The old adage “Talk is cheap” is a decent place to start if we want to understand the growing divide between slacktivism and activism. Slacktivism is defined as actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause but regarded as requiring little time or involvement, e.g., signing an online petition or joining a campaign […]
Photo credit: Brooke Morrill “Please pass the salt” is not code for “please pass the pepper”. But sometimes it seems to be taken as such. No, I’m not really referring to condiments; I’m referring to how well we take breakups. For example, when someone says they want it to be over, it means it is […]
Kyle Bruderer, Sports Writer Matt Baiamonte, Sports Brodcaster Valley Episode 3 Yes you’ve missed it. The podcast on all things UVU Sports is back.
Carrie Laudie | News Editor | @carrielaudie There is an 8×11 piece of paper that hangs in some classrooms instructing students on what to do in the event of an emergency. For most students, that is the extent of the training they will receive if anything goes wrong on campus. One of the steps on […]
Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy managing editor | @tiffany_mf Brooks Benson, UVU student and son of the chairman and CEO of a California technology company approached his father to ask him for permission to talk to UVU President Matthew S. Holland about a new technology the company, eSurface, had developed. That conversation led to a […]
Seth Gutzwiller | Staff Writer | @sethgutz_seth The National Council on Teacher Quality found that a majority of education institutions have lower grading standards for new teachers than they do for the students in other majors on the same campus, in a study called Easy As and What’s Behind Them. The council is concerned that […]
Photos by: Brooke Morrill and Valerie Cheatham It’s become a tradition for men to take the month of November and forego shaving. It’s not just a chance to try out the look, but those chin curtains are all grown for charity. Since 2004, the Movember Foundation has been running annual events to raise funds […]
Matt Baiamonte, Sports Brodcaster Kyle Bruderer, Sports Writer The Valley: Episode 2 This time on the Valley, take a ride on the Wolverine Express, Macky Treanor stops by to talk about the Volleyball team, and another edition of “Thoughts In a Box.”
Seth Gutzwiller | Staff Writer |@sethgutz_seth Photo credit: Tiffany Frandsen Dr. Clayton Christensen, Professor of Business Administration to the Harvard Business School, spoke to Utah Valley University students and faculty on Thursday, Nov 20 in the Ragan Theater about disruptive innovation and how to predict in advance whether or not customers will buy products. […]
Kyle McDonald, Sports Writer, @kylesportsbias In a game where there were 35 turnovers, 51 fouls, and 63 free throw attempts you would wonder if anybody won. That is just what the UVU Men’s basketball team did as they opened their 2014-2015 campaign with a “gritty, grind out victory,” according to Coach Dick Hunsaker over the […]