Sports briefs

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes VolleyballUtah Valley swept the Division-I Independent weekly awards after the team went a perfect 4-0 last week. Senior Jessica Endres earned Offensive Player of the Week and sophomore Allyce Wilson nabbed Defensive Player of the Week honors. Endres led the Wolverines to a first place finish at the NJIT Invitational and was named to the all-tournament team.

Craig clings to his breastplate

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes The definition of a hypocrite, one who professes virtues that he does not respect to secure the advantage of seeming to be that which he despises, was never more singularly personified than it is in the Republican senator from Idaho, Larry Craig.Last week when a Minnesota judge denied Craig’s appeal to retract his guilty plea from his disorderly conduct charge, which came from a sex sting operation, Craig instead retracted his promise to resign by Sept.

Staff infection

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute I’d love to follow the Mandy Moore tour, but can’t. Something called a restraining order. -Luke HickmanI wish I could hang out with my mom. I can’t, however, because she lives on an alpaca farm in West Virginia, which is a four-day drive for me, and I don’t have the flow to fly.

Stand up, quit sitting on the fence, and take a stand; decide for yourself

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes On the heels of General Petraeus’ address to Congress and the ever-present debate of whether or not we should be in Iraq, a lot of Americans are left wondering, now more than ever, What exactly is our government’s objective in Iraq?Today, throughout the world, our government sees it as their responsibility, and god-given calling, to uphold everything that they deem "right," and to force those beliefs on people throughout the world.

Applause for commuter rail project

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes The College Times applauds the Utah Transit Authority’s recent signing of a letter of intent with Federal Transit Administration to fund five new rail projects.This is in addition to a U.S. Senate bill that was passed in mid-September that will give $8 million UTA to partially fund construction of a bus rapid transit route between Orem and Provo.

Crossing county lines

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes As UVSC moves toward its transition to UVU and enrollment numbers rise, transportation and parking may become a serious issue among students and faculty on campus.

The Scarecrow Festival helps teens in need

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute West Ridge Academy (WRA) will host the 16th-annual Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi October 11-15, 2007. The Scarecrow Festival is a fundraiser whose proceeds go to the youth in West Ridge Academy. Donations from the festival are used for residential treatment, clinical therapy and the overall benefit of each individual in the program. […]

UVSC Rotary Club commits to serve

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Most people have heard of Rotary Clubs, but fewer have heard of the Rotaract Club, an officially sponsored and endorsed branch of Rotary International. Chantel Kaiser, the community service chairperson of UVSC Rotaract, said, "We maintain the same standards, traditions and practices that take place in Rotary Clubs." Recently, the UVSC branch finished a large […]

Networking conference planned for business women

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVSC will host a networking conference for women entrepreneurs on Friday, Oct. 12.Startupprincess.com, along with the Orem Small Business Development Center, will host the event geared toward helping women who are interested in business meet others like them and to inspire them to develop their business dreams into successful, working plans.