Asking wrong questions

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here in the opinions section we have recently seen articles dealing with gun control and allowing alcohol on campus, at first glance these issues may seem unrelated, but on second glance I think we can see we are really dealing with the same issue: collective rights versus individual rights. Some people want to go to […]

Lunch with President Holland

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently I stood in the school cafeteria, blankly staring at the daily lunch selection. As I pondered upon what I would choose to nourish and strengthen my body and do it the good it needs, I turned and saw President Holland walk past me. I decided I’d take my chances and position myself behind him […]

Chuggin’ the fed keg

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes A disproportionate amount of Pell grant funds offered to students are being sucked up by Utah’s for-profit higher education schools (“Fed aid goes to for-profit colleges,” Salt Lake Tribune Nov. 6). While students attending for-profit schools make up about 10 percent of the total student body, roughly 17 percent of the total Pell grant funds […]

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 […]

Soccer claims Great West Conference Championship

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute UVU used a second-half goal by Katey Turner to claim the first ever GWCC with a win over Houston Baptist last week. The goal came as Brianne Larsen passed the ball to Turner who dribbled to the top of the box, and banged it home to secure the win. “I told her halftime that I […]

BLOG: Make this Christmas a digital one

November 12, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute I know it’s a bit early to talk about Christmas, but, hey, Thanksgiving usually gets neglected anyways… right? Well if you’re already thinking about what gifts you intend to buy your friends/family/comrades, you could get some sweet digital portraits made for them. UVU artist Jess Smart Smiley is taking orders between now and Nov. 25 […]

BLOG: Joe the Plumber, come to plumb

November 11, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute So apparently Joe the Plumber is coming to UVU.  There’s been some initial backlash to the news, but I kinda don’t get why everyone’s so upset.  Think back a ways.  When we became a university, much was made of the fact that we were “not losing our roots as a trade school”. And our school […]

Wanna quit smoking? Try meditation

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 4 minutes There are many methods that supposedly help one to quit smoking cigarettes. And over the nine years that I smoked, I tried most of them. However, only one of them has provided long lasting effects, and this method did so with great ease and little anxiety or side-effects. That method: Meditation. Follow the instructions below, […]