Math girls rock

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Katelyn Bello | Staff Writer | [email protected] Phot credit: Brooke Morrill | Photo Director | @brookemorrill   Two UVU math professors have created a program to help get high school girls interested in studying math. Violeta Vasilevska and Carolyn Hamilton have created Math Girls Rock, a program dedicated to getting girls into math. Vasilevska originally started […]

A sort of homecoming

March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo Illustration: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill   For an LDS missionary who returned home early, there’s often little comfort to be found. There can be overwhelming shame for the former missionaries, family members can be ashamed and religious leaders can be unsympathetic. Too often for these young men and women there’s nowhere they can […]

UVUSA election results

March 4, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie Photos by: Brooke Morrill | Photo Director | @brookemorrill   On Wednesday, March 4 at 6:00 p.m. student body officers, for the 2015-2016 school year were announced in the UVUSA council chambers. In a close race, Team One swept the election, filling all of the positions that were […]

Do’s and don’ts for the gym

February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill   We’ve all been to the gym at some point or another. For some it’s a chore, and for others it’s the best part of the day. Either way, you need to know the proper etiquette when you set foot in any gym. In every gym there’s always […]

Making UVU tobacco-free isn’t the answer

February 16, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes UVUSA recently proposed a campus smoking ban, and though students responded positively, it’s a misguided solution Michael Houck | Assistant Opinions editor | [email protected] Photo Credit: Brooke Morrill | @brookemorrill Whether you like or not, it’s a fact that smoking is harmful to you. Lighting a cigarette can not only lead to cancer, but weakens […]

How do UVU students feel about Valentine’s day?

February 13, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes Photos by: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill   Alex McNeil-Sophomore I think there are better things to spend money on than balloons and chocolate. It’s a good day for people to complain on Facebook. I was in a relationship on Valentine’s Day and it was equally disappointing. I appreciate it in the sense that it’s […]

A not so helpless romantic

February 12, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo illustration: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill   For as long as I can remember, I have been hardwired to be in love. It is my default setting. Try as I might, I can’t shake this unbearable desire to have a passionate, emotional bond with some special woman. Yet all this time, it’s as if I […]

The art of the break-up

January 28, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Brooke Morrill   “Please pass the salt” is not code for “please pass the pepper”. But sometimes it seems to be taken as such. No, I’m not really referring to condiments; I’m referring to how well we take breakups. For example, when someone says they want it to be over, it means it is […]

Dressing for the date

December 3, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo credit: Brooke Morrill   If you have ever rummaged through your closet for more than an hour trying to piece together your outfit for a first date—welcome to the club. This can be a daunting process. What you choose to wear on your first date plays a big part in whether or not you’ll get […]

Men of movember

December 3, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photos by: Brooke Morrill and Valerie Cheatham   It’s become a tradition for men to take the month of November and forego shaving. It’s not just a chance to try out the look, but those chin curtains are all grown for charity. Since 2004, the Movember Foundation has been running annual events to raise funds […]