Photo by Nathan Gross There are more people in slavery today than ever before in the history of the world, Tim Ballard, CEO of Operation Underground Railroad, told an audience of 400 at the Ragan Theatre Oct. 12. “Of over 35 million slaves, 5 million are children,” said Ballard, who was the keynote speaker of […]
Photo by Brady Lesueur Utah Valley University men’s basketball coach Mark Pope is entering his second season with the program and it already has his fingerprints all over it. After heavy recruiting of transfers prior to his first season with the Wolverines, Coach Pope has a team that is set to run his system the […]
Photo courtesy UVU Athletics EDINBURG, Texas – The Utah Valley University women’s soccer team came away with the win in the final moments of overtime against UT Rio Grande Valley with a final score of 1-0. UVU comes away with their first win of Western Athletic Conference play. With the last-minute win, the Wolverines improve […]
Photo by Cody Glasset The UVUSA Senate Student Voice Forum tackled the issue of grey areas between plagiarism and technological use in classrooms Oct. 4 at Centre Stage. Jon Anderson, assistant professor of developmental math, Tanner Mcquivey, a UVU student and member of UVUSA, and Kolene Mills, director of academic tutoring, were the panelists who […]
Photos by Renee Lindsay Three UVU students and an alumnus held signs and stood in protest as Sen. Orrin Hatch accepted UVU’s 2016 Excellence in Ethics Award Sept. 26. Anthropology major and protest organizer, Julie Parma, respects UVU’s process in selecting recipients for its Excellence in Ethics award, but could not understand why Hatch was […]
Those who follow my stories know that I’m the definition of a non-traditional student: I’ve been in school for ten years, I have two kids and I turn 30 this year. You’ve also probably realized by now that I enjoy writing things to be humorous. Today I decided to switch that up a bit, and […]
Photo by Cody Glassett Dustin Jansen, assistant professor of American Indian Studies at UVU, examined cultural appropriation of Native American traditions at the Multicultural Student Council’s Diversity Lecture Sept. 20 in the Sorenson Building. Cultural appropriation means to take an element from one culture by members of another culture. Jansen, a member of the Navajo […]
Photo courtesy Sporting News Athletes have a unique opportunity to impact the conversation on the controversial issues of their day. Unlike politicians or other public figures, whose messages on specific issues may get lost in the shuffle of their broader platforms, athletes have a grand audience of all backgrounds that they can address when they […]
Photo by Brad Curnow Junior forward Austin Buxton of the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team has been ruled out for the entire 2016 season after a recurrence of testicular cancer. Buxton was originally diagnosed in February of 2016 and underwent surgery to have the cancer removed. However, after routine blood tests every two months, […]
Photo courtesy The Appalachian/Halle Keighton, Photographer One of the best games of college football’s opening weekend came unexpectedly. The University of Tennessee, opening the season ranked No. 9 by the Associated Press poll, played host to Appalachian State. What was meant to be an early season tune-up for the Volunteers turned serious when near the […]