Clubbing through college

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes According to the official clubs website, there are 166 clubs on campus. Sarah Roseborough may want to add to that number; at the very least, she wants to help each of those clubs kick it up a notch. Roseborough was recently voted the new vice president of clubs and is very eager to build the […]

Former students gain national attention

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes For three former students, getting international attention for their work has become standard procedure. Chad Hemelstand, Matt Eastin and Russ Mayo all work as independent video contractors. The three have filmed and edited videos for Sony Music, Columbia Music, Vivo.com and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. “I have a job I love […]

Viewing life through Live View

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the decline of the economy, many have found struggles and difficulties. For one student, the recent recession has proven to be a boost for his business. Ryan Porter, along with his business partner Bob Brenner, started off attending night classes at this university and is now the head of Live View, a company that […]

Ex-Alice in Chains bassists dies in Salt Lake City

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mike Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011), former bassist of the highly influential grunge act Alice in Chains, was found dead in his Salt Lake City home on Tuesday, March 8. He was 44 years old. According to The Deseret News, Starr’s roommate last saw him alive at around 7 a.m. that morning. At […]

A creative brain awareness fair

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes The School of Education held its second annual Brain Awareness Fair on March 4 in the McKay Education building to creatively increase understanding of the human brain, its abilities and cognitive functions. This year the focus of the fair was based on John Medina’s book Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, […]

New servant to the students

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes A ten-year-old boy, a pile of sawdust in the front yard and a four-wheeler. The result: two scars on Chris Loumeau’s leg where the four-wheeler melted his skin to the bone. After polls closed two weeks ago, that ten-year-old boy, now grown up, became the new student body president of this university. Loumeau, from Coeur […]

Fighting for the students

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fighting for higher state funding for tuition, serving as liaison between students and faculty members and budgeting for and inviting UVUSA speakers on campus are just some of the duties David Millet will undertake as he serves as the Vice President of Academics in the Executive Council. He will oversee many student activities and projects, […]

Abstract sense of leadership

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Team Innovate may have run unopposed in the most recent student body elections, but the newly elected Executive Vice President still wants to truly innovate UVU. Sam Hadlock is going to be the new second in command for the student body population. This position should not be looked at as a yes-man or just a […]

The man behind the curtain

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Joe Jurisic remembers last month’s Mardi Gras celebration with fondness. He remembers decorating the Student Center until it looked like Bourbon Street and all the hard work that went into obtaining an Oxygen Bar for the students. He also remembers being stressed out, but even that he remembers with fondness. As the newly elected VP […]