Olympic spirit: Pass it on

July 28, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Few things in life can bring people together and make all the evil and trivial things in the world retreat into the shadows like sports can. For the next two weeks, presidential politics, war, violence and economic fear will take a backseat to competition, sportsmanship, national pride and triumph of the human spirit. For many, […]

STAFF Infection

July 2, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute “What would you say is worse than the construction on campus?”   The view from the AVC design labs.  Breathtaking. –Will King   The Holocaust. -Josh Wartena   The only thing worse than construction would be being a construction worker. –Emily Stephenson   Campus construction is like showing up late to help your friend move, only […]

Welcome back common sense, it’s been a while

June 18, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes We may not be the person we want to be, but what we do determines who we are, whether we like it or not.   Watching the Bunnel house be taken apart brick by brick has made me quite reflective. The house is old, unused and tiny. The new Student Life and Wellness building will […]

Trickle-up education: A letter from the editor

June 4, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes     Death, taxes and inflation.   In this current economy, those three things are what we can all bank on and must be ready for. The biggest culprits aside from the Grim Reaper and the government (it can be hard to differentiate the two at times) are thought to be the demonized group of […]

The ties that bind

May 15, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes   After the glory of the home runs fade away, MVP trophies seem like a distant memory and two things remain.   Relationships and people.   Two time National League MVP Dale Murphy, headlined Saturday nights Orem Owlz “first pitch” dinner for nearly 300 season ticket holders and booster club donors. The event was the […]

Apology in advance to Wolverine spring sports

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nothing is worse than a story that cuts off just as it’s getting good. Unfortunately for UVU spring sports, it’s a yearly occurrence when it comes to their coverage from the UVU REVIEW.   Next week is the publication’s graduation issue, and after that there’s roughly a month-and-a-half layoff before summer issues are produced and […]

Pivot points

April 16, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes I am currently writing this column from 30,000 feet in the air. It’s a rare occasion for me to travel and as I am floating above the clouds I am feeling slightly nostalgic.   I am on a trip to visit the New York Times for training for new editors-in-chief. For those readers that have […]

For Ronnie Price, it’s a hard knock life – kind of

April 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley’s most famous alum flew into town Wednesday night – and watched from the sidelines as his Phoenix Suns stole a close game pulling out a 107-105 victory over the Jazz.   Price’s up-and-down season has closely resembled his path from high school to the pro’s. He left high school an undersized 5’8” point […]

Madsen shows patience in midst of team’s inconsistency

April 2, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Rome wasn’t built in a day. The way you eat an elephant is one bit at a time. Whatever the euphemism, an eternal optimist will always find a way to spin any situation in a positive way.   This year has been a mixed bag for the Wolverine baseball club, winning big games against big-name […]