BLOG: UVU Contest Powwow
Hosted by the International Center and the Native Sun club, this conference consists of workshops and seminars educating students and the community on the value of higher education and Native…
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BLOG: Women’s Research Institute no longer a BYU priority
BYU has chosen to discontinue its Women’s Research Institute (WRI) in an effort to expand resources for and encourage participation in women’s studies. No doubt many are wondering how discarding…
From Utah to Uganda with love
Benefit concert raises money for medical supplies How do you create a future? For many, it is something that will take some work; however, in Utah Valley there are many…
TWILIGHT fans get ready for NEW MOON
There is a lot of buzz surrounding the release of New Moon, the second movie in the Twilight series, based on the novels of the same name by Stephanie Meyer….
Celebrating a time before pianos
This past summer, the UVU Music Department acquired a harpsichord – a predecessor to the piano, with strings perpendicular to keys that are played simultaneously. Peter Fisk harpsichord inspired a…
Adventures in guilty pleasures: The eighth deadly sin
So, I’m pretty sure I’m going to hell. Although I have a lot of reasons to think so, there is one particular guilty pleasure that puts me over the top…
Five things that ruin a date
Since I started writing this dating column a few months ago, the topic of relationships has been a constant topic of discussion. People approach me on a weekly basis and…
ALIENATED: Director David O. Russell’s novel is an outlandish and otherworldly debut
David O. Russell is not a name you would expect to find in the young adult section of a bookstore. The writer/director behind movies like Three Kings and I Heart…
Your mom likes Twilight!
Middle-aged women are infatuated with teen vampire romance Don’t assume that the normal-looking mother buying a poster of vampire Edward Cullen is getting it for her teenage daughter. There is…
Project encourages women to continue their education
Although women nationwide enroll in and obtain degrees from institutions of higher education at a greater rate than men, these are not the dynamics seen throughout Utah. Dr. Susan Madsen,…
We all pay as we go
We’ve all been there: a busy week, lots of homework, you’ve hit all your classes and still worked enough shifts to survive until the next pay period. But then one…
Hey Joe
UVU has a unique history of inviting eccentric speakers to campus. There was of course the cataclysmic 2004 Michael Moore/Sean Hannity episode. Then there was Ralph Nader conducting an alternative…
Perception is our duty
UVU has been a university for almost a year and a half now, yet it seems that the general attitude towards our school from the community has not changed much. We…
Asking wrong questions
Here in the opinions section we have recently seen articles dealing with gun control and allowing alcohol on campus, at first glance these issues may seem unrelated, but on second…
Lunch with President Holland
Recently I stood in the school cafeteria, blankly staring at the daily lunch selection. As I pondered upon what I would choose to nourish and strengthen my body and do…
