Facebook Snaps Instagram for $1 Billion

April 12, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes In a move that is likely to have widespread repercussions in the world of social media, Facebook, the social network, has purchased Instagram, a free mobile photo-sharing app for $1 billion.   Instagram has been around for just over a year and a half and is already worth more than most companies today. The popular […]

Common courtesy not so common on campus

April 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Through the bustling halls and classrooms of Utah Valley University, there is one of Dante’s “Seven Deadly Sins” that seems most apparent – sloth. Sloth is the ugly monster that leads us even deeper into the inferno. For who among us has not followed its delightful call, it sounds something like: “meh,” or “someone else will […]

Campus jungle

April 2, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute In times past, the halls around campus teemed with life, plant life. There was a movement in the 1990s to get more live plants in the halls to help improve the atmosphere of the school.   Atmosphere is a term that is associated with both mood and air quality. Live plants help improve both, and […]