Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr. Sean Esteban McCabe and colleagues at the University of Michigan and Harvard University analyzed the answers from the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study, which in 2001 surveyed 10,904 randomly selected students enrolled at 119 colleges across the United States. Overall, four percent of the respondents reported having taken a stimulant medication […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mon. Oct. 5 Women’s Volleyball vs. Boise State Orem, Utah 7 p.m Men’s Golf at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Palm Desert, California Women’s Golf at Firestone Grill Intercollegiate San Luis Obispo, California Tues. Oct. 6 Men’s Golf at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Palm Desert, California Women’s Golf at Firestone Grill Intercollegiate San Luis Obispo, California Thurs. Oct. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute What is the best thing about going to UVU? The way the library always smells like breakfast. – Emma Hunt, copy chief Most of the buildings are connected together by hallways. So in the winter you don’t have to walk outside in the cold air. Genius. – Amie Wells, events editor I may be biased, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Since 1992, UVU’s Center for the Study of Ethics has held an Ethics Awareness Week. It is a week-long series of panels and lectures, and the center funds sessions selected from those submitted by faculty, staff and community members. Focused on ethical content in a variety of settings, the Center’s goal is to promote Ethics […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Local briefs Prostitution forced on Utah woman After kidnapping a woman at knifepoint in the Salt Lake Valley on March 29, Brandon L. Walton forced his victim to work as a prostitute in three states before she managed to escape. She claimed that Walton would hit her and shock her with a stun gun to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mon. Sept 28 Men’s Golf at Purple and Red Invitational Layton, Utah Tues. Sept 29 Men’s Golf at Purple and Red Invitational Layton, Utah Thurs. Oct 1 Women’s Volleyball vs. North Dakota Orem, Utah 7 p.m. Fri. Oct 2 Women’s Soccer vs. Portland State Orem, Utah 2 p.m Women’s Volleyball vs. South Dakota Orem, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute End in sight for Atlanta Braves’ Bobby Cox The long time manager of the Atlanta Braves has signed a one-year extension with the club, but announced that he will retire following the 2010 season. Cox managed the Braves from 1978-1981 and then took the reins in Atlanta again in 1990 and has been the skipper […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nothum honored as the GWC runner of the week UVU’s Mary Nothum and NJIT’s Umar Saeed have been selected as Great West Conference Runners of the Week for their performances last weekend. The awards were announced Wednesday by the conference office. Nothum won the Montana State Invitational, helping the Wolverines to a second place finish […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Sept. 23 at 11 a.m. the ribbon was finally cut and the doors officially opened for the Losee Center for student success. The program began with a welcome from Matthew Holland, president of UVU for almost four months now. “We all owe a great round of applause to Dick and Joanne Losee,” said Holland. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Iverson announces his next destination via Twitter Prolific NBA scorer and perennial NBA All-Star Allen Iverson has announced via Twitter that he has every intention of signing with the Memphis Grizzlies. After being traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Denver Nuggets in 2006, Iverson has struggled to fit in around the NBA. After a […]