Week 1 College Picks

September 2, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute For each week of the college football season, five sports writers and five students will go head to head picking some of the biggest games of the week.  The sports writer with the most correct picks will stay as will the student with the most correct picks.  It will go on each week as new […]

Utah’s first Push Race held at UVU

September 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected]   Utah County longboarding enthusiasts gathered at UVU’s northwest parking lot on Aug. 29 for a day of music, food and push racing. The event was the first of its kind in Utah and was hosted by UVU’s Enactus club and longboarding company Jaseboards. Push racing entails […]

UVU Cross Country team has their sight set on the 3-peat

September 2, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Return top six runners from last season Jessica Allen | Sports Writer | @Jessdaleallen Photos courtesy of UVU Athletics   With six returning runners from last years WAC Championship team, the Utah Valley University cross-country running team is ready and prepared to make a run at a 3-peat in the WAC and qualify for Nationals in 2015. The […]

Volleyball loses at Idaho State

September 2, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Swept for third time in young season Kyle Bruderer | Sports writer | @Brudkyle   The Utah Valley University volleyball team dropped three straight sets in their road match against the Bengals of Idaho State University on Tuesday night (15-25, 18-25, 17-25). “We need to continue to get better,” said head coach Sam Atoa in a […]

Quality Tacos in Utah County

September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes 180 Tacos and Oteo Yvonne Wu & Marina Lukowski | Staff Writers Photo Illustration by Olivia McLaughlin   Tacos are a popular food for people living in Utah Valley. It comes as no surprise that such good establishments have arisen like 180 Tacos and Oteo. Although both offer a different experience and ambiance, they share […]

Film Analysis and Why It’s Important

September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Lee Thomas | Lifestyle Editor   While plenty of people enjoy the experience of watching movies as an escapist respite, countless observations can be made about life, art, and humanity through the medium of film.   Although sometimes earning a reputation as being meaningless due to the overabundance of Michael Bay films and teen comedies; at […]

Top College Football Games to Start 2015

September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Top matchups to watch on the opening weekend Brad Curnow | Sports Writer | @jojocornrow   The semester has begun and we have started the grind of college. Truer words were never uttered than the Loverboy lyrics, “Everybody’s working for the weekend,” and with the weekend we are graced with college football. The season kicks […]

Premier League Review

September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes What We’ve Learned Christian Ledek | Sports writer | @sea_led   The Barclays Premier League is underway and almost nothing is going as what was scripted by the preseason pundits.  Teams who were supposed to be challenging for the title have not gotten off to good starts and teams which were supposed to be in the […]

UVU women are ready to hit the links

September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Just two seniors return on young team Jessica Allen | Sports writer | @Jessdaleallen Photos courtesy of UVU Athletics   As the Utah Valley University women’s golf team prepares for the upcoming season, they do so with a roster that includes three redshirt freshmen and three true freshmen. There are many youth on the 2015-16 version of the […]

Runners take your mark. Get set. Go!

September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes 2015 WAC Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Preview Christian Ledek | Sports Writer | @sea_led Photo Courtesy of UVU Athletic Department   For the second consecutive season, the Utah Valley University men’s cross country team was crowned Western Athletic Conference champions. They finished the men’s 8k race with an overall time of 2:07:08.00, nearly three minutes faster than […]