Reading Time: 2 minutes Some people suck when it comes to buying gifts for them. There are those who have everything and those who don’t want anything. Sure, gift cards and cash work, but such lazy, easy-way-out options are for those who are devoid of creativity and aren’t worried about exhibiting the null set in the thoughtfulness department. Take […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The tradition of gift giving around the holiday season is usually associated with a jolly, generous figure historically celebrated across the world for delivering gifts to poor children. In a consumerist society like ours, any excuse is a valid cause to delve into debt and shower not-so-poor children with less-than-essential items. During this season of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever wondered why places such as Target, ShopKo and Wal-Mart have immensely huge parking lots that are never completely filled? Or why there are so many cashier lanes that go unused? Well, there is one time in the year where every single one of those parking spots are filled and every cashier lane […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m a practicing member of the LDS faith. Every morning, I say my prayers as soon as I wake up; every night I read my scriptures before I go to bed. My ancestry includes Brigham Young, John Taylor and Hyrum Smith. I’m not from Utah, and to be completely honest, Utah Mormons offend me.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This despondent plea, recorded on camera, from an apprehended and tased University of Florida student has flooded the country with speculation from all sides politically.Andrew Meyer, during a speech forum featuring Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), began an eclectic question tirade toward Kerry, and was subsequently escorted away from the microphone for breaking the set forum rules.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many of us in this nation seek the American Dream; that is, living prosperously, among other things. The Declaration of Independence clearly illustrates this desire, stating "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last February, an event touted as "Superhero Night" took place in conjunction with a men’s basketball game in which UVSC students were encouraged to attend the game dressed as their favorite superheroes. According to members of the College Times’s sports staff who were in attendance covering the game, by far the most popular superhero among UVSC students was the invisible wolverine.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UVSC assistant hockey coach Kenneth Dolezar was fatally shot on Thursday morning in Sandy. Sandy police are still investigating the shooting and the suspect is still at large.
Reading Time: 2 minutes With the economy at a low and the need for education at a high, it is shocking that UVSC’s women enrollment has dropped. The trend in the United States tends to be that when the economy dips down, the need for more education and better preparation increases, meaning that college enrollment numbers also increase. When […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes During UVSC’s fall break, which took place Oct. 11 and 12, important technological steps were made towards UVSC’s change to UVU, including updates to the UV Link Web site and the UVSC Banner system. During the past semester’s registration periods, both in August and January 2007, the hardware for the UV Link and Banner systems […]