Reading Time: 3 minutes A schedule has been finalized by UVUSA as the 2024 student fee hearings are set to begin on Jan. 18. Departments are expected to request fee increases due to a 2023 tuition freeze.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Progressive Lai Ching-te has won the Taiwanese presidential elections, beating out two major candidates; China is not expected to react well to the results due to the DPP’s hard stance on Chinese unification.
Reading Time: 2 minutes On the coattails of a new year, Editor-In-Chief Matthew Drachman wishes to express gratitude to The Review’s readers, provide a report on the paper, and give encouragement to those seeking new starts in the year.
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a surprise announcement, John Curtis announced his candidacy for Utah’s federal senate seat, campaigning on calls for fiscal restraint, stronger border policies, and energy independence.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alyssa Melaine Foreman was arrested and charged with causing a panic after allegedly making a false report of an active shooter threat in UVU’s UCCU event center. Reports say allegedly Foreman had been hallucinating.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elder Patrick Kearon, a member of the Seventy, has been chosen to fill the vacancy left by M. Russell Ballard in the LDS Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Speakers met with the UVUSA Student Council to present changes in university policy, changes include faculty rank, disciplinary action for faculty, and policy relating to how UVU uses its data.
Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. Senate candidate Carolyn Phippen sat down in an interview with The Review to discuss what she would bring as Utah’s next senator. Issues including the U.S. budget, entitlement reform, and strategies to get legislation passed were discussed.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, M. Russell Ballard, passed away late evening on Nov. 12, 2023. Ballard had been facing health challenges, and is survived by his seven children, 43 grandchildren, 105 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
Reading Time: 3 minutes The UVUSA Student Council received training for their anticipated 2024 student fee hearings. Marissa King, director of student leadership programs, stated that she expected departments to ask for increases in their fees.