Declassified: Robert Hastings, aliens and UFOs

October 19, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes   As children, we watch cartoons and movies about aliens and are led to believe by parents, society, the world and the U.S. government that aliens are not real, but one man begs to differ.   Hundreds of students filled the UVU Grand Ballroom Tuesday, Oct. 18, as Robert Hastings spoke. Hastings, author and UFO […]

Woodbury Art Museum presents new exhibitions

October 19, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Brazilian smells followed the meandering visitors of the Woodbury Art Museum while they walked past brightly colored walls bearing actual bumpers, inscribed with “dichos” and colorful artwork. Senses were aroused with Latin American sights, scents and tastes during the open house for the new exhibits, where Tucanos Brazilian Grill provided food to match the […]

Pedestrian struck in early morning collision

October 18, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at around 7:00 a.m. today as she was crossing College Drive near the testing center.   The unidentified student, who was walking across the road outside of any crosswalk, was taken to the hospital for minor injuries, but was said to be in stable condition. Officer Jenkins of […]

Overtime soccer again against Howard

October 17, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Despite having the overwhelming advantage in shots (25-7) and shots on goal (18-2), it took a comeback in the 80th minute to force overtime and a golden goal in the second overtime for the Lady Wolverines to pull out a huge 2-1 conference win over the Bison of Howard University Thursday night under the […]

Haunted Houses and Utah’s moral climate

October 17, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes There is no swearing allowed inside the Haunted Forest. Or smoking. Or drinking. Lewd behavior of all kinds is frowned upon in both the Haunted Forest and the Psycho Manor.   After all, this is a family establishment. You know, the kind where teenage girls get butchered right in front of you. Where blood-covered hillbillies […]

Single Mom Takes on Miss UVU Pageant

October 17, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Steffani Nielson has spent the last year and a half putting her life back together.   “I was completely broken,” she said. “Completely.”   Seven years ago, Nielson married her sweetheart and they started their life together. Two children and five and a half years later their lives were rocked by a divorce, leaving her […]

Alisha Lee – Miss UVU 2011

October 17, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Alisha Lee, a sophomore from Salt Lake studying social work, was crowned Miss UVU at the Miss UVU Scholarship Pageant on Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in the UCCU Center. With 20 contestants, the pageant was the largest in UVU history.   Lee’s new court includes Samantha Cummings, first runner-up; Bri Sorenson, second runner-up; […]

Brookelyn Campbell quarterbacks Wolverines

October 17, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a number of reasons a student has a motive to play a sport. They might gain motivation, learn discipline, strive to succeed or maybe they just need some extra kick to get through a 15 credit-hour school week.   For sophomore Brookelyn Campbell, it’s a little bit of everything.   The setter from […]

The whitest black kid you’ve ever met

October 15, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes “Are you black?”   Entertaining as it’s been to just watch, Joey’s argument with his friend about racism has brought up Darwin, The Velvet Underground and a beer or two, and now he means to bring me up as well.   But Joey, a former UVU student who was born in Memphis, means to shake […]

Holland Announces $4 Million at Scholarship Ball

October 15, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes There is nothing apparently excellent or extraordinary about Cindy Oppel, a Business Student at UVU, yet this average UVU student has now made a large impact on this, the largest university in the state. Friday night, Oppel with teary eyes accepted a full tuition scholarship from President Holland himself. Because Oppel spoke up, she inspired […]