AFTER ALL
READING LIVES THROUGH STORY WINDOWSWhether we are speaking them, reading them, hearing them, or writing them, stories are the framework in which we order our existence and find order in the existence of others.
ALUMNI RESOURCES
ALLRED TRADES ARMY GREEN FOR BYU BLUELast August, when the Alumni Association invited Joseph Allred to become director of alumni campus activities, he snatched the job gladly.
JOHN BASCOM: REVIVING COWBOY REALITYThere are still a few cowboys, however, even among BYU alumni. John A. Bascom, for example, lives alone on a 16-acre ranch in Victorville, Calif., with two horses and a barn.
AMY STEELE GANT: TRAINING FOR OLYMPIC VOLLEYBALLAmy Steele Gant is the kind of athlete little kids dream of becoming, the kind that makes competitors groan and wince, the kind that inspires college recruiters to make lavish promises.
BOOK NOOK
MANY GOOD THINGS COME IN (LITERARY) SERIESAs a believing people with a divine destiny, the Latter-day Saints have always regarded their individual and collective histories as manifestations of the hand of the Lord.
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MOREMICHAELIS MARKS 1,000TH MATCHBYU's longtime women's volleyball coach, possesses a fiercely competitive spirit that is belied by a stoic countenance during games.
LIZARD-HUNTING PROF SCORES NATIONAL AWARDA BYU undergraduate student, the precious few seconds necessary to scoop up the nondescript brownish-gray reptile and store it with the other lizard specimens gathered for pivotal research exploring how species diverge.
CHEESE TASTERS CURDLE THEIR COMPETITIONBYU's cheese tasters carry their triers in their pockets. But that doesn't mean they are not contenders in the annual dairy product evaluation competitions.
BYU TESTS SENIORS AT WORLD GAMESThousands of senior athletes come to the red rock of southern Utah each October to compete in the Huntsman World Senior Games.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS STUDENTS' SKILLSFabrics woven of wool or pounded of bark speak to visitors at BYU's Museum of Peoples and Cultures, telling them of tradition, heritage, and culture.
ENZYME DISCOVERY TURNS BYU PROF INTO SUPERASPIRIN HEROBuilding on Daniel L. Simmons' research, Merck and Monsanto, two major pharmaceutical companies, both announced on Nov. 10, 1998, that they had tested final versions of what are being called "superaspirins"
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BACK MORECAMPUS TEAM SPINS CD-ROM FOR EDUCATORSToday, when children with special needs are often integrated into mainstream classrooms, many teachers face these issues. A team of BYU professors recently developed a product that may help educators meet the needs of such children.
PUPPETS SHOW HEALTH CONCEPTSThese characters are the stars of a series of puppet shows created at BYU to teach tobacco avoidance, alcohol avoidance, nutrition, and hygiene. The shows are part of a health fair developed and financed by the Thrasher Research Fund.
SEQUENCING CENTER HELPS SCIENTISTS SIZE UP SPECIESresearchers across campus are turning to BYU's new DNA Sequencing Center, which officially opened in October 1998. The center's automated sequencing equipment analyzes DNA samples in less time, with fewer errors, and at lower cost than was previously possible.
ROSE JUDGE BLOOMS AT BYUA BYU professor of horticulture, is one of 24 individuals throughout the United States chosen by All-American Rose Selections (AARS), a non-profit organization dedicated to garden rose research, to judge the best new breeds of roses.
GRADUATION AND TUITION NEWSThe number of hours required for graduation has been reduced from 128 to 120.
MAKING THE MOA INTO PARKING LOT USAThe BYU Museum of Art exhibition Art on Wheels: A Century of American Automobile Design takes viewers on a ride through American automobile history.
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BACKCYBER CONNECTIONS WITH COUGAR SPORTSTwo BYU students and one alum, all self-proclaimed Cougar sports fanatics, have created a free e-mail service to keep BYU devotees anywhere in the world current on the daily happenings of BYU sports.
FAMILY FOCUS
CHANGE: IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITYChange requires much of us, and change changes us. Some changes are invited and anticipated, others anticipated yet never realized or uninvited yet marvelous.
SPEAKER'S NOTES
SPEAKER'S NOTESThe following is an excerpt from "Vast and Intimate: The Atonement in the Heavens and in the Heart," a devotional address given by L. Robert Webb.
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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.