Reading Time: 2 minutes Carrie Laudie | Editor-in-chief It would seem that every few days a new Presidential hopeful comes out of nowhere and throws their hat in the ring. Whether this represents absolute chaos or the beauty of democracy is really hard to tell. The worst sides of the candidates have been exposed early on in the race. With the buffoonery of Donald […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes Beauty Pageants: Empowering or Degrading? There is More to a Pageant Queen than Meets the Eye Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie We live in a culture where a woman is still prized for her beauty. Despite years of the feminist movement, this is a cold hard fact. But behind the pretty and seemingly extravagant […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matthew Holland participates in Oxford University’s Seminar in Constitutional Thought and History Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie Thursday June 11 President Holland participated in a panel discussion at historic Oxford University in Oxford, England. The panel also included some of England’s foremost historians on American history, Richard Carwardine, president of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU students travel to Florida to tour JetBlue facilities and attend airshow Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie JetBlue provided airfare to Florida, and lodging, for a group of six UVU students and two faculty members so they could tour the JetBlue facilities and attend an airshow. They were given the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie On Tuesday, April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard arguments about whether or not same-sex marriage should be legalized. An amicus brief was submitted by “100 scholars of marriage,” including President Matthew Holland, who not only used his name, but also his […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes This letter was featured in the Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday May 2 as the Letter of the week. There were 108 signatures when it was submitted. There are now 114. (More than) 100 UVU Scholars Committed to Diversity and Inclusion George Pyle wrote Sunday in the Salt Lake Tribune that Gene Schaerr, the lawyer […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | @gabicampbellphotos, Brooke Morrill | @BrookeMorrill Utah Valley University held its 74th commencement on April 30. There were 5,143 graduates earning 5,341 degrees. The graduates heard messages from Tyler Brklacich, outgoing student body president, President Matthew Holland and Mitt Romney, former governor […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie On Friday March 27, UVU announced student fees and tuition for the 2015-16 school year. There will be a slight decrease in student fees and a three percent increase in first-tier tuition. There will be no increase in second-tier tuition, for the second consecutive year in a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie On Saturday, March 7, UVU participated in a countywide mock disaster. The training exercise took place at West Campus and tested the ability of multiple agencies to work together in the event of a large disaster. Close to 400 people participated, with 120 volunteers from UVU, BYU […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie On Tuesday, March 10, UVU hosted a symposium on the Middle East Conflict. The speakers were His Excellency Juan Jose Escobar Stemman, ambassador of Spain in the Palestinian territories and Javier Martin, a news correspondent and chief bureau for the international news agency EFE in Tunisia. The […]