Letter from the editor: Pioneer Day

July 18, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Hello readers, Even if you’re in the minority of Utah Valley and not a Mormon, you’ve probably heard about the pioneers. What can I say? Those Mormons are as proud of their pioneers as Americans are of their apple pie. The long and short of the pioneer’s story is that they followed their spiritual […]

Not your tween sister’s Twilight Series

July 5, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Twilight Concert Series is an annual event put on by the Salt Lake City Arts Council. The bring great musical artists to Pioneer Park (it used to be held in Gallivan Plaza, but moved last year) for free of charge to patrons. Location: Pioneer Park 350 West 300 South Salt Lake City Enter at […]

Rooftop Concert Series

July 1, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes     Rooftop Concert Series with Mindy Gledhill and Meaghan Smith. June 3. The next concert is on July 1 with The Abbey Road Show and Sarah Sample. Photos by Trevor Christensen. See more of his work at trevorchristensen.com

The Magic of the Sweet Tooth Fairy

June 9, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Disney made being a fairy look so easy. But Megan Brown, owner and CEO of The Sweet Tooth Fairy, proves that you need a little more than pixie dust to concoct delicious and impeccably styled treats, run a corporation and a household of four kids under the age of five. The Sweet Tooth Fairy started […]

Safety through cooperation

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Campus Police, Student Health Services and Judicial Affairs have set crime-preventing policies that help keep the campus safe and crime rates low. Extensive training throughout the university has taken place to practice preventative action. In 2009, there were 11 counts of forcible sex offences on the BYU campus. Neighboring the Cougars, UVU cut that number  […]

Thrown under the bus

February 28, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Without the subsidy from UTA, funding the Ed Pass is burdensome on the school. Students who need it however, are stuck without transportation otherwise. For students who rely on public transit, an additional expense has been added to their semester budget. In the February 3 student fees hearing, Timpanogos Regional General Manager for UTA Hugh […]

The only game in town

February 21, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students will have a decidedly undemocratic election for the 2011-2012 UVUSA leadership with only a single presidential ticket on the ballot. The recent application period for student body officer candidates went largely unnoticed, chiefly in consequence to the Election Committee’s poor advertisement efforts, as demonstrated by the single candidate group running in this year’s elections. […]

Let’s talk about sex

February 14, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes The birds and the bees. The garden and the watering hose. The Crock-Pot and the Foreman Grill. Whatever euphemism one chooses, it all comes down to the same thing: getting around the discomfort of talking about sex. Actually, the last couple was how my LDS bishop explained the subject to my then-fiancé and me. He […]

This land is our land

January 31, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes [monoslideshow id=20] Overlooking federal jurisdiction, the U.S. Constitution, and basic human rights, the Arizona copycat immigration bill has brought a lot of controversy to Capital Hill, bringing UVU students to its steps in protest. A melting pot of backgrounds and people. The land of the free and home of the brave. A land of opportunity. […]