Reading Time: 4 minutes “Kill” your friends, don’t injure them. This is the motto of the SCA swordfighter. For the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international club that studies and recreates the Middle Ages, sword fighting is a common activity. Both heavy sword and rapier fighting, archery, throwing weapons, camping, sewing, art, history, calligraphy, lost crafts such as lace […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The International Center welcomed the Year of the Rabbit with a night celebrating Asian culture. There was food, music and dancing provided by students from China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. “Gong xi fa chai” and “xin nian kaui le” are expressions you would hear during the Chinese New Year to wish prosperity and many […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes On Jan. 13, Zach Harrell, a freshman and member of the rodeo team was struck by a vehicle while trying to help a woman on the shoulder of I-15 near Spanish Fork. Details on the incident are incomplete, due to the extreme trauma of the situation, but sources say Harrell was headed home from rodeo […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes People and their religions, however, should not only be tolerated. Students and clubs on campus should be doing more to understand and respect those with differing beliefs than simply putting up with them. Tolerance is generally welcomed as a positive, noble characteristic in a person. The mind can easily picture a selfless hero or reverent […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes It doesn’t take a professional scout or basketball analyst to realize that some athletes just have got it figured out, and Kim Bell is one of those athletes. UVU lady Wolverine basketball fans can attest to that, as they watch the young freshman continuously grow on the court. It’s not every day you see a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute UVU pulls ahead of Seattle in this men’s basketball match. Final score: UVU: 89 Seattle: 73
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]