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Team Rise wins 2014 UVUSA election

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March 5, 2014

schedule 2 min read

KresLynn Knouse, Assistant News Editor, @KresLynn Candidates from Team Rise erupted in tears and embraced as all six representatives were announced as winners of the 2014 UVUSA election. A record-breaking percentage of the student body participated in voting this year, with more than 15 percent of students casting ballots. There were 3,652 ballots cast, which […]

Modesty is not for men

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March 3, 2014

schedule 4 min read

In the March 2014 Ensign Elder Tad R. Callister of the Presidency of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wrote of “The Lord’s standard for morality.” Elder Callister addresses a number of issues, including modesty for the women of the Church. Modesty in dress and appearance is not a new […]

Low tech granny in a high tech world

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March 1, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Marinann Castillo, staff writer Illustration by Trevor Robertson Returning to college full-time a year ago to finish my Bachelor’s Degree after 34 years has been a technological adventure. I admit it; I am pretty much an idiot when it comes to electronics. I don’t have a smart phone. Mine is a dumb phone that I […]

Candidates challenged by students in UVUSA debate

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March 1, 2014

schedule 4 min read

Photos by Gabi Campbell UVUSA opponents Rise and Limitless were in the hot seat last Tuesday during the 2014 election debate at Centre Stage. The crowd filled the room with suspense as team members gave candid and occasionally shocking responses to students’ questions. The debate was moderated by UVU Review News Editor Nicole Shepard, who […]

Brawl between UVU fans, NMSU students follows comeback win

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February 28, 2014

schedule 5 min read

As the Utah Valley men’s basketball team was winding down the closing seconds of its biggest win of the season, Wolverine fans rushed the court, and the reigning Western Athletic Conference champion New Mexico State Aggies lashed out. Utah Valley outscored NMSU 13-8 in overtime to regain sole possession of first place in the WAC […]

UVU well represented in Sochi Olympics

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February 22, 2014

schedule 4 min read

The 2014 Winter Olympics are underway in Sochi, Russia, and UVU is well represented with two alumni competing and another as an alternate. Noelle Pikus-Pace, 31, first started on skeleton in 2001 and was preparing for the 2006 Olympics when a bobsled went off the track and crashed into her, resulting in a compound fracture […]

Hey Sports Illustrated, we’re #notbuyingit

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February 22, 2014

schedule 5 min read

Sports Illustrated released its annual swimsuit issue this week. The irony of the situation is that all three cover models weren’t wearing swimsuits at all. Well, they are wearing swimsuit bottoms, just nothing else. Perhaps calling the 50th anniversary issue the birthday suit issue would have been more appropriate. The swimsuit issue has a long […]

Chasen a dream

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February 22, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Delta, Utah is a small farming community that most people probably don’t know about. It has a population of around 3,200 people and the people are passionate about one thing: wrestling. Every young boy is expected to be thrown on the mat and help his team compete for a championship, something that UVU’s own Chasen […]

Kissing tradition

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February 15, 2014

schedule 3 min read

At 11:30 pm, the music had already started, but students were just getting warmed up. At midnight on February 12, True Wolverine kicked off with an announcement from Miss UVU. On the lower west end of the iconic UVU fountain, flames surrounded UVU’s letters, casting a glow on the crowd of soon-to-be ‘True Wolverines.’ In […]

Wolverines suffer their first home conference defeat of the season

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February 15, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Alyssa Synakowski, Assitant Sports Editor, @synakowsk Photo by Gabi Campbell Utah Valley University men’s basketball fell 71-57 to Seattle University Feb. 13 at the UCCU Center, but UVU (14-9, 8-2) remained first in the Western Athletic Conference standings. The Redhawks (12-11, 4-6) got a big second-half contribution from WAC leading scorer Isiah Umipig, who scored […]