Board of trustees not a reflection of UVU’s diversity
40 years ago this spring, Latter Day Saint prophet Spencer W. Kimball gave the dedicatory prayer at the opening of the school’s Orem campus. Kimball concluded his prayer with “we…
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Clarifying consent: Preventing sexual assault starts with partners communicating
Universities around the U.S. are engaged in conversations about consent to educate students about sexual assault. However, consent is such a complex and important issue that one discussion is not…
Student Voices: Advice from seniors to freshmen
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Saving money on textbooks
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No room for guns
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Guns on campus
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Last April, shortly after 2 p.m., a student’s handgun went off in the hallway of the Physical Education building. This has led…
The case for legal marijuana: Setting a high standard for alternative pain treatment
On Nov. 8, Americans voted to legalize marijuana for either medical or recreational use in eight states, bringing the total number of states in which marijuana is legal in some…
Problems with the Democrat Party
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A two partied America / America divided
By Jesse Sanchez | Assistant Opinion Editor The Republican Party, founded July 6, 1854, started as an anti-slavery state convention held in Jackson, Michigan. The name alludes to Thomas Jefferson’s…
Utah leaves the homeless out in the cold
By McKhelyn Jones | Art & Culture Editor Homelessness is a complex issue. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for it. Yet, there are things that can be done to increase…
The Problems with feminism
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Conspiracies make for bad policy
By McKhelyn Jones | Arts & Culture Editor The Merriam-Webster dictionary says that a conspiracy theory “explains an event or set of circumstances as a result of a secret plot…
Chaffetz entangled in partisan politics: Is he tackling the big issues?
Photo by Julie Ostler Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, has a lot on his plate lately, considering all of the accusations being flung from…
Edward Snowden: An argument of treachery
Edward Snowden’s illegal release of classified information will rank among the most widely debated issues of the millennial generation. One side of the argument depicts Snowden’s actions as honorable, if…
How US elections actually work
On Nov. 8, tens of millions of Americans went to their local polling station to cast their ballot and elect the next President of the United States. Except that’s not…
