Barbed, dangerous and domestic?

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Barbed and Dangerous” was the title of the most recent Integrated Studies lecture, examining the history of barbed wire and its role in advertising. Presented by Dr. Lyn Bennett, associate professor of History and Political Science and Dr. Scott Abbott, director of Integrated Studies and professor of Philosophy and Humanities, the lecture took place on […]

Alumni center gives out free breakfast

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes A steady stream of guests filled The Alumni Center Wednesday morning, attending the free breakfast. Through the breakfasts, held weekly from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. for students and alumni, The Alumni Center hopes to raise awareness of its purpose. Nov. 11‘s breakfast, complete with green Wolverine pancakes, was in celebration of Homecoming week. The […]

Your mom likes Twilight!

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes Middle-aged women are infatuated with teen vampire romance Don’t assume that the normal-looking mother buying a poster of vampire Edward Cullen is getting it for her teenage daughter. There is a good chance she’s keeping it for herself. “Twilight Moms” is a demographic of adult women who are enthralled by Stephenie Meyer’s TWILIGHT series and […]

Project encourages women to continue their education

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Although women nationwide enroll in and obtain degrees from institutions of higher education at a greater rate than men, these are not the dynamics seen throughout Utah. Dr. Susan Madsen, associate professor of Management, began researching this anomaly in May and will continue to do so through fall of 2010 at the request of Utah […]

We all pay as we go

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes We’ve all been there: a busy week, lots of homework, you’ve hit all your classes and still worked enough shifts to survive until the next pay period. But then one of your professors decides to throw down; it’s time to prove what you’ve learned. Now you’ve got three days to head over to the testing […]

Hey Joe

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU has a unique history of inviting eccentric speakers to campus. There was of course the cataclysmic 2004 Michael Moore/Sean Hannity episode. Then there was Ralph Nader conducting an alternative commencement for disgruntled BYU students in 2007. Well, the good news is, it seems, we intend to continue this tradition. On Nov. 18, Joe the […]

Perception is our duty

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU has been a university for almost a year and a half now, yet it seems that the general attitude towards our school from the community has not changed much. We are in the shadows of the two biggest schools in Utah and far younger than any of the other universities. These facts may lead some […]

Asking wrong questions

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here in the opinions section we have recently seen articles dealing with gun control and allowing alcohol on campus, at first glance these issues may seem unrelated, but on second glance I think we can see we are really dealing with the same issue: collective rights versus individual rights. Some people want to go to […]

Lunch with President Holland

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently I stood in the school cafeteria, blankly staring at the daily lunch selection. As I pondered upon what I would choose to nourish and strengthen my body and do it the good it needs, I turned and saw President Holland walk past me. I decided I’d take my chances and position myself behind him […]

Chuggin’ the fed keg

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes A disproportionate amount of Pell grant funds offered to students are being sucked up by Utah’s for-profit higher education schools (“Fed aid goes to for-profit colleges,” Salt Lake Tribune Nov. 6). While students attending for-profit schools make up about 10 percent of the total student body, roughly 17 percent of the total Pell grant funds […]