True Wolverine. It’s On Us.

February 3, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Jones | Guest Writer | @MikeJonesSez   True Wolverine is a tradition at UVU that celebrates the college experience. Men and women come to the event each semester to participate in the process of becoming a ‘True Wolverine,’ which involves kissing someone in the courtyard at midnight. But not everyone that attends comes with […]

Mitt Romney to speak at UVU commencement

February 3, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican Party presidential nominee, former governor of Massachusetts and chief executive officer of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics is speaking at Utah Valley University’s 74th commencement on April 30.  Romney will also receive an honorary doctoral degree. “He was at the top of our wish list coming […]

Put Me In, Coach

February 3, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes The baseball team is ready to play Kyle McDonald | Sports Writer | @kylesportsbias The crack of the bat.  The pop of the glove.  The smell of the green grass.  Concession stands selling hot dogs, cracker jacks, popcorn, and cotton candy.  It could only mean one thing.  The boys of spring are here and ready […]

Delegates from Kyrgyzstan visit UVU Campus

February 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | tiffany_mf   Delegates from Kyrgyzstan are visiting UVU and the Utah state capitol this week while they are in the country to study how the U.S. government runs and see what aspects they implement for their own, increasingly-democratic government. Today, with the help of a translator, they discussed […]

Q&A With Jason Alexander

February 2, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes Sean Stoker | Editor-at-large | @theroyalthey   Sean: This being your third visit to UVU, one has to wonder, what makes us so special? Jason: What is unusual about UVU is that because this program is relatively new, there is a willingness and eagerness to go, ‘what are we doing that’s really good, what are […]

The Valley, episode 4

February 2, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kyle Bruderer, Sports Writer, @brudkyle Matt Baiamonte, Sports Writer The Valley Podcast episode 4 This week: Wolverine Express Zach Nelson Interview Thoughts in a box

Bruges Waffles & Frites from the mouths of the web staff

January 31, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Bruges is this magnificently Europeanesque experience found conveniently on Center Street in Provo.  Inside the eatery is little Belgium, complete with the Manneken Pis (you know, the naked boy statue fountain that looks like its peeing), brick walls with antique waffle irons hung up and open windows that give […]

Trojan sexual health report card rankings

January 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie Sexual health is an important topic and Trojan Brand Condoms is trying to bring attention to the subject among college aged adults with an annual report called the sexual health report card. The study ranks colleges based on the quality of information and services available to students on […]

A new leader of UVU has been chosen: Mr. UVU 2015

January 29, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf   On Jan. 28, a competition for Mr. UVU 2015 was held and it has been decided: Joey Whitaker has taken the thrown.   |@JosephBroseph5 is the new king of UVU. I believe it’s like unto the UK, where it’s more of a ceremonial position pic.twitter.com/xusiAiCwcI — […]