Reading Time: 2 minutes Two UVU students receive scholarships, ring the New York Stock Exchange trade floor bell Tiffany Frandsen | Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Photos courtesy of TD Ameritrade Every year, TD Ameritrade grants the NextGen Financial Planning Scholarship to 14 students across the country. This year, two of those recipients were UVU personal financial planning students […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kyle McDonald |Sports Writer | @kylesportsbias Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos In July 2014, sophomore Hayes Garrity tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a summer practice for the Utah Valley University men’s basketball team. Garrity was on a fastbreak during a two-on-two drill and didn’t think […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Taylor Swift’s open letter to Apple inspires quick policy change. Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor | @theroyalthey Endlessly parodied as the constantly-breaking-up superstar who sings about love lost, Taylor Swift is exceeding her detractors’ expectations by taking on one of the most powerful companies in the world: Apple. In February, Apple’s worth blasted past […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] Video courtesy of Euronews Something popped. People were running and covering their mouths. Someone had thrown tear gas. On June 28, Turkey’s Gay Pride took a turn for the worse in Taksim, a neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey. “We were at a cafe,” Jes Millsaps, a University of Utah […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos A group of students from Saitama, Japan are learning auto skills and getting a taste of Utah food and culture this July in a special automotive course held in the GT Building. The course, which runs for two weeks starting […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Weighing the pros and cons of SCOTUS’ same-sex marriage ruling. Christian Ledek | Staff Writer Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide on June 26, 2015. The Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right just the same as a man and a woman getting married. I think this is a good thing for […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Karina Araujo| Staff Writer Why fix something that’s not broken? Why get rid of something that works perfectly fine? The trend of out with the old and in with the new plagues our culture. We’re fickle and within reason this aids growth. As we know, not all changes lead to growth, or a positive outcome. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sean Stoker Opinions Editor @theroyalthey In the days following the tragic events in Charleston, I was amazed to see how well the community managed the aftermath: no riots, no looting, no retaliations. It is perhaps the most graceful handling of such an emotionally charged event I have seen in a long time. However, to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo credit: Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie The crosswalk between the south end of the LDS Institute parking lot and the front entrance of the Student Life and Wellness Center has been permanently closed. A press release by Parking Services and campus police […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff With all the construction projects underway at main campus, the UVU Review has your week-to-week construction update, courtesy of Frank Young, UVU Associate Vice President in Facilities Planning. The following projects are currently underway: Utah County Academy of Science is being re-carpeted. The […]