Savvy fashionista secret

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September 1, 2013

schedule 3 min read

  Jeremy and Sierra Penrod are the husband and wife entrepreneurs behind the newly launched tech start up, dresspot.com. The site includes a selection of about 30 popular online retailers essentially creates a color-coded closet in one online location. While other websites can only group items by color using search engine technology, the Penrods, through […]

Studying abroad: benefits students before and after graduation

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August 30, 2013

schedule 6 min read

Joey Whitaker, Reporter, @JoeJoeW22 with additional reporting by Nicole Shepard, News Editor, @NicoleEShepard Each year, groups of students from UVU hop on planes to foreign countries, on their way to study various academic subjects in a culture that is not their own. “Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together […]

College Lifehacks

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August 25, 2013

schedule 3 min read

    Welcome back to school students. A welcome, also, to those who are riding out their first semester.   College isn’t the easiest life experience. It’s expensive, time consuming, and everyone expects you to work much harder than you actually plan to. In some cases they expect you to work less than you plan […]

Proper college attire

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August 25, 2013

schedule 2 min read

  Many people have pet peeves. They don’t like people chewing with their mouths open, or talking with their mouth full, or keeping things too messy, what have you. There is one thing that should get on everyone’s nerves at this campus, however. That is wearing clothes in support of another college.   You see […]

Lush Lands in Orem Create Opportunity to Learn

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August 12, 2013

schedule 3 min read

By Laura Fox, photo editor [email protected] Sitting just north of UVU in Orem Utah, one family is trying to make a difference in the way they eat, as well as educating others on the benefits of growing local food and conservation by giving tours of their lush Woodhead Gardens. Logan Lyon manages his small business […]

The tough labor ahead

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August 12, 2013

schedule 3 min read

Alex Rivera, Editor-in-Chief, @HashtagginAlex I’m new at this and by no means am I an expert in the field of rearing a child while attending school. As I approach this fall semester, I can’t help but realize that there are a lot of changes happening in my life right now that personally, I’m not even […]

A bra-tossing good time with Grizzly Bear and Youth Lagoon

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August 12, 2013

schedule 4 min read

By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa It used to be that I would prepare for shows weeks in advance, exploring the back catalogue of whatever artist I was going to see. Then I would ride that post-show high for weeks afterwards, devoting more time listening to whatever musician I’d seen and reliving that concert experience, […]

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Polynesian Cultural Center Celebrates at UVU

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July 28, 2013

schedule 2 min read

  By Jimmy Hall, Staff Writer   If you have ever explored the islands of Hawaii and landed on Oahu, you probably have come across the Polynesian Cultural Center. At the PCC, one can become acquainted with the isles of the Pacific’s dancing, food and live acts that showcase their exotic cultures. For years the […]

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Riding for Cancer

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July 28, 2013

schedule 3 min read

By Brittany Plothow Staff Writer   There’s no such thing as too much good karma, but Utah County offers tons of opportunities to add to your bucket. Running tends to be very popular in Happy Valley and every weekend tends to have some kind of 5k or half marathon fundraiser. A change of pace is […]

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Salt Lake Comic-Con preview

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July 28, 2013

schedule 2 min read

  By Cameron Simek Life Editor   The time is near. On September 5-7, Salt Lake City is getting its very own nerd Mecca, or at least as close as we can come to one—we are a flyover state after all.   Yes, ladies and gentlemen, there is a Comic-Con coming to Salt Lake.   […]