Talks in war and peace

January 27, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Barbara Finlinson   The consul general of Pakistan visited UVU and spoke to students regarding the dismal state of relations between the United States and Pakistan on Thursday morning. His Excellency Tasawar Khan, delivered a passionate speech in the Library’s Timpanogos room, about the rollercoaster-like relationship between Pakistan and the United States over the last […]

UVU services you may not know about

January 27, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Cali Koyle, Reporter, [email protected]   Rent a Car on Campus for Less than $15 UVU and Enterprise have joined forces and started a program designed to help students who use public transit to get from school to work without the hassle of owning a car. Enterprise CarShare is for students who are on campus and […]

Men’s basketball improves to 5-0 in league games

January 25, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alyssa Synakowski Utah Valley men’s basketball moved to 5-0 in WAC play after a 66-48 home win against the Kansas City ‘Roos on Thursday, Jan. 23. A 20-1 run in the second half secured the victory for the Wolverines. The ‘Roos jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening minute of the game, and […]

The Beehive Compilations

January 22, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes People often seem to forget that Provo produces more than any one genre of “garage” band. 100 block holds hip-hop, punk, and electronic artists in addition to their well-known folk and singer-songwriter acts. Brad Rhoades hopes to introduce you to a few of all of these musicians with his new “Beehive Compilation.” The collection features […]

Pornography and the family

January 21, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Name withheld I was sitting in my parent’s office working on homework. I opened the computer history to look up a website that I closed, when I noticed a lot of pornography sites. As soon as I saw the sites I left the house. My mom was at a party at a friend’s house, so […]

Perfect in conference play

January 21, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Matt Gardner and Kyle Spencer After securing its first road win of the season at Bakersfield, UVU won its first home Western Athletic Conference game against Grand Canyon University 65-58, before defeating Idaho 71-66 on the road. “Grand Canyon has a good collection of players,” UVU head coach Dick Hunsaker said after the first […]

Remembering David Keller

January 17, 2014

Reading Time: 5 minutes   Nancy Peterson, Professor Elementary Education UVU David left quite a bit of voicemail on my office phone, and I grew to love his messages. He didn’t seem put-off by my old school and overly conservative ways, my old-fashioned assumptions, or my hesitancy to add to public intellectual conversations.  David was always receptive of my […]

Velour turns 8

January 16, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute When: Friday and Saturday, January 17th and 18th Where: 135 North University, Provo How much: $8   Anyone at all acquainted with the Utah Valley music scene will be familiar with Provo’s Velour (Live Music Gallery). The venue, that helped launch acts like Imagine Dragons and Neon Trees, is having a two-night birthday party this […]

El Mexiquense Grill

January 14, 2014

Reading Time: 4 minutes Located on across the street from Olive Garden on west State Street in American Fork, El Mexiquense’s glass façade is plain and unintimidating, adorned with only it’s name and a neon “open” sign. Inside there are two counters (the first for placing your order, the second for picking it up), a flock of small square […]

Free Mary Jane

January 13, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Matt Kelly, Staff Writer   Some of you may remember the particularly tragic murder case of Cassandra Killpack from 2002. Cassandra lived in Provo with her foster parents, one of whom was Jennete Killpack who was eventually convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in prison for killing four-year-old Cassandra by means of water intoxication. Cassandra […]