Reading Time: 5 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf On Jan. 28, a competition for Mr. UVU 2015 was held and it has been decided: Joey Whitaker has taken the thrown. |@JosephBroseph5 is the new king of UVU. I believe it’s like unto the UK, where it’s more of a ceremonial position pic.twitter.com/xusiAiCwcI — […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf The Peace & Justice Studies and the Integrated Studies departments at Utah Valley University joined forces to host a symposium entitled, “Terrorist Violence and Free Expression: France and Charlie Hebdo.” The symposium held on Jan. 26 in the Sorenson Student Center, included presentations about terrorist violence, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffiany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffanymf Utahns gathered to memorialize Becky Lockhart’s life at the Utah State Capitol building on Thursday, Jan. 22. Former Utah House Speaker Lockhart, the first female to hold the position, died on Saturday, Jan. 17 from a brain disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease. To honor all of the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scott Moake’s new reality Dustan Copeland | Sports Writer Scott Moake stands out in a crowd. He’s 6-foot-7, which makes him hard to miss. However, what makes him stand out more than anything else is his natural athleticism. At Mountain View High School, Moake was a standout basketball player, playing center and forward. Track was […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ethan Smith’s winding path to success Kyle McDonald | Sports Writer | @kylesportsconflicts The Big 10 Conference is known for its great wrestling teams. Many wrestlers set their sights on being able to wrestle for those storied programs. Ethan Smith is no different. The senior from Midway, Utah received a scholarship offer from Purdue University […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie UVU’s Office of Internation Affairs and Diplomacy is sponsoring a lecture from Rudolph “Rudy” Moise, Ambassador at large for the Republic of Haiti. The lecture will be held in the Sorenson Center 206bc at 11:30 a.m. Moise was born in Port-Au-Prince and moved to the United States at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] Technology is everywhere, from corresponding with the internet to helping our computer, there’s always something new cropping up. But alas, I can’t list them all. Instead, I’ll just list three. NUMBER 3 -Skype’s live translator service You might have already heard about this feature, but if […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | @ryandanger23 Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell Over a thousand students and community members crowded into the Grand Ballroom at Utah Valley University on Dec. 10 to hear Elizabeth Smart speak about her kidnapping and her struggle to get back to her family. “Everyone has problems, in fact I do […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Gabi Campbell Cheating seems to be a growing problem in today’s world with modern technology. But it leaves the ever lingering question: if someone cheats once, will they cheat again? Years ago a certain UVU girl and a certain UVU guy began dating and they fell in love. The relationship was not without its problems but […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Let’s just be friends” is a phrase no one likes to hear. Especially not from someone who you wanted to be with romantically. Unfortunately, those four words are said way too much. So you shared a kiss. Maybe even more. Perhaps you proclaimed your love for one another. But then it was decided, either mutually or […]