Valentine’s Day is the day of the year that most people think about love, but for Jim Brickman, romance can be expressed every day through music.

The SCERA Shell Theatre will feature Grammy-nominated artist Jim Brickman tonight at 8 p.m. Brickman has won the “Songwriter of the Year” award twice.

Six of his adult contemporary albums have achieved gold and platinum status, and artists such as Martina McBride, Olivia Newton-John, Carly Simon and Donny Osmond have taken some of his songs and made them their own. Brickman has had No. 1 songs including “Valentine,” “The Gift,” “Love of My Life,” “Destiny,” “Simple Things” and “Peace,” and also had three of his recordings on the top three spot on Billboard’s New Age chart.

One thing many parents have taught their children is that sometimes life just isn’t fair. This lesson is demonstrated in one holiday each year — Father’s Day.

Plans for Father’s Day are generally less elaborate than plans that children make for their mothers on Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day has been said to be the second largest holiday for gift-giving, the leading day of the year for long distance phone calls and the busiest day of the year for restaurants. A survey done by The National Retail Federation estimated that U.S. consumers are expected to spend an average of $90.89 for Father’s Day this year versus $123.89 spent on Mother’s Day.

With their tarps and blankets spread across UVU’s Brent Brown Ballpark, fans endured rainfall as they danced and sang along to Kelly Clarkson, local band Imagine Dragons and four other entertaining acts on Thursday night.

Attendees feared the event might be rained out, but the weather remained tolerable and prompted a full-size rainbow.

Chosen to open for Grammy winner Clarkson, the five local acts competed for a $2,500 cash prize in “UVU’s Got Talent.”

Imagine Dragons, composed of BYU students, won the title.

“After winning, we definitely feel elated,” said Dave Lemke, the bass player.

Originally, 80 contestants tried out for the talent competition. After strict review, this number was reduced to 25.

On Thursday night, the five finalists performed in front of more than 9,000 UVUphoria attendees.

After several great dates with that girl from your biology class, she finally mentioned she’s not interested in a serious relationship because she’s waiting for a missionary.

This seems to be a common trend in the social dating life at BYU which, for many, makes dating that much more complicated and frustrating.

“Some guys would never ask me out since I had a missionary,” said Jen Schofield, a senior from Provo, majoring in history teaching. “Other guys were really mean about it and accused me of distracting him from his mission.”

Schofield said she felt it was good to keep progressing in her social life by dating because you learn something from everyone you date.

“Because I dated others, I think we weren’t putting the pressure on each other that he had to marry me when he came home from his mission,” Schofield said.

The chance to be Miss America is something thousands of girls try for each year, and for 12 young women in Provo, the first step to that tiara and title is happening on Saturday.

Provo Mayor Lewis K. Billings will crown the new Miss Provo and her court on Saturday during the 34th annual Miss Provo Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m. at the Covey Center for the Arts, 425 W. Center St. in Provo. Each contestant will be judged on talent, an interview, physical fitness and evening wear. The new Miss Provo will select an issue or cause to promote throughout her reign.

“[We have] a little bit of everything this year — five BYU students, six UVU, one Taylor Andrews [cosmetology] student,” said Jenni McCall, the pageant producer. “The thing I like about the Miss America Organization is that it’s a beauty pageant, but it’s more about helping your community.”

After completing a semester at BYU-Hawaii, senior Dalaney Mecham brought a pineapple back to Provo. He rooted it indoors to remind him of Hawaii.

Despite his initial gardening doubt, his success inspired him to continue planting and he experimented with a coconut palm and basil.

With springtime in full bloom, students are interested in gardening, but lack the necessary time and space.

Fortunately, students can alter the standard garden to accommodate their circumstances. Chris Mueller, an employee at Sunshine Greenhouses in Provo, said there are quite a few students who come into the store and this number is steadily increasing.

“Because they are pressed on time or space, students are doing square foot or container gardening,” Mueller said.