Roads blocked, students strike a year after Catalonia vote

One year after the Spanish government voted against Catalonia’s independence, students are boycotting their classes and protesting in the streets. Thousands of students marched in Barcelona on Oct. 1, blocking major roadways and high-speed railway traffic.
James Allison, Tasuku Honjo win Nobel for cancer research

James P. Allison of the University of Texas and Tasuku Honjo of Kyoto University in Japan won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 1. Allison and Honjo pioneered research into using the immune system to fight cancer.
Yale classmate recalls Kavanaugh as frequent, heavy drinker

One of Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale classmates has come forward saying Kavanaugh’s descriptions of his drinking habits in his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee were untruthful.
The Athletes’ Journal features BYU athletes telling their stories
Read the first installment of The Athletes’ Journal—a new BYU series featuring Cougar athletes telling their story in their own words.
? Corbin Kaufusihttps://t.co/ZIutn6mlcQ#GoCougs #BYUFOOTBALL pic.twitter.com/IPGz2UIXC2
— BYU Cougars (@BYUCougars) September 28, 2018
The Athletes’ Journal is a new series that tells the stories of BYU athletes. In the first installment of the series, BYU football player Corbin Kaufusi tells the story of how he joined the BYU football team.