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Filmmakers, leading voices discuss driving change in film at Sundance Film Festival

February 02, 2025 08:00 AM
The American Civil Liberties Union hosted a panel of filmmakers and other prominent voices discussing impactful storytelling at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25.
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Readers' Forum: The silent danger of silencing books

March 05, 2024 12:00 AM
'Why books (...) hated and feared? They show the pores of the face of life.' (Bradbury 82). The famous line from Ray Bradbury’s book “Fahrenheit 451”, outlines the reasoning behind the mass burning of books in a dystopian world. Bradbury’s novel explores the government’s fear of a world of individual thoughts and opinions, to such an extent that it leads to the destruction of the world’s history and knowledge. A dystopian world that may not be far from our own if we don’t take action.
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October kicks off with Banned Books Week

October 06, 2023 12:00 AM
Banned Books Week has been celebrated since 1982 by libraries, educators, publishers and booksellers, according to Princeton Library. Last year, BYU created a display in its library to honor the week. This year, Banned Books Week runs from Oct. 1-7 in an effort to 'oppose censorship.'
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Student Press Freedom Day

February 01, 2019 12:00 AM
The Student Press Law Center and student journalists across the country celebrated Student Press Freedom Day Jan. 30.
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Honor Code and the visual arts

October 19, 2012 12:00 AM
In a world where modest is not considered the hottest, many wouldn't expect the visual arts students at BYU, where figure drawing is not done using nude models, to be some of the best in the country.
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