Reading Time: 2 minutes Erin Gruwell will once again grace the UCCU Center to speak at UVU’s 71st Commencement Ceremony on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. Graduates and members of the community will recognize Gruwell as the author of “The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them,” […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Members of the coalition worked well into the early morning preparing an official statement to give to President Holland. UVU has worked hard at putting forth an image of inclusiveness and acceptance of all students. However, some students believe there is still more to be done. A group of students called the Coalition […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jenna Johnson knows full well Utah Valley women’s basketball hasn’t met its own expectations this season. She knows they lost games they should have won, meshed later than they should have, and underachieved in their own eyes if not those of the coaches’ preseason poll. In short, this year’s Wolverines team looks a lot […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The library was vacant mid-day on campus. On a weekday, this is a sight worthy of a double take. For hours there has been no server access on campus for students. This includes Internet access on any computer and wifi is down as well for students with laptops. Mitch Foutz works in the computer […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes While political races can be ruthless, the current race for one UVUSA position just turned personal. On Thursday, March 1 various club presidents received an email from an anonymous email account denouncing candidate Tom Hawkins because of his sexual orientation. Hawkins, who is openly gay, is running for Vice President of Clubs and Organizations. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Amidst familiar romantic 90s pop ballads and an animated crowd, nine young women clad in little black dresses and colorful feather boas paraded across the stage at Ragan Theatre, welcoming the audience to the Miss Africa Utah pageant. The second annual event, held on Sat., Feb. 25, and founded by UVU senior Gloria Kajo, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Entering the 2011-12 campaign, seniors Isiah Williams and Geddes Robinson were the headliners garnering all the attention. Williams was the returning All-American Honorable Mention, a scorer capable of 20-plus points on any given night. Robinson brought an elite level of defense and rebounding, heightened after a rigid offseason workout regime. With the media […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU is home to a large variety of clubs, sports and other organizations run by students. These organizations are an integral part of the positive experiences colleges have to offer. With so many options, people are able to find peers with similar interests. The Utah Valley Interfaith Association is an organization for those interested or […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tebow sucks, and Jimmer is what he is, but Linsanity is one hype train I’m happy to jump on. Each has their own “thing” that distinguishes them. Jimmer is the nice boy from up-state New York with unlimited range and played basketball with prison inmates. Tebow is the son of Christian missionaries. He will […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dreams mean nothing without work, even for a five-year-old. Competition brings out that sentiment better than anything, and it’s far too common that it comes from driven parents. Now step aside from the vision of two dads coming to blows over whose boy should be pitching, and imagine it’s the five-year-old telling his father to […]