Reading Time: 3 minutes Fight the New Drug is a nonprofit organization centered in Utah that has one goal: to fight the effects of pornography. The organization’s founder, Clay Olsen, visited UVU March 8 to speak about what the organization means when they say they are fighting the effects of pornography. Although many would characterize Olsen as an entrepreneur, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The What’s So Funny improv club hosted a free comedy event at the Fulton Library auditorium March 2. The comedians brought the house down with punchlines made up on the fly from ideas mentioned by the audience. With the clubs over 10 years of experience, the ability for it’s comedians to roll with the show […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Five wrestlers headed to NCAA Championships Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics UVU’s wrestling team broke the top 25 and are sending five members of the squad to the NCAA Championships — both are firsts in program history. Taylor LaMont, Demetrius Romero, Kimball Bastian, Dustin Dennison and Tanner Orndorff have all earned the right to participate […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By James S. McGraw Illustration by Tyler Carpenter Over the last several years there has been an increased concern from scholars and mental health professionals about the negative effects perfectionism has on a person’s well-being. Researchers typically define perfectionism as “setting unrealistically high standards, rigidly adhering to them, and defining… self-worth in terms of their […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Lydia Mongie Who will UVU’s Presidential Search Committee select to be the next president of UVU? What qualifications will they have? What concerns will they prioritize? Will they have a degree in Philosophy? English? An MBA? Will they even have a degree? These are some of the questions students are asking about who will […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tables were spread out across the Grande Ballroom and covered with fabric, linens and supplies March 5 to Celebrate International Women’s Day. UVU invited the nonprofit organization Days for Girls to campus to explain their mission, give students a chance to serve, and train volunteers on how to help assemble feminine hygiene kits for girls […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The opening social for UVU’s mental health club UV YOU Matter was held in the Science Building March 6. Adam Tonks, club president and biochemistry major, and Maria Stephens, club vice president and digital marketing major, planned for the social to be more of an informational meeting to help students know what to expect from […]