More car care tips for college students

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September 8, 2013

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In the last installment of this series we covered the basics of car care. Today, we’re going to cover some more basic checks that should be performed on a regular basis. In this installment we’re going to cover power steering fluid, brake fluid, air filters and the importance of proper tire pressure. Under the hood […]

Summer 2013 in a nutshell

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September 1, 2013

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  Fall is back and has hit the ground running. Before it gets too far ahead, let’s recap what has happened this summer. Movies: There have been some great ones this summer. IMDb brings us the 10 must see movies of the summer. First was the film in the Marvel comics series, “Ironman 3”, which […]

Not your average Shakespeare

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September 1, 2013

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    Utah Shakespeare in the Park is a company long committed to free outdoor shows open to the public. Since its founding in 2010, the company’s director of Twelfth Night, Anne Shakespeare, has been able to get the efficiency of producing a show down to a science.  “I wanted to refine the rehearsal process. […]

Car care counsel for concerned collegiate cubs

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September 1, 2013

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  Classes have begun. School is in full swing, and the journey to class and back is a necessary daily route. Some are able to walk, some take the bus, but most students probably make the drive to school and home again in their cars, those wonderful machines that get one from point A to […]

Savvy fashionista secret

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September 1, 2013

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  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

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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

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    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

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  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

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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

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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 […]