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Veteran Wyoming sportswriter amazed at BYU football team

Deseret News - Bob Hammond has covered Wyoming athletics longer than any living person and he claims BYU's butt-kicking last week of the Cowboys in War Memorial Stadium was an all-time eye opener. Writing in the Daily Boomrang in Laramie, sports editor Bob Hammond said BYU's 52-0 shellacking of Wyoming could have been worse if BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall hadn't taken star players out in the third quarter. Hammond said Wyoming football had made progress under new coach Dave Christensen and even looked competitive in a 41-10 loss to Texas. But the BYU affair last Saturday was a setback. "Then, to see the Cowboys...

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Things to Never Teach in Young Women’s

The Exponent - Since I’ve been teaching in YW my entire adult life, with no end in sight, I’ve been following D’Arcy’s work on abstinence with interest. It’s something I think about a lot, because I’ve seen so many consequences of crazy things that some YW leader taught to someone. I think if we leaders really tried to appreciate just how far reaching the effects of our teachings can be, we’d be too paralyzed with fear to actually present a lesson. But the fact remains that we leaders can send our girls on to a great experience with the gospel, or give them hangups...

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Video: Violence at a women's BYU soccer game

Deseret News - The violent hair-pull incident in a BYU semifinal MWC soccer tournament with New Mexico continues to spark commentary across the country as The New York Times took league officials and the New Mexico coach to task on Tuesday. Lobo defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended by UNM for aggressive play in the 1-0 loss to the Cougars last week in Provo. If you haven't seen the video or want to see it again: ...

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An investigation into affinity fraud and the role religion can play

KSL - Utah has seen a recent rash of serious and expensive white-collar crime. In just the past seven years, the state has ordered companies and individuals to pay back more than $204 million to victims of securities schemes, and untold millions more have been lost in cases not prosecuted. KSL News investigated the role of what's called "affinity fraud." In many cases, that means the cost of mixing faith and fortune. The pitch sounds perfect: a low-risk investment that can lead to a better lifestyle. It might sound too good to be true, but what if someone you trust--at work or in...

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Study to determine why fewer women head to college in Utah

Deseret News - National statistics show that more women enroll in college than men, but in Utah, women remain a minority at many of the state's colleges and universities. To address that trend, Susan Madsen, a Utah Valley University business professor, has launched a yearlong study to determine why women in the Beehive State seem less interested in higher education than their national peers. "We think we're encouraging young women in Utah to be educated," Madsen said. "But there are a lot of young women — and young men, for that matter — who choose not to go to college." Madsen is leading a...

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Pulitzer Prize winning author previews new book based on historical Mormon diaries

Missourian - Bitterness describes more than just the cold weather experienced by a group of Mormons on their trek across the Midwest. Their attitudes, at times, also became bitter. Monday at MU, Harvard University professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich introduced a chapter from her upcoming book, which will chronicle the lives of various 19th-century Mormons. In 1991, Ulrich won a Pulitzer Prize for her book, "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812." ..."I am interested in how people keep history," Ulrich said in a nearly packed Keller Auditorium in the Geological Sciences Building. Much of her research involved...

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Immigrants and In-Laws

The Apron Stage - Back in October 1997, my older sister Cheryl went on a blind date. That blind date ended with plans for a second date; the second date ended with a marriage proposal. Cheryl—who was a college sophomore at the time—called home, ecstatic. “I’m getting married!” she said gleefully. “That’s great,” I responded, “But… um… who are you marrying?” Some guy named Evan Smith had won my sister’s heart within the space of four days. My parents were a little panicky. (Okay, a lot panicky.) Since work wouldn’t allow them to fly down to Utah to meet their future in-law that week, they...

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Are there similarities between Muslim and Mormon persecution?

Millennial Star - Sen. Hatch said something yesterday regarding the Fort Hood massacre that I think is very reasonable: I don’t think all Islamic people in this country should be tarred by the fact that one guy goes off the rails. I think we ought to be fair. There are many wonderful Islamic people in this country. One of the best is my old friend Muhammad Ali. He’s a great, great person. You can’t put everybody in that category because one guy goes nuts. I thank Sen. Hatch for this sane, uplifting comment. But I do think he is missing the point in some...

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Young Men Lesson 45: The Sacred Power of Procreation

Boyd K. Packer - My message is about a father and a son. Alma, the father, was a prophet; his son, Corianton, a missionary. Two of Alma's sons - Shiblon and Corianton, the youngest - were on a mission to the Zoramites. Alma was greatly disappointed at the failure of his son Corianton to live the standards of a missionary. Corianton forsook his ministry and went to the land of Siron after the harlot Isabel (see Alma 39:3). "This was no excuse for thee, my son. Thou shouldst have tended to the ministry wherewith thou wast entrusted" (Alma 39:4). Alma told his son that the...

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Prioritizing Saving as an Adult

Dave Ramsey - Dear Dave, I'm 20 years old, and I'm working my way through college. I've never been in debt, and I've already got a good emergency fund in place. But it seems like there are so many things to plan for down the road. How do you prioritize and manage saving for a better car, investing, marriage, kids and everything else in life? It all seems so overwhelming. Eric Dear Eric, You've done a great job so far! I'm glad you're looking toward the future, too. You're right, it can be overwhelming if you look at all these things as if they...