Transfer student Mills shouldering pitching load

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Head coach Todd Fairbourne said that pitching has kept the Wolverines’ softball team in games this season, and Tiffany Mills is at the head of the pitching staff.   Mills leads the team in almost every pitching category, including starts, appearances, wins, ERA, saves and innings pitched. Those numbers, among other things that can’t be […]

Earthquake DRILL (Great Utah ShakeOut)

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Tuesday, April 17 Time:  10:15 AM – 10:20 AM   UVU will participate in a statewide earthquake drill (Great Utah ShakeOut) Tuesday, April 17. All faculty, staff, students and visitors are asked to participate in the drill. Fire alarms simulating the earthquake will sound at 10:15 a.m. for one minute during which time all […]

Graffiti artist problems at UVU

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Drawing smiley faces and writing love notes typically aren’t against the law, but UVU police are searching for a graffiti artist who picked the wrong canvas.   Three different spray-painted messages were left on campus this semester. Two of them were found in the tunnel between the Computer Sciences building and Mountainside lot 21. The […]

Grassroots organization finds fertile soil

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bill McKibben’s lecture created hope for chapter creation of his coalition, 350.org.   Bill McKibben’s recent visit to UVU spurred a collective enthusiasm about current environmental issues, and Associate Professor in Philosophy and Humanities Michael Minch thinks UVU is the perfect place for a 350.org chapter to take root.   “When McKibben was here on […]

So long and thanks for all the fish, I mean fun

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes A farewell letter from the Life Editor   Dear and (Hopefully) Faithful Readers,   This is my last issue as Life Editor. I always thought that title was a bit weird. It made me sound like some type of supervillain. But this is the last real issue that will have my name attached to the […]

Breaking the law to liberate the animals

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU’s Animals and the Law Conference may have been under secret FBI surveillance, with animal rights activist Peter Young as the primary target.   At the conference, held April 5 and 6, attendees were given an evaluation form in order to rate each speaker on various criteria. One of the evaluation sheets that was turned […]

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Animal care facility raises concerns

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes The animal care facility in the new science building is under the microscope. Filling the need of a growing campus just got a whole lot easier. Auditoriums, classrooms and offices were in short supply on campus. The facility contains two holding rooms, a procedure room   and is a portal for future animal research at […]

Sheffer’s impact felt by both opponents and teammates

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes With only one minute and 30 seconds on the clock, the UVU football team was hanging on to their playoff hopes, up by only six points. A touchdown from their opposition would tie the game and the extra point would seal their fate and end their season.   As the ball was snapped and the […]

Apology in advance to Wolverine spring sports

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nothing is worse than a story that cuts off just as it’s getting good. Unfortunately for UVU spring sports, it’s a yearly occurrence when it comes to their coverage from the UVU REVIEW.   Next week is the publication’s graduation issue, and after that there’s roughly a month-and-a-half layoff before summer issues are produced and […]

Softball falls 3-1 in rain-shortened game against BYU

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes PROVO, Utah — UVU held a brief 1-0 lead behind Krystin Jachim’s second-inning solo home run, but couldn’t overcome BYU’s big third inning, falling 3-1 in a rain-shortened contest Wednesday night at Miller Park.   “We made some mistakes that led to some chances for BYU and really set up that big inning for them,” […]