Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve will be the presiding authority and main speaker at BYU’s April 2013 Commencement ceremonies honoring recent BYU graduates. Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, BYU President and emeritus General Authority of the Church, will conduct the event, which is scheduled for April 25 at 4 p.m. in…
It would be unusual to walk up a flight of stairs and have a complete stranger ask if he could carry you up the stairway. However, people with disabilities encounter awkward situations like this on a regular basis — situations that could be avoided by the simple use of etiquette. Uncertainty about how to interact with…
Timmy might have gone to college, but his parents are poor and didn’t graduate from high school. His parents never talked to him about school, homework or college, and he fell far behind his classmates in school. Jane was born into a wealthy, well-educated family. Her parents believed the public school in the neighborhood provided…
Jackie Jones (name changed) had been dating her boyfriend for a year when the abuse subtly began. He began criticizing Jones and her choices, and then he began cutting her off from her family. The abuse slowly escalated until he raped her. After Jones broke up with her boyfriend, she was surprised that her friends,…
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Three scholars argued that marriage is incompatible with same-sex relationships and discussed why the state has an interest in marriage in a lecture and Q&A session at BYU on April 10. Hundreds of people gathered in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium to hear the lecture. The Q&A session took place earlier in the Maeser…
BYU’s new mosaic program encourages students to make purposeful general education class decisions. Students often say they want to take GE courses to quickly get them out of the way, but the university hopes to change this mindset. “My hope is the mosaics will help students look at their GE courses not as disconnected classes,…
Bryan Cisneros cheered on his sister Emma as she reached the end of the pool. Reaching out, Emma tagged Bryan and he took off running. BYU’s Student Leadership Office hosted the annual Splash and Dash biathlon on March 29. The event included swimming and running, and participants could compete in both events or team up…
The BYU Ballroom Dance Company will perform its show “Jump and Jive” in the Marriott Center this Friday at 7:30 p.m., as well as Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The concert will showcase a variety of ballroom dance styles by all the performing teams in the company. Amy Bukarau, a member of the…
The Danish ambassador renewed his country’s ties to the Latter-day Saint community with a tour of the BYU Museum of Art and a lecture at the Kennedy Center April 8. His Excellency Peter Taksoe-Jensen was invited to speak as part of the Ambassador Lecture Series by Vice-President Erland Peterson. He visited the MOA, where he…
Since construction commenced on the new life sciences building in Winter 2012, it’s typical to hear the sounds of construction coming from the south part of campus. According to Todd Hollingshead, media relations manager for BYU, the building is on schedule, making excellent progress and will be completed and occupied by the end of 2014. The…