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Music

Suit Up, Soldier band gains popularity

By Rebecca Nissen
October 09, 2019 12:00 AM
'What do you want to be when you grow up?' This routine, get-to-know-you question caught a young high school junior off guard. Wesley Monahan replied with an answer even he wasn’t expecting.
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Campus Events

BYU to host 26th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium

By Rebecca Nissen
October 06, 2019 12:00 AM
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies will be hosting the 26th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium from Oct. 6-8. The theme of this conference is titled 'Human Dignity and Freedom of Religion or Belief: Preventing and Responding to Persecution.'
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Campus News

BYU Police publishes 2019 annual security and fire safety reports

By Rebecca Nissen
October 02, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU published the 2019 Annual Security and Fire Safety Reports on Monday, Oct. 1. These reports not only give students access to safety instruction, procedures and emergency contacts but also the crime and fire reports for 2016-18. The reports can be viewed for Provo Campus, Salt Lake Center, Washington D.C. Barlow Center, London Center and the Jerusalem Center.
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Campus Events

BYU Broadcasting director shares personal story about overcoming obstacles

By Rebecca Nissen
October 01, 2019 12:00 AM
Managing Director of BYU Broadcasting Michael A. Dunn talked about overcoming trials during his BYU devotional address titled 'Why Mountains?' given Oct. 1 at the Marriott Center. One experience he spoke of during the address was the time he scaled Wyoming's Grand Teton peak.
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Campus Events

Students form club to bring awareness to sexual assault

By Rebecca Nissen
October 01, 2019 12:00 AM
Students Against Sexual Assault is a new club that aims to raise awareness of and educate students about sexual assault.
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Campus Events

Kao Kalia Yang speaks on becoming the impossible, shares educational journey

By Rebecca Nissen
September 24, 2019 12:00 AM
Hmong author, teacher and activist Kao Kalia Yang spoke at a BYU forum Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the Marriott Center. Her remarks were titled, 'When You Are the Impossible Happening.' This is the first in a series of forums centered around the theme “in pursuit of democratic character” planned for 2019-20.
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Campus Events

Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at BYU about the importance of civil discourse

By Rebecca Nissen
September 23, 2019 12:00 AM
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch participated in A Discussion on Civility with Carolyn Baldwin McHugh, United States 10th Circuit Judge, at BYU on Sept. 20. Keven J Worthen and President Dallin H. Oaks attended and briefly introduced the speakers. Former Utah Senator Orrin G. Hatch, whose foundation hosted the event, was also in attendance. There were around 800 attendees intent to hear what Gorsuch had to say.
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Justice Neil Gorsuch to speak at BYU Discussion on Civility

By Rebecca Nissen
September 18, 2019 12:00 AM
Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch will be speaking at BYU on Friday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building. The event, A Discussion on Civility, will be put on by the Hatch Foundation.
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Karak Miakol receives 2019 Center for Conflict Resolution Peacemaker Award

By Rebecca Nissen
September 18, 2019 12:00 AM
Peace activist and asylee Karak Mayik Denyok Miakol accepted a bonsai tree Wednesday, Sept. 11, from the BYU Center for Conflict Resolution in recognition of her outreach in humanitarian aid. As the founder and president of the Diar for Rehabilitation and Development Association, she works in nonprofit to educate and support children and women in Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda.
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