Reading Time: 3 minutes UVUSA recently proposed a campus smoking ban, and though students responded positively, it’s a misguided solution Michael Houck | Assistant Opinions editor | [email protected] Photo Credit: Brooke Morrill | @brookemorrill Whether you like or not, it’s a fact that smoking is harmful to you. Lighting a cigarette can not only lead to cancer, but weakens […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Nicola Pritchett Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf The Stereo Room, a relatively new concert venue in Orem, is hosting a Battle of the Bands this week, from Monday, Feb. 16 to the final round on Friday, Feb. 20. The 16 new bands are divided into four groups, which will play […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photos by Gabi Campbell Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Six bands – all with ties to Provo – and hundreds of music fans, including Provo Mayor John Curtis, came to the two day bash to pay homage (or, you know, just to boogie along with good bands) to founder/owner Corey Fox and his […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Photos by: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill Alex McNeil-Sophomore I think there are better things to spend money on than balloons and chocolate. It’s a good day for people to complain on Facebook. I was in a relationship on Valentine’s Day and it was equally disappointing. I appreciate it in the sense that it’s […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jeanette Blain | Staff Writer | @JeanetteBlain Utah is one of the worst states for women, or so claims The New York Post and prominent business and economy blog, 24/7 Wall St. Jan. 21, 2015, The Utah Women and Leadership Project released a research and policy brief titled “Why Do We Need More Women Leaders in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year I’ve got a sweetheart, a valentine, and it’s our first Valentine’s Day together. He bought two tickets for the ballet and made a dinner reservation in the city. I have plans for a nice dress and lipstick. I’m exactly where everyone will tell you you’re supposed to be on Valentine’s Day, and it […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes I may be alone, but I’m not lonely. At first I resented that I was the one in the newsroom asked to write about being single on Valentine’s Day, but then I realized it’s nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, I’m happy to represent such a vast number of single people. I’ve never been […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | Staff Writer | @JeanetteBlain On Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 the UVU managed field station at Capitol Reef National Park began receiving broadband internet service. The research and education facility, nestled between a sand-stone cliff and Pleasant Creek, is completely off-the-grid. Previously, the only phone and internet connection that visitors and staff […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo illustration: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill For as long as I can remember, I have been hardwired to be in love. It is my default setting. Try as I might, I can’t shake this unbearable desire to have a passionate, emotional bond with some special woman. Yet all this time, it’s as if I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of Arash Armin Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Perhaps you’ve seen the cryptic, Ayn Rand-ian “Who is John Galt” posters in black and white taped to buildings and light poles, with the face of a man who has elegantly high cheekbones, that ask, “Who is Karl Strange?” are scattered around downtown […]