¡Viva the Internet!
If they want the World Wide Web, they can pry it from our cold, dead fingers Sean Stoker | Opinions Editor | @theroyalthey The Internet is awesome. That much goes…
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Are we green?
A review of UVU’s environmental protection policies shows the school is very eco-friendly Sean Stoker | Editor-at-Large | @TheRoyalThey Like an alien race from a low-budget sci-fi movie, we Wolverines…
Keep UVU unique and open
It’s difficult to succeed if no one will give you the chance. This basically sums up my feelings about UVU’s open admissions. UVU is in a unique situation. We are…
Just walking away
Illustration by Trevor Robertson Graduation ceremonies bore me to tears. I have sat through my two older brothers’ college graduations, my oldest brother twice for his Bachelors and Masters degrees….
Walk this way
Barbara Finlinson, Staff Writer @bubblestweets It’s time. Excitement and preparation can be seen all over campus. Graduation is in the air and so is pomp and circumstance. Tis’ the season…
Avoid disaster by closing admissions
Illustration by Trevor Robertson As UVU rounds the corner of its 75th anniversary, it may be time to rethink the open admissions policy. Despite being one of the most underfunded…
R-rated movies for everyone
I recently watched “12 Years a Slave.” It was violent, graphic and filled with language that may be argued as offensive. It was also incredibly moving, beautiful and transformative. I…
R rated movies – how are they affecting us?
Jarom Carlson, Staff writer jaromcarlson@live.com Photo credit: Laura Fox Imagine for a moment: The lights dim, silence falls upon the crowd, and there you are with your coke and popcorn….
The haunting norm of police brutality
I’m driving down I-15 and catch a glimpse of a police vehicle parked on the side of the road. My heart rate goes up. I check my speed. I involuntarily…
Free speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences
Michael Houck, mikehouck0604@hotmail.com Photo credit: Laura Fox Free speech is one of the main principles that made the U.S. how it is today. It was one of the reasons why we…
The culture of pseudo-communication
Even more annoying than the oblivious herd of college students taking up the hallway is the lone student, walking as slow as molasses, neck craned down to stare at her…
Protests at Temple Square
Photo credit: Huffington Post The Ordain Women movement is planning to collect their efforts to be heard at this April’s LDS General Conference. One way they are trying to be…
Ordain Women’s non-protest protest
Photo credit: Deseret News The Ordain Women organization is nothing new. For the past however long, this group has been asking church leaders for the ordination of women to the…
Professors write about philosophy and biking
Mike Moore, Staff Writer, mikeyamoore@gmail.com Riding their bikes on the great western trail, two of UVU professors have written a book called, Wild Rides and Wildfowers: Philosophy and Botany with…
Disarming the “F bomb” and other no-no words
The “F bomb” to some is a word so commonly used and overheard that it has been deprived of meaning. Others abstain from the word with every at all costs—perhaps…
