Wolverines hang with Ducks on the road in losing effort

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November 19, 2013

schedule 3 min read

Utah Valley trailed by four to No. 17 Oregon through 24 minutes of play before ultimately falling, 69-54 in the Wolverines’ second road game of the season. Trailing 27-13 with 3:08 left in the first half, UVU broke off a 12-2 run that was fueled by quick rotations and solid positioning on defense. The Wolverines […]

The grad report

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November 18, 2013

schedule 3 min read

Word around campus is that professors have access to a program that calculates how likely students are to graduate. This system, called the Stoplight Report, supposedly calculates the likelihood of graduation from factors that rank students on a color scale of red, orange, yellow, or green. Some factors that put students at higher risk are […]

Five-game road trip continues in Oregon

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November 18, 2013

schedule 3 min read

Utah Valley faces its second nationally ranked opponent of the season this week after enjoying its best start to a season in half a decade. The Wolverines won their season opener against IUPUI 74-68 and followed it up with a 78-71 victory over North Carolina A&T, who competed in the 2013 NCAA tournament. “The two […]

Thanksgiving: the speedbump to Christmas

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November 18, 2013

schedule 3 min read

As soon as Halloween is over, if not sooner, stores are flooded with Christmas merchandise and promotions, which leaves Thanksgiving to be almost forgotten in the mix of holiday preparations. Over time, especially as the economy has grown progressively worse, Christmas products have come out earlier and earlier in the season. Black Friday used to […]

Utah Valley inclusiversity

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November 18, 2013

schedule 4 min read

On Nov. 18 UVU will hold a first-of-its-kind event for discussing the university’s current inclusivity situation and goals for the future. The two-hour event, held for faculty and staff, will feature a presentation and conversation among those attending to obtain feedback and ideas. When President Matthew Holland first came to UVU, he introduced four core […]

UVU gets served

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November 16, 2013

schedule 4 min read

Photo by Alex Rivera The highly anticipated UVU’s Best Dance Crew competition took place Nov. 13, Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the PE court. The four crews—Offbeat, Swagger Rangers, Low Profile and Intrakids—did well to please the crowds and beyond great dancing, $1 from each ticket sale was also donated to UVU’s Mobility Mission. […]

Next To Normal Review

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November 16, 2013

schedule 3 min read

By Kajsa Nelson The Utah Valley University Theatre Department does not disappoint in their amazing production of Tom Kitt’s “Next to Normal,” and a fantastic, hard working cast and crew only magnify the powerful story. The story is about a typical normal family who you soon find out is anything but normal. Dealing with psychological […]

The drug your parents didn’t warn you about.

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November 11, 2013

schedule 5 min read

Contributing Writer: Rinamay Rhoten, Reporter, @RinamayLopez Students are banding together to discuss the previously taboo subject of pornography. Fight the New Drug is a budding international organization focused on educating communities about pornography and its addictive nature. Most people are familiar with addictions to physical substances ingested, inhaled or injected. These drugs are known to […]

New MBA at UVU

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November 11, 2013

schedule 4 min read

The Woodbury School of Business is now accepting applications to the new full-time Masters of Business Administration program. After years of preparation, the school has organized a three semester graduate program for students looking for a daytime program. For Jillian Milne, senior studying graphic design, the new MBA came right in time. Milne wants to […]