Reading Time: 2 minutes Alyssa Synakowski, Assitant Sports Editor, @synakowsk Photo by Gabi Campbell Utah Valley University men’s basketball fell 71-57 to Seattle University Feb. 13 at the UCCU Center, but UVU (14-9, 8-2) remained first in the Western Athletic Conference standings. The Redhawks (12-11, 4-6) got a big second-half contribution from WAC leading scorer Isiah Umipig, who scored […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brianna Bailey, Staff Writer Photos by Laura Fox After gaining personal exposure to various panhandlers and homeless families the past four months, I’ve concluded there is a wrong and right way to help or enable them. Living in the heart of Manhattan, between my walking commute to my internship and taking the subway on several […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sean Stoker, Staff Writer Illustration by Trevor Robertson Growing up, I was raised to look at the universe with two eyes: one being logic, the other faith. I vividly remember being five-years-old and camping with my father, the two of us looking up at the brilliant night sky you can only see in the wilderness. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Houck, Staff [email protected] The Utah Legislature is up and going for its 45-day run, proposing bills and passing new laws. And it seems that legislators are gearing up to help everyone in Utah for the better… well, at least I had hoped so. In the second week of the session, Utah Republican caucus leaders […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Name Withheld I don’t like bedtime. When I spend the night here, I want to stay up visiting with Anna, but our before bed root beer makes us too sleepy. I’d rather not drink it right now but we have to, and I really like root beer. Mom would NEVER let me drink soda before […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rinamay Rhoten, news writer Photos by Laura Fox A joint afterschool program from UVU and Alpine School District is providing elementary students with the chance to work on math and science skills as they build programmed robots with Lego kits. The robotics program features students and faculty from UVU who will help instruct the elementary […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes RaVae Beck, Staff Writer [email protected] Valentine’s Day is ominously approaching. The men who have noticed are beginning to panic, grudgingly searching for that perfect gift. Retailers want society to believe women will only take a dozen roses and expensive jewelry for Valentine’s Day, but this is a large misconception. Giant stuffed animals and candle-lit […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Barbara Finlinson, Staff Writer @bubblestweets Valentine’s Day is an overly-commercialized, greeting card company supporting, candy-consuming, fresh-flower murdering, mostly-disappointing day when people are pressured in to telling their significant other they love them. Right? Wrong. Even when taking the time to honor and express your affection is forced by culture and TV commercials about diamonds and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Kyrie Paredes, Reporter For the first major event of the Fight the New Drug movement on campus, neurologist Donald L. Hilton visited UVU’s Ragan Theater on Feb. 3 to give a presentation about the negative effects pornography has on the brain. Sidreis Agla, vice president for the UVU chapter of Fight the New Drug […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Michael Houck With the 2014 Winter Olympic Games starting February 7 in Sochi, Russia, the whole world is waiting in anticipation of great sportsmanship from all of the athletes attending. But these games are becoming one of the most controversial Olympic games. One of the main issues getting the most attention from the media is […]