Reading Time: 2 minutes An old-fashioned saloon scene took over the ballroom commons the night of Nov. 4, as cowboys and cowgirls gambled the night away during UVUSA’s first Cowboy Casino Night. “Basically, what was projected to happen is exactly what’s happening: good clean fun,” said Joe Jurisic, the special events chair over the event. Jurisic went on to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the first five months of this year, junior Lisa Garlock lived and volunteered in Kiev, Ukraine, teaching English to Ukrainian children through Provo-based organization International Language Program. When Garlock spoke of the Ukrainian people, she praised their kindness and generosity, saying, “They are a very charitable people. If you need help with something, they […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Finals are quickly approaching, yet there’s nothing that I can do to keep me from doing everything I possibly can to procrastinate every assignment, delay taking every test and, sadly, even skipping every class. This always happens to me during the last third of the semester – “We’re so close to the end!” – yet […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brrrrr. It’s getting cold fast; I know you can feel it too. As we all know, Utah is famous for its icy peaks, long-lasting snow and bone-chilling, torturous winter season. Even though the weather has been somewhat bipolar this year, there’s no doubt that winter’s frigid bite is just around the corner. Speaking of myself, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whether it’s early in the morning or late afternoon, it’s uncommon to walk into a class and not see at least one or two students gulping down some sort of caffeinated beverage. As a student body, we may not think anything of this common caffeine consumption because we’ve been so desensitized to it. If anyone […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fitness should be encouraged in computer fields. There are certain aspects that employers look for. The obvious one is skill, and another that is very important and often forgotten is health. An increasing number of jobs involve sitting. There are no required fitness classes for a Computer Science degree. As much as it’s sad – […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wolverines have dominated the Great West with Achilles-like perfection. Houston Baptist proved to be their heel. A week after UVU’s perfect intra-conference record ended with a regular-season ending loss to Houston Baptist, the Wolverines fell to the Huskies again in a double-overtime thriller in the GWC Tournament semifinals on Nov. 6. Houston Baptist punched […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wolverine grapplers finally got a chance to test their might outside the practice room. Other schools are probably wishing they had stayed in theirs. UVU finished second overall at the Trapper Open, Nov. 6, in Powell, Wyo. Individually, 12 Wolverines finished fourth or better in the team’s first match of the season. The team’s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recruited by six other big-name schools, senior volleyball player Lanni O’Reilly could have easily ended up playing for cross-town rival BYU, but the girls on the team drew her to UVU. “I knew that I wanted to come to Utah and it was between UVU and BYU. I think it was honestly after I met […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM, Utah – The Perry Homes Utah Valley University Scholar-Athletes for the months of September and October have been announced as cross country runners Joshua McCabe and Kalina Zufelt Clegg for September, with soccer’s Nicole Archibald Spencer and volleyball’s Kayli Doxey for October. McCabe, a junior from Springville, Utah, was recently named the Great West […]