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Two little girls join The Senders on stage for one of their songs.
Cobblestone ballroom grand opening

On October 5, 2024, the Cobblestone celebrated the progress of the renovations on the ballroom. The ballroom was teeming with life and music filling the air of halls that had remained stagnant and practically untouched...

The whole Jazz Band playing.
Hoco hype up performances
October 10, 2024

The BVU Rock Ensemble and Jazz Band played to hype up the Homecoming events. The event was held in the Mack Lounge with the bands playing...

Voting just got easier for BVU students
Voting just got easier for BVU students
October 9, 2024

Some have called 2024 the most consequential election in modern history. And Buena Vista University has initiated a way to ensure students have...

Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
September 26, 2024

It's Hispanic Heritage Month which means it's time for BVU students, faculty, staff, and community members to come together and celebrate different...

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Combatting the counseling conundrum
September 25, 2024

For students, a new year means new friends, new classes, new homework, and inevitably, new stress. But it also means a new system of support...

Team huddle after the first inning.
Buena Vista softball vs. Iowa Central: A fall game
October 7, 2024

On September 22, 2024, the Beavers made their debut with new head coach Tammy Utley and assistants Juliana Hall and Courtney Berg. The competition featured two eight inning games against Iowa Central Community College.  

Nick Moorshead (34) on BVU’s home turf side lines walking away from the action of the field.
BVU football vs. Benedictine
September 14, 2024
AI: Mad scientist or starving artist?
AI: Mad scientist or starving artist?
Tack Editorial Board • September 18, 2024

We don’t need to tell you that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic right now. It has affected so many aspects of our lives: academic honesty policies, press releases, covers of Nintendo’s Toad...

The joy of painting - watching paint dry
The joy of painting - watching paint dry
Lauren McCoy, Graphics Editor • September 9, 2024
Compelled speech v. education
Compelled speech v. education
Carter Soyer, Editor-in-Chief • July 17, 2024
Twas the night before classes
Twas the night before classes
Carter Soyer and Lauren McCoy August 28, 2024

This audio piece is a BVU parody of the poem 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' by Clement Clarke Moore. This piece premiered the night before classes...

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BVU men's volleyball club sets up for success
BVU men's volleyball club sets up for success
Carter Soyer and Madisen Betcher • September 27, 2024

Men’s volleyball has made its way to BVU. Sophomore Ashton Greenough and junior Kaleb Sander worked together to create the BVU men’s volleyball club. Greenough and Sander...

BVU 'glows' crazy
BVU 'glows' crazy
September 16, 2024
The BVU marching band plays at the first football game of the year on September 7, 2024. Evan Pierce is on the drum set and Kyle Norris on trumpet.
BVU marching band
September 14, 2024
BVTV News (September 10, 2024)
BVTV News (September 10, 2024)
September 20, 2024