Reading Time: 2 minutes By Vanessa Perkins News Editor In Quin Province, on the shores of the Huangshui River in western China, lies a university which will now know the UVU name for a long time. Qinghai Normal University President Dong Jiaping and President Mathew Holland took part in a signing ceremony on July 13 at the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Tiffany Thatcher Asst. News Editor For the most part UVU police have it easy in this safe valley, but like most campuses, UVU is not void of interesting incidents. Three notable calls were recently made to dispatch, including a missing person, suspicious activity, and public urination. Officers G. Smith and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nu Skin continues to support UVU students This year marks the 70th year for UVU as an institution, and on October 14 Nu Skin will be giving the title sponsor of UVU’s 2011 president’s scholarship ball. This event is one of the most important in promoting student success and academic excellence at UVU. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2006, the college formerly known as UVSC, a name almost universally replaced by it’s new moniker of UVU, received news that it had officially been accredited as a university, establishing itself on the same level as many surrounding universities in Utah. From the new library to the relocation of the dance department […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fall is here again, and along with the tumbling leaves comes a parade of anticipated video game releases. Sure, not all of us enjoy playing video games, and aside from their thumbs being weak and sickly, those who don’t like them suffer no ill-effects. Still, games are everywhere, and even if you don’t play games […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Where have we been, why are we here and where are we going? These are the dramatic and tantalizing questions aroused by the art showcase entitled “On the Edge of Whimsy” in The Covey Center of Arts by Chris Pratt and Jack Morford. Pratt and Morford manifest their thoughts through a variety of mediums and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Monday, September 5 Arts The Matter of Words All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo Wide-Open Spaces – American Southwest All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo Entwined – Weaving All day, donation BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures 700 n. 100 East, Provo Exploring Utah Interactive […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Our society is submersed in mass media. Everybody knows it. Maneuvering through manipulative advertisements has become such a mindless process in our daily grind that we seldom give it a second thought—we ingest information without conscious discretion, and that, according to BYU grad student Ashley Mae Christensen, is a problem. In an […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes You are strong. Brittany Andrews, owner of the 5-month-old Yoga Underground in Provo, operates her yoga studio around that idea. Coming from Andrews, it should be expected. She has completed about a dozen triathlons and finished roughly 20 bike races –her most recent being 200 miles. Though her personal fitness requires more […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There is a sense of being in a foreign country when wandering the aisles of the Many Lands store in Provo. The dimly lit aisles of unusual groceries often have unpronounceable foods not tasted by the typical American palate. For the more commonly known items, such as soy sauce and tea, the price of getting […]