Dining Services must reduce what it produces Dining Services works hard to reduce the amount of waste they produce each year. Unfortunately, the gap in the amount of waste produced compared to the effort to reduce waste is too large to overcome without major change. There are two contributing factors to waste production on campus: […]
UVU’s International Students find a way to celebrate when going home isn’t an option. Thanksgiving is coming up and with all the celebrations, get-togethers and students flying everywhere to spend time with their families, one has to stop for a moment to realize that it is not easy for international students to leave the country […]
“I could write one of those – ha, I could do it in two weeks.” Those were the words Shaun Roundy spoke after watching a trailer for the movie New Moon, based on the wildly popular novel by Stephenie Meyer. But what started out as a simple vampire story turned into an adventure novel meant […]
An old-fashioned saloon scene took over the ballroom commons the night of Nov. 4, as cowboys and cowgirls gambled the night away during UVUSA’s first Cowboy Casino Night. “Basically, what was projected to happen is exactly what’s happening: good clean fun,” said Joe Jurisic, the special events chair over the event. Jurisic went on to […]
For the first five months of this year, junior Lisa Garlock lived and volunteered in Kiev, Ukraine, teaching English to Ukrainian children through Provo-based organization International Language Program. When Garlock spoke of the Ukrainian people, she praised their kindness and generosity, saying, “They are a very charitable people. If you need help with something, they […]
Finals are quickly approaching, yet there’s nothing that I can do to keep me from doing everything I possibly can to procrastinate every assignment, delay taking every test and, sadly, even skipping every class. This always happens to me during the last third of the semester – “We’re so close to the end!” – yet […]
Brrrrr. It’s getting cold fast; I know you can feel it too. As we all know, Utah is famous for its icy peaks, long-lasting snow and bone-chilling, torturous winter season. Even though the weather has been somewhat bipolar this year, there’s no doubt that winter’s frigid bite is just around the corner. Speaking of myself, […]
Whether it’s early in the morning or late afternoon, it’s uncommon to walk into a class and not see at least one or two students gulping down some sort of caffeinated beverage. As a student body, we may not think anything of this common caffeine consumption because we’ve been so desensitized to it. If anyone […]
Fitness should be encouraged in computer fields. There are certain aspects that employers look for. The obvious one is skill, and another that is very important and often forgotten is health. An increasing number of jobs involve sitting. There are no required fitness classes for a Computer Science degree. As much as it’s sad – […]
The U. and BYU are years behind the energy conservation programs already in place here at UVU. This university has been a leader in energy conservation for many years. When compared to the major universities in the state, our program is years ahead of Utah’s other universities. We have been conscious of energy conservation for […]