Living in the Cone Zone

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes A rare situation will present itself this spring: one whole month without construction on campus.   After the scheduled completion of the Science Building construction on March 24, construction on the next project won’t begin until after graduation, April 26-27.   Ground is expected to be broken for the Student Life and Wellness building, along […]

Tech Beat

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The week of Jan. 9 was special, not just because it was the week we all arrived, or returned to UVU, but because the Consumer Electronic Show was kicked off in Las Vegas.   CES is an international technology trade show and is the largest in the world. Basically, all the big names in the consumer tech […]

‘Secret Garden’ hopes to draw family crowd with its focus on children

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Unlike the musical version, the theater department’s production of “The Secret Garden” focuses more on the children of the story, opening the show up for a more family centered audience   Children often possess an innate sense of curiosity, wonder and optimism. As they grow, they often lose those beliefs and instincts that were once […]

Wrestling back to basics Iowa

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach a new dog some old tricks. That is what head coach Greg Williams and his staff are doing with their young wrestling team as they prepare to take on their conference rivals, the Northern Iowa Panthers, this coming Friday.   “We need to […]

Wolverines hope recent success will carry over to

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes After losing four straight, the women’s basketball team finds itself entering conference play with some momentum, as they have now won two straight games.  The Wolverines opened up conference play over the weekend in Grand Forks to face North Dakota (see uvureview.com for details).  UND is the biggest hurdle standing in the way of a […]

Wolverines pick up awards

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Utah Valley’s Tim Rowberry and Zandrea Nelson have been named Great West Conference Athletes of the Week after outstanding performances last week at the Snake River Invitational. The inaugural awards of the 2012 season were announced Friday by the conference office.   Rowberry received the men’s honor after winning the 800 meters […]

Q & A: Napoleon Aniciete

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Napoleon Aniciete is a 157-pound wrestler for UVU and has quickly become one of several fan favorites on the team. Sports writer Garrett Coleman had a chance to catch up with the freshman out of Las Vegas, Nev., and find out more about him.   Q: How did you start wrestling? A: My uncle got […]

Williams snags GWC player of the week

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Utah Valley’s Isiah Williams has been named Great West Conference Player of the Week after an outstanding performance last week. The award was announced Monday by the league office. Williams, the reigning GWC Player of the Year, scored 19 points in the Wolverines’ 84-74 road win at Seattle last week. The guard from Chicago, […]

Has UVU got talent?

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute If the try-outs on Jan. 17 are any reflection of this year’s event, then students interested in attending the 2012 “UVU’s Got Talent” show on Feb. 8 are in for a few surprises, the most shocking among them being the promise of any surprises at all. In general, school talent shows tend to feature a […]

Work doesn’t have to be work

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the course of the past week, I have been digging deeper into the topic of hard work and effort as it relates to the men’s basketball team and their season up to this point. As I have researched stats and conducted interviews, one thing has become quite clear to me:   I can be […]