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Show CULTURE r www.uvureview.com JULY 19, 2010 VOLL ISSUE 2 Kappa Sigma fraternity looks to expand their mark on campus The first official Greek organization on campus has big goals - and may well achieve them By KELLY CANNON Culture Writer W hen Rhett Dalley came to UVU, he felt an odd sense of disconnection from his university. While the education he was receiving was one of the best in the state, he never felt like a "Wolverine." There was a lack of home or community for the Kaysville native. That was until he helped found a colony of the Kappa Sigma International Fraternity, UVU's first Greek fraternity. Now Dalley not only feels like he is enjoying the full college experience, but also a connection to his university. While it is hard to shake the negative stereotype of Greek life as portrayed by movies such as Animal House, the reality could not be further from the truth. Fraternities and sororities offer students a support system of brothers and sisters dedicated to helping one another through school and life. While most clubs and organizations on campus are based around academics, service or socialization, fraternities and sororities offer the complete package. Many national and international fraternities and sororities are based on the ideas of service to the community and excellence in academics, as well as a strong sense of brotherhood and sisterhood that lasts well after students graduate. But above everything else, Greek life offers students a place to belong. "It's what got me involved in the school," stated Dalley, the colony's acting president. "It's what got me to love the school." Members of UVU's new Greek organization stand tall and proud. Because of UVU's commuter college status, it's hard to feel a connection to the university. Dalley plans on having Kappa Sigma take away the commuter college mentality and replace it with a strong sense of belonging. When asked to sum up what it means to be Greek, Dalley replied, "From the outside you don't understand it but from the inside you can't explain it." Randy) Netlsen/ UVU Rev/ew The Kappa Sigma International Fraternity was founded onDec. 10, 1869, at the University of Virginia. The five founders pledged to support one another through a brotherhood basedon four pillars: fellowship, leadership, scholarship and service.- KAPPA SIGMA- B2 The Secret Life of Girls Improv club enlightens and entertains continues summer comedy By ROBBIE X. PIERCE Culture Writer By KELLY CANNON Culture Writer On Friday July 9, UVU's improv club What's So Funny? put on their second performance of the summer. Playing in front of around 30 people, each player was musically introduced by Reed Parkinson at the piano. Parkinson also guaranteed the show would be the "best two dollars you spend all day." The eight club members played twelve different games, each one relying on the quick thinking and sense of humor of the members. Chris Clark and Tyler Judd showed not only their cleverness but also their confidence in the game "Sound Effects". Both Clark and Judd were relaxed and helped each other out to provide the maximum amount of humor from the scene. The show debuted their latest game, called "Up Yours", where teams of three perform a scene until the other team shouts, "Objection!" and states something they disagree with in the scene. The judge, played by members Tara Howard and Katie Fallon, would then decide if they were overruled, thus allowing the team to continue or if the objection was sustained, thereby making the teams switch and the new team carry on from there. The most hilarious moments of the game came from Drew Young at the comment, "Spread your legs." Young shouted, "Objection! I never want to hear that again!" The motion was sustained and Drew's team was able to take over once the audience was able to regain composure from fits of laughter. This show was also the debut of three new members, Lehif Martin, John Howard and Tara Howard. Kelly Cannon / UVU Review UVU improv troupe makes with the funny. "It's been a great way to make friends," noted Tara. She and her husband joined the group after seeing one of their shows and deciding to stay after to play games with the other members. Martin, wanting to find a way to get involved with the school, joined after seeing the group at a UVU club rush. "You surprise yourself," he said. "You find yourself coming up with stuff you never thought you could." What's So Funny? practices in PS 202 every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Any student is welcome to come. "You can just come and watch if you want," said Clark when talking about practices. "You can join in when you're comfortable. We're really open to everyone. If you want to just come and laugh on Tuesday nights, that's fine. There's really no pressure." * For more information on What's So Funny? email the club at WhatsSoFunny@Gmail.com. The UVU/Noorda Theater Summer Youth Camp provided the opportunity for hundreds of local youth of all ages to learn from great teachers and to use what they've learned. The kids put on three different shows at the end of the camp, including The Secret Life Of Girls, the show put on by the older girls of the camp. The script by Linda Daugherty tells the story of a group of teenagers who struggle against themselves and each other to climb the social ladder and find security in their world. The dialogue is frank and shocking. Several issues pertinent to today's girls were covered, including gossip, peer pressure, cliques, sex and boys, eating disorders and self-abuse. The audience was made aware that these problems are prevalent and that something needs to be done for our girls. In the end, the message was one of empowerment and moving beyond victimhood. What really sold the message was the girls themselves. This play could not have been performed with adult actors. The teenagers who played the girls seemed so real because they were real. Baylee Dodge seemed particularly unaffected as the main character, Abby. Dodge didn't seem like an actor; she seemed like a girl really confronting the harsh criticism of the other girls in the play. There was a tenderness in her performance that seemed like it could be a weakness, but she surprised the audience by being able to play the stronger end of her emotional scale as she turned the abuse on those around her. Also of particular note was Kaitlyn Lamb, who will be attending Summer theater campgoers star in an important production UVU next year and played girl Stephanie. Lamb played the", role with an ease that made ait* diences wonder whether truly such a manipulative bee in real life, but viewers wereX eventually were let in on j nieTs own shortcomings. ^ adeptly displayed a vulnerability^ that conveyed that all these characters were at once perpetrator" and victim. All of the young ae^ tresses were asked to portray muj-^ tiple facets of a girl's personality? and did so gracefully. ."> Every teenage girl should- see* this important play. It's exciting^ to see what fine theater the Sum-« mer Youth Camp turned out this^ year, and audiences should look* forward to making it to even more^ of their productions next year.. • ' -- |