Reading Time: 2 minutes With the news coverage of the shooting at the Parkland school quieting down, there is still quite a bit of coverage on something that has not been seen in previous shootings: students nationwide are protesting for gun control. However, instead of being cheered on for utilizing the tragedy for a good purpose, some students are […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes With President Matthew Holland getting ready to leave to serve as a mission president for the LDS church, people are beginning to wonder who the next president could be and if the new president will have the same or different ideas than those of Holland. The university is at a crossroads, but if the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Outing sexual predators overshadows support for survivors With Hollywood’s award season now underway, the #MeToo movement is seeing support from celebrities through their dress codes and conversations at the award shows. At its beginnings over a decade ago, the movement had good intentions, but questions are now being raised on if it has now […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Name: Brooke Steinicke Class: Senior Major: Photography “Overall it was a good year. I feel like overall it was a good one, but I’m still just ready for another one. I’m ready for a clean slate. I feel like by the end of the year you’re like yeah new year, I’m ready. Growing experiences, life […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When students are asked about their major, many people expect to hear the students chose a sensible degree rather than one that might not create a financially stable career. Universities follow these same trends of putting the most funding into those “practical” departments, and UVU is no exception. UVU’s Planning, Budget and Assessment page states […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Paranormal subjects, specifically those of ghosts and spirits, are universally popular. Though substantial proof of the supernatural has not been discovered, many still believe in a hereafter or some version of it. In 2015, Chapman University surveyed the beliefs of Americans and found that 41 percent believe places can be haunted by spirits, and 26 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Name: Sam Class: Sophomore Major: Elementary Education “No, I don’t really believe in ghosts. There’s no point to them. They are either there to just scare people or they are to help people discover something, but I would think that is just intuition. Ghosts are always negative; they aren’t ever guides or spirits. I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Time to reexamine gun ownership Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay shooting on Oct. 1, 2017 was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, defeating Orlando’s nightclub shooting as the death toll rises over 50. Breaking the national record twice in two years is a grim achievement for the country to say the least, and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU became the subject of a Title IX investigation in August 2017, after the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) filed a complaint against the university for the ways the Title IX office has handled sexual assault reports. In an emailed statement to the UVU Review, Layton Shumway, representative of the school, said, “UVU is committed […]