Coalition against discrimination meets with President Holland

March 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Members of the coalition worked well into the early morning preparing an official statement to give to President Holland.   UVU has worked hard at putting forth an image of inclusiveness and acceptance of all students. However, some students believe there is still more to be done. A group of students called the Coalition […]

Highlanders conscious of UVU women’s “winning tradition”

March 8, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Come Friday’s semifinal game against NJIT, the Utah Valley women’s basketball team try to do what they’ve managed just once in conference play.   Beat a team for the second time.   That team was Houston Baptist, an injury-riddled tragedy that ended at the hands of NJIT on Thursday. The Huskies ended the season 1-27 […]

Utah Valley men’s basketball to face NJIT in Great West semifinals

March 8, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Friday night’s semifinal matchup sounds like something from a Broadway billboard. Isiah Williams vs. Isaiah Wilkerson. Chicago native vs. Staten Island product. 2011 Great West Player of the Year vs. 2012 Great West Player of the Year. Williams’ 15.8 points per game to Wilkerson’s 16.0ppg.   UVU forward Geddes Robinson knows which one he’d rather […]

Utah Valley Women’s basketball hasn’t met its own expectations this season

March 8, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Jenna Johnson knows full well Utah Valley women’s basketball hasn’t met its own expectations this season. She knows they lost games they should have won, meshed later than they should have, and underachieved in their own eyes if not those of the coaches’ preseason poll.   In short, this year’s Wolverines team looks a lot […]

Voting closes, new Exec Council crosses team lines

March 7, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes When the final vote count came in for the 2012-2013 Executive Council, candidates and students alike were surprised by the split across team lines.   Chad Workman, of Team Impact was announced as the new Student Body President. Jared Roberts of Team EXElerate will be the Executive Vice President. Erin Haskell and Clara LeFevre of […]

Wolverine Minute, March 7th

March 7, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Team Aspire, Team Exelerate, and Team Impact have been campaigning this week for the student body elections. Students can cast their vote on UV Link until 4pm today.  Go to our webpage for profiles of each candidate. Internet servers on campus were down for several hours on Monday.  No statements have been released yet, […]

UVUSA debate recap: what went well, what could have been better

March 6, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes On day two of the most heated UVUSA student elections in years, the candidate groups took center stage – literally.   Teams EXELerate, Impact and Aspire each made their case for student votes in front of a packed Centre Stage in the student center, Tuesday. The student government hopefuls responded to questions formulated before the […]

No Internet on campus, first time ever

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The library was vacant mid-day on campus. On a weekday, this is a sight worthy of a double take. For hours there has been no server access on campus for students. This includes Internet access on any computer and wifi is down as well for students with laptops.   Mitch Foutz works in the computer […]

Candidates discuss penalties, infractions and greivances

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes To err is human – especially in a complex endeavor like campaigning for office.   All three teams running in this year’s elections for student government have been accused of violating the campaign guidelines set by UVUSA. When a grievance is filed against a team, said team is required to meet with UVUSA’s Elections Committee […]