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New apartments enter final stages
New apartments enter final stages

A new chapter is beginning at Buena Vista University with the apartment building opening this spring. The apartments aim to offer students another convenient living experience with new amenities far different from earlier...

Berry good: Smoothie bowls take over campus
Berry good: Smoothie bowls take over campus
February 26, 2025

As the new semester began and students started adjusting to their new class schedule and getting back into their routines, the new debut of a...

BVU going forward with Grand Hall modifications
BVU going forward with Grand Hall modifications
February 24, 2025

BVU looks to move the Lamberti Center for Rural Entrepreneurship and Criminal Justice labs to Grand Hall after receiving a $2 million donation...

House study bill 60 sparks concern at BVU
House study bill 60 sparks concern at BVU
February 20, 2025

House Study Bill 60, introduced in Iowa’s 2025 legislative session, has raised concerns across the state, including at Buena Vista University....

Holding signs with a megaphone
Protest on campus: Students gather round the bell for a cause
February 19, 2025

On a day on which the temperatures remained below zero and snow blanketed the campus, approximately 20 BVU students and people from the...

Shultz makes an attempt at the 2025 NCAA division III indoor track and field championships. Photo provided by Ryan Tezak of d3photography.com.
Shultz breaks pole vault record, eyes future achievements 
March 26, 2025

Buena Vista University sophomore pole vaulter Devin Shultz never imagined breaking the school’s pole-vaulting record would happen so soon. But at the UW-La Crosse Last Chance Qualifier, he cleared 4.92 meters (16'1.75"...

Roses are red: Is Valentine's Day dead?
Roses are red: Is Valentine’s Day dead?
Tack Editorial Board • February 13, 2025

For a holiday about love, sometimes Valentine’s Day feels almost macabre. There’s an entire genre of Valentine’s-themed horror movies where happy couples get punished. There’s an entire market...

Fact checking flees the scene: In pursuit of the truth
Fact checking flees the scene: In pursuit of the truth
Tack Editorial Board • January 29, 2025
4B or not 4B: An analysis of the 4B movement
4B or not 4B: An analysis of the 4B movement
Dee Merriman, Editorial Board Chair • December 14, 2024
Parameters of the mission: Finals season
Parameters of the mission: Finals season
Tack Editorial Board • December 11, 2024
Agpocalypse
Agpocalypse
Emelia Jacobs, News Editor • March 4, 2025

This audio story looks to answer the question, "What would America look like without agriculture?"

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Soldiers traverse the steep hills of Bougainville. Photo provided by Phoebe Feis.
Laurens is where the heart is: The story of Lloyd L. McCabe
Phoebe Feis, Contributor • March 27, 2025

Reprinted with permission from The Storm Lake Times Pilot and author. Eighth story in a series. There is a place in Papua, New Guinea called Iowa. There has never been...

A broken exit sign hanging in Pierce White.
Pranks to problems
March 25, 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.