Archive for October, 2009

EVENTS: Weekend Party Preview: Halloween Edition

Oct 30, 2009 No Comments by Kristin Clift

You can take your nieces and nephews trick-or-treating, you can veg and watch Hocus Pocus, or you can party it up like it’s the last Halloween you’ll ever spend in Provo. (Oh, wait! It is my last Halloween in Provo! Woot!) There are too many options for activities and parties. I still haven’t made up [...]

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FILM: Old Movies are Scarier! Five Classic Films for Halloween

Oct 29, 2009 1 Comment by Jim Dalrymple

Today’s horror movies will make you jump. They’ll startle and even disgust you. But this Halloween, if you’re tired of watching movies that are more “horrific” than genuinely frightening, you might take a look at some of Hollywood’s classic scare-fests. Though old movies might lack the jarring edits and industrial sound effects of more modern [...]

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READING LIST: October 28th

Oct 28, 2009 No Comments by Steve Pierce

A rather light day in the news today, so we’ll start with the good stuff…
Popular Culture
Friday Night Lights is back! Hallelujah! This criminally under-watched show about life in a small, economically recessed Texas town is one of the best shows on television, hands down — and it’s finally back from a break that seemed far [...]

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SPORTS: Go Forth and Learn

Oct 28, 2009 3 Comments by Adam Stevens

If I’ve learned one thing about football this season, it’s that Peyton Manning is even better than anyone thought. If I’ve learned two things, the second is that life and football are significantly more enjoyable when you pledge allegiance to no team.
I grew up in a home where, because my dad went to BYU, everyone [...]

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SPORTS: Rhombus Reports from College GameDay

Oct 28, 2009 No Comments by Ben Wagner

This past week, ESPN’s wildly popular Saturday morning pre-game show, College GameDay, made its first ever trip to Provo as BYU took on the Horned Frogs of TCU. While the game may not have lived up to the hype, many people camped out Friday night in order to get into the show’s live taping at [...]

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