International student Katty Perez is not hesitant to express her views on the corruption caused by the low economy of her native country, the Dominican Republic. A senior in Business Finance and Banking, Perez encourages students to take advantage of every opportunity they are presented. As miss UVU international in 2008 and assistant coordinator in […]
Alan Clarke, associate professor of Integrated Studies at UVU spoke Sept. 23 for ethics week on rendition to torture. Best known for his work opposing the death penalty, Clark is currently working on a book titled “THE STRANGE FRUIT OF AMERICAN JUSTICE: INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC RESISTANCE TO THE DEATH PENALTY,” which argues that executions in […]
Since 1992, UVU’s Center for the Study of Ethics has held an Ethics Awareness Week. It is a week-long series of panels and lectures, and the center funds sessions selected from those submitted by faculty, staff and community members. Focused on ethical content in a variety of settings, the Center’s goal is to promote Ethics […]
Local briefs Prostitution forced on Utah woman After kidnapping a woman at knifepoint in the Salt Lake Valley on March 29, Brandon L. Walton forced his victim to work as a prostitute in three states before she managed to escape. She claimed that Walton would hit her and shock her with a stun gun to […]
On Sept. 18, students and professors joined together for a day of bowl making to support Provo’s Food and Care Coalition. Though ceramics professors Mark Talbert and Brian Jensen have been submitting privately for several years, this is the first time the school has supported the coalition’s “Bowls for Humanity” fundraiser. The day of bowl […]
Often in political and philosophical discussions, the reasoning can appear to be something like “Whatever you think that thing is (be it an idea, concept, object or maxim), actually it is the opposite.” Up is down, black is white, dogs and cats actually love each other, etc. But when it comes to this particular word […]
Dick Bass, owner of the Snowbird Ski Resort, is currently involved in a proposal to create the second largest strip mine in the U.S. The company responsible for the project, PacRim Coal LLC, of which Bass is a co-owner, is the driving force behind plans to eviscerate and pollute large tracts of Alaskan wilderness. According […]
Debt is a slow and silent killer. You might not even realize how you’re being affected. Pay off what you can as soon as you can. I don’t care what your BFF says – that Visa Credit Card is not your friend. Debt doesn’t stack up nicely like Pringles, it doesn’t wait and forgive you […]
I got this new bumper sticker at the Mad as Hell Doctors event on Sept 12. It reads, “My car has better health insurance than I do.” After a long, frustrating day I returned to my car in free parking to find the following note under my windshield wiper: “Your car may have better insurance […]
John Curtis is probably the most typical Provo candidate — a conservative BYU graduate with a business degree who married his high-school sweetheart after serving an LDS mission. In a race against fellow G.O.P. Candidate Steve Clark, some of the more liberal-minded students might question the point of even filling out a ballot. However, Curtis […]