Reading Time: 2 minutes Down 70-71 to South Dakota, UVU’s Isiah Williams dribbled the inbounds pass to mid-court before heaving up a desperate shot. The crowd roared as the shot went through but were soon silenced by the referee’s whistle. “He was on the line!” the official yelled, pointing at the sideline. Out of bounds, South Dakota ball, two […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Joe Jurisic remembers last month’s Mardi Gras celebration with fondness. He remembers decorating the Student Center until it looked like Bourbon Street and all the hard work that went into obtaining an Oxygen Bar for the students. He also remembers being stressed out, but even that he remembers with fondness. As the newly elected VP […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Internationally minded conference hopes to benefit the impoverished Following a tradition set in 2007, the Second International Women of the Mountains Conference will be held on campus March 8-9. The conference came about because of an initiative made during the United Nations-sponsored Bishkek Mountain Global Summit 2002, during which the summit noticed a need for […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently, a large group of students, faculty and staff were polled about what they wanted to see in the future Student Life building. For those who wonder where that survey came from, curiosity need prowl no further than Institutional Research and Information. IRI is the on-campus source of surveys determined to quantify the opinion of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes An inside look shows what at student government is all about Each Thursday, the student government council meeting begins when Student Body President Richard Portwood asks a council member to lead the group in saying the Pledge of Allegiance. From seemingly small tasks like delegating who leads in the pledge of allegiance to counseling together […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In an effort to put “going green” into the minds of professors and students, UVUSA is asking professors to stop printing out their syllabi at the beginning of each semester. In a letter to Vice President of Academics Ian Wilson, which the council has asked him to pass along to professors, the executive branch of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes In his annual state of the university address, President Matthew Holland had two major points. First, “The state of the university is sound.” Despite this, the bulk of his speech described the different ways that the school expects to change in the next 10 years. Principally, Holland said that the Northwest Commission on Colleges and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes NOVA Corp adds money to scholarship fund Starting in the fall of 2011, NOVA Corp. will be adding another $75,000 to its scholarship program for Navajo college students. NOVA is an information technology business headquartered in Window Rock, Ariz., part of the Navajo Nation reservation, and is owned by the Navajo Nation itself. The company’s […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Opinions about trained dogs vary Two officers stood in the LA building hallway speaking to a young man with a dog. Although the young man insisted that his animal was a service animal, the officers told him that the animal was not allowed on campus. There is a fundamental difference of opinion in what constitutes […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Initiative aims at educating about college opportunity A long line formed at the front of the room. Latino parents, usually dragging their children along, were waiting to speak to Marcelina Zamora and Yudi Lewis. They wanted to know how to get their kids to college. On Wednesday, Feb. 2, the Latino Initiative hosted a Latino […]