Reading Time: 2 minutes Nate Dunn | Staff Writer The Board of Directors of Dialogue Foundation, an organization that distributes a quarterly publication on Mormon philosophy and discussion, has selected a UVU professor, Boyd Petersen, as their new editor for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. The journal addresses Mormon issues and doctrine, and relates current and former […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor On Saturday night, a posse of cellists (and a drummer) is playing a conglomerate of indie, hip hop, jazz and pop covers at The State Room. The Portland Cello Project is on tour to showcase their new album, an homage to Elliott Smith, called To E.S. but are coming […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Caleb Bills | Staff Writer On Feb. 17, Hot Topics Discussion Group hosted Karlyn Norton director of Human Resources at Xactware, as their speaker. She shared her thoughts on what new graduates need to do to make a great impression on prospective employers. Norton gave keys to success in three areas that will make […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The plight of many college grads is in finding work in their selected field. Though every academic focus has its own promise and potential for careers, not all programs can say that 100 percent of their graduating class was able to find jobs. Last semester, however, UVU’s graphic design program did just that. According to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sara Wade | Staff Writer | @SaraWade13 If all goes as planned, UVU could be a tobacco free campus starting in January 2016, according to UVU’s Tobacco Free Campus open forum. 480,000 deaths in the US are related to smoking. In the fight against tobacco related deaths, many schools around the US have become […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer More than five years in the making, Arctic Apples were created by Canadian based scientists for the Okanagan Specialty Fruits company. Due to be available in stores before 2016, Arctic Apples are genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. According to Arctic Apples, the purpose for Arctic Apples is to create […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer Contributions by: Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor| @tiffany_mf On February 19 President Matthew S. Holland and Linda Makin, vice president for Planning, Budget and Human Resources, spoke at a hearing on tuition, a state requirement before tuition can be increased. According […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sarah Roberts | Staff Writer | @itssarah_sr UVU CAMPUS Traffic Stop: Feb. 10- An officer spotted a vehicle running a stop sign in parking lot L-3; however, due to heavy traffic from a Lonepeak and American Fork high school basketball game, the officer was unable to stop the car until it reached the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bryan Bradley | Staff Writer Since the beginning of 2015 this country has seen an increase in measles cases nationwide. There was an outbreak in West Jordan, Utah. The Public Health Department has been running a public awareness campaign to encourage vaccination participation in order to limit the spread of these outbreaks. This campaign […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf With the beginning of the UVU Student Association elections, students will start to receive flyers outlining platforms and tchotchkes with one of two campaigning teams, One or Up, printed on them. But not until March 2,because the campaign rules for UVUSA explicitly prohibit the distribution of physical […]