Reading Time: 2 minutes Being a student with a disability means that even when my hip dislocates at 4:00 in the morning, I still have to go to 8:30 a.m. class. For most of my life I’ve heard friends, family members and even doctors tell me that I didn’t look sick and that all the test results were normal. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 The keynote speaker for Disability Awareness Week was student and local business owner Nicholas Zemp. Sitting in a motorized wheelchair, he shared his story of living with paralysis Sept. 29 at Ragan Theatre. Zemp became paralyzed […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] An electric unicycle, Ninebot One, distributed locally by Jive Cycle, has come to UVU. According to Shawn Hinckley, UVU student and seller of Jive Cycle, Ninebot is popular in California, New York, Europe and most of Asia. The difference between a Segway and a Ninebot One, according to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo credit: Laura Fox World-famous author, blogger and burn victim Stephanie Nielson shared her inspiring story with over 1,600 hundred students and visitors in the Grande Ballroom on Oct. 1. Many attendees, particularly latecomers, were hard-pressed to find seats, leading many to stand or sit […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Marital problems Sept. 23-An officer approached a car parked behind some tall weeds south of the UVU playing fields off Geneva Road. The man inside explained that he had a fight with his wife and was just looking for a place to sleep. Chest pains […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Dangerfield | Staff Writer | [email protected] Photo courtesy of UVU Marketing/Latino Initiative Utah Valley University was one of 16 finalists for the 2015 Example of Excelencia, America’s top programs that increase higher education achievement for Latino students. In addition, Utah Valley University has been chosen by the White House Initiative to be featured […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wolverines ranked 25th in recent poll Kyle McDonald | Sports Editor | @kylesportsbias Photos courtesy of James Durrant For the first time ever at Utah Valley University, a team sport has cracked the national polls. The UVU men’s soccer team is ranked 25th in the most recent NSCAA Coaches Poll. It is the highest that a UVU […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tyson Lambert Shares His Thoughts on His Success and the Future Austin Cope | Sports writer | @autipopecope5 Photos courtesy of UVU Athletics and @Mster_P Sophomore Tyson Lambert was named the Western Athletic Conference cross country runner of the week following a 19:17.3 6K finish which helped the Utah Valley University men’s cross-country team to a first place finish at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes New team might bring increased fan base Sean MacCourtney | Sports writer | @seanmaccourtney Sports column America’s pastime is baseball and rightfully so, but football is the game of present times. Football has become the most popular sport in America and it doesn’t seem like that will be changing anytime soon. It has been the long and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jessica Allen | Assistant Sports Editor | @Jessdaleallen Sports column “I don’t watch sports” is becoming something I am hearing all too often. However even though I may have been the person saying that many many years ago, at this point in my life, I just can’t understand that statement. What do you mean you don’t watch […]