Anti-capitalist revolutionaries form student group

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Revolutionary Students Union (RSU) has recently formed under the direction of philosophy students and revolutionaries. Currently recruiting those who are interested in revolutionary change, the club made its first appearance in UVUSA’s Club Rush Sept. 9 and 10. The RSU is a non-tendency revolutionary group that wishes to examine the possibility of overthrowing global […]

Submit your exotic photos

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute UVU faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit photos from the 2008-2009 academic school year. From a girl on a train to terraced mountains, winning photos for the 2008 contest can be viewed online. Photos generally come from students and employees who have participated in study abroad programs during the summer and come from […]

Hope for the present, hope for the future

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Sept. 23, suicide survivor Kevin Hines will be the keynote speaker for Suicide Prevention week, Sept. 21-26. Hines joins the less than two percent of people who have survived jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge and he is the only survivor who is actively spreading a message of hope. “My message is pure and […]

Nine weeks, nine countries, one ship, 720 students

September 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr. Daniel Horns, Chair of the Dept. Earth Science, recently returned from a nine week summer semester abroad teaching geology for the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program. Complete with wireless internet, an 8000-volume library, a faculty lounge and even a merchandise store the MV Explorer is a passenger ship that circumnavigates the globe […]

News briefs

September 14, 2009

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sandy may implement restrictions on adult shops The Sandy City Council may issue a zoning ordinance to restrict the location of stores selling alcohol and tobacco. The council will limit the distribution of permits to adult shops in an attempt to steer them away from areas highly populated by children, such as near schools. This […]

Hip hop is not dead

September 14, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute On Sept. 15, the Hip Hop Club, having recently merged with the Break Dancing Club, had its first meeting. Held in one of the dance rooms in the PE building, members got together to talk about their favorite subject, hip hop. “Hip hop is not dead,” said Jay Arcansalin, president and founder of the club. […]

Want to help animals?

September 14, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Sept. 9, 1,000 pamphlets were handed out by employees of non-profit organizationVegan Outreach to UVU students. These pamphlets focus on the pain farm animals endure and give those who will take the time to open them the “bottom line” on animal suffering. The pamphlets explain that 99 of every 100 animals killed annually in […]

UVU assists in its second Habitat for Humanity home

September 14, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Thursday, Sept. 3, building construction students and Habitat for Humanity of Utah County (HFHUC) came together to break ground for the partnership’s second home. In spring 2008, the Rico family received the first Habitat for Humanity home, built in part by the UVU Department of Construction Management. UVU was heavily involved in the entire […]

Semester at sea

September 14, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr. Daniel Horns, chair of the Earth Science department, recently returned from a nine-week summer semester abroad teaching geology for the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program. Complete with wireless internet, an 8000-volume library, a faculty lounge and even a merchandise store, the MV Explorer is a passenger ship that circumnavigates the globe twice a year for fall and spring semesters and explores a world region each summer.

UVU assists in its second Habitat for Humanity home

September 14, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Thursday, Sept. 3, building construction students and Habitat for Humanity of Utah County (HFHUC) came together to break ground for the partnership’s second home. In spring 2008, the Rico family received the first Habitat for Humanity home, built in part by the UVU Department of Construction Management.