Reading Time: 4 minutes Panel says more garages are the best solution to the problem Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo credit: Byron Harward Students were given the opportunity to voice their grievances and offer solutions to UVU’s parking situation at an open forum Oct. 8. The forum, headed by a panel of three […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Returning missionaries, high school recruitment and retention responsible for increase Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] UVU is now the largest public institution of higher learning, in terms of enrollment, in the state, according to the third week headcount report released by the Utah System of Higher Education. Enrollment is up 6 percent […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes International 3-day Women in the Mountains Conference encourages women in matters of health, leadership, economic issues. Tiffany Frandsen | Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Photo Editor | @gabicampbellphotos UVU hosted representatives from United Nations Women, the State Department, the Mountain Partnership, the World Bank, local universities and ambassadors from […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fourth annual conference focuses on finding the benefits of ADHD Kimberly Bojorquez | Senior Staff Writer Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Photo Editor | @gabicampbellphotos Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is challenging, but it’s also a great gift, successful entrepreneur Mark Patey told an audience at the fourth annual Conference on ADHD Oct. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] The UVU Rapid Development Center recently unveiled 3D printers in the Computer Science Building for use by students and partnered businesses. The new partnership between Stratasys and UVU will give students an opportunity to work with partnered businesses and get internships. According to Jesse Roitenberg, education manager […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cheyenn Clayburn | Staff Writer There are more than two million children worldwide that are enslaved in the commercial sex trade industry. According to a 2013 Congressional Research Service report, there are more than 17,000 people that are trafficked into the United States alone. Many of these individuals are forced into slave labor, used to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Suspicious carrying Sept. 30-An officer responded to a report of a suspicious circumstance involving a male student carrying a female student out of a class. The officer made contact with the couple and no wrongdoing was discovered. Trespass threats Sept. 30-A trespasser who had […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor | @theroyalthey The Center for Medical Progress reignited the abortion debate over the past few months by releasing a series of undercover videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials negotiating the scientific use of aborted fetus tissues. Unsurprisingly, this exposé exploded on contact with the media. Those with anti-abortion views […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Former UVU wrestler teaches life lessons Brad Curnow | Sports Writer | @JoJoCornrow In 2011, Utah Valley University senior Ben Kjar became the school’s first ever All-American wrestler. Since graduating with a degree in business, Kjar has been busy with many pursuits, most of which include his love for wrestling. In the year following his graduation from […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU distance runner overcomes obstacles by running Austin Cope | Sports writer | @autipopecope5 Having overcome challenges during her time as a distance runner at Utah Valley University, Haley Murray has dealt with multiple injuries, including stress fractures in her right tibia and fibula that ended her 2013 season. She then had some issues with her IT band […]