Nearly 500 technology oriented high school students poured into the conference center of Salt Lake Community College’s Miller campus for an 8:30 a.m. keynote address. The annual conference of the Academy of Information Technology convened on Wednesday, March 21, to host kids from five Utah school districts and reinforce the AOIT objective of offering […]
Students at UVU and around the world are faced with the difficulty of deciding what belongs online and how to control private data. In recent years, the Internet has become a public place, much like a school, a store or an arcade. Facebook has over 800 million users sharing their lives with an increasingly […]
Students yearning for a means to meld academia and notions of pop culture may find deliverance this summer in two classes taught by Humanities Professor Steven Hall. Originally developed to attract more students to the Humanities program, “Post-Modern Hollywood” and “From Mozart to Michael,” both revived for their second summer, have attracted students from […]
The Annual UVoluneer Week will kick off on March 26 with a charity concert to benefit the Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation performed by John Allred and Jesse Wride. All of the proceeds from the concert will go to Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation. Those in attendance will be able to donate to the foundation […]
As the burrito was flying through the air and landing in my hair, I knew it was too soon to meet his family. I knew I was forgetting something, but after much convincing, I decided to drive north an hour and a half through a monsoon to meet the family. I arrived soaking […]
Skintight pink outfits, short shorts and fishnet stockings contrasted with the intensity of the athleticism shown in the Molly Morbids’ debut battle. It unveiled just how rough roller derby can be. One of three teams in the Happy Valley Derby Darlins roller derby league, the Molly Morbids team is comprised of the best roller derby […]
I was excited last October when a friend from high school (thank you Facebook) wanted go out. He had that Saturday all planned out! While driving to Salt Lake I daydreamed of the story I’d tell our kids and how we found each other years after high school. We arrived in Salt Lake. […]
The night grows late, and you are snuggled up alone to your iPhone. A new message pops up on Facebook. The message reads, “What are you doing? Want to meet up?” If this has ever happened, you can officially say you are a victim of a Facebook booty call. A Facebook booty call […]
The 30 team members constituting the UVU women’s rugby team have defied stereotypes on and off the field since 2004. Not only did the Division II team earn an undefeated fall 2011 season, they also returned home boasting first place and a tournament MVP in the Collegiate Division of the annual Champagne Classic in San […]
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,” […]