Student strives to empower young people to beat addiction

October 4, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Illustration by Tyler Carpenter Parker Johnson, a business student and the vice president of marketing for Empower: Slave To None, works with other young entrepreneurs to help young people view addiction in a new way and inspire hope. A world where none are slaves to addiction is the vision of Empower. This organization works through […]

Hidden homeless: a lesser known struggle at UVU

January 16, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Making school a priority is challenging for most students at one time or another. A football game, Facebook update, or chocolate muffin can seem more momentous than a textbook in the moment. Yet in spite of these struggles, few students have to weigh the merit of completing a math quiz over finding a place to […]

Student thanks taxpayers for keeping her alive

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes To read the article from the Tampa Bay Times, visit http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/thank-you-us-taxpayers/1205370   Sitting on the floor of her furnished living room, Keira Sloan Scholz stacks blocks with her  son. As soon as she builds a tower, her son knocks it down with his chubby hand, squealing with laughter. The gregarious little boy is a smaller, […]