Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverine Wednesday is a campus activity growing in popularity. As implied, it occurs every Wednesday at Centre Stage from noon to 1 p.m. and usually attracts around 300 participants. “Wolverine Wednesday is intended to increase school spirit,” said Gretchen Palmer, a student life intern overseeing the event. “It’s an opportunity for students to get a […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Low turnout for student government elections and faculty senate elections is not a matter of apathetic students and faculty, but an issue of focus and inclusion. In a letter published last month, UVUSA President-elect Chris Loumeau lamented that students weren’t interested or involved enough in the political process at school. He has a point. Only […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Akwasi Frimpong Culture Writer “Akwasi, Akwasi, e-te-seng!” “Akwasi, how are you?” Five dark-skinned boys asked in my mother tongue at the Salt Lake International airport. These five boys, all athletes from Utah Valley University, my new home, and originally from Africa like myself, formed a welcoming committee. On August 15, 2008, I departed to […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s the most anticipated time of the year, where the semester ends and our vivacious summers begin. But there are some obstacles to overcome, besides passing finals, before the fun can start. Remember textbooks? Now is the time to sell them back, and it can be easier than ever with this guide to getting more […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes While dining on cheesecake, spice cake, coffee and tea, attendees mingled with writers, artists and staff, congratulating them on the recent publication of Touchstones. In a scene that looked better suited for a small coffee shop than a conference room in the Sorensen Center, the launch party, called My Word, for the spring 2011 edition […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes As long as discrimination and intolerance exist against marginalized sexual orientations and gender identifications, clubs such as Spectrum have a role to fill. The LGBTQI community in Utah faces many uphill battles. Locally, the social and political landscape is not always attuned to the rights and needs of this diverse convergence of people. Members of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Complex rhythms and Middle Eastern melodies flowed from the entrance of the International Student Center like water from a fountain as dozens ate, danced and celebrated an ancient and influential group of cultures. In the midst of turmoil and uprisings throughout the greater Middle Eastern world and a constant barrage of news reports devoid of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute One class to rule them and in the darkness bind them. In the pantheon of English courses one might take at a university, there are standbys like Shakespeare, the grammar and rhetoric courses, the non-denominational Brit and American Lit classes, but where, oh where, do the writings of one of the best-known authors of the […]