Students may be a little hesitant to give Shoga, the modern Japanese sushi bar and restaurant, a try — many other sushi restaurants in the Orem and Provo area can leave you wanting. After having visited restaurants such as Asuka, Damae and even Happy Sumo, I am confident when I say Shoga serves the finest sushi in the valley.
UVU’s costume design has a unique and affordable program. Students do not have to go to expensive design schools to get the initial training in the art of costume design to become successful. Small design classes offer each individual close mentoring while working on several designs.
From its chilling opening line, “Abandon hope all ye who enter here,” the virtually plotless American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, drags us screaming and giggling into the empty heart of a decadent society, obsessed with money and status. Wall Street trader Patrick Bateman’s relentless restauranteering and terrifyingly banal monologues on designer clothes juxtapose powerfully with him graphically torturing and killing lots of people- predominantly women.
American author Anita Loos, a self-proclaimed cinematic elitist cavorted with Hollywood bigwigs such as John Emerson, Frances Marion, Douglas Fairbanks, and H.L. Mencken in the golden years of cinema. In her years working in the movies, she came upon a startling discovery: Men, even the smartest, most cynical and critical, generally prefer a blonde to a brunette.
There are things in life you can count on, that you know for sure you will have to deal with one day. Remember the famous saying, “Nothing is certain except death and taxes and the dead rising from their graves to feast on the living.”? Well, in order to prepare for the inevitable zombie holocaust, in between games of Left 4 Dead, read The Walking Dead.
Hey Wolverina-spinsties, time to get your babe on and get a life! It’s me, Tiffany/Amber/Megan/Nicole, or TAMN, and bragging is a downer but honestly, I have the bEsT LifE eVeR and me and my hubbers, Jordan/Jason/Wes/Taylor (JJWT, or J-Dub, or Angelbabe) are what happily ever after looks like.
If boring weekends in the valley are getting you down and you are searching for new music to fill your soul, look no further than Provo’s own Velour. Local music talent is so alive and accessible in the area that there is no excuse for not getting out and seeing what Provo has to offer.
If you thought the “2 legit to quit” craze was over now that the Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer concert has passed, think again! Much like the musician, hammer pants or Harem pants, are also attempting a comeback in women’s fashion this spring. The genie pant, as they are also known, was seen all over the recent New York Fashion Week and nearly every runway sported the trend.
While this generation of gaming has seen its fair share of innovation, there are two particular examples that should be considered definitive. One of these is the motion-sensing capabilities of Nintendo’s “Wii-mote”; at this point, that’s probably a no-brainer.
In auditions last fall, seven young musicians were hand-picked by the Utah Valley Symphony to perform this week at the Covey Center for the Arts for the Symphony’s annual Young Artists Concert. The musicians, who range in age from nine to nineteen, will perform on piano, flute, cello, double bass, and viola.
