Nov. 12, 2012 As December looms closer, a question arises on many students’ minds: Will the world end on December 21? According to the theory that when the Mayan calendar ends, the world will come to an end suggests that it will. The Mayan calendar comes from the pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichén Itzá. […]
April 1, 2013 Nearly a year after the on-campus harassment of a gay student in March 2012, UVU has amended its anti-discrimination policy to list sexual orientation as a protected status. The change, which took place Jan. 2013, was an effort championed by Tom Hawkins, UVU family studies major and co-chair of UVU Spectrum, […]
Feb. 25, 2013 As you walk down the halls at UVU, seeing many students in military uniforms in not uncommon. This is because UVU has a Reserve Officers’ Training Corp as part of their curriculum. This program is one of the best in the country and offers students the opportunity to participate in the […]
Feb. 11, 2013 According to Dr. Jack Jenkins, director of Psychological Services at UVU, when comparing the mental health resources at BYU and UVU, you notice one major thing: BYU is “light years ahead.” “We are understaffed for the size of student body we have,” Jenkins said after their presentation. UVU has five mental-health […]
People travel all over the world to experience the outdoor adventures right here in our back yard. Utah is a place that is filled with mountains to ski, cliffs to climb, rivers to raft and trails to bike. It is a place that is surrounded by beauty and filled with diversity. Utah Valley University is […]
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 […]
I sat down in the Science building auditorium. I watched the lights dim, voices quieted. Before the play started, a “Yes on Proposition 8” commercial came on. It would set the mood for what the rest of the night would be like. On Friday the 29th of March, at 7:30 PM and Saturday the 30th […]
Pinterest is an ever increasing social media tool in which individuals can spend as little as minutes or as long as hours looking at other people’s pins and sharing their own. Pinterest was designed as an easy way to share ideas, pictures, quotes, and more. It is has become a convenient way of planning events […]
After previous attempts to found a Special Olympics Club at UVU failed due to lack of momentum, Andrew Goates, president of Special Olympics UVU, has finally succeeded. Goates successfully founded Special Olympics UVU two years ago after his volunteer experience with Special Olympics BYU inspired him to start a program on our campus. “To me, […]
Everyone knows smaller concerts are better. The UCCU Events Center is just that. It is acoustically sufficient but small enough to make every seat a good seat. Orem is lucky to have a quality location for big names in music to play at. The night started off with a small band from Denver called Churchill. […]