Symposium brings pieces of the world to UVU
Reading Time: 2 minutes Students can learn about various social and political issues in other countries at the Study Abroad Symposium.
Interview with a reality TV star
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nick Bloxsom Carter, a senior from UVU, was on the popular Fox reality show, “So You Think You Can Dance” this past summer.
Lending a helping hand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Food bins and money jars make it easy for students to donate and help others this Thanksgiving.
Nadine Wimmer Speaks at UVU
Reading Time: 3 minutes The importance of education is emphasized in Deanie Wimmer’s speech aimed at students.
Skid Marks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Poop Bandit stopped dead in his tracks October 22, 2012 will be celebrated as the day the custodial staff declared their independence from the fecal felon known as the “Poop Bandit.” If there were ever any doubts on campus at Utah Valley University in the power of the press, they were flushed down […]
Don’t make assumptions because I’m different
Reading Time: 3 minutes I think it’s safe to say there’s no place in the world like Utah County. Having lived in Utah for seven years now, being different doesn’t faze me much anymore. And I am different, very different. As I pick up a Jamba Juice in the morning, scramble to find parking and hurry to my first […]
A TREATISE FOR GOING SOUTH
Reading Time: 6 minutes We’re all, inherently drawn to warmth. Warm climates, warm food, warm people. And these pages are filled with ways to find it—whether it be through camping in Southern Utah, sipping Mexican Hot Cocoa, strolling through galleries of SouthWestern art or lighting candles on observance of an ancient Hindu holiday. The first four pages are devoted […]
Chef / Owner of The Tortilla Bar.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet Sam Oteo. A visionary man with a small beginning. The Tortilla Bar in south Orem is the bi-product of his hard work and a piece of his dream with an amazing back story. Oteo was born in Mexico, but moved with his family shortly after to California. He had a visa, but wasn’t able […]
People in a Hard Land
Reading Time: < 1 minute Butch Cassidy didn’t spend his winters in the Bahamas and it’s probably not much of a viable option for most Uthans. The Mormon Trail didn’t stop on the east side of the Rockies. The Great Salt Lake will not quench the thirst of parched lips. Call it what you will, the High Desert Plateau, the […]
Desert Poem
Reading Time: < 1 minute by Bayley Brook Christensen The open sky triumphant over the strip of empty brush, a familiar blackness but revealed in full on a night like this, with no prior commitments and no city lights. A vulnerable mother sky her arms outstretched as if to gather the eyes of all below and treat them to God’s […]