Ordain Women’s non-protest protest

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April 7, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Photo credit: Deseret News The Ordain Women organization is nothing new. For the past however long, this group has been asking church leaders for the ordination of women to the priesthood. For their next move, OW is asking for admittance into the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s General Conference, held at Temple Square on […]

Professors write about philosophy and biking

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March 31, 2014

schedule 4 min read

Mike Moore, Staff Writer, [email protected] Riding their bikes on the great western trail, two of UVU professors have written a book called, Wild Rides and Wildfowers: Philosophy and Botany with Bikes. A look inside the philosophy with god, nature and to them the most important, friendship. Scott Abbot and Sam Rushforth are both professors here […]

Disarming the “F bomb” and other no-no words

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March 29, 2014

schedule 3 min read

The “F bomb” to some is a word so commonly used and overheard that it has been deprived of meaning. Others abstain from the word with every at all costs—perhaps even take offense whenever the idle word is cast in their direction. How did the f-word achieve such a high ranking on our profanity blacklist? […]

SLWC: Money well spent

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March 29, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Photo credit: Laura Fox The new Student Life and Wellness Center, opening in mid-April, is a sight to be seen, and you can pat yourself on the back for paying for it. The SLWC was built for the students, paid by the students, and will function as a rec center for students, alumni, and the […]

On the backs of those who’ve gone before

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March 29, 2014

schedule 4 min read

Photo credit: Laura Fox This past fall I had the opportunity to take a tour of the unfinished Student Life and Wellness Center and write about it for the Review. I was quick to catch the vision and was caught up in the excitement of bowling allies, basketball courts and rock walls. My imagination leaped […]

Happy Valley dating pressures

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March 24, 2014

schedule 4 min read

College is surrounded by pressures of all sorts, from grades to appearances and especially dating. It is the vortex of Utah County’s young adult world, for good or bad. Coming to college at the young age of 17, I was immediately thrust into a world centered on dating, which I was excited for—and had anticipated—but […]

Chubby girls don’t get daddies

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March 24, 2014

schedule 5 min read

Lacy Bentley, Staff writer [email protected] Photo credit: Laura Fox I am seven years old. Mommy said Daddy left because she got fat. I’m going to get skinny and beautiful so Daddy will come back. My friends eat Twinkies and Ding Dongs in their lunches every day. They are going to get fat and their Daddy’s […]

Social anxiety, bullying and the Wolverine

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March 22, 2014

schedule 5 min read

Photo Illustration by Laura Fox Most people don’t view a simple hallway as a terrifying and overwhelming thing. I do. Whether it be overcrowded with bodies or almost entirely empty, it is equally crushing and paralyzing. This is what it is like to have social anxiety disorder. As long as I can remember, I have […]

Wingmen forever

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March 22, 2014

schedule 8 min read

Sean Stoker, Staff Writer @theroyalthey I come from a mixed family. My parents both had kids from prior marriages before they married each other and had me, rounding our family out with a rambunctious lot of nine kids. During my mother’s pregnancy with me, my oldest brother Jason was livid that his dad had made […]

Let them eat cake

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March 17, 2014

schedule 4 min read

Michael Houck, Staff writer [email protected] With recent state Supreme Court cases overruling many of the bans on same-sex marriage across the country, supporters of same-sex and LGBTQ rights are seeing real change, which is finally moving in the right direction. But opponents of this movement are really ramping up, trying to counteract what is happening […]