Reading Time: 2 minutes Photos by Melissa Henrie With less than two months remaining until the new year, many students are concerned about what 2014 will bring- including fines for lacking insurance. Under the Affordable Care Act, American citizens are required to have health insurance or else a fine is taken from their tax return. In 2014 the fine […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Word around campus is that professors have access to a program that calculates how likely students are to graduate. This system, called the Stoplight Report, supposedly calculates the likelihood of graduation from factors that rank students on a color scale of red, orange, yellow, or green. Some factors that put students at higher risk are […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Registering for classes can be problematic, especially when classes are dropped or when two required classes are offered at the same time. Scheduling issues such as these can delay students’ graduation by forcing them to take unnecessary credits in order to remain full-time students. Behavioral Science student Benjamin Heward encountered these problems when he tried […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Faculty members received an email earlier this month reminding them to abide by and regulate the campus smoking policy. Although UVU is a public institution and thereby accords to state smoking policy, some students are still unclear on the regulations of smoking on campus. Other students knowingly break the rules because cold temperatures and weather […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU has been selected as a target for FeelGood, a program that has raised over $1 million for charities that combat world hunger. The nonprofit organization will take applicants from across the country to compete for a chance to win a scholarship to start a chapter at their university. FeelGood founders Kristin Walter and Talis […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two UVU students have found themselves under skeptic fire due to their prank videos that went viral this week. In an effort to defend the various reactions to these videos, four philosophy students concluded ethics awareness week by creating a panel discussion on the videos. The two videos entitled “Greeting People with a Kiss” and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Initial implementation of the Affordable Care Act began last Tuesday with the debut of online insurance marketplaces, which provide a more simplified way to buy healthcare. Uninsured students must find a source of healthcare by March 2014 otherwise they could face fines on their tax return. Obtaining an insurance plan is becoming increasingly crucial, but […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes A panel of professionals met last Tuesday to discuss NSA ethics, the new NSA Bluffdale facility, and the diminishing Fourth Amendment. The panel consisted of David Heldenbrand, Pete Ashdown, Matthew Duffin, and Wayne McCormack. Heldenbrand, a UVU professor of computer science, led the panel with a brief introduction on the current affairs of the NSA. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes In reminiscence of childhood days spent daydreaming about being a hero, collegiate students may find themselves considering the career path of becoming a firefighter. Although the rewards of saving lives are limitless, the physical toll of everyday tasks firefighters undergo frequently surprises students of the Recruit Candidate Academy (RCA) at UVU. To combat this problem, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes On Sept 20, the UVU Alumni Association will award seven individuals who have gone above and beyond in their contributions to the university. This year’s winners include LaVar Rockwood, Jim Cardall, Patrick Milligan, Amie Huntsman, Martha Wilson and Alejandro Perez. The Outstanding Alumni award winner will not be named until the awards night. This is […]