All aboard

February 28, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Junior transfer Beutler driving team to success Remember the good ol’ days, waking up early to slam down a bowl of cereal before running out the door into the cold morning air just to barely catch that big, wonderful, yellow school bus?   Remember the sound of the door flipping open, and the first image […]

Leadership training

February 28, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes An inside look shows what at student government is all about Each Thursday, the student government council meeting begins when Student Body President Richard Portwood asks a council member to lead the group in saying the Pledge of Allegiance. From seemingly small tasks like delegating who leads in the pledge of allegiance to counseling together […]

Student spotlight: Bowls for Humanity

February 28, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes By selling handmade bowls filled with warm soup, Bowls for Humanity fundraiser helps put a roof over the Utah County homeless. Most people see a problem in society, wish there was a way to fix it and move on with their lives. Occasionally, some will donate a few dollars to the charity of their choice, […]

Thrown under the bus

February 28, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Without the subsidy from UTA, funding the Ed Pass is burdensome on the school. Students who need it however, are stuck without transportation otherwise. For students who rely on public transit, an additional expense has been added to their semester budget. In the February 3 student fees hearing, Timpanogos Regional General Manager for UTA Hugh […]

Hunger banquet helps

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 150 people from the campus and community attended the Service Learning Council’s Hunger Banquet on Thursday, Feb.17. The event, which brings awareness to poverty issues, was part of the council’s activities for Social Justice Week on campus. Those who attended were given one of three colored tickets upon entering. Each color represented a different […]

Student overdoses in library

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute A male student was spotted exhibiting signs of an apparent heroin overdose in the library Tuesday, Feb. 15, according to police reports. Campus police were called around 7:30 p.m., after other students in the library noticed the individual was having difficulty breathing and was allegedly unconscious. An unidentified student bystander reportedly came to the overdose […]

Avoiding parking woes

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes People have done some crazy things in the name of parking on campus. Once a truck was 4-wheel driven to a 45 degree angle up a snow pile that the shovels had created near the edge of the LA building, just to get a spot, any spot. Unfortunately, unless you plan on being at school […]

No ordinary doctor

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes In the place of the lab coat one would expect from a doctor, Patch Adams entered the stage wearing baggy pants with orange flowers, a colorful button-up shirt and a tie-dyed tie. He had long hair, half of which was dyed a bright shade of blue, tied in a pony tail that extended to his […]

Student overdoses in library

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute A male student was spotted exhibiting signs of an apparent heroin overdose in the library Tuesday, Feb. 15, according to police reports. Campus police were called around 7:30 p.m., after other students in the library noticed the individual was having difficulty breathing and was allegedly unconscious. An unidentified student bystander reportedly came to the overdose […]

Freedom, Family, and revelation clash in new polygamy doc

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Polygamy and the consequences of living in it have experienced a renewed examination in the past five years. Discussions about the long-shunned practice is growing, and if some kind of genealogical curiosity hasn’t led to an examination of Polygamy, recent court cases involving Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints leader Warren Jeffs will pique it. […]