Reading Time: < 1 minute Sarah Roberts | Staff Writer | @itssarah_sr UVU Suspicious Persons: May 27- Police received reports of a suspicious man on campus. An officer located the man and spoke with him. It turned out the man was only waiting for a ride. May 28- Officers were informed of a suspicious situation at the Wee […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Missy Jensen | Staff Writer | @missyjensen19 | Photo by Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo On April 25, a devastating 7.8 earthquake killed 8,800 people and injured 23,000 others in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Utah Valley University Chemistry professor Fern Caka, was in the middle of it and survived […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | @JeanetteBlain Photos courtesy of Jaren Wilkey / BYU For the past few weeks, UVU and BYU students have showed up for class in a field near Provo Airport. They are part of a joint effort between the universities to excavate an ancient Fremont village that dates back roughly […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sean Stoker |Opinions Editor |@theroyalthey I want to make myself painfully, abundantly, astronomically clear. I am not one of those crazy “men’s rights” activists. It’s one thing to feel a little insulted by a stereotype, but something entirely different to play the victim when your demographic has regrettably been the aggressor throughout history. I am […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | @JeanetteBlain Photo credit: Julie Ostler | Assistant Photo Editor | @jules1lo Musa Francis Ecweru, the State Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness for Uganda, visited UVU campus, June 3. His work in Ugandan refugee camps was conveyed to students through stories of the living conditions of men, women […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | [email protected] Among the most prominent issues discussed in the most recent student body election was on-campus housing at Utah Valley University: There is none. In fact, it’s the only four-year college in the state without it. In order to replicate an on-campus dormitory experience, UVU turns […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Robby Poffenberger | Assistant News Editor | @robbypoff Photo credit: Gabi Campbell | Art Director | @gabicampbellphotos As a single mother of six, Jennilyn Watson-Jessop would walk out to her car most mornings praying it would start. But she need not worry any longer. On May 16, the Utah Valley University automotive department […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sarah Roberts | Staff Writer | @itssarah_sr UVU Mental Subject: May 19- An officer responded to reports of a suicidal woman located at the Brent Brown Ballpark. The officer discovered she was having issues with a man. The officer attempted to contact the man, at his apartment, and advise him to stop speaking […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | @jeanetteblain Photo credit: Brooke Morrill | Photo Editor | @brookemorrill An online summer math course may help some students who want to avoid wasting multiple semesters on remedial classes. For the third year in a row, the developmental math department is offering a free math refresher course, which […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | News Editor | @JeanetteBlain Utah business leaders met in the Sorenson Center, May 14, for the fourth annual UVU Business and Economic Forum. The educational event offered local professionals a choice of 16 workshops, taught by experts, in topics, such as tax planning, crowd-funding, and community engagement. It also featured inspirational […]