Students see the banners every day around campus that share phrases like, “BYUSA, it’s you,” but many students aren’t quite sure how they fit into BYUSA, or even what it is. BYUSA is the student service association on campus. It is BYU’s student government, but not in the traditional sense of the word. Rather than…
Lost Property July 23- A woman reported her wedding ring lost after removing it to put on lotion at her husband’s softball game in the southwest corner of the intramural fields. She was instructed to check the classified ads, and the police entered details about the lost ring into their system, but the ring has…
BYU Student Service Association is not a traditional student government organization; it is an organization focused on redefining service. When Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was president of BYU, students worked with him to restructure the organization to better fit the goals of a BYU education. There are still elements of the traditional student government with…
The BYU Speeches Website has undergone a complete redesign of its database of text, audio and video of CES firesides, devotionals and forums. BYU Publications and Graphics has worked closely with BYUTV to stream hundreds of talks to the new website, many more becoming available in the coming months. Peter Gardner, publications and graphics managing…
The National Newspaper Association has named The Universe a general excellence winner in its 2012 Better Newspaper and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest. The paper also won 12 individual awards. Contest judges included a variety of newspaper editors and publishers, as well as retired journalism professors and journalists all over the country. The Universe, along with…
Like many students before her, Shaelynn Dalton, a sophomore from Tigard, Ore., has faced summer homelessness during her time at BYU. “I have packed everything I owned into my car, kept some essentials in a suitcase and house-hopped to whatever kind soul would let me crash on their couch,” Dalton said. It isn’t the “normal” kind…
For world-renowned concert pianist Marvin Goldstein and vocal soloist Vanessa Joy, performing music is much more than a passion — it’s a way to bridge the gap between cultures and beliefs. “Music is void of politics, it’s void of religion, it’s void of ethnicity and it’s full of spirituality,” Goldstein said. Goldstein has devoted his…
With the emphasis outdoor recreation has on Patti Freeman’s academic life, it’s not surprising the four activities she enjoys the most in her free time are downhill skiing, backpacking, river rafting and horseback riding with her husband and children. The Freemans adopted two twins from Ghana when they were 20 months old. The twins are…
After 34 years of faithful service to BYU and its surrounding communities, the Monte L. Bean museum is finally taking a much-needed reprieve to update and enlarge its facility and include a greater percentage of its inventory in the showroom. The Bean Museum closed its doors on July first to prepare for the renovation and…
Waiting on that end-of-semester report card can be a nail-biting experience, but now each state must undergo the same stress of finding out their grades. The Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW), in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently released the third publication of its Leaders and Laggards series, “A State-by-State Report Card on Public…