Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo The UV Mentor Program and UVUSA teamed up to host the first annual Freshman Thanksgiving Nov. 17 in the Grande Ballroom. The event offered free food, games and activities. Students were welcomed to enjoy pizza and specialty sodas. A slew of carnival games lined the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a presentation and documentary screening Nov. 18, the internationally recognized Kind campaign addressed the complex issue of bullying and proved that everyone is impacted by bullying. The Kind campaign, which was started by Lauren Parsekian and Molly Thompson, is a non-profit organization targeting female bullying. The two created a documentary about the harmful […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo Candlelight flickered in the cold night air Nov. 17 as 60 people gathered between the SLWC and PE buildings to honor those lost in the recent terror attacks in Paris and around the world. The participants, who were standing around a peace sign outlined in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hayes Garrity might miss season once again When an athlete tears their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the road to a full recovery is long and has its share of ups and downs. For Utah Valley University men’s basketball player Hayes Garrity, who missed the entire 2014-15 season with a torn ACL, that recovery took a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vaqueros sweep match and get a bit of payback in win On Thursday November 12, the Utah Valley University volleyball team secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Athletic Conference volleyball tournament by defeating the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley 3-1. However, Bojana Mitrovic and the Vaqueros had different ideas in the WAC tournament. Mirtovic […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverines shut out for only the fourth time all season In just their second year of competition, the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team found themselves playing Southern Methodist University in the NCAA tournament after receiving an at-large berth. However, the Wolverines season ended in a 2-0 loss to the Mustangs in their opening round […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU basketball player Telly Davenport adjusts from high school to college The transition from high school to college for any freshman can be a tough one but add in college athletics and it brings it to a whole other level. For many freshmen, college is the first time they are on their own away from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Part 3 of 3 in a series regarding the finances for UVU athletics There are many people who might say that money should go to other places first before it goes into the athletic department. They might complain that the teams aren’t winning enough or that there are more important things that money could go […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a trend emerging in college basketball: more and more young men are playing just one year of NCAA basketball before entering the NBA draft. This is affecting both the NCAA programs and the NBA in many ways, hardly any of them good. 14 players were selected in the 2015 NBA draft following their freshman […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Orem — Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for the good things in life. For the Utah Valley University men’s basketball team, it might be known as a week that they don’t ever want to look back on. The Wolverines were looking to bounce back from an embarrassing loss to Utah State on […]