Reading Time: < 1 minute Dear UVU Students, Utah Valley University was named the largest university in the state this last year. With the number of students exceeding 33,000, we aren’t just the largest school, but we’re the best in a variety of ways. What many students don’t realize is just how fortunate we are in terms of involvement opportunities. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes People are like oranges: they have a lot to offer, but there’s a finite amount of juice in each one. No, don’t be alarmed, I haven’t gone all Hannibal Lector from midterm madness—I’m not talking about actually juicing humans. What I mean to say is that we all have a finite amount of energy to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Payson Canyon’s recent “Bigfoot” sighting seems highly suspect First off I would like to go on record as saying that I believe that Bigfoot – Sasquatch, Skunk Ape, Yowie, Yeti or whatever else you want to call it – is real. In my completely biased opinion, there is a vast amount of physical evidence and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes One hundred employers and 1,500 job seekers expected to attend the event at the Utah Valley Convention Center Provo, UT – Utah’s economy has been getting better and better, but there are still lots of people looking for a job – 49,600 people according to the January employment numbers. Tens of thousands more are looking […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Student sections at collegiate athletic events are an important piece in creating an atmosphere that creates a home field or home court advantage. It is the same for schools in Utah and the Western Athletic Conference. BYU has the “ROC”. Utah has “The MUSS”. Grand Canyon has “The Havocs.” New Mexico State has “The Panamaniacs”. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Saturday morning, the UVU wrestling team began its quest for a Big 12 Conference wrestling title when competition opened up at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. Seniors Chasen Tolbert and Jade Rauser along with sophomore Dustin Dennison led the way in the first session of the day as each earned a spot in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM — It didn’t take long for Jade Rauser to make it official that he was going back to the NCAA Wrestling Championships for a fourth straight time. In the third-place match, the UVU senior pinned 21st-ranked Gary Wayne Harding of Oklahoma State with 44 second left in the first period to place third at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Do they have too much? From college football players to LeBron James, we have seen athletes play their cards to influence those around them at extreme levels. With the amount of money that major collegiate and professional sports bring in, the overseers feel the need to acquiesce the athletes’ every request. This season in the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s nothing quite like March Madness in the world of sports. Just about everyone fills out a bracket for one reason or another, no matter how much or how little one knows about the teams involved. This year there will be seemingly no advantage knowing about the sport when the brackets start getting filled out. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes OREM — Marcel Davis scored 22 points on senior day but it wasn’t enough as Josh Braun scored 30 points to lead Grand Canyon to an 86-79 win over UVU in the regular season finale for both teams on Saturday afternoon at the UCCU Center. UVU had already locked up the 4-seed for the WAC […]