Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU has been a university for almost a year and a half now, yet it seems that the general attitude towards our school from the community has not changed much. We are in the shadows of the two biggest schools in Utah and far younger than any of the other universities. These facts may lead some […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here in the opinions section we have recently seen articles dealing with gun control and allowing alcohol on campus, at first glance these issues may seem unrelated, but on second glance I think we can see we are really dealing with the same issue: collective rights versus individual rights. Some people want to go to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently I stood in the school cafeteria, blankly staring at the daily lunch selection. As I pondered upon what I would choose to nourish and strengthen my body and do it the good it needs, I turned and saw President Holland walk past me. I decided I’d take my chances and position myself behind him […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A disproportionate amount of Pell grant funds offered to students are being sucked up by Utah’s for-profit higher education schools (“Fed aid goes to for-profit colleges,” Salt Lake Tribune Nov. 6). While students attending for-profit schools make up about 10 percent of the total student body, roughly 17 percent of the total Pell grant funds […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Excerpts from a wasted life – Twitter edition by Rob Steffen http://twitter.com/finalfantastic #followfriday @RPG @Wizard @Dungeons @Dragons @Gaming @Tabletop @Characters @japan @MMO @cat @wow @warhammer @fps @zelda @lonely the poster fell down into my fan. tybalt iii is dead. goodbye tybalt iii. but i’ll always have my moment with donny… found a poster of a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ricky Allman graduated with his associate degree in Fine Arts from UVSC in 2003. He then went on to receive his BFA in Painting at the Massachusetts College of Art and his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design. Allman’s art has been featured in galleries across the country as well as in various […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Tattoo parlors and tattooed people Tattoos are older than Jesus. They’ve been around for awhile, but tattoos are still controversial at best and condemned at worst. While many disagree with tattooing and find all of it rather obnoxious, there are those that view tattooing as an art form. Tattoo artists aren’t just Joe Shmoes […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Nov. 16-22 Editors Pick of the Week: For a good laugh, check out the Quinn Brothers at Wiseguys Comedy Café this Friday and Saturday. The show starts at 8 p.m. each night and those interested can purchase tickets at the door for $10 a person. For more information call 801-691-5888 or visit www.wiseguyscomedy.com. Monday, November […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In this day of Facebook, instant search engine results and that ever present life-sucker, the television, one almost forgets what it’s like to use one’s own brain. So many of us are, I fear, running on cognitive auto-pilot, where entertainment is spoon fed to us and information is dropped in our laps. Gone are the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes At age 16 I decided that academia was not for me (something I have since recanted), and went off for a year of art school. I felt I was too much of a free spirit to be reined in by the local higher education and college institutions. This was also about the time that I […]