Letter to the Editor

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes To whom it may concern (and it should concern all of you):   It seems you have among you, masquerading as news writers with researched opinions, juveniles with an axe to grind. First I’d like to direct your attention to Clay Neville, the one claiming responsibility for the “No sexual safety on campus” article. A […]

Sharing computers on campus

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes At a university, the price of a computer can’t be measured, especially when you have 10 minutes between classes to print an assignment. At UVU there are three main computer labs, with 220 computers in total, and they are all well-used.   Pete Burgess works in the library helping students with computer questions and trouble. […]

Frontrunner comes to Provo

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 is the official opening date of the Frontrunner stop in Provo.   Students at UVU balance a lot throughout their week, including traveling to and from school, work and home. Many students receive internships their junior and senior year, some of which are miles away from Orem and can mean a […]

Keith Lewis: Sharing love through an accordion

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Keith Lewis loves people. He loves to talk to them, entertain them and make them laugh. He has helped a deaf person hear, made people fall in love and brought people out of Alzheimer’s. All of this was accomplished through his accordion music.   Lewis grew up in Springville, and when he was young his […]

Battle of the interests: UVU and open enrollment

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the biggest problems that UVU faces is growth. With the largest student population in the state with over 33,000 students, serving the regional education needs and improving the seriousness of the institution are, in my view, becoming competing interests.   One of the key components in UVU’s mission statement is to meet “regional […]

The Bookshelf with Trevor Young

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Watchmen” by Allen Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbon, winner of the Hugo Award   Summary: What if superheroes really existed? No. What if they really existed? This is the question acclaimed author Allen Moore, author of “V for Vendetta,” takes on in his graphic novel “Watchmen,” which chronicles the downfall and experiences of a […]

Utes latest victim in 11-game win streak

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since being home, UVU has pulled off something they weren’t able to accomplish on the road this season: have a winning record.   The Wolverines lost their first game at home but then went on an 11-game winning streak, including one on the road against the Utah Utes. Jeremy Gendlek got his groove back after […]

Track picked to win GWC

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes NAPERVILLE, Ill. – As the teams prepare for the 2012 Great West Conference Track and Field Championships held next month, the coaches have unanimously selected UVU to retain the men’s and women’s conference titles that the Wolverines have claimed the past three years.   UVU received all eight of the first-place votes on both the […]

Greenman Group

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes Clint Pulver noticed it. The apathy. The empty seats at basketball games. The lack of school spirit.   The student body vice president during the 2010-11 school year, Pulver addressed school tradition in a council meeting, except he did so with a tangible idea.   Why not start a drum line?   The Dean of […]

Facebook buys Instagram

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes It is a typical day on Facebook. Someone LOLs and liked the latest meme in their newsfeed, their friends are reading the latest trending, and possibly trashy, story on one of the many social readers, and while they begin to type up yet another passive-aggressive Facebook status about their crazy roommate, an Instagram photo pops […]