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 […]
Photo credit: Melissa Henrie President Matthew Holland often gets treated like a celebrity, on a pedestal above everyone else, when he is a typical guy with a job in high places. “I am a normal guy. I’ve got a family; I love to play tennis, mountain bike, watch sports with my kids and to spend […]
If you flip on your television set to ABC on Mondays and Tuesdays to the popular show “Dancing with the Stars,” you will see a familiar face. Witney Carson, graduate of American Fork High School and former UVU student, is a professional dancer on season 18 of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” She has been […]
When UVU student Rachel Parcell started a blog to document the first year of her marriage, she had no idea it would develop to be among the top five grossing blogs in the largest blogger affiliate network. Parcell is the editor of the popular style and beauty blog, Pink Peonies. She is also a junior […]
Photo credit: Laura Fox College students are notorious for living the “college life,” which may include eating nothing but Ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches for weeks, and using the free condiments on campus to make those items a bit more palatable. Some students may even experience a “food desert,” which is a geographical area […]
Photo credit: Melissa Henrie On March 8 the world celebrated International Women’s Day—a day for celebrating mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, friends, family and women in general. In honor of the holiday, UVU’s Women’s Success Center held an official Women’s Day conference on Friday, March 7, inviting all women that roam the halls of UVU […]
Photos by Mike Poulson When Nathan Packer and Mike Poulson first met as skydiving instructors in Ogden, they brainstormed on making a club and instantly became friends. Now, their club, UVU Indoor Skydiving, hopes to perfect their craft while becoming the first collegiate indoor skydiving team in the nation. Through judging based on live Wi-Fi […]
A tweet and a day later, I walk into study room 407 to Andrew Hales resting his head on the tabletop. “Just getting a little rest,” Hales says as he looks up. As we speak about his experiences filming around Utah and around the globe, he is smiling ear to ear while recalling those memories. […]
By Marinann Castillo I am so not a fashion girl. I have tried for years, but class is just something I missed out on when talents were being handed out. Oh, I can appreciate how it looks on others, but for some reason I find it impossible to do myself. I like to make myself […]
Illustration by Trevor Robertson Since the early 17th century, Irish and non-Irish alike have recognized Saint Patrick’s impact on the Irish people. The holiday’s namesake, Saint Patrick, was born into an aristocrat, non-Irish family sometime during the late fourth century as Maewyn Succat. Records were not kept about his place of birth, though legend says […]