Reading Time: 3 minutes Kim Bojorquez | Senior Staff Writer Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 The second annual Forum of Horror, an event co-organized by UVU’s Different Dimensions Club and the English and Literature Department, was held Oct. 28 to discuss horror topics, such as the origin of zombies in cinema, women as criminal […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo courtesy of City-Data.com Despite meeting only four times, 16 students working toward Communication degrees with an emphasis in public relations took on a full class curriculum to prepare for the PRSSA annual conference, which will be held in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 5-10. Among the assignments was […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo credit: Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie With Donald Trump and Ben Carson nabbing national headlines national, imminent issues facing Orem have been hashed out by local candidates for City Council over the last several months. On Nov. 4, it all comes to a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Substance abuse Oct. 18-An officer responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex near campus after reports of underage drinking. Upon arrival, several young people were found to have been drinking and smoking marijuana. The guilty parties were cited. Bathroom solicitation Oct. 19-A custodian met with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Want to learn to invest? There’s an app for that. Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer | [email protected] The app Acorn is a simple way for college students to invest. Acorn is helped by Nobel Prize winning economist, Dr. Harry Markowitz, through recurring investments and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). A recurring investment is the portion of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor | @theroyalthey In 1989 the classic Back to the Future series debuted its second installment, which featured an adventure to the distant and incomprehensible future: Oct. 21, 2015. Though Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale never intended to make accurate predictions of the future when writing the script—Gale even wanting to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverines drop 5-set heartbreaker to defending WAC tournament champions Kyle McDonald | Sports editor | @kylesportsbias Bakersfield, CA — The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners came back and stole a Western Athletic Conference volleyball match in a five set thriller, 3-2 from Utah Valley University on Saturday afternoon at the Icardo Center (27-25, 14-25, 20-25, 25-17, 19-17). […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Drop regular season finale to Seattle, will be No. 2 seed in WAC Tournament Kyle McDonald | Sports editor | @kylesportsbias Seattle, WA — On a night that the Utah Valley University women’s soccer team was hoping for a treat, they got a trick instead as Karli White and Seattle University had other ideas for the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Men, women win both the team trophy as well as top individual honors Kyle McDonald | Sports editor | @kylesportsbias OREM, Utah — The Utah Valley University men’s and women’s cross country teams were picked to win the Western Athletic Conference Championships by the coaches in a pre-race vote on Friday afternoon. They didn’t disappoint on […]