The condom-only girl

October 1, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes As I sat in the passenger seat of my family’s minivan, curled up in a little ball with my arms wrapped around my stomach, I was convinced I was going to die. I may have been a bit dramatic, but when you are seven-years-old, stomach aches are the worst, and this particular stomach ache was […]

UVU ink

September 24, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tattoos and body piercings set some UVU students apart from the traditional Utah Valley appearance

Feeling safe in HAPPY VALLEY

September 10, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes For those who reside in Utah County, also known as Happy Valley, the characteristics that differentiate this part of Utah from the rest of the state and the rest of the country may be hard to notice, but to the rest of the world, Happy Valley is very peculiar. A large factor of this peculiarity […]

Roommates: the good, the bad and the ugly

September 3, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Every stage in life has its own unique experiences that set it apart from other moments in life. The college years in particular provide many distinct experiences that have the potential to teach valuable life lessons. These lessons often come in the form of roommates – the good, the bad and even the ugly have […]

Making final days of summer count

August 27, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes With his sunglasses on and his long-board resting against his leg, Tim Ferrell, a sophomore at UVU, sent several text messages to his friends so he could finalize plans for his last trip of the summer. Ending the summer months with a bang is important to Ferrell and many students across campus. Although the beginning […]

Living in a gluten-free world

August 27, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine a life without gluten. That means no whole wheat bread, no Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, no Hot-N-Ready pizza from Little Caesars and no white-chocolate-chip-macadamia nut cookies from Subway. For the majority of students at UVU, a life without these delicious delicacies would be a sad one but there is a growing population of these people […]