Reading Time: 2 minutes Walking through the west entrance to the bookstore with its new pseudo renovations is like wandering through a wasteland of a post-apocalyptic school supplies. There are random piles of mismatched notebooks, multipacks of mechanical pencils, and foreign-made hoodies bearing our blessed Willy the Wolverine. It’s a little disheartening and feels more like entering a Salvation […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes It would seem that experiences of failure are honed during the golden college years. This is doubly true when making and inevitably breaking New Year’s resolutions. This year, your formula of failure should be in the form of a new club. There are many clubs to rummage through and successfully fail at participating fully, but […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes In an executive order, Governer Gary Herbert added insult to injury by heaping an additional three percent budget cut onto Utah’s higher education budget for 2010. More cuts are possible depending on what the state’s revenue numbers say come February. All told, UVU’s 2010 budget will loose approximately $2 million. This, of course, does not […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Last week, a group of seven prospective Goshute students visited campus as part of an effort by Children First Utah, a non-profit charitable organization, to encourage these students to graduate high school and explore academic opportunities as multicultural students at Utah colleges. Although on the rise since 2005, according to the National Center of Education […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For students preparing to enter the professional work force, working abroad is an avenue that is often overlooked. Those who speak a foreign language, have an interest in international business or finance and enjoy a challenge, may possibly consider job searching outside of the United States. What may have seemed a daunting task 10 or […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Editor’s Pick of the Week: Every Monday night until the end of April, Muse Music will be showing a free music documentary film. This Monday they will be showing THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON. Come watch this compelling documentary that won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival and Best […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Utah Valley University wrestling team held an open tournament at UVU on Jan. 9. With approximately 120 grapplers in attendance, four UVU team members placed first in their weight classes. Those winning titles included freshman Josh Wood weighing 197, Wyatt Ray at 141 and 149-pound Ikeru Abe. Jeb Clark, a junior weighing 165, also […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley women’s basketball team played its first two conference games on Jan. 9 and 14, going against Chicago State and North Dakota on their home court. Taking two more losses, the Wolverines now stand 0-2 in the Great West conference. Now on a 10-game losing streak, UVU has tied the record for the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Monday, Jan. 18 Women’s Basketball vs. Longwood McKay Events Center 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 Men’s Basketball vs. South Dakota McKay Events Center 7:05 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. South Dakota McKay Events Center 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 Men’s Basketball vs Cal State Bakersfield McKay Events Center 7:05 p.m. Track at Blue and Orange Classic […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jordan Swarbrick’s three point shot ripped the nylon as the buzzer sounded throughout the McKay Center, signifying the end the first half. Swarbrick’s trey gave the Wolverines a 35-33 lead over the North Dakota Fighting Sioux heading into the break – but unfortunately it wouldn’t be enough to record the win. The Wolverines 67-62 loss […]