Annual aviation tour: The FedEx experience

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes During the fall semester, 14 students went to Memphis Tennessee to take the annual tour of the FedEx Headquarters. To anyone who has wondered what really goes into preparing aviation students for the real world, the annual tour of the aviation industry organized by the Aviation Department may be of interest.   Josh Lapray a […]

To the person(s) that broke into my car

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear window-smashing villain(s),   Hi it’s me, Jeff, the guy whose stuff you stole two weeks before Christmas. Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself, since I guess you didn’t feel like sticking around after breaking my window and taking all that cool stuff from my car. Things are OK for me, I’m just […]

Student thanks taxpayers for keeping her alive

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes To read the article from the Tampa Bay Times, visit http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/thank-you-us-taxpayers/1205370   Sitting on the floor of her furnished living room, Keira Sloan Scholz stacks blocks with her  son. As soon as she builds a tower, her son knocks it down with his chubby hand, squealing with laughter. The gregarious little boy is a smaller, […]

Title IX

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes If asked about Title IX, just about any college student would probably say it has to deal with equality for both men and women in college sports.   The general understanding for most people is that Title IX is a law that tells us that within college sports there must be an equal amount of […]

Living in the cone zone

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute Like it or not, Old Man Winter has decided to stay his entrance this year. We don’t know the reason for this delay, but we do know that UDOT crews are taking full advantage of it. The I-15 CORE project is moving along swiftly, as are other projects close to home.   While traffic through […]

Wrestling looks for repeat win over Boise State

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Monte Schmalhaus joked he would prefer not to remember the Wolverines’ 2010 dual against Boise State. The then-freshman was matched against No. 1 nationally ranked Kirk Smith, who bolstered his undefeated record at Schmalhaus’ expense.   The team, however, pulled off a major upset over the No. 8 Broncos, holding on for a 22-20 victory. […]

Wolverines seeking consistency, confidence

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sammie Jensen may need to remind herself every now and again she hasn’t changed teams. Seeing nine different teammates in the starting lineup will do that.   The roster shuffling has been necessary, as the Wolverines have seen one player perform well one night only to disappear the next. True freshman Taylor Huber started her […]

‘Merry Wives’ delights audience with holiday show

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes There is an old adage that states “Hell hath no fury like a women scorned.” However, as the Grassroots Shakespeare Company’s latest production illustrates, hell hath no fury like two clever women scorned. In its latest production over the holiday break, GSC performed “Merry Wives of Windsor,” a story of what happens when husbands falsely […]

Holiday sports gluttony

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Few things capture the feel of the holiday season like the smell and taste of good food.  Whether it’s your homemade southern specialty deep-fried turkey and sweet potato casserole or a store bought honey baked ham, the holidays are the holidays because of the way family is brought together by good food.   When the […]

Cell phone service on campus

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Though being connected to one’s cell phone 24/7 is not ideal, emergencies occur and being able to have quick access to a cell phone is almost a necessity in today’s world.   To conduct an experiment, four students on campus, each with different cell phone providers, visited major buildings on the main campus to test […]