Reading Time: 2 minutes Illustration by Trevor Robertson Although steroid use isn’t an imminent threat at Utah Valley, the athletic department educates athletes on the dangers of drug use and implements random drug testing. Steroid use has been in the sports world limelight for years with high-profile cases like Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones and Alex Rodriguez. Steroid use is […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Gabi Campbell Whatever caused jubilant Utah Valley fans and New Mexico State players to engage one another in a violent mixup following the Wolverines’ monumental win remains unknown. Suspensions have been handed out to both parties and injuries have begun to heal, but multiple UVU students caught in the middle of the brawl […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Houck, Staff writer [email protected] With recent state Supreme Court cases overruling many of the bans on same-sex marriage across the country, supporters of same-sex and LGBTQ rights are seeing real change, which is finally moving in the right direction. But opponents of this movement are really ramping up, trying to counteract what is happening […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There used to be a time when all you needed when you arrived to class was a notebook, pen and your textbook. Those days have gone the way of the dinosaur. Nowadays, you would be considered lucky if you don’t sit behind some student surfing Buzzfeed, tweeting, or check out his or her significant other’s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes During the UVUSA election campaign Tyler Brklacich, Student Body President candidate of Team RISE, said he didn’t want to see BYU shirts on campus anymore. Why does this matter and why should we care? Sadly, UVU has a misguided reputation for being “BYU-lite” in Utah valley. Nothing could be further from the truth. UVU has […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Barbara Finlinson, Staff Writer, @bubblestweets During the student body election debates last Tuesday, presidential candidate Tyler Brklacich, of Team Rise, mentioned he’d like to ban students from wearing BYU t-shirts on campus. In the words of Ace Ventura: “Alrighty then.” In my opinion, a student body presidential candidate who may or may not in the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Devin Broadbent, aspiring aviator, is interning for a major commercial airline, United Airlines. He works closely with pilots in the flight operations center, which gives him the unique chance to get to know the couple thousand pilots that come through the San Francisco hub. A handful of interns are chosen from a nationwide pool of […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes UVU student Colby Johnson has officially announced his candidacy for the District 63 seat in the Utah House of Representatives. Johnson, who formally announced his candidacy for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives on March 3, 2014, hopes one of the messages his campaign sends is that we can all get involved with […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By RaVae Black Photos courtesy of uvu.edu In honor of UVU’s upcoming 75th anniversary, the school is set to receive a 2,000 square foot glass mural. The project, entitled “The Roots of Knowledge,” will be a celebration of both past and future knowledge, and students are encouraged to contribute. Beginning next week, pieces of the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Marinann Castillo I am so not a fashion girl. I have tried for years, but class is just something I missed out on when talents were being handed out. Oh, I can appreciate how it looks on others, but for some reason I find it impossible to do myself. I like to make myself […]