Originally from Arcata, California, Jac (pronounced as Jake not Jack) Scott has spent his life in what he calls his own Bermuda Triangle, traveling from California to Utah to Idaho, and back again. Lucky for Utah Valley University, however, he made his most recent stop here.

Free candy, doughnuts and popcorn are all goodies that you could have received just for walking down the Physical Education hallway on Wednesday afternoon. “Where will you live next year?” This question and others were answered at the UVU Housing Fair, which took place Wednesday from 10 a.

In an effort to provide awareness about hunger in Utah and around the world, students and community members gathered together for the recent sixth annual Hunger Banquet held in the Sorensen Student Center Grande Ballroom. “In past years, we have focused on world hunger,” said Service Council President Richard Portwood.

Nov. 10 – MENTAL SUBJECT – UVU Police responded to 800 W University Parkway in response to an unscheduled protest. A 46-year-old female and a 66-year-old male were trespassing on UVU property. The protesters have a history of mental illness and believe UVU is part of a cult.

GMAIL ADDS VIDEO AND AUDIO CHAT – Google announced it will join Yahoo and Microsoft in the race to make Web communication more social by adding video and audio chat to its free e-mail service. Currently, Gmail is the third largest e-mail service, serving 113 million users worldwide.

Did you get your economic stimulus check this year? If you did not, but you thought you were entitled to one, it may have been returned to the Internal Revenue Service because of an incorrect address. There have been 279,000 checks, totaling $163 million, that were “returned to sender” due to bad addresses.

Reasons for transferring out of state can be anything from a purely academic standpoint to something as simple as a form of escape to live away from home and independently. Many are often drawn solely into the social aspects of a university, such as sporting events, a large student body, the nightlife or the close proximity to ski resorts or famous beaches.

Over the past few years, headlines across the country have readily mentioned shootings on college campuses. Shootings and other emergencies could happen here at UVU. Knowing when it happens and what to do is important. Around campus there are red and black booklets titled Emergency Procedures that contain information on what one should do in a given situation.

The youth did it. The sour economy coupled with the fact that this was the first presidential race with a black nominee leading a major-party ticket make it appropriate that this historic race produced seismic increases in the young voter registration and turnout in America.

INTERESTED IN ROCKET SCIENCE? – On Nov. 13, the UVU College of Science and Health will present a lecture on rocket propulsion from noon to 12:50 p.m. in LI 120. Michael Jacobs of ATK Launch Systems will be talking about the Ares I rocket program. Ares I is the fleet of rockets being developed by NASA to replace the Space Shuttle fleet.