It’s closing time at UVU

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Closing time on UVU’s campus is a pretty ambiguous thing, but most places on campus are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.   The hallways on campus are virtually empty by 9 p.m., which indicates that most students get done with classes by then.   The library is open from 7 a.m. to 12 […]

Baseball to face Arizona

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley University started their season in Seattle and now looks to go somewhere a little warmer. The Wolverines will play at the University of Arizona on Tuesday as they continue a month-long road slate of games.   One year ago, Arizona was ranked No. 17 in the nation when they defeated the Wolverines in […]

Cold dark and depressing days in Utah

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah is a common place for seasonal depression due to it’s short and cold winter days.   One of the greatest things about Utah is the four seasons residents experience each year. They have the luxury of skiing, sledding and enjoying snow in the winter to swimming, hiking and other sports in the summer. However, […]

Indoor track takes hot streak into conference championships

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Indoor track takes hot streak into conference championships.   The Utah Valley University Wolverines and their Great West Conference foes will square off in the 2012 indoor track championships Feb. 26-27 in Chicago.   UVU hopes to replicate their recent successes. The Wolverines have been on a tear lately, setting four new school records at […]

Service Council’s 2012 Hunger Banquet inspires hundreds

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes As with traditional hunger banquets, attendees were randomly given cards upon entry, assigning them to either upper-, middle- or low-income living situations, determining where they would sit and what they would eat.   The Grande Ballroom was divided into three sections once more this year, as it has been for the past eight years for […]

Hablemos con las manos y el corazón

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Comunicarse no es solo decir una palabra es  crearla. Muchos estudiantes de UVU están totalmente comprometidos con la comunidad de personas sordas mudas,  y por esta razón  están  aprendiendo a comunicarse  con las manos.   “En la escuela secundaria tome la clase de sing language,  porque me llamaba mucho la atención, esta nueva forma de […]

Learning the hard way

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Learning isn’t always fun.   There was a lot of learning when the UVU wrestling team went head-to-head against defending national champion Penn State, which won convincingly 39-3.   The scoreboard didn’t reflect the toughness and grinding matches the wolverines had. There were matches that went down to the wire, and the Wolverines showed improvement, […]

Softball picked by GWC coaches to finish 3rd

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Utah Valley finished just one point behind both Houston Baptist and North Dakota in the annual Great West Conference Softball Coaches’ Preseason Poll and are projected to finish third for the 2012 season. The poll was announced Wednesday by the league office.   Defending GWC champion HBU and 2010 champion UND barely […]

A look at electronic note taking

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The anticipation of pulling out a laptop, getting every word down the teacher says, is too often squelched by a teacher’s strict rules stopping a student in their tracks with the words “No electronics allowed in this classroom.”   But, can they do that? Electronics allowed in one class, but not the next. What’s a […]

UVUSA campaign candidate violates election rules

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes In any political campaign, like the student government elections, getting your name out is essential. So essential, in fact, that in order to level the playing field, rules exist as part of the student government bylaws to dictate when and how parties can spread the word about their campaign.   Unfortunately one incumbent team vying […]