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BVU’s success coaching program

At Buena Vista University, there is a program that provides students with resources for academics, counseling, and general support for being a functioning college student. It is called the success coaching program. This service...

Octavio Olvera points to the two changes on the mural.
Mosaic artist updates mural on campus
September 15, 2025

Two pieces of the mosaic mural on the east side of the Social Sciences and Art Hall was updated last Tuesday, Sept. 9. Oswaldo Olvera, son...

Buenafication Day 2025
Buenafication Day 2025
April 24, 2025

On April 24, 2025, the Buena Vista University community took part in the 112th Buenafication Day to give back to the campus and the Storm...

BVU students take on GDC: A journey to San Francisco's Game Developer’s Conference
BVU students take on GDC: A journey to San Francisco’s Game Developer’s Conference
April 17, 2025

A group of students at Buena Vista University, left Tuesday morning, March 18, for a trip to San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference.   Students...

New apartments enter final stages
New apartments enter final stages
March 11, 2025

A new chapter is beginning at Buena Vista University with the apartment building opening this spring. The apartments aim to offer students another...

Runner makes it on base
Buena Vista softball vs Nebraska Wesleyan
April 26, 2025

On April 16, 2025 the BVU softball team hosted Nebraska Wesleyan University for a Wednesday night conference double header.

Urine trouble: The BVU pisser
Urine trouble: The BVU pisser
Tack Editorial Board • September 30, 2025

If a college kid pees on a local statue and there’s no one to hear, does it make a sound?   For those unaware, BVU is one of many campuses involved in a recent social media trend of anonymous individuals...

Early morning classes are a war crime
Early morning classes are a war crime
Alex Adams, Contributor • September 25, 2025
Boundless and bare: Our climate future
Boundless and bare: Our climate future
Dee Merriman, Editorial Board Chair • September 4, 2025
Diversity deletion and how it affects free speech
Diversity deletion and how it affects free speech
Johnathan Maffucci, Contributor • May 21, 2025

This audio piece is on diversity deletion and its effects on free speech.

Agpocalypse
Agpocalypse
March 4, 2025
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Conversations with educators
Conversations with educators
Fernanda Japa, Co-Editor-in-Chief • September 24, 2025

A story from the Tack magazine 2025.  Education in the United States is a crossroads. Recent policy shifts, including book bans, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)...

Imposter syndrome
Imposter syndrome
September 3, 2025
Emotional support animals on BVU campus
Emotional support animals on BVU campus
February 11, 2025

Originally published on March 27, 2024. This news package talks about what an ESA means on the BVU Campus.