Getting ready to slam dunk another season

November 4, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU’s men’s basketball ranks first in preseason polls. Kenzie Jones, Sports Editor, @KenzieScribbler Photo by: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @angelikagabriella As the weather changes, so do the sports seasons and with basketball right around the corner things are looking to fall into place for Utah Valley’s men’s team for the 2014-15 season. After laying claim […]

Alt-J returns to their cult following in SLC

October 31, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor | @tiffany_mf Monday night was the second alt-J concert at the Complex in Salt Lake, and they have developed a cult following. Fans threw up the band’s sign (a triangle with your pointer fingers and thumbs). It’s a tribute to the band’s name; press alt + J on a Mac […]

Meet the Team Night, UVU Basketball

October 29, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Kenzie Jones, Sports Editor, @KenzieScribbler It is that time of year again when basketball fans can get their first look at the Utah Valley University squads. The annual Meet the Team Night will take place on Thursday in the PE Building and starts at 7:00p.m. MT. The men’s team returns six letterwinners, including two […]

The library’s weirdest reads

October 2, 2014

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sean Stoker | Editor-at-large | @theroyalthey I found myself on several occasions getting lost in UVU’s expansive library, similar to the way I often get lost at Barnes & Noble. If I’m not careful, places with lots of books can easily put me into a trance, causing me to roam endlessly for several hours. I have […]

#GIRLBOSS empowering female students everywhere

September 8, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Brianna Bailey | Lifestyle Editor | @BriannaBailey14   As we are all pursuing our education at this time, we have goals we’d like to meet after graduating. Our hard work in academia, jobs and personal life is all, hopefully, going to get us somewhere we are aspiring to be, following our college degree. Though campus […]

The grueling, slow lumber of the 2016 presidential races have begun.

November 11, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2016 presidential races have begun. So starts the grueling, slow lumber that leaves one contestant limping across finish line. I understand political races are inevitable, and they aren’t necessarily a bad thing. If you want people to vote for you, you need to convince them your policies and plans are viable. This entails a […]

Flaming Lips Help Throw the ‘Freakiest Party of the Summer’

July 30, 2013

Reading Time: 4 minutes     By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa   The Twilight Concert series gets ethereal with the space rockers from Oklahoma City   In the realm of live music, The Flaming Lips are legendary. Having heard the stories and praises, they had long been high on my list of live shows to see before I […]

Five things UVU students love

July 28, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Joshua Wartena, Opinions Editor, [email protected]   I really enjoy people-watching. I’ll go hang out at Wal-Mart, just walking around and gawking. As Ron Swanson said, “I come here for the same reason other people go to the zoo … Look at that thing!” Because of my propensity to extrapolate information without context or personal […]

UVU Athletics

The pursuit of athletic supremacy

June 17, 2013

Reading Time: 3 minutes   Kyle Spencer, Sports Editor, @kyledspencer   When Mike Jacobsen announced that he would step down this summer, President Holland faced the challenge of filling the shoes of a leader that had guided a small trade school from athletic irrelevance to the Western Athletic Conference. After a lengthy interview process that included formal presentations from the four […]