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Campus

BYU Living Legends performs inspiring showcase

By Jaycee Lundell
March 05, 2025 10:32 AM
BYU's Living Legends performed dances and spirit-filled songs at their recent showcase, "Seasons."
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Campus

Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations speaks on violence and security in Latin America

By Rachel Ravsten
February 07, 2025 11:59 AM
Violence in Latin America has not been curtailed by militarization, an expert from George Washington University said in Salt Lake City on Jan. 24.
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Music

'Luz de las Naciones' premieres this weekend

By Sydni Merrill
November 02, 2023 12:00 AM
Every year The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts on “Luz de las Naciones,' a celebration of Latin American culture and dance.
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Spanish

21st annual 'Luz de las Naciones' performance to highlight Latin American lands

By Reihana Wilson
October 24, 2023 12:00 AM
'Luz de las Naciones,' or “Light of the Nations,” is an annual Latin American celebration hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This year's performance centers on the theme of 'Nuestra Tierra,' or 'Our Land.'
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Campus Events

USIP Latin America program director dispels nation-building myths in BYU address

By Megan Spencer
October 07, 2021 12:00 AM
The director of the Latin America program from the U.S. Institute of Peace, Keith Mines, spoke to BYU students on Oct. 6 about the myths surrounding nation-building.
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Religion

Argentina MTC fourth to close this year

By Sam Bigelow
February 08, 2019 12:00 AM
The Argentina MTC is set to close this July, the Church announced Feb. 8. (mormonnewsroom.org)
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Technology

More employers want to hire graduates who speak a foreign language

By Kaleena Mckell
March 27, 2018 12:00 AM
The 2016 Trends in the Demand for Foreign Languages IALC Study Travel Research Report outlines data about learning foreign languages. (Kaleena McKell)
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Art

Thanksgiving Point Dia de los Muertos bridges Utah, Latin American culture

By Carley Porter
October 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Thanksgiving Point will honor the cultural tradition of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) this weekend, marking the venue's fourth year celebrating the holiday.
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Healthy Living

Lab study supports linking Zika virus to brain birth defect

By Alayna Pehrson
March 04, 2016 12:00 AM
Dallas County Mosquito Lab microbiologist Spencer Lockwood sorts mosquitos collected in a trap, left, in Hutchins, Texas. Scientists suspect an outbreak of the Zika virus is behind a surge in a rare birth defect in Brazil. (Associated Press)
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Local

Wal-Mart to shutter 269 stores, 154 of them in the US

January 15, 2016 12:00 AM
Shoppers walk from the checkout at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store in Springdale, Ark. (Associated Press)
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