Reading Time: 2 minutes Shelby Jackson, staff writer, [email protected] If you’ve heard anything in the news over the last couple of months about Edward Snowden, it’s probably had something to do with the headline “Whistleblower or Traitor?” For those who don’t know anything about what’s going on with this story, let me share a little synopsis. A couple months […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa Edward Snowden is a hero. I don’t want to mince words here and I don’t want there to be any confusion. In that same spirit, allow me to explain some things clearly and simply. Edward Snowden is not “in hiding.” If he was hiding, no one would know his […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The lion’s share of Policy 601 covers standard academic procedure. It’s about approved absences, syllabi, and emergency situations in the classroom. But the controversial policy has spent almost two years in limbo, because Section V on the tail end of the policy has struck a nerve with the faculty and brought into question the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rinamay Lopez, Reporter @RinamayLopez Due to recent changes to residency policy, many students working to qualify for residency will find it more difficult than anticipated. The problem that some students find themselves with is that they might not meet the new requirements that are being asked of them, even though they meet the original qualifications. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nicole Shepard News Editor, @NicoleEShepard President Barak Obama is expected to sign a student loan bill into law that, for now, will lower student loan rates from 6.8 to 3.86 percent. Congress passed the measure on July 31, tying interest rates on federal Stafford loans to the financial market. Linking the rates to the economy […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes KresLynn Knouse, Assistant News Editor, @KresLynn, additional reporting Nicole Shepard, News Editor, @NicoleEShepard After ten years of his role as Student Affairs Vice President, Cory Duckworth has accepted another position as the new president of Jamestown Community College in New York City. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to join the great team at JCC,” […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Joey Whitaker, reporter, @JoejoeW22 Utah County became home to one more nationally recognized collegiate choir this year, inspiring visions of future growth in the still budding Utah Valley University choral program. This October marks the beginning of an exciting year for the Chamber Choir, UVU’s top audition choir, as they will be the featured guest […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Heather Wrigley, Reporter The Utah Valley University School of Aviation Sciences has named Robert Edward Lopez III, 24, the inaugural winner of the Bernon and Irene Smith Endowed Aviation Scholarship. Wayne Dornan, dean of the College of Aviation & Public Services at UVU, announced the selection of the first student to receive the new scholarship, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Laura Fox, photo editor [email protected] Sitting just north of UVU in Orem Utah, one family is trying to make a difference in the way they eat, as well as educating others on the benefits of growing local food and conservation by giving tours of their lush Woodhead Gardens. Logan Lyon manages his small business […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alex Rivera, Editor-in-Chief, @HashtagginAlex I’m new at this and by no means am I an expert in the field of rearing a child while attending school. As I approach this fall semester, I can’t help but realize that there are a lot of changes happening in my life right now that personally, I’m not even […]