Fulton Library undergoes renovations and opens for students
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite renovations, the library is open to students and provides helpful resources
2022-23 student council in limbo as veto looms?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Appointments to the incoming student council remain in limbo after a controversial vote by the student council that led many members to consider changing their vote. A potential presidential veto may provide that opportunity. The Student Council met April 14 to discuss the appointments made by the newly elected executive council for the 2022-2023 academic […]
Latin American migration in US?
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Immigrant and Refugee Student Union hosted a speaker event covering topics of immigration and migration discussed, among other topics pertaining to border policy of the United States. Dr. Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, spoke to students and faculty March 24, over a Zoom conference with his remarks entitled, “We […]
Free speech discussions on-campus
Reading Time: 3 minutes Speakers came together on campus to convene on the importance of free speech on college campuses. Over the course of three sessions, the Center for Constitutional Studies hosted speakers from across the country who spoke on March 24, to students on a variety of topics. Including the history of free speech on campuses, the importance […]
Timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict
Reading Time: 6 minutes The past month has seen devastation as the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has killed thousands and displaced millions. In February, Putin announced that he was conducting a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine, claiming the objective of stopping a genocide against the Russian people and leading the “de-Nazification” of the Kyiv regime. These statements came […]
Free menstrual products to be available for all students
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVUSA announced that after four years of securing proper funding, approvals, and withstanding supply chain issues, free menstrual products will be available for all students. “UVUSA student government has been fighting to provide free menstrual products for students campus-wide for four years,” a pamphlet that was passed out during the Student Council meeting on March […]
Panel on Russia-Ukraine conflict
Reading Time: 3 minutes Students and faculty came together in a Clarke Building classroom to hear from speakers about the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The panel discussion on March 16, heard from several panelists which included esteemed professors such as Dr. Frederick White, professor of Russian and integrated studies, Dr. Baktybek Abdrisaev, former UN ambassador from Kyrgyzstan and professor of […]
Utah legislature passes controversial transgender athlete bill
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently the Utah State Legislature passed House Bill 11 which, if signed by Governor Spencer Cox, will put in place a ban on transgender student-athletes from participating in women’s public school sports. H.B. 11, which passed in the Utah State House on March 4, is a part of a trend of bills that have passed […]
Phi Theta Kappa food drive
Reading Time: 2 minutes Student members of the international honor society, Phi Theta Kappa, hosted a food drive this past February that sought to help a local charity restock its food stores. In collaboration with an American Fork and Spanish Fork charity called Tabitha’s Way, a charity that works to alleviate local food insecurity, PTK members of the UVU […]
Lexi Soto elected president of UVUSA, 2022 campaign comes to a close
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lexi Soto, along with Keaton Bennett, Jaden Muir, and Bryson Finley have been elected to represent the student body in the 2022-2023 academic year. Soto, currently serving as the senator for the Woodbury School of Business, was elected with 31% of the vote. Overall turnout for this year had been reported by the UVUSA during […]