Touchstones, UVU’s student-run literary journal, is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2010 volume. The journal, which is published at the end of both fall and winter semesters, features the fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, drama and art of UVU students. While each issue is supervised by a creative writing faculty member, the journal is designed, […]
A variety of works from the Utah Watercolor Society are now on display in the UVU library. This exhibition includes a selection from the Annual Juried Exhibition of the Watercolor Society. Each piece on display is characteristic of the artist, which makes for diverse subject matter —some works are of flowers and wildlife, some of […]
One doesn’t have to agree with Arizona’s recent controversial immigration bill to recognize that with the tightening of border security in Texas and California, Arizona has become a much more common avenue of illegal entry into the country. If nothing else, the bill has succeeded in pushing immigration reform debate more to the front of […]
If UTA carries through with their decision to raise the price of their student pass, students without a car or who prefer to save the cost of gas may need to find another means of transportation. The Utah Transit Authority recently released a statement about reviewing the Ed Pass program, a discounted pass available to […]
A couple weeks ago, Johana graduated from Provo High School. Along with many of her peers, she had been expecting to attend UVU this fall. Her career of choice: Education. “Right now, I’m hoping to become a teacher,” she says. Johana came, legally to the U.S., when she was 5 years old. Shortly after, their […]
Many members of the campus community have seen performances in the state-of-the-art Noorda Theatre, completed in 2009. What not everyone might know is that funding for the theater was only part of a larger program with an emphasis on helping youth. When Tye Noorda made a generous, university-matched donation to the Department of Theatrical Arts, […]
The Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet is likely different from any Shakespeare performance its audiences have seen before. This troupe is composed of thirteen actors and that’s all. There’s no director, no stage manager, no costume designer. “The greatest part of Grassroots Shakespeare is that there is no one director,” says company member Jessamyn […]
Computers have a fantastically awful little switch called a reset button. Deviously simple, it quickly reboots your computer, even if you spent hours writing a paper and did not intend to push the button. But when your computer locks up and begins crashing, that same reset button is a lifesaver and gets you back to […]
During a recent conversation, I told mentioned that the same pattern of reasoning used against homosexuality – the ruin of the nuclear family, society and human civilization as we know it – was used by early Mormon leaders Brigham Young, John Taylor and Orson Pratt in order to argue the evils of monogamy. A friend […]
Located adjacent to the Nordstrom in Orem’s University Mall, the Woodbury Art Museum is an official extension of Utah Valley University, despite its distance from campus. Led by director and curator Marcus Alan Vincent, the Woodbury remains a fascinating destination for students and non-students alike, even in the summer. While class offerings are substantially smaller […]