Maybe your New Year’s this year wasn’t all you hoped it would be. Instead of celebrating and having a delightful time with all your cronies, you got too drunk, became belligerent, and passed out before midnight came around. This is too bad, but there is good news–you can attempt a New Years round two! Tomorrow […]
There are many questions whirling through our minds about the future. For instance, I’ve often wondered if it’s only a matter of time before a mad scientist constructs robots that transcend and enslave humans. But there are other questions to be asked. For example, is the time at hand when we deploy robots to fight […]
UVU’s speculative-fiction journal Warp and Weave is currently accepting literary criticism, short stories, poetry and art submissions for its upcoming publication. A bi-annual journal that officially became a student-run publication in 2002, Warp and Weave focuses on topics concerning science fiction, horror and fantasy works. Warp and Weave isn’t only a publication avenue for writers […]
On Jan. 26 the Animal Allies Club in conjunction with the Cinema Studies Club and Peace and Justice Studies Club sponsored a showing of the 2009 film “The Cove.” “The Cove” is a documentary about the yearly dolphin slaughters that take place in the city of Taiji, Japan. Jorgen Hansen, Co-President of the AAC, said […]
Jan. 20- Liberal Arts building, Room 101; Two calls were made to UVU police when two male students collapsed in the same classroom. Both students were evaluated by emergency medical crews and released on scene. The causes of their collapse have not been released. Jan. 21- The UVU library was evacuated after a smoke detector […]
If you stroll around campus enough you may hear the word Ology uttered in casual group conversation. While the talk seems to be catching on, the meaning of the title still carries an air of mystery. The term refers to an academic program dedicated to helping Utah college students who struggle with prerequisite math at […]
Jan. 22 marked the first session of the New York Times Global Review at UVU. The international center is sponsoring a weekly discussion group that will review events covered in The New York Times throughout the week. Danny Damron, the director of the International Center, has collaborated with a local Times representative to bring this […]
Twenty students will be going to CITY, Mexico this Spring sponsored by the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center. Mike Moon, program director, said that this trip is meant to enhance attendees’ learning by practical experience as well as teach them how serve in the community, no matter where they live. Students will be traveling through Family […]
Aeropostale’s third annual Teens for Jeans event started Jan. 19 and will continue through Feb. 14. The clothing company collects gently worn jeans and donates them to local homeless shelters and charities to assist people in the community. This year as a result of the recent earthquake in Haiti, Aeropostale will match the first 100,000 […]
The Graduate Record Exam will undergo significant changes for 2011 test takers. The test required for most students to enter a graduate program has historically been two parts, a quantitative math section and a verbal section which tests a student’s vocabulary, reading comprehension and logic. Former test takers may recall doing practice sections for Educational […]