Let’s talk about it: Desert Noises

September 26, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Desert Noises have been a local favorite for a few years now.   With the help of local artist Joshua James and Slowtrain records, the band is releasing their first full-length album, Mountain Sea as an LP record. The band will celebrate the release of their record with a show on Monday September 26 at […]

Journalism’s past and future

April 11, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ross Douthat, columnist for The New York Times, will be speaking on campus Tuesday, April 12, in the Sorensen Student Center. Douthat’s lecture, “From the Yellow Press to the Fourth Estate and Back: How Journalism’s Past Became Journalism’s Future,” is being sponsored by the Utah Democracy Project and The New York Times Readership Program. According […]

Clubbing through college

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes According to the official clubs website, there are 166 clubs on campus. Sarah Roseborough may want to add to that number; at the very least, she wants to help each of those clubs kick it up a notch. Roseborough was recently voted the new vice president of clubs and is very eager to build the […]

Invisible Children show students how to make a difference

March 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 100 students sat in the library auditorium as they watched the new movie by Invisible Children. Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization that helps children in central Africa, was on campus on March 1. “The Congo Tour” event screened Tony, a film that tells the story of boy who grew up in the war-torn country […]

How to be you(tiful)

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Look through a magazine. Turn on a television show or movie. They are visible all over the place: unrealistic representations of both men and women. People are bombarded with images of thin women with the perfect body and men with rock-hard abs and broad shoulders. The misconceptions about the “perfect” body are what Dr. Nicole […]

Need school money?

February 7, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes The early bird gets the worm. That is, if the bird is a student and the worm is financial aid. Financial aid is a resource that is available to all students and can be of great value in helping ones education. It is not always the easiest thing to figure out, but with the help […]

High time for debate

January 31, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Legalization of marijuana debate to be held on campus Heads vs. Feds, a popular debate event about the legalization of marijuana, is blazing through college campuses across the country and will soon be coming to UVU. The debate will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 1, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Ragan Theater and […]

Technology career fair

January 31, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute On Tuesday, Feb. 1, the Career Development Center will be putting on a technology internship and career fair in the walkway between the Gunther Trades and Computer Science buildings. According to Jordan Doman, a counselor in the Career Development Center, this is a perfect occasion for students to network with some of the technology industry’s […]

Trading up for future art students

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Julie Pierce is a 51-year-old student in the Fine Arts department who has seen the benefits of financial aide and scholarship. She returned to school after taking a long break to raise her children. Now she’s trying to help other students financially with their education. Inspired by Kyle Macdonald, who traded a red paperclip for […]