Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Prohibition on Electronic Data Collection | HB 150 Rep. Marc K. Roberts (R-Santaquin) has proposed a bill that forbids any state government official, employee or contractor from cooperating with a federal agency in electronic data collection. The bill specifically calls out federal surveillance agencies that […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican Party presidential nominee, former governor of Massachusetts and chief executive officer of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics is speaking at Utah Valley University’s 74th commencement on April 30. Romney will also receive an honorary doctoral degree. “He was at the top of our wish list coming […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | tiffany_mf Delegates from Kyrgyzstan are visiting UVU and the Utah state capitol this week while they are in the country to study how the U.S. government runs and see what aspects they implement for their own, increasingly-democratic government. Today, with the help of a translator, they discussed […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf On Jan. 28, a competition for Mr. UVU 2015 was held and it has been decided: Joey Whitaker has taken the thrown. |@JosephBroseph5 is the new king of UVU. I believe it’s like unto the UK, where it’s more of a ceremonial position pic.twitter.com/xusiAiCwcI — […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf The Peace & Justice Studies and the Integrated Studies departments at Utah Valley University joined forces to host a symposium entitled, “Terrorist Violence and Free Expression: France and Charlie Hebdo.” The symposium held on Jan. 26 in the Sorenson Student Center, included presentations about terrorist violence, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffiany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffanymf Utahns gathered to memorialize Becky Lockhart’s life at the Utah State Capitol building on Thursday, Jan. 22. Former Utah House Speaker Lockhart, the first female to hold the position, died on Saturday, Jan. 17 from a brain disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease. To honor all of the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy managing editor | @tiffany_mf Brooks Benson, UVU student and son of the chairman and CEO of a California technology company approached his father to ask him for permission to talk to UVU President Matthew S. Holland about a new technology the company, eSurface, had developed. That conversation led to a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor | @tiffany_mf Photo credit: UVU Marketing Three Utah Valley University students won second place in the national Adobe Digital Analytics Competition on Nov. 21 2014. Blake McClary, Scott Twichel and Tyler Larrabee, all seniors, competed against teams of mostly MBA students from Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Stanford, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes For alcoholic drinks as college students, the trick is to get away with a bunch of different choices while buying the least amount of supplies. That way, you have variety without spending a lot and having a lot left over. There are a few delicious options that use apple cider, so step one: make a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor |@tiffany_mf The Classroom Testing Center at Utah Valley University, which is funded by late fees, is no longer self-sustaining. If not enough students pay the late fees for a particular test, the department will cover the gaps in the funds. Other limitations have been implanted to ease crowding and […]