Reading Time: 2 minutes The “Festival of Trees” is what Christmas is all about. The festival was inspired 37 years ago by 15 women whose purpose was to raise funds for the Primary Children’s Medical Center. Every item sold-from Christmas trees to freshly baked goods-all proceeds go to Primary Children’s Medical Center.

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s one in the morning. You’re alone in your room surfing the web. You stumble upon a website showcasing attractive, clean-cut young men of the Mormon faith wearing the all-too-familiar uniform of white shirts, ties and black missionary name tags. There is an image of a map with red pins pointing out where each “elder” served and labored valiantly for two consecutive years. Messages of how the missionaries worked to promote Christian ideals and serve the poor and elderly flood the screen.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Provo River Parkway trail is quite possibly the most popular trail in all of northern Utah. Residents of the area including UVSC students utilize a five and half mile stretch of the trail through Provo Canyon for occasional recreation and regular exercise. Every day dozens of people can be found on the trail walking, running, biking, rollerblading or longboarding.

Reading Time: < 1 minute 2-8 oz packages cream cheese, softened1 1/2 c sugar2 eggs3/4 c cooked pumpkin1/4c flour1/2 tsp ground nutmeg1/2 tsp ground cinnamon1 9 inch graham cracker pie crust Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cream cheese, sugar and eggs together until smooth. Add pumpkin. Stir in flour, nutmeg and cinnamon. Beat well. Pour into pie shell and bake […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute This month, UVSC’s intramural department has created a challenging scavenger hunt for athletic students, with a grand prize of two hundred dollars.

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the holiday season approaching, one of the lesser known, but still anticipated games is going to be competing for our seasonal cash. That game being Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles for the Nintendo Wii. But before one were to indulge in this game,  one would need to make themselves acquainted with a Resident Evil title already available on the Wii: Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition.

Reading Time: 2 minutes A dreaded strike of the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) over digital media profits and DVD sales has been a whispered rumor for several months. Last week it became official, with pickets and protests, and only hours after it began, the effects were already drastically noticeable.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Stuntman Benjamin Patient, a 26-year-old UVSC freshman, almost had his dream come to an end last December when he was in a collision with an SUV on his motorcycle.Doctors told him he was lucky to be alive; and after nine months of medication and rehabilitation, he’s finally back to his old self.

Reading Time: < 1 minute 1 9" deep dish pie shellFilling 7 c apples (6-7)—peeled and sliced thin1/2 c sugar1 tbsp lemon juice1/2 tsp ground cinnamon1/2 tsp ground allspice1/4 tsp ground nutmeg1 pinch cayenne pepper2/3 c all purpose flour2 tbsp butterStreusel Topping 1 c packed brown sugar1 c quick cooking oatmeal3/4 c all-purpose flour1/4 tsp salt1 tbsp fresh lemon zest1 stick chilled unsalted butter, cut into little chunksHeat oven to 425F.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The  whitewater experience of most students at UVSC is limited to a single magical ride on Splash Mountain at Disneyland. Few students know that the physical education and recreation department offer a whitewater kayaking class that is open to all students, regardless of their major.