Credit card spending on campus

March 12, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Through credit card may seem to solve problems they can also create problems of their own.   Credit cards use by students remains high despite economic uncertainty.   For poor college students, the thought of having access to money they don’t necessarily have sounds pretty nice. What they might overlook, however, is the hardships debt […]

UVU to wrap a Toyota Scion IQ in student competiton

March 12, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU Athletics and Brent Brown Toyota of Orem teamed up to create a unique opportunity for students to put their design skills to the test – a school-themed car wrap competition.   The competition was announced and kicked off Feb. 25 at the last UVU Men’s Basketball home game against the University of Texas-Pan American. […]

Bass fishing team takes Havasu

March 12, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes In only their second tournament as an official team, the UVU Bass Fishing Team won the National Guard FLW College Fishing Western Conference event on Lake Havasu.   Catching five bass that weighed a total of 13 pounds, 11 ounces, Russell Behlings and Aaron Warner secured the win for the UVU Bass Fishing Team on Saturday, […]

Going places with local film maker Matt Eastin

March 12, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Occidental Saloon. Violet Suitcase. They are more than just fanciful phrases. The first represents a collective hobby of four men, and the latter resulted in the dream job of one man.   The year was 2009, and the setting was the greater Utah County area. Matt Eastin was working at a broadcast company in […]

Poetry: Wholesome

March 12, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute WHOLESOME BY: Kylan rice   I had half of a revelation—went and added your gouged out weight to mine as not just cities seem to sink, brick kissing brick, and so on. Don’t let’s let that be us. If possible, just take half a sip. Toss your head back as if you had more than […]

Se Llama Peru: Gourmet Deliciousness

March 12, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Due to its Incan origins, Spanish colonization, and Chinese and African enslavement, Peru is home to a culturally diverse cuisine.   With its inclusive menu, Se Llama Peru has been a successful representation of this cuisine in the heart of Provo.   Ten years ago, with a constantly growing Peruvian population and a growing interest […]

Women’s hoops beats NJIT, advances to GWC finals

March 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes   For the first time all season, the UVU women’s basketball team was inconsistent in a good way.   The reserves jumpstarted the Wolverines in the first half before giving way to the starters in the second, combining to give UVU a 63-52 win over NJIT in the Great West Tournament semifinals. Newly minted conference […]

No. 1 ranked Wolverines fall in GWC semis to NJIT

March 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes   It’s hard to quantify how far the UVU men’s basketball team fell in their semifinal loss to NJIT, but here’s an attempt:   • They went from winning 13 games in a row to dropping two straight   • They failed to win a game in the Great West Conference Tournament as the No. […]

UVUSA VP accused of sexism

March 9, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes Outrage recently erupted over tweets from a member of the Executive Council of UVUSA, which many found sexist and offensive. Many are asking if this is an appropriate way for a representative to behave, especially when he represents a campus that is 43 percent female.   Joe Jursic, current vice president of Student Life, tweeted […]