Archive for November, 2009

SPORTS: BYU Football Weekly Roundup (Week 11)

Nov 21, 2009 No Comments

Week 11: BYU vs. Air Force How about those TCU Horned Frogs? They sure proved to the nation they are worthy of their ranking by beating the snot out of Utah. I thank my lucky stars for this blessed event, not because a MWC team got some loving or the fact that Utah got put [...]

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FOOD: The Californization of Utah Valley

Nov 20, 2009 No Comments

November 19, 2009, will forever go down in history as the day Utah County got “hella chill.” Today, I decided to witness the Californization of Utah with the grand opening of Orem’s In-N-Out Burger. I wasn’t really that hungry, but it was a local cultural event. Besides, I already slept through the meteor shower earlier [...]

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FILM: Review: New Moon

Nov 20, 2009 No Comments

As may have become clear from my past articles, I am an opinionated, well-informed, brilliant student of film. This is why I made sure to get myself a seat at the midnight showing of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. I wouldn’t miss this watershed moment in American cinema for anything in the world. Certainly not [...]

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TV: V: An Alien Show Worth Watching

Nov 18, 2009 No Comments

When I finally resigned myself to the fact that each new episode of Glee would be slightly more mediocre than the one before it, I began looking for another TV show to follow. Thankfully, I happened across ABC’s V,  a taut sci-fi thriller that has shown more potential in its first two episodes than most [...]

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POLITICS: A Big Small Step

Nov 17, 2009 12 Comments

Last week, the same church that propelled a campaign prohibiting gay marriage in California came out in support of a statute in Salt Lake City that would protect the GLBT community from discrimination in housing and employment. Before the Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved the measure to a standing ovation, the LDS Church sent [...]

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MUSIC: John Mayer's Gigantic Step Sideways (With a Shuffle Backward)

Nov 16, 2009 No Comments

John Mayer’s soon-to-be-released album Battle Studies (out Tuesday) just moved to the top of my most anticipated list. But for not the right reasons. As Rhombus’ illustrious editor can attest, I don’t get into new music easily, so the idea that a new release just became “anticipated” says something significant. In this case, significantly worrying [...]

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MUSIC: Download the Rhombus Local Music Comp Now!

Nov 16, 2009 No Comments

Welcome to the first ever Rhombus Local Music Compilation. We’ve included some (but by no means all) of our favorite local artists in hopes of exposing you, our readers, to the great musical talent right in your own backyard. Featuring previously unreleased songs by the Vibrant Sound, Mudbison and Drew Danburry, plus great music from [...]

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MUSIC: Review: Imagine Dragons, "Imagine Dragons (EP)"

Nov 14, 2009 11 Comments

We haven’t done a ton of album reviews yet here at Rhombus, so we’re still throwing different things at the wall to see what sticks. For Imagine Dragons’ self-titled EP, we decided to have two of our contributors, Scott Manning and William Sutton, offer their thoughts on the disc, in order to provide you with [...]

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SPORTS: BYU Football Weekly Roundup (Week 10)

Nov 13, 2009 1 Comment

Week 10: BYU at New Mexico Every once in a while, a certain team has ownership over another. In the case of Bronco Mendenhall and BYU, there is no question which team they dominate. Since becoming head coach, Mendenhall has beaten Wyoming by an average of 43 points per game, including two shutouts. Just internalize [...]

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FILM: Review: Gentlemen Broncos

Nov 12, 2009 No Comments

True visionaries are nearly always misunderstood and/or maligned. When 2001: A Space Odyssey was first released, it motivated many film critics at the time to unleash their most vitriolic prose in total condemnation of the film. They didn’t get it, and that made them livid. Then, a year or so later, after the dust had [...]

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