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All I wanted was some popcorn

By By Trevor Hale and By Trevor Hale • March 27, 2008

It was the first time I had sat in the press section of a movie preview. I arrived early enough to get a good seat. It was a section reserved especially for people reviewing the movie, and I was one of them. I was now officially a film critic. One of my favorite parts of going to the movies is sitting back and enjoying a film while ruining my appetite with soda and popcorn -- but I was too nervous to get any of it that night.

Institute students honor favorite professor

By and • March 27, 2008

Gregory Owens hasn't been teaching at the U for long, but students seem to have taken a liking to his interactive teaching style. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion at the U recently chose Owens as the recipient of its annual Excellence in Education Award.

U theater takes on passion and foreign culture with ‘Blood Wedding’

By and • March 27, 2008

"This play is about passion, it's about violence, it's about honor," said Actor Training Program junior Leticia Vélez of the U theater department's current Babcock production. In her fifth and final play at the U, Vélez said the 20th century "Blood Wedding" by Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca "has been the most intense show" in which she has performed.

Stop-Loss’ hammers it home

By By Rachel Adams and By Rachel Adams • March 27, 2008

There are times when every moviegoer has to admit that he or she isn't completely objective in his or her judgments. I'll admit that there are less-than-objective reasons I gave this movie such a low score. One, I hate war movies. Two, I'm tired of all the war movies.

Ties, lies and America’s Next Top Model

By By Clayton Norlen and Alexandra Gregory and By Clayton Norlen and Alexandra Gregory • March 27, 2008

Dear He Says, She Says, The last time I saw President Bush on TV, when he was in Africa doin' his thang pretending to care about poor, starvin' folk, I coulda swore he had a boner. What do you think? Sincerely, BoneDing Police He Says, It makes sense.

Couple blends Chinese, western melodies

By By Clayton Norlen and By Clayton Norlen • March 27, 2008

The hands of Ning and Jie Lu create a cross-cultural fusion as their fingers move across the piano. The melodies of Oriental music can only be played with the right hand, Ning said, while the left provides Western structure and rhythm that creates a distinct sound.

Five reasons to get off your couch (3/27-4/2)

By and • March 27, 2008

"On most days, we view an image and instantly draw a conclusion about its meaning. We quickly move on with our lives, secure in our understanding of what we saw.

World renowned cellist to perform at Libby Gardner Hall

By By Christie Franke and By Christie Franke • March 27, 2008

The Virtuoso Series is here again, this time with professional cellist Colin Carr as its main attraction. Tonight, Carr will take audiences in the Libby Gardner Concert Hall by storm. How, you ask? Well, there was once a composer named Beethoven. He wrote extraordinarily passionate music including a series of works for cello and piano.

Football: Returning the favor

By By Cody Brunner and By Cody Brunner • March 27, 2008

The U athletic budget just got a little bigger. Former Utah standout and current Carolina Panthers star wide receiver Steve Smith was on campus Wednesday afternoon to pledge a $250,000 donation to the athletics department to endow a scholarship for a wide receiver.

Mueller: A terrestrial kind of monopoly

By By Lauren Mueller and By Lauren Mueller • March 27, 2008

After more than a year of stalling, the Justice Department's antitrust division has finally granted its long-awaited blessing to the marriage of XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. The forthcoming XM-Sirius monopoly, which almost no one but consumer advocacy groups is calling a monopoly, needs only the the Federal Communications Commission's approval at this point.