On January 8, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and his wife, Patricia T. Holland, delivered a message to young adults throughout the world from Burns Stadium in Saint George, Utah. They shared teachings about hope, simplicity, and perseverance. Elder Holland opened bringing notice to many of the difficulties that face the world today. He named the…
The “anti-racist” work of Ibram X. Kendi has drawn praise from the Brigham Young University (BYU) community, despite his stance against religious missionary work which is central to the faith of students at BYU who are mostly members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This semester, two syllabi obtained by Natalie Cline,…
A BYU professor in a women’s health class was recorded discussing abortion as if it was not a moral issue in an audio released by CWIC media. She said that when a woman has not taken a pregnancy test when she could be pregnant and is planning on taking a plan C pill she does…
During Thanksgiving break, BYU Professor Ralph Hancock published an article titled “BYU and Secular Higher Education: The Challenge of a ‘Gospel Methodology.’” After highlighting BYU’s ongoing problem to find the line between secular and spiritual, Hancock uses talks given by Elder Christofferson, Academic Vice President Shane Reese, and President Worthen to better define President Kimball’s…
Stanford featured a skit called “gay chicken” during their halftime show at the football game against BYU on Saturday night. According to ,Jackson Payne, a writer for the Daily Universe, the skit was “called ‘gay chicken’ involving two women getting married for ‘time and all eternity and then being told to ‘multiply and replenish the…
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color their skin but by the content of their character.” nn Those words come from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” ,speech where he, as a Christian, echoed…
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, Richard V. Reeves, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, addressed BYU faculty and students at the Wheatley Institute. The subject of Reeve’s address was his recent book, ,Of Boys and Men, which details the struggles of males from childhood onward in modern society. In his address, Reeves described his interest…
The Event nn Held in the main auditorium of the historic Maeser building at BYU, the BYU Republican and Democrat student clubs gathered to debate on Thursday, October 27th. Topics included: mandatory minimum sentencing, $15 minimum wage, and Supreme Court packing, with a different pair of students debating each topic. Each debater had an opening…
Evan McMullin and Mike Lee squared off in the Utah Senatorial Debate on Monday, marking the high point so far in a novel race that pits Lee, the incumbent Republican senator, against independent candidate McMullin, a man who Lee previously voted for in a presidential election. Partisanship n It is rare in American politics for…
Saturday, September 17 at the BYU v Oregon football game, the Cougars lost to the Ducks 20-41. This disheartened many BYU Football fans after their recent upset against Baylor on September 10th. However, taking to Twitter the next day, the trending topic was not the loss, but instead a video of a portion of the…