The BYU forum on February 28, was given by Angela Duckworth, author of NYT best seller, Grit. She related the topic of her book to the life experiences of her mother, Teresa. At the beginning of the forum, Duckworth said that grit, or resilience and determination in one’s goals, has been found to be a “common…
Recently, the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been in the news regarding a case they have against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Subsequently, critics accuse the Church of intentionally hiding billions of dollars in investments. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns an investment management company called…
Over the 2022-23 school year, the BYU Office of Civic Engagement (OCE) Instagram account has drawn concern from BYU students. The (OCE) website states their mission is “to provide students and faculty with the appropriate skills and meaningful opportunities to become engaged in their respective communities. We seek to promote civic service and to encourage…
BYU, as part of its antiracism project started in 2020, has created a new antiracism database. The goal of their project, as stated on the website, is to “promote and support antiracist actions at BYU to create a more inclusive, loving, safe, Christlike, Zion campus.” The antiracist database provides a searchable catalog of materials that…
Yeonmi Park, North Korean defector and human rights activist, spoke at the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) Freedom Conference in Dallas on February 11. To over 400 students from around the country, including students from BYU, Park told of her time in North Korea and the parallels she currently observes between North Korean indoctrination and American…
During a February 14 presentation on gender surgery, a doctor associated with Intermountain Healthcare commented that he has performed top surgery on minors. Primary Children’s Hospital (PCH), a part of the Intermountain Healthcare (Intermountain) system, also appears to be limiting information about its adolescent gender clinic on its website, referring to it only as the…
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Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, current president of Yeshiva University (YU), spoke on focusing on the Covenant in education rather than the commercial value of high learning in his BYU forum address on January 31. Yeshiva University was involved in a court case last year regarding religious liberty. While not addressing the case specifically, Berman began…
On Wednesday, January 25, Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at Harvard University, and Shaylyn Romney Garrett addressed BYU students and faculty at the Wheatley Institute. The subject of their address was their recent book The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do it Again. It describes the rise…
On January 24, the Utah Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing for the proposal of HB132 and SB16. HB132 failed to pass and would have banned hormonal and surgical interventions for minors related to gender. However, SB16 has now passed in the Utah house and senate as of January 26. It will ban…