Reading Time: 2 minutes Hundreds of kids bubbled with excitement in the halls of Dixon Middle School Friday night, bearing toothy grins and chatting amongst themselves. The line to get into the multi-purpose room filled the maze-like halls of the school. Centro Hispano, a non-profit organization whose mission is to “orient and mentor immigrant families in Utah County,” […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute All too often, the true meaning of Christmas gets buried in twinkling lights, tinsel, pine needles, gift tags, eggnog and sleigh bells. Photographer Michael Slade wanted to find out just how deep it can be buried, so he began a project to uncover the true spirit of the season. For the past three years, […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Utah Valley volleyball setter Brookelyn Campbell gives a day-to-day, inside look of the team’s trip to North Dakota for the Great West Conference tournament. The Wolverines had just clinched the regular season conference crown and the tournament No. 1 seed the week before with a win over North Dakota at home. Nov. 15 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes by Nathan Evans Asst. News Editor * name changed due to sensitive topic While some weaknesses and diseases are easy to spot, one group of Achilles’ heels is being overlooked more and more: addiction. Amelia Jergens* was shocked when she found out her boyfriend of two years had been hiding his smoking […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Kelly Cannon Life Editor After over a year of trying, Kappa Sigma received its charter from their international headquarters, making them the first official fraternity on campus. Kappa Sigma first came to campus back in Nov. 2009. Though the intention was to become an official chapter by the end of 2010, those plans […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was an important day for UVU history. On Nov. 19, the Kappa Sigma colony received its charter from the Kappa Sigma International Fraternity, changing the organization’s status from a colony to an official collegiate chapter and being the first fraternity on campus. But for the small group of exemplary men, the day meant the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Wolverines qualified to run in the Regional race after winning the Great West Conference two weeks prior. The women’s cross country team has claimed the conference title for the last four consecutive years, while the men’s team has dominated the last three. The men’s 10k race began the day’s events, and the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not many years ago, just mentioning Russia or the USSR was enough to cause chills and goose bumps. Fears of communist spies, nuclear war and the death of democracy weren’t uncommon. Today, though some of the old fears may linger, U.S. relations with Russia have warmed up quite a few degrees. As evidence of improved […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes How often does a child watch Charlotte’s Web, or the film Babe, cheering for the pigs Wilber and Babe to live, only to have the film end and their parents take them to McDonalds? There was even a Babe-themed Happy Meal at one point. Faith Outreach, an interfaith council, was held by the U.S. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jade Rauser of Montana sits rubbing his shoulder, possibly nursing a sore muscle after hours of high-intensity wrestling. Across from him sits his twin brother, Val, another young wrestler with brown hair and a small but sturdy build. Flanking the brothers sit another pair of twins: Chase and Kyle Cuthbertson of Alabama, both blonde and […]