Reading Time: 2 minutes An article about the gender pay gap, published by CNNMoney, was floating around Twitter recently. It examined the gender pay gap and centered on a study conducted by job search engine Glassdoor. Glassdoor’s study found that the national average for women’s wages is in the ballpark of 95 cents for every dollar a man makes. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For as long as I can remember, stories have been told about Utah Lake’s toxicity. My friends and I would joke about the dead fish that floated along the shore, the faint smell of rotting meat that came from the water and about how easy it would be to hide a body in the 20 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes With less than three months and three debates left to go, many people are frustrated with the two main choices for president that they have been presented with. Both of the major party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, seem to be consistently mired in new scandals with each passing day. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wednesday, August 24, UVU kicked off its first weekly inter-religious understanding lecture. This course is a series of lectures designed for students who are interested in cultivating tolerance toward people of all faiths and religions. While this is a wonderful and practical idea on paper, it begs the question: do lectures such as these increase […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes photo credit: Tim Gouw Construction Management adjunct professor, Creggan Wagstaff, is a big advocate of UVU. While Wagstaff was studying as a student at UVU, he had an internship every summer between semesters. When asked about how he found those internships, Wagstaff stated “I didn’t find them through the typical UVU channels.” Instead, he had […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico and Libertarian presidential candidate, wants to make America sane again. The major obstacle to overcome in his quest to do so is that nobody seems to know who he is. So, without further ado, meet Gary Johnson. Johnson is the founder and former CEO of Big J Enterprises, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jill Stein, environmental-health advocate and Green Party presidential nominee, wants to put people over profit. She sees the corporate lobbyists and politicians from both parties passing legislation that harms people and the planet and is determined to do something about it. Stein graduated from Harvard in 1973 and from Harvard Medical School in 1979. She […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new report shows that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has spent nearly $7.7 million on his own companies since May of this year. According to Federal Election Committee filings, the cost of rent for the Trump Tower, Trump’s campaign headquarters, went from $35,458 in March to $169,758 in July. He has also spent $260,000 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Blessed is the beloved True Wolverine. True Wolverine is one of UVU’s continuous traditions, one where strangers meet in the courtyard under an oh-so romantic midnight sky. These strangers, after pairing off, enjoy a lip-lock moment only to never speak again. It’s my opinion that True Wolverine is the worst introduction to what UVU is […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes During my strenuous time in college, I’ve been enrolled in four schools and have participated in many forms of student involvement. My first role, at SLCC, was the man behind a mask, the infamous mascot–Bruin Bear. I pretty much did that throughout my whole tenure at SLCC, while also wearing a few other hats. Some […]