Fun & Success

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes At the end of 2010, Doritos and Pepsi MAX held a contest to see if everyday, regular people had what it took to “crash the Super Bowl” and create a commercial to air on national television in front of the biggest audience in the country. It was then that local residents Tyler Dixon, Tyler Marshall […]

Wolverine wrestling to represent at nationals

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Three Wolverine wrestlers will head to NCAA Championships March 17-19 Last year the wrestling team sent three Wolverines to nationals. This year three Wolverines will also make an appearance, two of which are repeating. “It’s a really exciting time in the year,” said Coach Williams. “This is what they work the whole year for. They […]

If you want peace, prepare for war

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kickboxing instructor offers free self-defense classes to UVU and BYU students The statistics say that one in every eight women in Utah will report being raped in her lifetime. The number of those not reported is estimated to be double that. Brandon Guzzo is a professional trainer for mixed martial arts and teaches kickboxing at […]

Girls Gone Mild

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Enjoying spring break in Utah Valley on the cheap White sandy beaches stained with bile. Lax drinking laws. “I Ate The Worm” T-shirts. Souvenir sombreros. Blackouts at seedy tattoo parlors. First times. First times at free clinics. Generally regrettable decisions. Edward Forty-Hands. Bikini tops optional. Spring break is one of the last bastions of good […]

The death of liberal arts education

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes The field of liberal arts education is constantly being threatened by budget cuts and a general lack of support. It should, however, be a priority rather than a go-to for program cuts. By Megan Flox-Lambert Opinions Writer People once valued a wellrounded education. Humanities, philosophy, fine arts and social sciences were the keys to understanding […]

Season champs

March 7, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Seniors Justin Baker, Shawn Deadwiler and Jordan Swarbrick finish their final year as regular season GWC champions. Utah Valley’s trio of seniors received a fitting finale as the Wolverines downed Houston Baptist University 67-62 on Senior Night Feb. 26 and then took the win over NJIT March 3, making them Great West Conference regular season […]

Kate McPherson: Paradise found

March 7, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kate McPherson, an Associate Professor of English and Literature, was recently awarded the Alumni Outstanding Educator Award, an honor she says she is “pretty proud of” because the winner is chosen by graduating students as they fill out a final survey asking about influential teachers and experiences. “That’s pretty cool,” she says. McPherson started out […]

Fictionist vies for cover of Rolling Stone

March 7, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes How does a band from Provo, Utah, go from playing in the basement in their underwear to potentially gracing the cover of Rolling Stone magazine? The odds of that happening are about the same as if you were to stand on a surfboard in your basement and wait for a wave come swoop you up […]

Election results

March 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Voting for the new Executive Council took place between Feb. 28 and March 1. Team Innovate won the elections while running against no other party. Though the voting outcome was not a surprise, the numbers behind them might be. When the polls closed and the totals were counted, Christopher Loumeau was voted student body president […]