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First person: I jumped out of a plane — and this is why

By Jessica Olsen
November 01, 2016 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This first-person story documents what Daily Universe reporter Jessica Olsen learned about conquering fear by skydiving.
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Local

Provo museum showcases haunted items

By Jessica Olsen
October 20, 2016 12:00 AM
Co-curators Anca Tutescu and Greene Rollins stand in the Museum of Haunted and Mysterious Objects with a haunted artifact, stuffed chimpanzee 'Jacko,' Rollins' childhood toy. (Jessica Olsen)
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Local

'Instagram, Instagram, make me a match'

By Jessica Olsen
October 04, 2016 12:00 AM
'Provo Bachelor' Isaiah Balter stands with a rose, mimicking the popular 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette' franchise. (Julie Sulz)
3 Min Read
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Life

Missionaries set goals, use My Plan before coming home

By Jessica Olsen
September 30, 2016 12:00 AM
Jake Hunter studies while serving in the Canada Montreal Mission. During the last six weeks of his mission, Hunter used a new program called My Plan which was created to help missionaries set goals and prepare for post-mission life. (Jake Hunter)
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Campus

BYU study finds inversion, rainy days have no effect on emotional distress

By Jessica Olsen
September 28, 2016 12:00 AM
An individual looks out into the water at Utah Lake. BYU professors found no statistically significant effect of cloudy days on emotional distress, but they did find that sun time plays a role in a person's emotional state. (Jessica Olsen)
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Books

LDS authors, publishers gather at conference

By Jessica Olsen
September 27, 2016 12:00 AM
The LDSPPA, Latter-day Saint Publishing Professionals Association, meets for the second annual conference held in the BYU Conference Center in Provo, Utah, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (Jay Drowns)
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Business

BYU alum launches dreams with own publishing company

By Jessica Olsen
September 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Authors Cameron Dayton, Christie Golden and Adam Sidwell pose with their books at the September 2016 Comic Con in Salt Lake City. (Future House Publishing Facebook)
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Theater

Premiere of 'America Nine-Eleven' musical pays tribute to first responders

By Jessica Olsen
September 13, 2016 12:00 AM
Actor Dallyn Bayles sings a duet with actress Rebecca Lopez at the premiere of 'America Nine-Eleven' musical. The two played a couple who were expecting a child. In the musical, Lopez's character soon after dies on Flight 93, the hijacked plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field on 9/11. (Ryan Turner)
2 Min Read
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Music

Covey Center musical honors 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

By Jessica Olsen
September 08, 2016 12:00 AM
The American Freedom Festival's 'America Nine-Eleven Musical' this Friday will honor the first responders who died in the 9/11 attacks 15 years ago. (Carl Bacon)
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