Valentine’s Day: More than just romantic love

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to Valentine’s Day, there seems to be two separate views. For those with a significant other, it’s a day to celebrate their romantic love with each other.   For those without a significant other, it’s a day to wallow in self-pity and cynicism.   They bitterly rename Valentine’s Day, “Single Awareness Day” […]

The Ruthless Magic of Love

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why does this continue to happen to me? Why is it that every girl I manage to get involved with ends up hating me after a year or so? Am I the only one with this problem? Here’s the real complication; I have no problem answering relationship questions for others, but I can’t seem to […]

The toughest critic, an ex-smoker

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Outside of the Liberal Arts building, headed to Fresh Wraps for lunch, I walk directly into someone else’s cloud of smoke. There was always something comforting about basking in my own, but walking through another’s does not have the same effect. It is kind of like smelling your own fart.   They say an ex-smoker […]

Student Body elections week set for early March

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes UVUSA officers and elections committee members outlined the rules for upcoming student body elections in a meeting held on Monday, Feb. 6. Also in attendance were twelve candidates representing three parties who will campaign this year.   “This election process is just a small example of what goes on at the city level, and on […]

Oklahoma transfer Mangum takes talents back to Utah Valley

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Work, toughness and determination are the qualities that coaches have been preaching since the dawn of time; it is the ultimate formula for success. Those who watch UVU’s 133-pound wrestler Blake Mangum see those qualities in him.   Wrestling has always been in Mangum’s blood. His father wrestled at Utah State University and has been […]

Dating technology hints

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Relationships tend to move pretty quickly here in Utah. If you aren’t careful, a friend can meet someone, date and get engaged before you see them again the next week. Social media is doing nothing but encouraging that process, what with being able to communicate all day through text, Twitter and Facebook. There’s hardly an […]

Former coach Richards dies

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley University Athletics family is mourning the loss of one of its own. Former women’s volleyball coach Lori Richards, who was one of the most successful coaches in the school’s history, passed away over the weekend.   Richards was the head coach of UVU’s women’s volleyball program for 18 years, […]

Club football looks to build after dominant debut season

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Even though the UVU Football Club team went undefeated and won a league championship in its first season, it has been anything but easy for the students who are trying to build a program at UVU.   The dream of several students became a reality last fall when they successfully founded the university’s first club […]

A Love Worth Fighting For

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes I have been in a relationship with the most wonderful man I’ve ever known for the past two and a half years. He’s a military man. He has served eight years in the United States Marine Corps with a tour to Iraq under his belt. He is intelligent, ambitious, kind, funny, not to mention tall […]

Wolverine Notebook

February 13, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wolverines men’s basketball team extended its winning streak to nine games after a thrilling 99-97 double overtime win at NJIT on Thursday. The victory was UVU’s second straight by just two points after their 68-66 win at Houston Baptist.   Sophomore center Ben Aird turned in a career high 24 points, 11 rebounds, five […]