Debate team contends at college competition

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute After two days of delivering speeches and debating with students from 10 other schools, four members of the UVSC debate team walked away from their weekend competition with awards.Ani McPherson took first place in dramatic interpretation and third place in after-dinner speaking, and was named first overall speaker in the Sept.

Ethics Forum debates school vouchers

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes Both advocates and opponents of school vouchers turned out in force for a forum discussion of what has become one of Utah’s most controversial issues, held at UVSC on Oct. 3.More than a hundred people attended the forum, hosted by the Ethics Center, to hear panel members Patrick Byrne, Marilyn Kofford, Paul Mero and Kim Burningham debate over the school voucher program.

Redesigned citizenship test announced

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Sept. 27 a new, redesigned naturalization test. The cost to redesign the current test was $6.5 million.Over the past year, a test pilot consisting of 142 questions was randomly distributed to 10 districts in the country, where 6,000 citizenship applicants volunteered to test the pilot.

Networking conference planned for business women

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVSC will host a networking conference for women entrepreneurs on Friday, Oct. 12.Startupprincess.com, along with the Orem Small Business Development Center, will host the event geared toward helping women who are interested in business meet others like them and to inspire them to develop their business dreams into successful, working plans.

UVSC Rotary Club commits to serve

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Most people have heard of Rotary Clubs, but fewer have heard of the Rotaract Club, an officially sponsored and endorsed branch of Rotary International. Chantel Kaiser, the community service chairperson of UVSC Rotaract, said, "We maintain the same standards, traditions and practices that take place in Rotary Clubs." Recently, the UVSC branch finished a large […]

The Scarecrow Festival helps teens in need

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute West Ridge Academy (WRA) will host the 16th-annual Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi October 11-15, 2007. The Scarecrow Festival is a fundraiser whose proceeds go to the youth in West Ridge Academy. Donations from the festival are used for residential treatment, clinical therapy and the overall benefit of each individual in the program. […]

Crossing county lines

October 8, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes As UVSC moves toward its transition to UVU and enrollment numbers rise, transportation and parking may become a serious issue among students and faculty on campus.