From the terrifying Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later to the hilarious Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, I have always been a fan of zombie movies. Included in the genre is the Resident Evil trilogy, now made a quartet by the recent release of Resident Evil: Afterlife. As a general rule, I […]
Student Health Services is holding a fun contest for students and employees alike to increase their total amount of steps taken each day. The contest, called Walktober, begins on Oct. 4 and goes through Oct. 31. The idea of the competition is to get everyone moving and exercising just a bit more than they were […]
Turn on any pop radio station, and it will only be a matter of time before you catch one of B.o.B.’s catchy, infectious tunes. Since coming onto the scene in March 2010, the man has had three straight top 10 hits on the Billboard chart, a number one album and has teamed up with popular […]
Having spent the previous year in France, I encountered many less-than-appetizing looking dishes. One that particularly stuck out in my memory was a salad, but not just any salad. This was an exploded pigeon-gut salad. As I reached for my fork, I surveyed my platter with disgust. How could anybody eat this? As I scanned […]
Recent changes in campus tenure policy may go unnoticed by students, and yet what tenure is and why we need tenured faculty are two questions crucial to our growth as a university. According to the American Association of University Professors’ 1940 statement, as quoted in UVU’s June 2006 tenure policy, “Tenure is a means to […]
Underground tunnels denote many things, but none of them terribly pleasant. Morlocks live in tunnels. As do Mole People, Lizard People, Crawlers, Sewer Gators, Graboids and Gollum. Also, muggers and rapists. Which, unlike the above listed, is a very real threat. The state of Utah has set its sights on a relatively small project – […]
At the stroke of noon on Monday, Sept. 13, Centre Stage was filled with hundreds of hungry and curious students eager to take part in the Multicultural Center’s monthly “Taste of Culture” event. This month’s focus was on the six islands groups of Polynesia. In the presence of these traditions, one could feel the warmth […]
I’ve never done anything like this. Yet on the evening of Aug. 28., I found myself in front of the director citing a one-minute monologue, hoping to land a role in the upcoming play Antigone that had been personally commissioned by President Holland. Antigone is an ancient Greek play about law, family, tradition, rebellion and […]
The I AM EQUAL Project, in conjunction with the school’s Spectrum Club, made a stop in Orem on Sept. 9, ready to provide people with a way of advocating their message. The project, which originated in Salt Lake City, was created by California native Jason Beckett and international photographer Matt Spencer. The idea behind the […]
The colony of Kappa Sigma Fraternity will be holding their philanthropy event at the end of this month, and they need the help of the student body. They will be helping out the Mali Rising Foundation, an organization that builds schools in the African country of Mali. Kappa Sigma will be holding an event where […]