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Veterans Day - The importance of remembrance
Veterans Day – The importance of remembrance

BVU renames Edson Hall to Victory Edson Hall in memorial of the BVU students who didn't come back from the wars they fought. Dr. Bill Feis, a professor of history at BVU speaks on the importance and history of the Hall and...

Making the last shots count
Making the last shots count
November 15, 2024

The club sport of trap shooting is on its third and final year at Buena Vista University due to lack of funding as well as numbers.  “The...

Two little girls join The Senders on stage for one of their songs.
Cobblestone ballroom grand opening
October 11, 2024

On October 5, 2024, the Cobblestone celebrated the progress of the renovations on the ballroom. The ballroom was teeming with life and music...

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...

BVU women's soccer shooting for the goal
BVU women’s soccer shooting for the goal
October 17, 2024

The BVU women's soccer team is off to one of their best starts in program history. Check out this multimedia piece to learn some of the secrets to their success. Since the production of this piece the women's soccer team...

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
This is our time: The importance of informed voting
This is our time: The importance of informed voting
Tack Editorial Board • October 25, 2024

Election season. Campaigns, primaries, caucuses, rallies, conferences, debates, and then, finally, the big one: Election Day. Whether that’s the day your mail-in ballot is postmarked, the day you go...

AI: Mad scientist or starving artist?
AI: Mad scientist or starving artist?
Tack Editorial Board • September 18, 2024
The joy of painting - watching paint dry
The joy of painting – watching paint dry
Lauren McCoy, Graphics Editor • September 9, 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...

Weekly Poll

On a scale of 1 (not at all worried) to 5 (very worried) how concerned are you about the cost of textbooks for spring semester?

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Where victory lives forever
Where victory lives forever
Phoebe Feis, Contributor • November 8, 2024

Reprinted with permission from The Storm Lake Times Pilot and author. Fourth story in a series. “Youth travels on through all futurity Yet hoping here to leave a...

BVTV News (September 10, 2024)
BVTV News (September 10, 2024)
September 20, 2024