Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Lee Thomas | Lifestyle Editor | [email protected] Peter Thomson, Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the U. N. told UVU students Dec. 7 why small island nations should matter to the U.N. Out of 193 nations, 40 of them are designated small-island developing states (SIDS) he said. Together as the Alliance of Small Island […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes David Knowlton, Behavioral Science professor at Utah Valley University and sociocultural anthropologist spoke about nativism in the U.S., immigration in the 19th century and current immigration in the U.S. at the Multicultural Student Council’s Diversity Lecture Dec. 9. In the 19th century, Scandinavians in Utah were immigrants who were often blamed for many problems […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Free tuition supporters face an uphill battle Jared Stirland | Assistant Lifestyle Editor Photo credit: Valor McNeely The Million Student March movement held an event Dec. 1st at the University of Utah where a small group of students gathered to pursue the organization’s goal of making bachelor’s degrees free at public universities nationwide. “It is […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Darian Hackney | Staff Writer Photo credit: Jon Gunnar Thorderson On Nov. 11 students of the Utah International Mountain Forum, a coalition of student clubs at UVU including the Young Americans for Liberty club, gathered signatures for an international petition. This petition requested that the United Nations discuss impacts of climate change on the mountain […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | [email protected] Photo credit: Collin Cooper | Photo Senior Staff | @coop.97 Gov. Gary Herbert spoke to a packed American Heritage class on campus Nov. 6 about federalism and answered questions posed by students. As chair of the National Governor’s Association, a bipartisan organization of the nation’s governors, he talked about […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Increased sales tax shot down handily; SLC has its first gay mayor Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Two candidates who ran on platforms of low taxes and smaller government failed to get the votes necessary to win seats on Orem’s City Council on Nov. 3. Instead, voters went for three other conservative […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo credit: Carrie Laudie | Editor in Chief | @carrielaudie With Donald Trump and Ben Carson nabbing national headlines national, imminent issues facing Orem have been hashed out by local candidates for City Council over the last several months. On Nov. 4, it all comes to a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matt Jensen | Staff Writer On November 3, 2015 the Orem City Council elections will commence. Registered voters in Orem will receive vote by mail ballots, which are pamphlets that explain a little about each candidate and what they will bring to the city. Those who have questions about how to register, vote, or find […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Panel says more garages are the best solution to the problem Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robby_poff Photo credit: Byron Harward Students were given the opportunity to voice their grievances and offer solutions to UVU’s parking situation at an open forum Oct. 8. The forum, headed by a panel of three […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute J. Gunnar Thorderson | Staff Writer Photo credit: Brooke Morrill | Photo Editor | @brookemorrill With Utah’s upcoming gubernatorial election in 2016, students at UVU are pushing for a debate between the candidates. Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a club on campus, has been gathering petition signatures in order to hold the first official debate […]