Tech beat

September 21, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes   What does it mean to have a GMO food product?   Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer   The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American public were polled by the Pew Research Center on whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were safe. 88 percent of the AAAS scientists said they agreed that […]

Can Chimpanzees Cook?

July 8, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Human Brain, Impulse Control, and the Evolution of Cooking. Garret Stirland | Staff Writer Photo By Julie Ostler @jules1lo  Humans are the only creatures in the animal kingdom known to cook their food. However, chimpanzees may be making a run at culinary. Cooking food is something that seems very instinctual to us as human beings. […]

Love Hurts

June 10, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Jared Stirland | Assistant Lifestyle Editor | [email protected] Two important qualities of a romantic relationship are emotional and physical intimacy.  They play a crucial role in the formation of a relationship, and can be the cause of an end to a relationship. Each person has their own definition of infidelity based on personal ideology, and […]

Tyler Brklacich : Letter to the editor

March 9, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes Now that elections are over and the dust is settling of excitement, disappointment, and most notably, the campaign publicity is nowhere to be seen – we look to the future. I congratulate Team ONE for being elected UVUSA Executive Council for the 2015-2016 school year and give my empathy to Team UP for putting up […]

Breaking up

March 6, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo Illustration: Valerie Cheatham, Photo Editor, @valeriecheatham   Stuffing your face, dancing in your underwear and meaningless sex are a few ways to deal with breaking up. There are healthier ways to deal, but in the end we just want to feel better. Not all romances end up with a happily ever after. More often than […]

Monster movie mash

October 29, 2014

Reading Time: 5 minutes Photo courtesy: Amazon   The UVU Review chooses our favorite films to celebrate Halloween THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN  Directed by: James Whale | Written by: William Hurlburt (Unrated) In James Whale’s masterful sequel to his already brilliant “Frankenstein,” the director never plays it safe– he yanks us from the deceptively-simple moral fable of the first […]

Just walking away

April 19, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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. Every single time I would promise myself, and my poor family, that I would not walk at graduation. I’m not much for tradition. Most of […]

The importance of rivalry

October 7, 2013

Reading Time: 3 minutes My first taste as a player of a true rivalry came at age 11. It was my first year of club soccer after playing in developmental leagues since I was five. Our team was damn good, but so were our neighbors. Some of us went to the same school, and we occasionally acknowledged one another, […]

SPRING LOVE

April 8, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Are UVU students more inclined to get into relationships during spring? From what I have seen, it doesn’t seem to be so. Most agree that love happens during the summer nights. It makes sense to wait when there is so much to do during the school semesters. Like Krystyl Parker, a senior at UVU getting […]

Climate change and violence symposium

March 11, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes On March 21 and 22 the Peace and Justice Studies Program will hold a symposium on the effects of climate change on hunger, violence and war. The damage associated with global warming is often shown featuring the shrinking landscapes of the polar caps, noting the effects on endangered species and the desertifying of lands over […]