New laws lead to more explosive fourth of July
This year’s Fourth of July Celebration will also celebrate Utah’s new legislation legalizing aerial repeater fireworks. Instead of fireworks launching only 15 feet in the air, aerial repeater fireworks...
View ArticleThere are always smiles at Friday’s Kids Respite
Children with special needs and BYU students spend Friday nights laughing and having fun while parents get the night off while their kids are at Friday’s Kids Respite. BYU sophomore Andrew Starita, a...
View ArticleOnline “daily deals” give to charity
Benjamin Tateoka SocialGoodies.com shares the same “daily deal” concept as Groupon.com, Livingsocial.com and BYU’s own student entrepreneur invention, Kalood.com but SocialGoodies.com focuses on...
View ArticleLDS Church launches new advertising campaign in New York City
To native New Yorkers members of the Mormon Church might seem a little peculiar, but hopefully that will change with the new advertising campaign launched by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
View ArticleLifesaving tactics on display at Lifeguard Games
The Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center was filled with sounds of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin Alive” and shouts from lifeguards yelling, “Call 911, get a backboard,” at the 15th annual Utah Red Cross...
View ArticleSPF protection for the eyes
We look at the majestic Wasatch Mountains, we watch our professors as they lecture, we view our favorite movies and we see the faces of our loved ones. Our eyes allow us to do all these things, but...
View ArticleSurfing competition in the mountains
Family, friends and curious spectators spent Saturday afternoon watching professional and amateur surfers and body boarders compete at Provo Beach Resort’s indoor FlowRider simulated wave machine....
View ArticleSuicide Crisis Line 5K Run
Five years ago this month, Ashley Crist’s brother Scott took his own life and became another suicide statistic. “I would rather be at the lake with my brother,” Ashley Crist, 28, recent BYU graduate...
View ArticleDuo documents Russians doing what it takes to survive economic uncertainty
Every spare ruble Tatiyana makes from working in the paper mill and selling fish goes toward a good school so her daughter can get a stable job and have a better future in Russia. Stories like...
View ArticleUtah County to close abandoned mine shaft
Utah County took proactive steps to close the abandoned Cloverleaf mine shaft following numerous incidents where individuals have been injured while dropping homemade gasoline bombs. According to...
View ArticleSpring flooding causes Gov. Herbert to ask for Federal Disaster Assistance
Flooding caused by a record amount of water has forced Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to petition President Barack Obama for federal disaster assistance. The Utah Department of Public Safety’s Division of...
View ArticleGlenn Beck seeks to ‘restore courage’ in Israel
Local viewing parties will allow Utahns to participate with prominent radio host and former TV talk show host Glenn Beck as he travels to Israel with supporters to demonstrate that Israel does not...
View ArticleLDS Church still battling many ‘cult’ perceptions
Jimmer Fredette, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr. have kept the media busy covering a first-round NBA draft pick and two presidential candidates running for the White House, but Mormonism is still...
View ArticleChoose to give money helps students
When Jason Payne first heard he was going to be a recipient of the Choose to Give scholarship he was not only excited but said he felt the Lord was really taking care of his family. Payne, a senior...
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