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Show n If M A Xk SECTION 2oilijHrrnlfi SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, LIFE & STYLE 's fortwodaysO' '4 EDITOR Elyssa Andrus 344-255- 3 2005 eandrushefaldextra.com ; UVSC event honors legacy 0 civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr. Cody Clark DAILY HERALD the Rev. Martin the early evening of April King Jr. was shot while standing on the balcony of second-floo- r room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Term. It's an impressive distance in space and time from that moment to Qrem's Utah Valley State College in 2005. Yet nearly 37 years after King s death and one week before the national observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the 76th anniversary of King's birth UVSC is keeping the social i reformer's legacy alive with its 11th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration. "He's a symbol of a historically important movement," said Michael Minch, a UVSC assistant professor who teaches philosophy and is a member of the commemora- tion's advisory board. - - - "That movement brought Courtesy photo legal rights'and hope to millions of Americans John Echohawk is the keynote and to people around the speaker at UVSC's Uth Annual Martin Luther King Jr. world." The UVSC commemo-- . Commemoration. ration is intended to enrich and educate the school's students. Ryan Simmons, an assistant professor of of the annual event, said the struggle English and to assure equal treatment and opportunity for all Americans and, in a broader sense, all people everywhere, is ongoing. In fi li - i . ir See MLK, D2 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Where: Sorenson Student Center, Utah Valley State College, 800 W. University Pkwy. in Orem Highlights: Presentation of Martin Luther King Jr. Award and Keynote Address by John Echohawk, Tuesday at 11:30 a.m., Ragan Theater; Repertory Dance Theaters presents "Homage," Tuesday at 7 p.m, Ragan Theater; World Dance Class, Wednesday at 3 p.m., PE 152; Screening of "Iron Jawed Angels," Thursday, 7 p.m., CS 404 I To see a complete schedule of events and forums, visit www.uvsc.edueventsmlk Cachet - not comfort - gives stilettos their long legs Samantha Critchell THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Turning the cell phone into a personal trainer with PDAs to keep track of routines. But far more people have cell phones than PDAs. The rub is that many gyms have outlawed cell phones, fearing that some people might take unflattering or unclothed pictures of fellow members and post them on the Internet. The ban isn't a most people wouldn't total loss consult their phone in the middle of a Spinning class anyway. To see how useful the fitness phone is, I logged in and got my personalized workout after answering a series of questions, including goals (slimming down or gaining power evidently one can't do both), how much time per day' and how many days a week I want to strength and cardio train, what kind of cardio I like to do (aerobics, basketball, elliptical trainer, tennis, etcahd my weight. I was also asked whether I liked to do barbel squats, which I felt was getting a little too per- Jeannine Stein Stiletto heels force a woman's back to arch, pushing her bosom out in the front and her rear in the back, further accentuat-in- g the feminine silhouette. Men like it, and so do women, says fashion historian Caroline LOS ANGELES TIMES Some of us are all about our cell phones. We have them pasted Cox. "Men like an exaggerated female figure. Stilettos also make a woman seem quite delicate because you have to balance (in the shoes). She might need a man's hand," Cox says. "Women like them because they have a reputation of being glamorous and sexy. Women also get height, which makes them feel powerful." Cox wrote "Stiletto," which traces the modern history of the ultra high heel. She credits 1950s shoemakers Roger Vivier, Andrew Perugia, Salvatore Ferragamo and Charles Jourdan for rescuing women from the utilitarian wartime footwear of the previous decade. Since then, stilettos have remained a fixture on the fashion scene, hitting heights in the '50s and '80s, and they're soaring now. Cox notes, though, that the look of the modern stiletto is evolving from a witchlike pointy toe to a rounder toe, and Prada, a favorite among the stylish set, is returning to a thicker e heel that was popular 20 years ago instead of the narrower slope familiar to fans of Jimmy Choo and Manolo l& , J cone-shap- Blahnik. as a In the 1960s, the heel was square, while in the late '70s stilettos either had a backlash against the wedge and the clog punk-roc- k edge or they were disco sandals, Cox explains. Shoes have the same appeal as handbags and jewelry: They always fit. "As long as you can afford them, you can wear most . L See STILETTOS, D2 DOUQ Actress Laura Elena Harrings wore $1 million MILLSAssociated Press stilettos, designed by Stuart Weitzman, to the 74th annual Academy Awards. WWW.HARKTHEHERALp.COM - CALL 375-510- 3 TO SUBSCRIBE to our ears or the palms of our hands, buy them pricey designer outfits and continually replace them with newer, sleeker models as if they were trophy spouses. So, when I got word of a cell phone that could enhance my fitness routine, it didn't seem that outrageous. The camera flip phone, the result of a partnership between NEC and Fitness magazine, comes with a body mass index calculator, a target heart rate calculator, a list of calories burned for various exercises, and caloric needs based on height, age, weight and level of activity. Users can also access and download the magazine's personal fitness planner, which offers customized workouts, meals, tips and recipes. It's not the most original of ideas many people already use their personal desk assistants to monitor workouts, and some car- dio equipment can even link up ; sonal. A question about limitations allowed me to check ' See CELL PHONE, D2 |
