UVU faces dark times

April 8, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes If the most recent Board of Trustees meeting is any indication, Utah Valley University is facing some of its darkest days yet. With a drop in enrollment and no cost of living raise for faculty and staff following the recent state legislative session, UVU was forced to raise the price of tuition. On Thursday, March […]

The evils of social media

March 4, 2013

Reading Time: 3 minutes I want to get something out of the way first. Yes, I do use social media. I also attend UVU, own “Jaws: The Revenge,” and call up ex-girlfriends on lonely nights. My point is, I do a lot of things that make me hate myself, but that doesn’t make any of them right. So, before […]

The necessity of suffering

September 24, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Monday, Sept. 17, UVU hosted an ethics panel headlined by academics and professionals. Students filtered in and out of the event listening to the ensuing topic of discussion, which focused on one central idea: Is it necessary for one to suffer in

‘Tis the season: Winter and its discontents

November 22, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes As the winter of discontent begins, a front of depression sweeps across the populace. It’s December’s foggy freeze that shoulders the blame for the epidemic, but Jack Frost is wrongfully accused. What these huddled masses disregard or forget is that regardless of wind chill, snow pack or barometric pressure, life is always miserable. Seasonal depression […]

Affirmative distractions

March 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes It was just another day at Capitol Hill when our hungry public representatives did what they wanted under the political guise of “doing what’s right.” Last week Rep. Curtis Oda introduced a new resolution to amend the Utah Constitution and end preferential treatment, or what might be better known as “affirmative action.” It’s a legal […]

Paved paradise

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Val Peterson is a busy man. I’m unannounced and uninvited, occupying the only free fifteen minutes he has today. “So,” Peterson said, “you think there’s a problem with parking?” “No,” I tell him, “but everyone else seems to think so. I just park and keep my mouth shut.” What I don’t tell him is I’m […]