Reading Time: 2 minutes Online film shows a grim view of the world and our future The documentary Dystopia, like many other films in which Roger Moore appears, has a “wake up the world” feel to it. This online movie, created by Dr. Garry Potter, sociologist at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, informs viewers of many current global […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute “I’m freaking pissed!” — B.J. Vest, English – literary studies major “What really upsets me is that they’re pulling up the Wildlife Refuge area for athletics” — Dan Sabin, music and English major “I think it sucks. They get all this new stuff, and we’re stuck in this old building.” — April Whitmore, art – […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Learn to keep up a self-propelled commute during winter All things considered, it’s harder to live an environmentally friendly life during the winter, when the environment isn’t reciprocating your friendship. Though finding local organic produce, using mass transit and cutting down your utility bills are only 40 percent more difficult according to this survey that […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes How to deal with grief during winter holidays Winter holidays carry with them a pressure to be happy; to smile in pictures, to give presents, to express love, to energetically bounce from event to event. And for those mourning the death of a loved one, the pressure can be suffocating. Last week, Caring Connections, a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hello my darlings, As a media source, we at The V hear a lot about representing our demographic, meaning the student body at UVU, accurately and proportionately. What this means in our case is that we are constantly pegged as a liberal rag that is overly critical of the predominant culture. Granted, this is mostly […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute “I find it sad that few seem to care about doing research on judges. Did the 60,760 people who voted to keep Judge Sampson realize he once jokingly pointed his gun at a bailiff who was worried it might accidentally discharge? That’s not someone I want in our courts.” — Lindsey Linge, copy chief “I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Oct. 8, the annual Miss UVU pageant was held and junior Danica Olsen took the crown. Though some may believe that pageants are somewhat outdated and archaic, the true purpose of Miss UVU is to find a suitable icon to represent our student body, and in Danica they have. Not only is she an […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Budgetary showdown in Springville pits sports against art Remember Revenge of the Nerds? It was a timeless story of Jock versus Nerd—a struggle as crimson and primeval as cat against dog, squid against whale or Whopper against Big Mac. Superficially, the film was merely a 90-minute romp about scientifically-inclined underdogs standing up to persecution and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Though it’s one of the largest programs in the school, the visual arts department is housed in a bland and ill-suited area of campus. Stark. Dirty. Crowded. Unaccommodating. Unfortunately, these things describe the space assigned to the Arts and Visual Communication department. Taking a walk through the Gunther Trades fourth and fifth floors is a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Newcomers Sammie Jensen and Kim Bell shine in preseason. The lady Wolverines opened their season exhibition play on Oct. 30 when they took on Dixie State, followed by a game on Nov. 3 against Fort Lewis, both games ending in a loss (75-72, 82-71). “Exhibition games are meant to expose weaknesses and I think we […]