Math girls rock

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Katelyn Bello | Staff Writer | [email protected] Phot credit: Brooke Morrill | Photo Director | @brookemorrill   Two UVU math professors have created a program to help get high school girls interested in studying math. Violeta Vasilevska and Carolyn Hamilton have created Math Girls Rock, a program dedicated to getting girls into math. Vasilevska originally started […]

Homeless students

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reagan High | Staff Writer     BYU contracted apartment complexes, which also house many UVU students, are selling contracts without asking the current contract owners if they would like to renew or not. This leads to students who are abruptly asked to move out, usually right around finals week. This lack of communication between […]

Phone interviews: not for the unprepared

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos   A phone interview can be a stressful experience for job and internship seekers, but it’s important to be prepared so that employers are persuaded to schedule a second, in-person interview. Phone interviews are similar to traditional interviews but the goal is different. Tyler Nelson, Employer Relations Manager at UVU, said, […]

Beauty benefits

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos   The coconut oil fad has swept the nation, and you can hardly scroll through your Pinterest feed without coming across a brand new use for the “miracle oil.” Although a lot of people tend to shy away from fad products, the oil has a few benefits that are […]

A sort of homecoming

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo Illustration: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill   For an LDS missionary who returned home early, there’s often little comfort to be found. There can be overwhelming shame for the former missionaries, family members can be ashamed and religious leaders can be unsympathetic. Too often for these young men and women there’s nowhere they can […]

Tech beat – eternity data storage

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer   Data isn’t a forever storage deposit, and companies, like Backblaze, have been trying to get to the root of the problem. According to researchers at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the answer may be in the only known storage system that has been able to forever hold information: DNA. […]