5 things to know about Prop 5

October 30, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is Prop 5? Proposition 5 will allow the construction of a student housing village that will provide 1,600 beds to the growing community of UVU students by allowing a rezone. Orem city passed Ordinance No. O- 2018-0005 to rezone a residential area consisting of 9.58 acres to the PD-48 student housing zone earlier this […]

Q&A: Paranormal Investigator Danny Stewart

October 29, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you want to have an otherworldly experience, paranormal investigator Danny Stewart said, go to the Provo riverwalk at night. Start behind the Macey’s on State Street and make your way west toward the neighborhoods. “Weird stuff happens,” Stewart said. “I’ve taken taken so many groups — former students, girlfriends — each time, without fail, […]

A recital for two pianos

October 29, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes Throughout the ages, music has inspired people. It is perhaps one of the oldest forms of media, but that does not make it primitive. UVU hosted Jeffrey and Karen Savage, a couple from Washington state On Oct. 23. They were invited to UVU because of their work in various professional settings and their award-winning status. […]

UVU LOSES OVERTIME THRILLER AT GCU

October 27, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes The men’s soccer team looked to bounce back Friday night against the Antelopes of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona after a tough home loss on senior night last Saturday evening, but came up just short in overtime. It was very back and forth between the two teams throughout the night. As for the overtime […]

The Journal of Student Leadership: A Publication that puts Theory into Practice

October 27, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes For many universities around the world, scholarly journals act as a testament of academic prowess and success. UVU is home to a dozen student-run scholarly and creative publications that cover a wide array of topics such as: astronomy, philosophy, constitutional studies and creative writing. Some of these journals are almost decades old and others are […]

The Hidden “Ghosts” in the Roots of Knowledge

October 27, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Everyone loves hearing stories, and more importantly, we know our history through stories. At UVU, Roots of Knowledge specialists Trevor Petersen and Nick Lawyer hosted ghost tours, telling the stories of ghosts every Tuesday night in October. These ghost tours started every 30 minutes, from 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Roots of Knowledge […]

First Look at Noorda Performing Arts Center

October 27, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes For years, the performing arts majors at UVU have performed, worked and rehearsed in any space they could find in the crowded Gunther Technology building. Actors pushed aside desks in empty classrooms to rehearse scenes, dancers gave performances in small studio spaces and musicians had to load their instruments onto a truck and transport them […]