Reading Time: 3 minutes Where are the Jazz and the rest of the NBA? Never fear, the Wolverines are here. Isiah Williams and crew are revved up and ready to provide all the excitement fans can handle to fill the void left by David Stern and the players union during the NBA lockout. Last season the Wolverines […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes On Halloween, I saw some UVU students in blackface. This is an open letter to them. As my students will tell you, it’s rare for me to be speechless. But when I saw you on campus on Halloween, wearing brown face paint and huge Afro wigs, I was unable to form words. Now that […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes For students with 80 plus credits, registration opened up on Oct. 31 at 12:00 a.m. Many students, including myself, were registering for their final semester here at UVU. They will be graduating in the spring. Like gamblers on payday, eagerly flocking to a casino door, my fellow seniors and I jumped online, waiting for […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sifting through bookshelves of richly colored bound books, armoires made with hand-stitched clothing and tables of tea cups and candleholders, one becomes full of wonder and intrigue at the stories and history these pieces hold. Treasures Antique Mall in Springville opened 13 years ago and has been buying and selling timeless pieces since. The […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The enigmatic posters that have dotted Utah Valley since late summer read only “11.11.11,” but those six digits have the local music scene in a tizzy. On Nov. 11, local band The Moth & the Flame debut their first album, “Self Titled.” Co-founders Brandon Garbett and Matt Robbins met in a band and soon […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year Holton Hunsaker started his college career as the UVU men’s basketball team point guard. As a freshman he started all 30 games and garnered 95 assists. The 6-foot sophomore from Woods Cross high school will come back again this year to start as the Wolverines’ starting point guard. Hunsaker continues to exemplify […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite competing on the same night as both basketball teams, the wrestling team drew the biggest crowd of the night thanks in large part to this year’s freshman class of 20-plus. The recruiting class was ranked No. 11 in the country, boasting several grapplers who won multiple state titles in their prep careers. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lexi Robinson kicks the ball in a regular season game. The Wolverines sealed the regular season conference championships with a win over South Carolina State. This years women’s soccer team has been put through the wringer and while they are not spotless, they have come out on top of the Great West Conference and earned […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s a trivia question most would fail, with an answer that would likely be followed by raised eyebrows and a quizzical “really?” Who is the only returning basketball All-American in the state of Utah? The answer: Isiah Williams, starting shooting guard at Utah Valley University. For better or worse, Williams finds himself […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Things weren’t too good to begin with, but it looks like they have gotten even worse. According to the annual Trojan Sexual Health Report, UVU dropped five places from 113 last year to 118 this year in the nationwide study of sexual health resources on campuses. The study, which was fielded by research firm […]