Staff infection: What are some things you shouldn’t do, even though you can?
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Flirt with a professor and wink when you think no one else is looking.
-Jennie Nicholls
Weekly sudoku solutions
Reading Time: < 1 minute easy solution displayed to the right. Click on pdf files to see solutions to medium and hard sudoku puzzles.
Making Headlines
Reading Time: < 1 minute After reporting to Green Bay Packers training camp last week future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Brett Favre made it clear that he wouldn’t be playing for his former team this coming season. Upon his arrival in Green Bay, Favre and coach Mike McCarthy met and discussed his future with the team before both decided it was best for Favre to move on.
Sports Briefs
Reading Time: < 1 minute After completing his senior season at UVU in the 2007-08 season Jordan Brady will continue his basketball career as a member of the Luxembourg Racing this fall.
National News Briefs
Reading Time: < 1 minute WARDROBE MALFUNCTION — A federal appeals court has thrown out the $550,000 indecency fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” that occurred in the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. In challenging the fine, CBS said that “fleeting, isolated or unintended” images should not automatically be taken as indecent.
National News Briefs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Business – The new iPhone 3G went on sale on July 11. This newer version is cheaper, at $199 compared to the original iPhone of $599. It is predicted that 8 million will be sold this year, a number estimated to grow to 29 million in 2009.
UVU students speak out
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is university status influencing your decision to come to UVU?
Volunteer opportunities
Reading Time: < 1 minute Community Action Services is looking for volunteers to teach youth about mountain biking. Volunteers will be responsible to help with workshops once a week and scheduled bike rides on occasional Saturdays. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, complete a background check, and own a bicycle. For more information, contact Jennifer Nibley, (801) 373-8200 ext. 237. Applications are available online at www.communityactionprovo.org
What is the role of a regional state university?
Reading Time: < 1 minute What is the role of a regional state university? Provide quality academic learning opportunities for students through programs at the certificate, associate, baccalaureate, and graduate levels. To encourage responsible citizenship, emphasis is placed on engaged teaching and learning as well as scholarly work, research, creative achievements, career and technical education, and community and professional engagement.
In Memory of Christopher Kirsch
Reading Time: 2 minutes Christopher Kirsch, a UVU professor in geography and Latin American history, was killed on Father’s day by a fatal stabbing by his son.