Paying the price of university

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February 18, 2008

schedule 3 min read

July 1, UVSC will take the next step in its evolution, becoming the newest university in the state. This long anticipated upgrade has prompted a lot of questions within the student body, and most of all they are asking, “How much will this cost me?”

Options grow for commuters

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February 18, 2008

schedule 2 min read

When the new Utah Transit Authority express bus route 808 began last fall, not only did students start taking the route, but faculty and staff members started to participate as well.

Another transition for university status

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February 18, 2008

schedule 2 min read

With the transition to university status, the school’s Web site received a major facelift and, along with it, a new name.
Prior to the actual switch over to a university, the school launched the home page of its new university Web site: www.uvu.edu

Ambassador of Nepal to speak at UVSC

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February 18, 2008

schedule 2 min read

Ambassador Madhu Raman Acharya of Nepal is coming to UVSC February 21. Acharya will speak to two UVSC classes, Thursday, February 21, at 10 a.m. in professor’s Keith Snedegar class, “The Nature of History,” in LA 124 on the development of history in Nepal; and on Thursday, February 21, at 11:30 a.m. in professor Scott Williams’s class, “Programming,” in GT 511H on trekking business in Nepal.

HB 241 and its false hope

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February 18, 2008

schedule 4 min read

Immigrants and their families have been riding an emotional rollercoaster throughout 2007. Considering last year’s talk of immigration reform, the national protest on April 9, and the failure of the Dream Act’s reintroduction in congress – a bill that would free all college-bound undocumented students of their worries – the status of immigrants in this country has been in upheaval.

Bar band etiquette

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February 18, 2008

schedule 7 min read

No, ‘bar band etiquette’ is not an oxymoron. We know you want to really let your hair down on the weekends, catch some grub and local band and maybe a few drinks. Maybe you’re the laid- back type and you mean well. We know you do. That said, there are some things all patrons should know when it comes to how to address a local band.

Letters to the Editor

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February 18, 2008

schedule 3 min read

Pointing out bad arguments in opinion articles that appear in this newspaper is like shooting fish in a very small barrel. Nonetheless, I feel that the robust, rich, and thoroughly truth-based philosophical and practical tradition of pacifism does not deserve the type of straw man it got last week. I would like to sum up […]