Confederate flag sales booming

August 31, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Professor says local support is culturally and politically based   Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Photo Editor | @gabicampbellphotos   A Provo flag store owner is reporting a large increase in sales of the Confederate flag this summer. Stan Softly, owner of Flags and Stuff on University Ave., […]

UVU gets greener with new EV charging stations

August 31, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Steffan King | Staff Writer Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97   UVU unveiled four electric car charging stations at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 24. These stations, which were built with a matching funds grant from […]

UVU’s UAV testing takes flight

August 31, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Christine Behle | Staff Writer   UVU’s top aviation program has recently been licensed to fly unmanned aerial vehicles by the Federal Aviation Administration. The approval was negotiated by Russell Hopkinson, the director of safety for aviation sciences at UVU. The Utah State Legislature, in 2014, passed a resolution in support of UVU applying to […]

Fulbright scholar teaches students in Kazakhstan

August 31, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Assistant Professor Vessela Ilieva completes second Fulbright trip   Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected]   Earlier this summer, Assistant Professor Vessela Ilieva visited Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, where she spent three weeks teaching at Zhezkazgan Baikonurov University through a grant from the Fulbright Specialist Program. The Fulbright Specialist Program, run by the U.S. Department of […]

The Value of “Meh”

August 31, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes My uncomfortable seat on the fence. Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor   Obvious statement of the day: Life is full of complexity. It surprises me to no end when I see how able some people are to throw their whole being into a political ideology, because most political ideologies that I encounter are so polarized, both […]

The MAWL and 12th Wolverine

August 31, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Soccer is big but there are other sports too. Kyle McDonald  | Sports Editor | @kylesportsbias For many universities around the country, having a home field advantage is a key component to having success. For the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team, it is no different. The soccer team ranked 14th in the nation for total […]

UVU Sports Staff Fantasy Football League

August 31, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Calvin Williams | Assistant Sports Editor | @CalsCornerUVU     For the first time ever, the UVU Review sports staff will be playing fantasy football. Every week you will get to follow the staff both in print and online, as they try to outduel one another for supremacy. You will be able to follow on the […]

UVU Women beat Montana in crazy affair

August 30, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Wolverines score five unanswered to pick up third straight win Christian Ledek | Sports Writer | @sea_led Photos credit: Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos    OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley University Women’s Soccer team came back on two different occasions to hand the Montana Grizzlies their first loss of the season by the […]

Second straight shutout leads to win for UVU

August 30, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Wolverines pick up second straight win in process Kyle McDonald | Sports Editor | @kylesportsbias Lowell, Mass. —  The Utah Valley University Men’s Soccer team picked up its second straight win on Sunday morning with a 2-0 victory over UMass Lowell. The win marks just the second road win in the program’s history as well as […]

UVU Women blank in-state rival Utah State

August 28, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Record crowd helps propel Wolverines to victory Christian Ledek | Sports writer | @sea_led Photos credit: Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos  OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley University women’s soccer team persevered in a hard fought game to top in-state rival Utah State 1-0 before a record crowd of 2,790 on Friday night at […]