Are YOU equal?

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes [monoslideshow id=5]Two months ago, Utah photographer Matt Spencer co-founded a simple organization with a simple idea: unite as many individuals together under the motto “we are stronger when we are together.” Thus began the I Am Equal project. Spencer’s idea is simple. He gathers people under the idea that everyone is equal and takes their […]

Art and golf: an unbeatable combination

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Peanut butter and chocolate. Strawberry and cheesecake. Glenn Beck and tears. But miniature golf and fine art?  If you had dared dream of such a combination and woke up unfulfilled at the thought of such a union’s absence, the good people at the 337 Project have made sure that eighteen holes of artist-designed putt-putt is […]

SafetySuit coming to campus

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Up-and-coming band SafetySuit will be coming to the UCCU Center on Sept. 18. Hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the band is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. From small clubs and local theaters in the South to performing with popular bands such as Seether and 3 Doors Down, they have come a long way from where they […]

UVUSA working hard for you

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes With the new school year beginning, the UVU Student Association (UVUSA) has been hard at work planning interesting and fun activities.    Student Body President Richard Portwood has stated that the whole purpose of student activities is to increase student involvement and provide a well-rounded college experience. Their goal is to get students involved, “not only […]

Come to the Touchstones opening social

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Touchstones, UVU’s student-run literary journal, is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2010 volume. The journal, which is published at the end of both fall and winter semesters, features the fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, drama and art of UVU students. While each issue is supervised by a creative writing faculty member, the journal is designed, […]

Nothing wrong with being green!

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU: path to your future Remember those days when students used to say, “Yeah, I’ll only be at UVU for a semester, maybe two. Then I’ll go back to BYU or the U to finish”? Well, that’s not really happening now. The institution has changed quite a bit from a vocational center of schooling to […]

New student center will be a blessing

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes A recent decision made by the Utah state board of regents approved of the proposed Student Life and Wellness Center and parking structure. The building and parking structure will be erected in the employee parking lots south of the library. Any parking spots destroyed by construction will be replaced by the new parking structure, which […]

Club Rush needs reform

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite bigger crowds, clubs disappoint For those who purposely avoided Club Rush because of the obnoxious hip-hop music or overly delightful school-spirited smiles: You didn’t miss much. Clubs weren’t very different from last year and the heat would have melted most of your free chocolate anyway. Considering that our university status requires a more serious […]

Community care: how donating gives back

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The next time a news story is blasting over the television about people in other communities polluting, destroying, robbing, demanding or taking something from someone they should not, remember there are many people on this campus who unselfishly choose to give back. There are 92 different endowed scholarship funds and over 100 annual scholarships at […]

Nicole Archibald Spencer scores on field, in classroom

September 7, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes If sports are indeed 75 percent mental (as coaches often stress), then Nicole Archibald Spencer is 75 percent perfect. The senior soccer forward/midfielder puts in the work both on the field and in the classroom, earning excellent marks from coaches and professors alike. “I heard from somewhere or someone a theory that if you excel […]