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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...

Racers making the second turn on the track.
BVU track and field host Dennis Young Classic
February 10, 2025

On January 25, 2025, BVU hosted the Dennis Young Classic. The building was filled with loads of cheering and an overwhelming amount of activity in any direction you look. There were several field events that the team...

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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Phil Bertness (front right) in front of Old Main before shipping out in March 1943. Photo provided by Phoebe Feis.
Phantoms in the pages: World War II heroes discovered through the Tack
Phoebe Feis, Contributor • February 26, 2025

Reprinted with permission from The Storm Lake Times Pilot and author. Seventh story in a series. There are ghosts in the Tack.  They linger in the margins and haunt...

Cutting to the Chase
Cutting to the Chase
February 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.