Let them eat cake

March 17, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Houck, Staff writer [email protected] With recent state Supreme Court cases overruling many of the bans on same-sex marriage across the country, supporters of same-sex and LGBTQ rights are seeing real change, which is finally moving in the right direction. But opponents of this movement are really ramping up, trying to counteract what is happening […]

BYU t-shirt banning, an overreaching policy

March 17, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Barbara Finlinson, Staff Writer, @bubblestweets During the student body election debates last Tuesday, presidential candidate Tyler Brklacich, of Team Rise, mentioned he’d like to ban students from wearing BYU t-shirts on campus. In the words of Ace Ventura: “Alrighty then.” In my opinion, a student body presidential candidate who may or may not in the […]

Celebrating seventy-five years with glass art

March 17, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes By RaVae Black Photos courtesy of uvu.edu In honor of UVU’s upcoming 75th anniversary, the school is set to receive a 2,000 square foot glass mural. The project, entitled “The Roots of Knowledge,” will be a celebration of both past and future knowledge, and students are encouraged to contribute. Beginning next week, pieces of the […]

Frumpy Fashionista

March 17, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Marinann Castillo I am so not a fashion girl. I have tried for years, but class is just something I missed out on when talents were being handed out. Oh, I can appreciate how it looks on others, but for some reason I find it impossible to do myself.  I like to make myself […]

UVU cruises past Texas-Pan American into WAC semis

March 14, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alyssa Synakowski Utah Valley men’s basketball dominated its opening game in the Western Athletic Conference tournament, earning an 83-63 victory over Texas-Pan American. The Wolverines jumped out to a 51-25 lead at halftime, but had to withstand a UTPA run. “We played a terrific half of basketball,” UVU head coach Dick Hunsaker said concerning […]

UVU Babes #1 Cause of Fender Benders on Campus

March 6, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Written by Nikolaus Abbot   Parking at UVU is no laughing matter; getting a good spot is a delicate matter and finding a great spot can depend upon exactly what time you arrive on campus. Even more dangerous however, is getting off of campus. The parking lots around campus are more clogged than the arteries of “Da Superfans” […]

UVU Service Learning

March 6, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Written by Chelsea Emrich   If you go to Utah Valley University you know how awesome the school. What you may not be aware of are all the service opportunities that are offered daily at UVU. UVU has a great Volunteer and Service-Learning department. The department organizes various activities and gets students involved with local nonprofits. […]

It Pays to Play

March 1, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alyssa Synakowski The most wonderful time of the year is upon us again: no, not Christmas but March Madness. For nearly two and a half weeks of the nation’s attention is dedicated to college basketball each year, whether we like sports or not. We get competitive at work, school or with friends filling out brackets […]

Malibu, Calif. unfriendly to visiting Wolverines

March 1, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Warren McDade, staff writer, @warrenmcdade17   Utah Valley University continued its tough early season schedule, playing its eighth road game in 10 days, and losing all three games at Pepperdine. The Wolverines’ bats were non-existent the first two games but came alive in the third game. In the first game, Pepperdine (6-1) shut out UVU […]

Equality and power: America vs Afghanistan

March 1, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Sean Stoker In the United States, we like to think of ourselves as a forward-thinking, progressive society. After all, this is the birthplace of modern democracy, as well as the breeding ground for much of the Western world’s culture. But in some respects, we have a long way to go. Though beautiful and generally prosperous, […]