Anna commented, “I was incredibly disappointed by a few of the comments or choices made by BYU leadership. Sports Illustrated swimsuit models did not help me feel empowered.” Various comments such as “Be yourself,” “Live authentically,” and “Live your truth” dominated the conference and felt “incredibly hollow” to Anna. During homecoming week, BYU and the…
“As a university population, we must have a bottom-up approach—tolerance and love, but with a backbone. However, we will be more effective if the administration meets us in the middle with an approach from the top to meet our bottom up.“ Logan Spears In late spring, I published an article for the The Cougar Chronicle…
The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office is discreetly handing out an “Allyship and Activism Resource Guide” produced by various off-campus LGBTQ groups, including the RaYnbow Collective and Cougar Pride Center; an almost-identical packet was removed from freshman “welcome bags” by the BYU administration last year. This year, the packet highlights various resources and off-campus…
According to Dr. Pagán’s reading of the Book of Mormon, every time the ancient Book of Mormon prophets are talking about iniquity, they are really saying something about inequity. And not an inequity that can be understood as an imbalance in the scales of justice directly resulting from one’s iniquitous act, but inequity as we…
If there are any universities left in America that prioritize the education of students and devote themselves to maintaining traditional family values, Brigham Young University ought to be one of them. While I still believe in BYU, it is disturbing that, even here, many of my class discussions operate on the assumption that raising families…
I believe people may not realize the grand scale of the most powerful sermon in General Conference and, perhaps, the most powerful sermon ever given by President Russell M. Nelson. When I say that, I am not exaggerating or trying to hook you in; I am simply stating the importance of a sermon given by…
This past Tuesday, President C. Shane Reese welcomed Elder D. Todd Christofferson’s charge to lead BYU and to be its “chief moral and spiritual officer” as the 14th president of the institution. President Reese accepted this call and summarized the focus of his upcoming tenure using two words: “Becoming BYU.” Echoing the words of Prophets…
The following text is mostly transcribed from a video posted on our Instagram on Friday, September 22. This week, our editor-in-chief, Jacob Christensen, was featured in multiple videos posted by the Black Menaces on TikTok and Instagram. After being challenged by the Cougar Chronicle, Sebastian Stewart-Johnson of the Black Menaces posted a response in which…
Conservatives seem to have a problem: we don’t make it easy for others to admit we are right. Of course, it is usually difficult for anyone to admit their previously held position is incorrect, no matter how loosely or adamantly it was held. And it doesn’t help that the most popular conservative pundits will not…
A Pro-Abortion World Every living generation in America is more pro-abortion than the last. For instance, among Americans aged 30-49, 62% believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while only 36% believe it should be illegal in all/most cases. Contrast that with 73% (believe it should be legal in all/most cases) and…