Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s an interesting situation when everyone agrees on something, yet no one can agree that they agree on it. At the most recent student elections debate a question came in from the crowd to Team Aspire’s Cathy Lin about the traditions at UVU. She had a hard time answering it and I would have, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yes, students can still have sex, but UVU will no longer provide the condoms to keep it safe. UVU’s Health and Wellness center has stopped offering its students access to contraceptives as of March 1, 2012. After much discussion regarding the government possibly cutting funding for contraceptives, contraceptives have been made unavailable to the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes On a recent trip to a journalism conference in New York, a number of our newspaper staff members were constantly asked about UVU. When we said that we’re a university near BYU, and that we have a larger student population than our neighbors, people were astounded to have never heard of us. “Is it a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes As I was leaving the amazing Vagina Monologues performance tonight, I was talking to a friend who had tried to buy her tickets through Campus Connection, but they wouldn’t sell them to her. She found out later that some of the people who work there were “protesting” the Monologues by refusing to sell the tickets. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nestled in the comforts of Happy Valley it’s easy to be engulfed in shopping centers, quiet neighborhoods, restaurants, coffee shops and concerts. It’s so easy, in fact, that many people don’t recognize the sheer majesty of the landscape surrounding this urban sprawl. By definition, valleys are encircled by mountains. And we’ve got plenty. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes John Dehlin is one of the first to blog about The Church of Latter-day Saints, on the online scene called Bloggernacle. With Dehlin’s podcasts and blog posts, he holds quite a following. Many people drove for miles to attend this conference. One such group that attended was from Salt Lake City. Chad and Todd […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Moments BY: ROB D. YOUNG For Farrah To see clearly for once, beyond the horizon to you, your paradise. To fight through gales of frigid wind, through furious rain, through sight-stopping sleet. To trudge through mud that swallows you to brow deep. To know that, in a sudden burst of light, your paradise […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes El Club UNICEF es un gran proyecto que se va desarrollar en UVU. Como sabemos, UNICEF es una de las organizaciones más reconocidas a nivel internacional que presta ayuda a los niños del mundo. Por esta razón, un grupo de estudiantes de UVU están dispuestos a trabajar por los niños. “La idea de crear […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Michael McPherson’s hands twitch and shake repeatedly, as though he had three too many cups of coffee. It’s violent enough to be seen from the start line to the end of the long jump pit. The sophomore track and field athlete doesn’t have a logical answer. Logic doesn’t have much say when it comes […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Expecting a baby can be a scary thing for any woman, and added stress is imminent while also attending school. People may think that everyone is courteous and helpful to pregnant women on campus, but according to “Students for life of America,” 46 percent of abortions are performed on college-aged women. So what […]