Doing anything fun for the weekend? How about the library?

November 23, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Those long, weekend nights spent studying in the crawlspace known as a dorm room may soon be over for many students as the library announces the extension of its hours during finals. During the weekends of Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 12-13 the library will be open on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and […]

O holy day in the valley

November 23, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes While some people (OK, a lot of people) in this county attend various houses of worship (OK, one particular house of worship) each Sunday, other people find that their day of rest is a day with no church services or Munch ‘n Mingles. So what can these gentiles (I joke, I joke) do with those […]

Must we burn Modern Warfare 2?

November 23, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Like an obscene inchworm, a wounded woman crawls across the commons area of a Russian airport in desperate search for cover from the brutal terrorist attack raging all around her. This is not a description of a recent attack. Rather, it is a video game mission, a mission in which the player is required to […]

UVU opens season with tough home win

November 23, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes With Ronnie Price and Ryan Toolson a distant memory, the UVU men’s basketball team is looking to build a new identity. The Wolverines took a step in figuring itself out last week as they opened the season with a 80-72 win over North Dakota State in front of a homecoming-sized crowd. “It was a real […]

Your mom likes Twilight!

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 a good chance she’s keeping it for herself. “Twilight Moms” is a demographic of adult women who are enthralled by Stephenie Meyer’s TWILIGHT series and […]

Project encourages women to continue their education

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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, associate professor of Management, began researching this anomaly in May and will continue to do so through fall of 2010 at the request of Utah […]

Perception is our duty

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 are in the shadows of the two biggest schools in Utah and far younger than any of the other universities. These facts may lead some […]

Interview with Ricky Allman

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ricky Allman graduated with his associate degree in Fine Arts from UVSC in 2003. He then went on to receive his BFA in Painting at the Massachusetts College of Art and his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design. Allman’s art has been featured in galleries across the country as well as in various […]

Lady Wolverines win final home game

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU women’s volleyball notched another Great West Conference win in a four-set match against New Jersey Institute of Technology Nov. 12. “I thought the girls played well,” said UVU coach Sam Atoa. “We lost our focus in the third set, but I was real proud of them for being able to bounce back and do […]