The Tack Online – The Student News Site of Buena Vista University

October 16, 2019 • No Comments

October is Mental Health Awareness month, inviting individuals to share their own stories of mental health and provide words of support to those struggling with mental illness. Buena Vista University students and faculty...

A Coming Out Story at BVU

Autumn McClain, News Editor

October 15, 2019 • No Comments

Iowa native, Randy Florke, husband of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., came to Buena Vista University to tell his coming out story, just blocks away from his childhood home where he was disowned years before. A young...

BVU Gives Warm Welcome to “The Woz”

Autumn McClain, Ella Wiebusch, and Allyssa Ertz

October 8, 2019 • No Comments

On Oct. 4, Buena Vista University welcomed Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, Inc. and inventor of the Apple II computer, as the keynote speaker for its 2019 American Heritage Lecture. The American Heritage Lecture...

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Sports

Beaver Basketball Season Preview

Tyler Brunner, Assistant Sports Editor

October 18, 2019 • No Comments

As fall becomes winter and rain turns to snow, BVU athletics will turn a new leaf to welcome back Beaver Basketball for a new season. This year, the Beavers welcome two new coaches for both basketball squads. David Wells...

Who’s Who in Beaver Sports: Makaylee Tenhoeve October 17, 2019

Why I’m Okay with the Cubs’ Decision about Joe Maddon October 16, 2019

Women’s Golf has Decade High Finish & Three Medalists at ARC Championships October 15, 2019

Men’s and Women’s Soccer Impress Under New Leadership October 11, 2019

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Opinion

Best Cartoon’s for the 90’s Babies

Isabel Haas, Opinion Editor

October 18, 2019 • No Comments

Every Saturday and Sunday morning I would wake up early and run into the living room, prepared to fight my brother for the remote to the TV. Sitting on the couch for hours, I would watch the cartoons that...