Call them Deaf: Opressed, not impaired

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why Deaf students are vital to university’s purpose Deaf Studies is an integral part of the university and the Deaf students within that program, as with any other cultural group, are an asset to the school. UVU’s Deaf Studies Department is internationally acclaimed, is home to the Deaf Studies Today! Conference and produces skilled interpreters […]

Warning: Technological error

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Internet and cell phone use in the classroom is distracting students from learning in the classroom. Teachers are making rules against using technology in the classroom until students learn to control themselves. A laptop is an educational tool that can be used to either enhance students learning within the classroom or be abused and impair […]

Shuttle bus lacks structure and schedules, rendering it ineffective

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The shuttle bus that travels campus is ineffective and not student-friendly because it lacks set rules and scheduled pick-up times. Students can wait for over twenty minutes for it to get from one place to another. The shuttle bus is a free service to students, which makes moving around campus easier. But with no scheduled […]

Students out of the loop

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Parking issues last week were unnecessary Last Tuesday, Oct. 5, students on their way to class struggled to find parking. Not just because there aren’t enough parking spots, but because busses from the high school Leadership Conference were taking up a few hundred spots. Ian Mounteer drove to campus last Tuesday and went to the […]

Letter to the Editor: October 11, 2010

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute I read your recent article, “Jaywalking Costs,” about pedestrian safety at UVU. I was glad to see the university taking steps to promote the safety of its students. Imagine my surprise, however, when I was confronted earlier today by a presumably well-meaning driver of a rattling clunker with a megaphone mounted on the hood, loudly […]

4 games in, 8 to go

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The lady Wolverines have eight more crucial conference matches to play this season. Utah Valley volleyball is just over half way into their season and is 2-2 in conference play. Last season UVU volleyball entered the post season GWC Tournament as the No. 2 seed with a conference regular season finish of 10-2. The lady […]

Soccer aims to repeat conference dominance

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Soccer began Great West Conference play last Friday when they hosted Houston Baptist. The Wolverine offense has kept knocking with the door cracking open for one goal in each of the last three non-conference games. Going into last Friday’s Great West Conference opener against Houston Baptist, UVU hoped to bust it wide open. Signs of […]

Utah Valley takes out in-state and conference opponents

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The lady Wolverines picked up two wins at home last week after losing two road games the previous weekend. After returning home from the road with two losses against Great West opponents South Dakota and North Dakota, Utah Valley got some momentum back with two wins, against Weber State and conference opponent Chicago State on […]

UVU crushes BYU-Idaho

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The rugby match on Oct. 2 against BYU-Idaho ended in a blowout, with a final score of 71-14 for the Wolverines. The win is more impressive considering the early call against the team for unsportsmanlike play that resulted in a red card. This came during the first 10 minutes of play, leaving the Wolverines to […]

Interviews with the Vampires Dracula v. Dracula

October 11, 2010

Reading Time: 7 minutes Utah’s theater community has had enough. In an attempt to outshine sparkly vampires, two stage productions of Bram Stoker’s Dracula are being performed this October. A third group is presenting a live version based on Orson Welles’ radio adaptation. To get some insight into these dark creatures of the night, The V spoke with two […]