Reading Time: 4 minutes College Football Second Half Predictions Brad Curnow | Sports Writer | @jojocornrow Photo credit Mark Philbrick/BYU Photo We’re halfway through the season and I wanted to make my bold predictions for what we might see the rest of the way. We’ve seen surprise teams come to the top of the standings while other teams drowned […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kimberly Bojorquez | Senior Staff Writer After the tragic Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon, Ashley Larsen, director of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, and Robin Ebmeyer, director of Emergency Risk Management, arranged campus safety training Oct. 8 to discuss preventing and handling an active shooter situation at Utah Valley University. A week before the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Panic attack Oct. 12-An officer responded to a woman reportedly having a panic attack. Paramedics transported her to a hospital for evaluation. Suspicious package Oct. 12-Dispatch was called to the Classroom Building after a report of a suspicious package. The officer was unable to locate the package. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] Russell Williams, associate professor of political science from Memorial University, Canada, will speak to UVU students Oct. 28 on the United Nations led Paris Climate Summit, or Paris Process on Mobility and Climate. The Paris Process is an open platform for anyone and everyone to take action on […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor | @theroyalthey For thousands of years, libraries have purely been home to written materials and the bookworms who love them. However, as technology continues to make the written word and other media more accessible to a greater number of people, public libraries are rethinking their strategy when it comes providing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Jessica McClellan In the Ragan Theatre, Oct. 22, she told a packed house how gaming makes people more engaged, resilient and better at solving problems. McGonigal is a game designer and author of the popular books, Reality is Better and SuperBetter. Her research has led her to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Women’s attire is an overrated and outdated discussion Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie Women are given a pile of lies when they are told that if they dress sexy it is empowering. A good litmus test for a statement such as that one is to switch the gender roles and imagine telling that to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes From African civil wars to collegiate soccer, freshman striker has seen it all Brad Curnow | Sports Writer | @JoJoCornrow There are a lot of sacrifices that need to be made to go to college, but most are not as big as what Utah Valley University freshman and men’s soccer player Donnett Sackie has made. Sackie was […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Former MLB player recounts his time in the big leagues and pitching in the playoffs. Sean MacCourtney | Sports writer | @seanmaccourtney This is a great time of year for sports. College and professional football are in full swing, hockey has started, and basketball is just around the corner. The greatest thing that takes place in October […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU men’s and women’s teams look to run to a championship Austin Cope | Sports Writer | @autipopecope5 The Utah Valley University men’s and women’s cross country teams get ready to run at the WAC Championships which will be held here in Orem on Halloween. The men’s team has won back-to-back titles in cross country and has […]