UVSC president School preparing to meet needs of Utah Valley
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OREM Utah Valley State College President William A. Sederburg is prepared to address a crowd at noon today as he delivers his State of the College address in the Ragan Theater of the Student Center on campus.
Some of the items Sederburg plans to speak on [...]
School property tax reform proposed
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Two legislators are proposing a bill that would drastically change the way schools charge property taxes.
Rep. John Dougall, R-Highland, and Rep. Wayne Harper, R-West Jordan, are proposing to eliminate the 12 property taxes that school districts are allowed and mandated to charge and combine them [...]
U. chief defends high pay for administrators
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Following the recognition of one of the University of Utah’s perhaps most noteworthy accomplishments, its president was asked to defend recent criticism of several large salary and compensation packages.
“Our institutional priority is to produce more Nobel Prize winners,” U. President Michael K. Young said while [...]
Panel OKs tuitionlaw repeal
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For Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, it was deja vu all over again.
“Here we go again,” Moss, D-Holladay, said Tuesday before the House Education Committee voted 8-5 in favor of a measure that would repeal a 2002 law allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at [...]
Broken main shuts power off at UVSC
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OREM A broken water main on the Utah Valley State College campus kept the lights out and students away from the classroom Monday evening.
While all evening classes were canceled Monday, college officials said late Tuesday that classes would be held as usual today.
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Reap rewards of 2008s crop of new books
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This is the time of year when the seed and bulb catalogs appear, providing optimism for bright spring planting. My family and I have always pored over seed catalogs seeking ideas for color in the garden or, recently, ways to conserve water with xeriscaping.
I do [...]
BYU students honor Pres. Hinckley in their own ways
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PROVO While flags on campus flew at half-staff, students at Brigham Young University on Monday memorialized LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley in their own special, personal ways.
“It’s like everybody has lost a friend,” said Chris Mortorff, 21, of Atascadero, Calif., a sophomore majoring in [...]
Homework Club builds bonds
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PARK CITY Park City grade-school students are getting a little extra help with homework as well as making friends, thanks to a one-of-a-kind group that has helped bring the community together.
Neighborhood Homework Club is a nonprofit community group in Jeremy Ranch established in 2005 that [...]
Students honor President Hinckley with Sunday best
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MURRAY The halls at Murray High School were filled Monday with girls wearing dresses and boys wearing white shirts and ties as students dressed up in memory of LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Senior Mark Farmer said he first heard President Hinckley had passed away [...]
U. housing snuffs out smoking
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Students living on campus at the University of Utah may have to change some habits beginning Friday, thanks to new smoking rules imposed within housing units.
Two-thirds of the U.’s on-campus apartments are already smoke-free, but the rest will be joining them shortly.
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