Archive for December, 2009

SPORTS: Max Hall and BYU Students Behaving Badly

Dec 04, 2009 No Comments

In the past few days, I’ve noticed some of my friends joining a Facebook group called “Max Hall said what everyone was thinking.” Max Hall is, of course, BYU’s quarterback and the group refers to these comments (taken from the group’s page) that he made after the game last Saturday: I don’t like Utah. In [...]

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SPORTS: An Open Letter to Ute Fans From Max Hall

Dec 04, 2009 No Comments

Dear fans of the University of Utah, I know there has been a lot of bad blood between us, but I really want to set the record straight and apologize. I know that I sent out an official apology on Sunday, but I didn’t really get the opportunity to truly express my concern for each [...]

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SPORTS: BYU Basketball Weekly Roundup (Week 1)

Dec 03, 2009 No Comments

Is it just me or is the world’s sports calendar really messed up this year? Baseball ended late, football started early, and basketball started really early. I think this has been the reason it’s taken me awhile to get into basketball mode. Don’t get me wrong, I love basketball. It was my first real passion [...]

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LOCAL: The Beehive Bazaar

Dec 03, 2009 No Comments

For years I put off all my Christmas shopping until the last minute. Unfortunately, that usually meant I paid too much money for mediocre gifts that didn’t impress anyone. It’s a familiar story, I think, but thankfully for me that all changed a few years ago when I discovered the Beehive Bazaar. Provo’s own Beehive [...]

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SPORTS: Podcast: BYU-Utah, "Mad" Max Hall and More

Dec 02, 2009 No Comments

In our second sports podcast, Jake Welch, Ben Wagner, Preston Johnson and Steve Pierce rap about the weeks big topics, including last weekend’s big BYU-Utah football game, Max Hall’s controversial post-game comments, and even a little NFL mixed in. We’ve mostly corrected the audio problems from last week, but we’re still trying to master the [...]

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TECH: Home Invasion: Netflix, the Game Console and You

Dec 02, 2009 No Comments

Chances are you either have Netflix, know someone that does, or at least watched a Netflixed movie. The hugely successful online movie rental giant somewhat recently launched their “Watch Instantly” option for all their plans, giving users lightning fast access to hundreds of movies, as long as their internet connection allows it. In fact, Netflix [...]

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FILM: Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Dec 01, 2009 No Comments

I do like Wes Anderson. You may have never heard of him, but if you have, you probably like him too. The thing about him, though, is that he makes films that don’t make money. It’s weird, because he gets to work with pretty much any actor he wants, owing to the brilliant, challenging and [...]

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