Million student march fizzles out at U of U

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Free tuition supporters face an uphill battle Jared Stirland | Assistant Lifestyle Editor Photo credit: Valor McNeely The Million Student March movement held an event Dec. 1st at the University of Utah where a small group of students gathered to pursue the organization’s goal of making bachelor’s degrees free at public universities nationwide.    “It is […]

Forgotten Carols scholarship helps students

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Jessica Allen| Assistant Sports Editor Four UVU students were honored at the Forgotten Carols event held at the UCCU center Nov. 30. The evening included a meal for approximately 80 attendees and then VIP seating at the musical performance held right after. The Forgotten Carols Scholarship is open to those students who maintain a 3.0 GPA, […]

Police blotter

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Checking account dispute Nov. 16-An officer responded to a boyfriend and girlfriend yelling at each other. The dispute was involving a checking account. The girlfriend was on medication, which the boyfriend claimed was making her upset about everything. The two got on a bus and no further […]

Tech & science beat

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer Photo courtesy of UVU Marketing   Physicists from UVU have found a new way to gauge the density of individual cells using acoustic levitation. The process of using acoustic levitation includes removing a cell culture from the subject, such as a cell from a suspicious tumor. The cell is then […]

Club of the Month Program takes clubs to the next level

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cheyenn Clayburn | Staff Writer   Each year the clubs office chooses an initiative to help improve the quality of clubs at UVU. This year they chose to focus their efforts on improving and emphasizing the club of the month program. “This program helps clubs help themselves,” said UVUSA club Ambassador McKenna Einfeldt. The club of […]

It was the best of times for UVU fall sports

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Cross-country, Soccer teams highlight a tremendous fall season For Utah Valley University athletics, it might have been the greatest three months in school history to start the 2015-16 school year.   In just its second season of competing at the NCAA Division I level, the men’s soccer team earned a top-25 national ranking and were […]

The decision to come home and play basketball at UVU

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Josh Pollard spurns chance to play at Kansas for opportunity to play in hometown From Orem High to the University of Kansas and back to Orem and Utah Valley University, sophomore Josh Pollard has experienced playing basketball at the highest level but is happy to be home. Coming from a family of basketball athletes who […]

Men’s basketball team plagued with injuries

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Coach Pope remains upbeat despite early-season adversity Seven games into the 2015-16 season, the Utah Valley University men’s basketball team has seen an unprecedented amount of bad luck when it comes to player health. Before the season started the Wolverines saw forward Zach Nelson out for the season with complications from knee surgery and guard […]

Comeback comes up short as Utah Valley women fall to Utah State

December 11, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM — The Utah Valley women suffered their fourth consecutive loss and their first loss at home Thursday night in the PE Gym, losing to Utah State University 76-72. UVU was able to stay close in the first quarter, trailing by just four after the period, but USU won the second 16-7 for a 34-21 halftime […]