Researchers say Utah is no. 2 in cosmetic surgery

April 27, 2017

Reading Time: 2 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”] UWLP lead four-month study According to a recent snapshot study conducted by the Utah Women & Leadership Project, two-thirds of Utah women know someone who have gone under the knife for cosmetic purposes. The study titled, “Cosmetic Surgery and Body Image Among Utah Women,” was co-authored by […]

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Gun discharges near a campus food court, no injuries reported

April 25, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photos by Kimberly Bojorquez Reporting by: Kimberly Bojorquez and Adam Dillenbeck A student’s gun discharged shortly after 2 p.m. April 25 in the Physical Education Building’s food court. “We were just sitting here and all of a sudden a loud bang went off and this guy’s gun discharged while it was in his bag,” said Hunter […]

Police blotter

April 19, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Car Theft An officer responded to a call of a car theft that had occurred in lot L1. After speaking with the complainant, they discovered that they had actually parked the car near the library and not lot L1. Fraud A woman told police that someone had used her debit card again without her permission. […]

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Pro climber pushes envelope

April 18, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes To most people, climbing and skiing down Mount Everest is a risk people deem too dangerous. For Jimmy Chin, editorial photographer and professional climber, it’s like walking down a sidewalk. Chin spoke at UVUSA’s Speaker Series Event April 13, in the packed Grande Ballroom. The Minnesota native, grew up with Chinese parents who wanted him […]

National security studies minor approved

April 13, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Classes will begin this fall UVU had a long-term vision of going after a national security studies program, according to the director of national security studies and assistant professor, Ryan Vogel. The Northwest Commission on Colleges and University approved the accreditation and certificate of proficiency for a national security studies minor beginning this fall. Vogel […]

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Holland to teach at Oxford for the summer

April 10, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Senior VP of academic affairs will take his responsibilities Chair of UVU’s board of trustees, Elaine S. Dalton, announced that President Matthew Holland will be a senior associate at the University of Oxford in London for the summer. This comes months after Holland visited Oxford to show panels from the “Roots of Knowledge” stained glass […]

Theater students perform Hamilton rap battle at Pizza & Politics

March 31, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photos by Nathan Gross Through the beats and lyrics of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, students revitalized the role politics has played in American history. Students performed a rap battle from the musical that focused on the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton at a Pizza and Politics event March 14 in the Ragan Theater. The scene […]

UVUSA outsider elected student body president

March 16, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes In an unexpected turn of events, Rob Smith will be 2017-18 student body president of UVUSA, defeating the pattern of traditional students who have won past elections. Smith will oversee the allocation of the estimated millions in student fees and become a voting member for the UVU Board of Trustees for the 2017-18 school year. […]

Allocating student fees, diversity headline elections debate

March 6, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Expenses, travel key subjects in discussion A week before elections, 2017-18 student body officer candidates gathered at Centre Stage March 1 to debate — the main issue being the allocation of student fees. Student body president of UVUSA Birch Eve, and students Danny Davis and Carrie Chappell were moderators at the debate. Candidates running for […]

Six full-time Dining Service employees fired

March 1, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes School officials calling it ‘reduction in force’ UVU’s Dining Services terminated six full-time employees effective immediately Feb. 21, including former director Joaquin Menendez, and former executive chef John Miller. Current employees confirmed that Menendez and Miller are no longer employed at UVU. According to spokesperson, Layton Shumway “We’re not allowed to give the names of […]