Ana Cano Illustration by Trevor Robertson Outlook on life can make a tremendous impact on how a person lives day-to-day and what that person accomplishes. Hence the oft heard analogy about the glass being half empty or half full—it all lies in perception. Being a full time student is no easy task. School can be […]
Matt Gardner, Staff Writer, @sloopmatt Photo credit: Laura Fox As part of last week’s Engagement Week here at Utah Valley University, the Eugene England Series delivered on its promised theme called Dialogical Exploration of Race in Mormonism. Guest speakers Darius Gray and Margaret Blair Young spent time behind the microphone discussing Mormon issues on how […]
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Mike Moore, Staff Writer, [email protected] Riding their bikes on the great western trail, two of UVU professors have written a book called, Wild Rides and Wildfowers: Philosophy and Botany with Bikes. A look inside the philosophy with god, nature and to them the most important, friendship. Scott Abbot and Sam Rushforth are both professors here […]
Marinann Castillo, Staff Writer, mygroovygrandma.blogspot.com I am classified as a “non-traditional” student. Just what does that mean anyway? It makes me sound like a rebel of some kind. That is so not me. I have discovered that a non-traditional student is one who attends college part time, works more than 35 hours a week, has […]
Alyssa Synakowski @synakowsk The madness of March is drawing to a close with teams set to play in the Final Four this Saturday. I love basketball with a passion and watch as many games as possible, but I have lost all excitement in filling out brackets. What is the point? The likelihood of getting a perfect […]
Alyssa Synakowski @synakowsk Las Vegas was the city of stolen dreams for Wolverine athletics fans this year. Utah Valley women’s basketball had to pack its bags after the first round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament to return home to Orem following a disappointing 65-63 overtime loss to Bakersfield. The mental growth of the players […]
Lacy Bentley, Staff writer [email protected] Photo credit: Laura Fox I am seven years old. Mommy said Daddy left because she got fat. I’m going to get skinny and beautiful so Daddy will come back. My friends eat Twinkies and Ding Dongs in their lunches every day. They are going to get fat and their Daddy’s […]
Sean Stoker, Staff Writer @theroyalthey I come from a mixed family. My parents both had kids from prior marriages before they married each other and had me, rounding our family out with a rambunctious lot of nine kids. During my mother’s pregnancy with me, my oldest brother Jason was livid that his dad had made […]
By Warren McDade Staff Writer @warrenmcdade17 Photo Courtesy of UVU Athletics Utah Valley University went into the bottom of the sixth inning with a 3-1 lead, but couldn’t quite hold on, giving up six late runs in a 7-3 loss to in-state foe Utah. Both the Wolverines (5-15) and Utes (9-10) were looking for […]