Quit harassing the smokers. They keep taking away our smoking areas, they put up cameras to watch us – it’s ridiculous. -Birchall Perkins, Junior, Psychology I don’t think that changes need to be made on the university level, I think changes to be made more the student level, as far as […]
I have a friend who was told by a prospective employer that she would not get the job because she is not a Mormon. I have another friend who published an article examining her personal experience with racism in the course of her education. She got more than a few angry replies. One man […]
To whom it may concern (and it should concern all of you): It seems you have among you, masquerading as news writers with researched opinions, juveniles with an axe to grind. First I’d like to direct your attention to Clay Neville, the one claiming responsibility for the “No sexual safety on campus” article. A […]
One of the biggest problems that UVU faces is growth. With the largest student population in the state with over 33,000 students, serving the regional education needs and improving the seriousness of the institution are, in my view, becoming competing interests. One of the key components in UVU’s mission statement is to meet “regional […]
After buying Borderlands when it first came out in 2009, I fell in love with it. While not a perfect game it was fun, and even more important, it was funny. While exploring the world of Pandora and the lore of The Vault was enticing, the humor is what sold the game. Users will […]
“There’s this huge space between us,” Angelina Jolie as Jane Smith tells her marriage counselor in the 2005 movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith, “and it just keeps filling up with everything that we don’t say to each other.” These are the words my sister, Annie, quotes when I ask her how her 4-year temple […]
Through the bustling halls and classrooms of Utah Valley University, there is one of Dante’s “Seven Deadly Sins” that seems most apparent – sloth. Sloth is the ugly monster that leads us even deeper into the inferno. For who among us has not followed its delightful call, it sounds something like: “meh,” or “someone else will […]
As Shakespeare once said, “To be or not to be, that is the question.” Whether or not a student with Down syndrome can handle the ups and downs that come with attending a large university is a challenging question. Believe it or not, it can be done and is being done at Utah Valley University. […]
I have decided to have a vasectomy. Only if she asks, though. I doubt she would get a hysterectomy if I asked her. Double standard? Maybe. But I’d rather have one coming than owe one. Being under the knife isn’t that scary, and I’ve always been fine going to the doctor. Still, we’re talking […]
It’s an interesting situation when everyone agrees on something, yet no one can agree that they agree on it. At the most recent student elections debate a question came in from the crowd to Team Aspire’s Cathy Lin about the traditions at UVU. She had a hard time answering it and I would have, […]