Reading Time: < 1 minute Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos Orem’s Cries of Freedom celebration honored history July 3 with a tribute to World War II pilot Gail Halvorsen. Known as “The Candy Bomber”, Halvorsen earned his nickname by dropping candy attached to parachutes for children during the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 25% of UVU students live in BYU housing. This can create many problems including having to follow the BYU honor code, going to more BYU sponsored events than UVU sponsored events, living further away from UVU, and even having to move out during finals week, sometimes with nowhere to go. My freshman year I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jon Kovach Jr. | Staff Writer Discontinuing a television program, remaking a movie, creating sequels, or replacing actors for the same character are all forms of change. Changing our childhood memories can really tug on our heartstrings and memorable attachments. But do these changes actually matter? They may not have ruined your childhood but using […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor | @theroyalthey It has happened once again. We find ourselves in the aftermath of a seemingly random act of violence. Dylan Roof, a white 21-year-old man, attended a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic building with several ties to the American civil rights movement, and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Does the removal of the Confederate flag from government buildings constitute a violation of free speech, or a long-overdue and necessary measure? Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor | @theroyalthey After Dylann Roof’s racially-motivated massacre of nine African-American churchgoers in Charleston, public sentiment toward the Confederate flag has reached an all-time low. Walmart, eBay, Amazon, […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes Beauty Pageants: Empowering or Degrading? There is More to a Pageant Queen than Meets the Eye Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie We live in a culture where a woman is still prized for her beauty. Despite years of the feminist movement, this is a cold hard fact. But behind the pretty and seemingly extravagant […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes $750, No Guarantee It’s a time-honored tradition for students to complain about parking. While I would love to have a closer parking spot, dedicated specifically to me, so that when I inevitably am running late for class I know that at least parking won’t be a headache – I also realize that this is not […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] UVU has announced that three new members will join the ten voting members of the UVU Board of Trustees starting July 1. The new appointees are James Clarke, Jill Taylor and Jack W. Sunderlage. The new Trustees will replace three members who have reached their term limit; Steven Lund, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Center will integrate UVU and community programs Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo courtesy of UVU Marketing The UVU Board of Trustees approved the construction of a new autism center June 25. The 10,000-square-foot facility is expected to be built near the McKay Education Building, however the plan still needs to be approved […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matthew Holland participates in Oxford University’s Seminar in Constitutional Thought and History Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie Thursday June 11 President Holland participated in a panel discussion at historic Oxford University in Oxford, England. The panel also included some of England’s foremost historians on American history, Richard Carwardine, president of […]