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Campus

'General Excellence' among Universe's most recent journalism awards

June 15, 2018 12:00 AM
The Daily Universe claimed 17 journalism awards in the Utah Society of Professional Journalists' Headliners contest and 10 journalism awards in the National Newspaper Association’s 2018 Better Newspaper Contest this week, including first place for General Excellence.
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Healthy Living

Provo singles feel pressure to marry

By Abby Hobbs
February 14, 2017 12:00 AM
Older YSAs living in Provo feel judgment and pressure to marry. (Maddi Driggs illustration)
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Religion

Cultural judgments involving missionaries persist

By Abby Hobbs
February 07, 2017 12:00 AM
LDS Church members who returned early, left late or didn't serve can feel judged by family and ward members. (Maddi Driggs illustration)
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Local

Utah welcomes last refugees permitted before ban enforced

By Kjersten Johnson
February 03, 2017 12:00 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwBELubrjMI&;feature=youtu.be
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Religion

Mormon cultural snap judgments affect church members

By Abby Hobbs
January 31, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor's note: Members of the LDS Church embrace a theology that includes a daily quest for personal perfection, if not in this life, then in the afterlife. That quest can become toxic if it morphs into self-righteousness and judgment of how well others meet one's own internal standard. This is the first in a series of stories about the impact such judgments can have on individuals, families and the church as a whole.
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Art

Prolific Yosemite photographer's work stored in HBLL Special Collections

By Kjersten Johnson
December 02, 2016 12:00 AM
It's a classic family history story: your grandfather was raised by feminists in the late 1800s, invented the time-lapse camera, lived in Yosemite National Park where he was a famous photographer and photographer Ansel Adams may have stolen a box of his photographs and claimed them as his own.
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World

Social media useful in preventing Islamophobia, raising awareness

By Kjersten Johnson
December 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Scrolling through Twitter after an ISIS-related terrorist attack yields tweet after tweet defending the religion of Islam — and a slew of negative, incriminatory and degrading Islamophobic tweets. Many of the positive statements are retweeted and praised, but so are the Islamophobic messages.
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Campus Events

BYU students remember Harambe in candlelight vigil

By Kjersten Johnson
November 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Students braved the snow and cold to gather in mourning and reminiscence of a fallen comrade: Harambe, the Cincinnati Zoo's deceased Western lowland gorilla.
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Local

Trump wins Utah despite unpopularity

By Kjersten Johnson
November 14, 2016 12:00 AM
The Deseret News called for Donald Trump's resignationin an editorialon Oct. 8, 2016. The paper felt 'a duty to speak clearly on issues that affect the well-being and morals of the nation.'
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Featured

Family members serve in same missions, create unique bond

By Kjersten Johnson
September 28, 2016 12:00 AM
From left: Carlos Velasquez, Pearla Velasquez, Malia Johnson and Lorena Velasquez. Johnson was thrilled as a missionary to meet a family her father had taught and baptized years earlier in Molina, Paraguay. Her father had lost contact with them and was able to get in touch again because of her missionary service. (Malia Johnson)
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Local

First Utah Summer Hammock Festival a success

By Kjersten Johnson
September 10, 2016 12:00 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Hv9diglas
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Campus

Married BYU students find alternative to apartment living

By Kjersten Johnson
September 06, 2016 12:00 AM
Lizzy and Seth Nelson married in April 2016, moved to Texas for internships, then struggled to find an affordable apartment when returning to Provo. Their solution was to live out of a van for the semester. (Kjersten Johnson)
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Metro

Communications professors and students travel to Santiago, Chile

By Liesl Nielsen
June 02, 2016 12:00 AM
The group using a selfie stick. From left to right: Quint Randle, Cassidy Hansen, Jasmine Harouny, Jaylen Bohman, Kjersten Johnson, Victoria Estrada, Liesl Nielsen and Ed Carter. (Quint Randle)
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Healthy Living

BYU students use summer to hike the extra mile

By Kjersten Johnson
May 04, 2016 12:00 AM
Morgen Glessing's friends dropped him off at the beginning of the PCT, a 2,600-mile hike from Mexico to Canada. (Morgen Glessing)
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Movies & Television

15 ways BYU students channel their inner Star Wars

By Kjersten Johnson
May 04, 2016 12:00 AM
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Campus Events

2016 Women's Conference: Learning to 'love thyself ... as thy neighbor'

By Kjersten Johnson
April 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Stephanie Hagen speaks with an audience member after her lecture. Hagen learned to love herself after being bullied as a teenager. (Maddi Dayton)
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Campus Events

Women's Conference 2016: Responding to Honest Questions about Our Church

By Kjersten Johnson
April 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Kim Farah, a public relations officer for the LDS Church, speaks about engaging in open and honest dialogue about personal beliefs. (Natalie Stoker)
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Campus Events

2016 Women's Conference: It Is Better to Look Up

By Kjersten Johnson
April 28, 2016 12:00 AM
From left: Paige Storheim, Kate Mitchell, Sister Neill F. Marriott and Caroline Marriott. The women discussed the power that can come from looking up. (Maddi Dayton)
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