benefit your academic experience. MacBooks aren’t the only perpetrators; this academic abandon seems pretty universal for the entire I-have-a-laptop-to-take-notes crowd, which […]