2022-23 student council in limbo as veto looms?

April 19, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Appointments to the incoming student council remain in limbo after a controversial vote by the student council that led many members to consider changing their vote. A potential presidential veto may provide that opportunity. The Student Council met April 14 to discuss the appointments made by the newly elected executive council for the 2022-2023 academic […]

Latin American migration in US?

April 14, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Immigrant and Refugee Student Union hosted a speaker event covering topics of immigration and migration discussed, among other topics pertaining to border policy of the United States.  Dr. Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, spoke to students and faculty March 24, over a Zoom conference with his remarks entitled, “We […]

Healing Conversations panel with President Tuminez?

April 14, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley University and the J. Bonner Ritchie Peace Conference series partnered to hold a conference on Healing Conversations. The conference featured international peace and mediation leaders, “to address one of the most pressing questions of our time,” according to the program’s website. “How do we heal […]

Timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict

April 13, 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutes The past month has seen devastation as the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has killed thousands and displaced millions. In February, Putin announced that he was conducting a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine, claiming the objective of stopping a genocide against the Russian people and leading the “de-Nazification” of the Kyiv regime. These statements came […]

Panel on Russia-Ukraine conflict

March 25, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Students and faculty came together in a Clarke Building classroom to hear from speakers about the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The panel discussion on March 16, heard from several panelists which included esteemed professors such as Dr. Frederick White, professor of Russian and integrated studies, Dr. Baktybek Abdrisaev, former UN ambassador from Kyrgyzstan and professor of […]

Utah legislature passes controversial transgender athlete bill

March 25, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently the Utah State Legislature passed House Bill 11 which, if signed by Governor Spencer Cox, will put in place a ban on transgender student-athletes from participating in women’s public school sports. H.B. 11, which passed in the Utah State House on March 4, is a part of a trend of bills that have passed […]

Athletics seeking decrease in student fees favoring tuition

January 30, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes During the latest, and final student fee hearing, the UVU Athletics department requested a $6.50 decrease in their student fee per semester in order to transition their funding to student tuition. The final day of student fee hearings reviewed proposals from Student Health Services, UVU Athletics and from the School of The Arts on Jan. […]