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Show SPECIAL EDITION Look inside for our guide to the a STUDENT LIFE and WELLNESS CENTER n Steve Hall's Humanities course takes a critical look at American cinema ---.AI I Postmodern Hollywood L ira'L*41*c First home win -n rn The Lady Wolverines dominate over Santa Clara on their own turf B4 Utah Valley University//uvureview.com UVU REVIEW April 14, 2014 LV.XXVI I THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE Making them laugh Eric Stonestreet, star of ABC's hit sitcom 'Modern Family' spoke on campus about his life leading up to his new found stardom. see B3 LAURA FOX/UVU REVIEW Art Students take over GT Building Installation and Performance Artwork used to engage students' views on art By Alex Gee Assistant News Editor @alex_gee_5 BYRON HOWARD/UVU REVIEW Art students redefined contemporary art by taking to the GT Building with live installations. Students had their portraits drawn in an attempt to demonstrate creative expression. 66 These types of artworks incorporate real time and space, blurring the boundary between art and life, and sometimes involving the viewer as a participant. This month, UVU art students invaded the GT building with a first-of-its kind campus exhibit centered on installations and performance art. The art focused on challenging the boundaries and definition of contemporary art. The idea for this student-produced art exhibit began last fall. COURTNEY DAVIS Assistant Professor "I really liked the idea of of Art History students actually creating a conceptual work of art, rather than simply researching and writing about other artists' conceptual As students walked past creations," said Courtney the artwork Revoir would Davis, assistant professor of Art History and professor explain to them that they were now visiting UVU's of the students involved in art gallery. Revoir's this on-campus exhibit. display of the lone ceramic One art student, Larry jar was a bit of a facetious Revoir, chose displaying a way of pointing out that single ceramic jar tucked away in one of the hallways UVU's art school is sorely of the GT building as his project. ART A4 Globally acclaimed speaker to deliver keynote address at commencement Wes Moore will speak on the value of education and mentors, as well as the choices that made a remarkable influence on his future By Tiffany Frandsen Staff Writer @tiffany_mf Wes Moore, best-selling author of "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Faces," army combat veteran and Executive Producer/ host of PBS series "Coming Home with Wes Moore" will be the keynote speaker at UVU's 2014 commencement. His address will focus on the impact of an education, the importance of mentors, and the profound effect of choice. In 2004, Wes Moore was being highlighted in the Baltimore Sun for being a Rhodes Scholar. Around the same time, the newspaper ran stories about another man named Wes Moore, who had been arrested after robbing a jewelry store. Both men came from fatherless homes and from the same neighborhood in Baltimore, Md. Both had gotten into academic and behavioral trouble. When one's mother sent him to military school, the two Moores' paths radically diverged. While one Wes Moore advocates for student success by mentoring kids in Baltimore and New York, the other Wes Moore is serving a life sentence on murder charges. Moore hesitated naming his book after himself. His publishers said that the point wasn't the name itself - each school and neigh- 66 President Holland was impressed with his background, his remarkable story of resilience and that he overcame certain things when others, quite literally of his same name, didn't make the choices he made. DR. KYLE REYES Special Assistant to the President PHOTO COURTESY OF WESMOORE.COM borhood has their own Wes Moore standing at crucial crossroads. Portions of the proceeds from book sales go to City Year and U.S. Dream Academy, two nonprofits dedicated to mentoring kids. "President Holland brought his name forward as somebody that was recommended that seemed to represent everything that UVU [stands] for," Dr. Kyle Reyes, special assistant to the president, said. "President Holland was impressed with his background, his remarkable story of resilience and that he overcame certain things when others, quite literally of his same name, didn't make the choices he made." UVU strives for inclusivity, and since his tenure began, Holland has committed to bringing a diverse group of leaders to speak. Moore is the first African-American to speak at UVU's commencement in the school's history. Moore graduated Phi Theta Kappa as a commissioned officer from Valley Forge Military College and Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University. He continued to study International Relations at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2005-2006, Moore served a combat tour of duty in Afghanistan with the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army as a paratrooper and captain. Since coming home, he has worked on a support/reintegration plan for returning veterans. UVU will award Moore an honorary doctoral degree of public service during the commencement ceremony. Those who receive honor- KEYNOTE A4 |