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Metro

Provo housing gap leads to 2-week homeless period

Elsa Bray
By Elsa Bray
August 15, 2024 10:00 AM
As the summer term concludes and the fall semester approaches, BYU students face the annual challenge known as "homeless week."
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Campus

Students share thoughts on BYU housing policy change

By Makenzie Gudmundson
March 04, 2024 12:00 AM
BYU housing policy changed in fall 2022. The new policy no longer requires students to live in BYU contracted housing.
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Campus

BYU students still displaced by winter break flooding at Liberty Square

By Eleanor Lambert
February 26, 2024 12:00 AM
Flooding at a Liberty Square apartment building in Provo displaced residents over winter break and repairs are ongoing, leaving some students scrambling for a place to sleep.
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Campus

Finding family housing as a student poses problems

By Stacia O'Leary
December 13, 2023 12:00 AM
Many BYU students are purchasing gifts for their loved ones with the holidays fast approaching. Some couples may even be purchasing a ring.
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Campus

Language Immersion housing helps students increase language proficiency

By Annika Ohran
November 27, 2023 12:00 AM
About 65% of BYU students speak a second language, according toU.S. News, and one campus housing program allows BYU students to practice their language skills.
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Nation

The missing factor in unaffordable housing: where have all the workers gone?

By Lynnette Mcconkie
November 06, 2023 12:00 AM
While political heads cry for municipalities to hasten permit approvals and planning leaders focus on rezoning and repurposing to make more housing available, part of the affordable housing crisis may be more of a circular problem.
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Local

What's next for city council runner-up Tanner Bennett?

By Emma Everett Johnson
October 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Tanner Bennett is not going to let his finish as runner-up in Provo’s City Council primaries race slow him down.
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Local

Provo housing developer requests Provo-Orem boundary change

By Zoe Cook
October 05, 2023 12:00 AM
At the mouth of Provo Canyon, the boundary between Provo and Orem is marked with a 'Welcome to Provo' sign. On the other side, there is a stretch of empty land, populated by weeds and trash blown off University Ave.
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Featured

Is renters insurance worth the extra cost?

By Nathan Beitler
September 18, 2023 12:00 AM
Whether or not to buy renters insurance is a decision which many students may not be fully informed on.
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Featured

BYU students are dealing with inflation

By Annika Ohran
May 30, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU students have been budgeting and cutting costs to cope with inflation spikes.
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Campus News

BYU housing policy changes provide more options for students

By Annika Ohran
May 19, 2023 12:00 AM
Since implementation in Fall Semester of 2022, changes to the BYU Student Housing Policy have provided more options for a majority of undergraduate students, while freshmen and transfer students are still required to live in BYU-contracted housing.
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Entertainment

BYU students discuss lack of available family housing in Provo

By Robyn Morris Christensen
February 21, 2023 12:00 AM
Even with one of the highest rates of married students in the country, Provo couples have a hard time finding housing.
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Video of the Day

Video of the Day: Utah State Prison guard tower implodes

By Carly Ludlow
November 29, 2022 12:00 AM
(The Point Utah via YouTube)
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Campus News

Language immersion students reflect on the program's recent name change

By James Hoopes
October 04, 2022 12:00 AM
The Language Immersion Student Residence, formerly known as the Foreign Language Student Residence, recently changed its name with the goal of clarifying the program's purpose and eliminating confusion.
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Local

BYU Tenants Union holds first meeting

By Lindsey Reese
March 17, 2021 12:00 AM
A group of BYU students met on March 16 in hopes of starting a tenants union.
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Local

Provo City Council passes rezone for more housing in South Provo

By Molly Ogden Welch
March 05, 2021 12:00 AM
The Provo City Council approved the rezone of 8.5 acres in the Spring Creek neighborhood area to a medium density residential zone in a 5:2 vote on March 2.
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COVID-19

BYU students deal with stunted social lives due to housing COVID-19 rules

By Lindsey Reese
February 03, 2021 12:00 AM
COVID-19 has changed the lives of BYU students in many ways, but one of the most noticeable is the social life in BYU-approved housing.
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Campus

How will quarantine work in Helaman Halls?

By Emily Andersen
August 10, 2020 12:00 AM
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