Dia de los Muertos challenges Halloween stereotypes at UVU

November 6, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU student paints interactive art piece celebrating culture, beauty of death The LA concourse hallway has been home to an interactive art piece celebrating the Latin American holiday, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), for several days. Thomas Mata, a junior modern dance major at UVU, said he was asked to paint “something […]

Everything UVU students need to know about Prop 5

November 6, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is Prop 5? Proposition 5 is a ballot initiative for residents of Orem regarding the rezoning of land next to the GT building (1000 South 400 West, Orem) for student housing. The area would be re-zoned to allow for high density housing, in other words, student apartments. How does Prop 5 impact UVU students? […]

No room for guns

June 1, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Over a month ago when students were beginning to feel the closely approaching fire of finals, a gun went off in the hallway inside the Physical Education Building near Taco Bell. Luck, or whatever supernatural power you ascribe to, was on the students’ side that day as […]

International Women’s Day

March 13, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Campus was buzzing with events celebrating women the week of March 8. Activities ranged from a traditional European tea night produced by the international student council on March 4, to a Utah Women’s Leadership event on March 7. However, in a non-academic or political setting, this holiday is almost unheard of.  Without boxes of chocolates […]

The Vagina Monologues raises money to support sexual assault victims

March 10, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Students for Choice Club presented The Vagina Monologues with three performances Feb. 23-25 at the Fulton Library. Each monologue was acted out by one of 20 female cast members, the youngest being an eight-year-old girl. The monologues themselves were as distinct as the women who portrayed them, ranging from light and comedic jokes about […]

Encircle Art Sale

February 10, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Just south of the new LDS temple in downtown Provo stands a brilliantly blue memory of the 1890’s. The house for the non-profit Encircle is anything but unassuming. The building was run-down when Stephenie Larsen, Encircle’s Executive Director, chose it as the future home for the LGBTQ+ family and youth resource center. “We decided to […]