See Alex Band live

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute If you haven’t heard of Alex Band, it’s only a matter of time before you will. His first single, “Only One,” is becoming a hit single in Europe and is available on YouTube and, more importantly, he will be performing live at the UCCU Center on Feb. 25. Recently, the former lead singer of The […]

Mardi Gras Style

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students, it’s time to put on your best, let down your hair and party late into the night. Mardi Gras is coming to town! UVUSA is throwing a Mardi Gras themed party on Feb. 25 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and the Student Life committee has gone all out this year, booking several major […]

Praise and progress

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes In his annual state of the university address, President Matthew Holland had two major points. First, “The state of the university is sound.”   Despite this, the bulk of his speech described the different ways that the school expects to change in the next 10 years. Principally, Holland said that the Northwest Commission on Colleges and […]

All shook up: Concerns and explanations on the recent quakes

February 22, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Between Feb. 11 and Feb. 13, the citizens of Lehi claimed to have felt the Earth move under their feet, and unlike those of us who have sung karaoke to Carole King before, they were being completely serious.  On Friday and Sunday, the city of Lehi and surrounding rural areas reported feeling a total of […]

A response from UCCU President

February 21, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes This response is regarding the January 31 article “UCCU only enhances little brother status to BYU” While I normally wouldn’t take the time to respond to an opinion piece such as UVU Review’s February third editorial, “UCCU enhances little brother status to BYU,” it gives me an opportunity to correct some of the writer’s assumptions […]

The vegan dilemma

February 21, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Vegans choose to abstain from animal products out of moral and ethical concerns. Despite a sympathetic community, vegetarian and vegan options on campus are few. When Co-President of the Animal Allies Club Breana Reichert wants to eat at the cafeteria or other food services on campus, her choices are limited. As a vegan, she chooses […]

Sex education

February 21, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Because Utah schools fail to teach sex education beyond abstinence, college students have a greater risk of unplanned pregnancy and STDs. If a college student was educated in a Utah public school, chances are he or she has no idea of how to use a condom. According to Utah state law, public schools teaching sexual […]

Cleaning glass

February 21, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Robinson set to break school rebounding record The glass backboards in the UCCU Center look cleaner than ever before thanks to junior forward Geddes Robinson, who continues to clean glass with his rebound stats on the rise. Rebounding can either win or lose the game for a team, and with the men’s basketball team full […]

The only game in town

February 21, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students will have a decidedly undemocratic election for the 2011-2012 UVUSA leadership with only a single presidential ticket on the ballot. The recent application period for student body officer candidates went largely unnoticed, chiefly in consequence to the Election Committee’s poor advertisement efforts, as demonstrated by the single candidate group running in this year’s elections. […]

Kissing to be Clever

February 14, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute Each semester, Wolverines shed their modesty, and open their hearts, and mouths, to each other.  We were there, and we got all the action…  literally. Disclaimer:  Includes a Valentine’s-appropriate number of people kissing.