AFTER ALL
BORN TO SKATESlips and spills and laughter and learning are all part of achieving beauty on ice and in life.
ALUMNI REPORT
MOREUNIFYING THE CLASSESBYU starts new tradition with single ring program.
TONS OF FOODIn its annual food-drive competition with the University of Utah, the BYU Alumni Association gathered enough food to equal the weight of the entire Cougar football team.
REUNITING THE CLASS OF 1961The class of '61 met to celebrate its 40th anniversary Oct. 18-20, 2001, as part of BYU Homecoming activities.
COLLEGES HONOR 11 AT HOMECOMING 2001BYU awarded 11 honorary college alumni awards at Homecoming 2001.
FINALS SURVIVEDAn estimated 850 students received BYU Finals Survival Kits from parents and friends wishing them luck on finals at the end of fall semester 2001.
SAN INTERNATIONAL: A HOME AWAY FROM HOMEMore than 300 students celebrated All Souls' Day November 3 at an event designed for students and returned missionaries from Mexico.
ALUMNI UPDATES
GOING THE DISTANCEA former Olympic athlete, Henry Marsh has always run against the same competitor--himself.
BIRD LEADEREllis has had a fascination with birds, and he has traveled the world studying eagles, falcons, and cranes.
MUSIC WITH A MESSAGEAt the age of 4, Sheree Fitzgerald, '80, Salt Lake City, was gripped by a passion to sing.
PROFILESProfiles in winter 2002
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MOREDESTINY AND DETERMINATIONStrategy and chemistry combined to lead the Cougar football team to a season of miracles.
RUNNING AWAY WITH THE TITLEOn Nov. 19, the women's cross country team proved themselves in a decisive victory at the NCAA championships. The Cougars won by one of the largest margins in NCAA history.
SOCCER CHAMPSThe men's soccer team won the Collegiate Club National Championship for the fifth time in six years.
SPORTS SHORTSSteve Cleveland has signed a multi-year contract. Women's soccer finished the 2001 season with a 14-7-1 record. Women's volleyball finished the season with a 20-9 record.
PARALYMPIAN TEACHES ACCESSIBLE RECREATIONParalympian Keith Barney, '84, helps BYU students understand how a disability affects daily life.
CAMPUS NOTESTuition increase canceled due to economy and Financial Services Institute opens for business.
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BACK MORETHE SILVER SCREEN IN A THOUSAND TONGUESInternational Cinema projectionist Ryan F. Isom, '02, shows classic foreign films to entertain, educate, and edify students.
DINING MORSELSInteresting facts about the nationally distinguished Dining Services of BYU.
THE ART OF FAITHBYU Museum of Art recently acquired this Carl Bloch painting, Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda (1883), which defined the Bethesda Indre Mission in Copenhagen, Denmark for nearly 120 years.
CLASS ON A CANOE AND CULTURE TOOBYU--Hawaii's recently launched Iosepa, a double-hulled Hawaiian canoe, will carry students to nearby islands as they learn about traditional Hawaiian culture and language.
GAMEDAY HORSEPLAYA mounted unit of the Utah Highway Patrol helped with crowd control at the BYU football games in preparation for work at the Winter Olympics.
KUDOSBYU accomplishments during winter semester 2002.
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BACKEXAMINING VENUE VIABILITYBYU graduate management students created a business plan for the post-Olympic use of the speed-skating oval and other 2002 Olympic venues.
ELECTRONIC VOICES FROM THE PASTAt the Speeches Web site (speeches.byu.edu) a growing number of addresses delivered at BYU are now available as free MP3 files, a convenient and compact audio file format.
COLLEGE UPDATESA look at events, changes, and research in winter 2002.
FIRST PERSON
STUDENT SENSATIONSAlumni pull up the curtains on their memories of student performing groups.
OUT OF THE BLUE
YOUNG FOOTWORKSophomore Aleisha Cramer is turning heads in the soccer world.
AN ARMY OF TWOFor Matt and Mandy Ellett, national security is a family matter.
WORKS AND PROGRESS
RELATING WORLDSIn studying a remote, primitive African tribe, a BYU anthropology professor discovered what he least expected to find--familiarity.
PAINTING STORIESA BYU illustration professor deepens children's stories through art.
SAINTS AT WARBYU professors gather stories of Latter-day Saint veterans.
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POWER VS. AUTHORITYDonna Lee Bowen, a professor of political science, considers the war with Iraq through the frameworks of power and authority.
TEACHING CHILDREN EMPATHYAs coaches and models, parents can help children learn about others’ feelings.
THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORDWaiting upon the Lord takes many forms. Whether for support in childbirth or guidance in making decisions, those who wait upon the Lord deepen their discipleship with a broken heart, a contrite spirit, a yielded will, and a consecration of self.
WATCH THE WALLS FALLTHE GLORIOUS CAUSE OF AMERICAHow a coarse, untrained army—“rabble in arms”—stood up to the world’s most powerful army.
WORDS OF HATE, WORDS OF LOVEAmong our greatest gifts, words can edify or destroy, uplift or degrade.