Low tech granny in a high tech world
Marinann Castillo, staff writer Illustration by Trevor Robertson Returning to college full-time a year ago to finish my Bachelor’s Degree after 34 years has been a technological adventure. I admit…
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UVU Plant ID Team Identifies Success at Competition
After a stellar performance in an international plant identification competition, UVU held a reception to celebrate the success of their plant identification team. Recently the Plant Identification team of UVU’s…
U.S. Expert on Afghanistan Visits UVU
The UVU Center for Constitutional Studies hosted a visit from Dr. Roger Kangas, a leading U.S. expert on Afghanistan and Central Asia. Kangas currently is the academic dean and professor…
Bitcoin: No longer just the Wild West for nerds
Bitcoin is still the Wild West of currency, but its reputation is spreading outside of its community of users, perhaps because of the recent news about Mt. Gox, the oldest…
Candidates challenged by students in UVUSA debate
Photos by Gabi Campbell UVUSA opponents Rise and Limitless were in the hot seat last Tuesday during the 2014 election debate at Centre Stage. The crowd filled the room with…
UVU Musicians are escaping Gravity
Everyone has heard about the Provo Music Scene. After artists like Fictionist, Imagine Dragons and Neon Trees a lot of people think that they understand the sound of Utah. But…
Brawl between UVU fans, NMSU students follows comeback win
As the Utah Valley men’s basketball team was winding down the closing seconds of its biggest win of the season, Wolverine fans rushed the court, and the reigning Western Athletic…
UVU Aviation Tour
Last week I went and visited the UVU Aviation Hanger at Provo Airport. From what I gather, a good majority of students on the main campus (even the involved ones)…
UVUSA Debate
The 2014 UVUSA debate has come to a close, and both teams had great arguments. Thank you to all of those who attended. If you weren’t able to come…
Enrollment is down but expected to recover
After steady growth since Utah Valley University received promoted status from a college to a university, enrollment at UVU is down from 33,000 in fall of 2011 to 30,000 in…
Making UVU Limitless
With less than a week until UVUSA elections, Team Limitless is in crunch mode. Working non-stop to prepare UVU for the 2014-2015 school year, whether they win or lose. “The…
Prepared to RISE
With the campaign season ticking away, Team Rise is sharpening their focus and making goals a reality. They see no reason to wait until after the election to get their…
UVU well represented in Sochi Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics are underway in Sochi, Russia, and UVU is well represented with two alumni competing and another as an alternate. Noelle Pikus-Pace, 31, first started on skeleton…
The truth behind your tuition
President Holland and Linda Makin, vice president of Budgeting and Planning, collaborated last Tuesday to present the annual ‘Truth in Tuition’ hearing. Their presentation offered students and faculty an inside…
UVU: no smokes please
Thomas Hall, Staff writer hall.tom5@gmail.com The mission of NUVU is to persuade the Utah Valley University administration to adopt a comprehensive tobacco-free policy. The mission is designed to support the…
