With the move to independence comes a new opportunity for BYUtv, which this season is offering a live football pre-game show, The Zions Direct Countdown to Kickoff. According to a BYUtv news release, the hour-long show will provide Cougar football fans across the nation with expert analysis and insight into players, opponents and game strategies.…
It’s Sept. 2, the night before the much anticipated Ole Miss game. As the team sits together, they hear their coach talking, but it’s not the typical “tomorrow is the biggest day of your lives” speech. Rather they hear about how fans and players should try to exemplify the Savior’s life. Welcome to BYU football.…
If a teacher walks by and notices a student is on Facebook or Twitter in class, they might be alarmed. However, some professors on BYU campus are changing what is considered “normal” communication with students. Due to the overwhelming popularity of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, some professors are beginning to interact…
Old toasters, pogs and Pokemon cards beware; Brigham is having a yard sale. From 5-7 p.m. on Aug. 3, BYU campus will offer students the opportunity to buy a spot of ground and have a yard sale. Spots cost $5 and are available at the information desk in the Wilkinson Student Center. Gloria Kamae, the…
By: Bryce Kunz Cutline: Although Polynesian dances can be intense, this will be an event for the whole family. The BYU campus community will have a night like none other as the spirit of the South Pacific and its culture will be presented at the first-ever Luau Pa’ina on Aug. 5. The BYU Events Management…
The events management team is looking for potential Y-group leaders to help with new student orientation for fall semester. Y-group leaders are upperclassmen who help incoming freshmen and other new students during the new student orientation scheduled for Aug. 25-27. There will also be training on the morning of the 23rd. Volunteers receive a free…
People rarely discuss BYU-Idaho and Harvard in the same sentence, but it appears that is beginning to change. BYUI is compared to Harvard in a book released this month which is making universities all over the country rethink their academic strategy. “The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out” discusses…
Blue, pink, red and yellow filled the sky for 10 full minutes, and the temperature on the ground dropped about 20 degrees. Students on two teams yelled and laughed as they were pelted with water from seemingly everywhere. And there was a guy with a guitar singing a song. Last year, students at BYU held…
By Bryce Kunz One woman is determined to view all the wonders of the world, learn how to say hello in 50 languages and go bungee jumping. Another said she wants to get a short story published. One daring student wants to kiss someone she does not know at the top of the Eiffel Tower.…
People make unique things all the time; only one has made an Egyptian sarcophagus in 2,000 years. And he did it the hard way. Jeff Kulesus, a BYU grad, said making an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus was on his bucket list of things to do since he was 11 or 12 years old. It was right…