UVU v Seattle

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute UVU pulls ahead of Seattle in this men’s basketball match.  Final score:  UVU: 89   Seattle: 73

Stalling for time while searching for a stall

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Some students have had a car slowly following them as they walk to their vehicle after class, bent on getting that newly vacated parking spot. For most students, the need for more parking is on their minds. In a recent university blog post, Val Peterson, vice president of UVU Administration and Utah State Representative said, […]

Food pantry spices it up

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes By putting a little more pizzazz in the name, the food pantry is taking its operation up a notch. Formerly the “UVU Food Pantry,” the Volunteer and Service Learning department threw out the bland and welcomed in a new appellation: the UV “You Can” Food Pantry. When asked what the purpose of the new name […]

No sleep til Ephraim

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Even in the middle of the day, downtown Ephraim looks fast asleep. Despite being the home of Snow College, the main drag’s highlights include a Maverik, a one-screen movie theater and a liquor store that doesn’t seem open at night and looks suspiciously like someone’s garage. But on the second Friday of every month, art […]

Trading up for future art students

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Julie Pierce is a 51-year-old student in the Fine Arts department who has seen the benefits of financial aide and scholarship. She returned to school after taking a long break to raise her children. Now she’s trying to help other students financially with their education. Inspired by Kyle Macdonald, who traded a red paperclip for […]

Making a positive difference

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Student Body President Richard Portwood is probably someone that you’d recognize, even if you don’t actually know him. The man seems to constantly be on campus organizing activities, attending many meetings and events, and still he somehow finds time to make it to classes. Being student body president can’t be an easy job, but Richard […]

Making the most of your education

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Walking down the hallways on campus students may feel as if they are constantly being bombarded with flyers and banners placed every few feet about different speakers that are set to appear on campus. Despite this, many students still don’t realize the wide range of speakers that appear on campus nor do many of them […]

We have a homecoming?

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Most students believe that schools without football teams don’t have a homecoming at all, but that is far from the truth. Homecoming is a tradition initially established to bring alumni “home” to celebrate their school. UVU may not have a football team, but we do have a great basketball team, so our homecoming is planned […]

UVU represented at Miss America

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Miss Utah & Wolverine Christina  Lowe competed against 53 other women in the 2011 Miss America Pageant. Now she is ready to come back and hit the books. UVU student and current Miss Utah, Christina Lowe, gained national recognition and glory as she competed in the national Miss America pageant on Saturday, Jan. 15. The […]

Spectrum Club says “Good riddance” and throws a funeral

January 24, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Spectrum Club is bidding a joyous adieu to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The legislation that banned anyone who was openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from serving in the military was repealed last month, and the Spectrum Club couldn’t be more thrilled. What better way to celebrate the repeal of the “Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell” […]