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Metro

Utah lawmakers move to ban cell phones in K-12 classrooms

Lily Cook
By Lily Cook
March 06, 2025 10:26 PM
Utah lawmakers are taking steps to reduce distractions in the classroom by implementing new restrictions on the use of technology.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 2/11/20

February 11, 2020 12:00 AM
The movement for universal ideological acceptance has become strong. However, many Americans still fear beliefs different than their own. This has caused many public schools to adopt secularism in order to avoid offending anyone, closing the conversation between differing beliefs. Others see and recognize the inherent problem, hence Trump’s push for prayer in schools. As BYU students, we must understand these issues as we “enter to learn.'
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Technology

Students see the good in 'dumb phones'

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
November 18, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU students Anna Neilson and Rachel Schmidt use their phones. There aren't many Americans with push-button phones now, but Schmidt said she sees some benefits. (Emily Ashcraft)
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Local

Smartphones improve law enforcement officers' efficiency

By Ashley Lee
April 10, 2017 12:00 AM
A BYU police officer told Steve Goodman, head of BYU Police Technology and Communications, SecureTour has increased productivity by 20 percent. (Steve Goodman)
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Campus Events

BYU and UVU Students Use UV Power to Blast Away Bacteria

By John Ternieden
February 21, 2012 12:00 AM
One in six cell phones have fecal bacteria growing on them.
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Local

Blog: A threat to the roads

By Tessa Farnsworth
February 07, 2012 12:00 AM
The Utah State Senate has passed a bill which would ban teenagers ages 16 and 17 from talking on their cell phones while driving. The bill passed 19-9 on Tuesday and will now move on to the house. Utah tried to pass similar laws in past years, which passed in the Senate but not the House. In 2009, Utah joined 34 others states and banned texting while driving. Here in Utah, however, they treat cell phone use as part of the problem of distracted driving. Thus, it is only an offense if the driver is also committing some other type of violation.
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