Traditions

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes Weddings accentuate our traditions, and Utah has some peculiar ones. We all know it. But that doesn’t mean we have the monopoly on strange customs. We compiled the following survey of four different cultures to make our peculiarities seem a little more normal. Utah Engagement  After knowing each other for indeterminate span of time (ranging […]

Mixed results

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The last two weeks have been a lot kinder to the Utah Valley baseball program than the previous two. After a disappointing 2-8 start to the season, the Wolverines have gone 5-3 against tough competition.   Following a three-game sweep of Southern Utah, the Wolverines spent their spring break in Arizona, splitting a two game […]

Letter to the Editor

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes In response to allegations of sexism, UVUSA officer Joe Jurisic wanted to make it absolutely clear, once and for all, that he is NOT a feminist.   Yes, Joe, I think we knew that.   But what does this imply? According to the very basic, Merriam-Webster definition, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, […]

Wage slaves in the ivory tower

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes Some weeks ago, the UVU Review ran a story about the gap in pay for faculty men and women. According to the story, the average annual salary for male faculty at UVU is $73,000, while that for female faculty is $71,000. Clearly, despite official policy, sexual discrimination is alive at UVU.   But women faculty […]

In The Zone: Men’s hoops made statement with CIT appearance

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Holton Hunsaker had a good look. Check that, a “great look,” according to head coach Dick Hunsaker.   Down by three with nine seconds left, the sophomore guard took a pass from the double-teamed Isiah Williams. He faked a shot, got his defender to jump 30 inches off the ground, stepped in and hoisted the […]

Football suffers first-ever loss, takes step back

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes It was only one loss, but it felt much bigger than what the scoreboard read at the end of the game for the UVU football team. At the beginning of the season, the players didn’t shy away from talking about a perfect season and staking their claim as the best team in the league.   […]

Hair/Makeup

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Planning a wedding is hard. Searching for the perfect dress, finding the ideal venue, stunning flowers, romantic color schemes, delicious buffets, the ideal hairstyle and flattering makeup can drive a girl crazy. Thankfully hair stylist and makeup artist Talia Rowberry can minimize these decisions by two.   Every girl, at one point or another, dreams […]

Mills repeats as Great West Pitcher of the Week

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute PORTLAND, Ore. — For the second consecutive week, Utah Valley University junior Tiffany Mills has been named the Pacific Coast Softball Conference Mountain Division Pitcher of the Week. The weekly award was announced Tuesday by the league.   Mills (Riverside, Calif.) had another impressive week last week for UVU, as the right-hander went 1-0 with […]

A Windows 8 journey

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Microsoft released what it calls a Consumer Preview of its next operating system, Windows 8, on Feb. 29. The Consumer Preview is a free download to allow people to experience the changes Microsoft has made to the operating system. Here is a close look at the changes and additions included in the next version of […]

Hart, Swenson snag GWC weekly baseball honors

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute NAPERVILLE, Ill. – After helping UVU to wins at then-No. 11 Arizona State and Saint Mary’s last week, Jordy Hart and Josh Swenson were honored by the Great West Conference. Hart was named the league’s Player of the Week with Swenson sharing Pitcher of the Week honors with Jonathan Sa of Texas-Pan American.   Hart […]