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Metro

How students can prepare for an emergency

By Andrew Bean
October 10, 2024 12:31 PM
Provo residents are advised to have an emergency plan and kit in place before emergencies occur.
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Nation

Former US security officials to oppose emergency declaration

By Associated Press
February 25, 2019 12:00 AM
In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, a woman walks on the beach next to the border wall topped with razor wire in Tijuana, Mexico. A group of former U.S. national security officials is set to release a statement on Monday, Feb. 25, arguing that there is no justification for President Donald Trump to use a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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Campus Events

Mock emergency disaster acts as training for BYU EMTs

By Elizabeth Nelson
March 13, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU’s Emergency Medical Services responded to a staged Mass Casualty Incident on campus as part of their training on March 11.
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Campus

'Rape Hill' myth remains, despite campus re-design

By Shaylee Watkins
March 10, 2017 12:00 AM
A sign on the hill southwest of the BYU campus warns students not to walk alone in the area after dark. University Police Sergeant Elle Martin encouraged students to exercise caution no matter where they walk. (David Scott)
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Nation

BYU donors helping solve critical blood shortage

By Jeremy Stanford
July 26, 2016 12:00 AM
Hannah Bell, who is starting graduate school in neuroscience, donates blood. (Ari Davis)
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Healthy Living

BYU students use backpacks as 72-hour kits

By Brynn Dew
April 26, 2016 12:00 AM
A backpack serves as an emergency 72-hour kit. 72-hour kits have become popular among many college students. (Natalie Bothwell)
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State

Opiate reversal drug bills moving to House debate

By Zoe Woolf Mcginn
February 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Pharmacist Julia Landis, of Fort Hamilton Hospital, displays an opioid overdose kit in Hamilton, Ohio. Chief medical officer Dr. Marcus Romanello said the emergency room averages more than an overdose patient a day. (Associated Press)
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World

7 dead, hundreds rescued and injured as quake rattles Taiwan

February 06, 2016 12:00 AM
Rescue workers search a collapsed building from an early morning earthquake in Tainan, Taiwan, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. A powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn Saturday. (Associated Press)
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State

SB57: Bill would allow state to tap federal postal workers during emergencies

By Zoe Woolf Mcginn
January 27, 2016 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY—One can learn a lot about a person by delivering their mail. A Salt Lake Valley senator, working with U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has unveiled a bill that would put local letter carriers' knowledge to work in case of a disaster.
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Nation

BYU Paris study abroad students safe after terror attack

By Stacie Faulk
November 14, 2015 12:00 AM
All 17 students and a faculty member in Paris on a BYU study abroad program have been accounted for and are safe following Friday's terrorist attacks, according to BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins.
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Campus Events

New 'BlueLight' security app aims to make BYU campus safer

By Jordan Hammond
October 15, 2015 12:00 AM
A shady figure walks around campus at night. BYU students are advised to not walk alone at night to avoid potential threats. (David Scott)
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