READING LIVES THROUGH STORY WINDOWS
Whether 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.

ALLRED TRADES ARMY GREEN FOR BYU BLUE
Last August, when the Alumni Association invited Joseph Allred to become director of alumni campus activities, he snatched the job gladly.

JOHN BASCOM: REVIVING COWBOY REALITY
There 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 VOLLEYBALL
Amy 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.

MANY GOOD THINGS COME IN (LITERARY) SERIES
As 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.

   MOREMICHAELIS MARKS 1,000TH MATCH
BYU'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 AWARD
A 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 COMPETITION
BYU'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 GAMES
Thousands of senior athletes come to the red rock of southern Utah each October to compete in the Huntsman World Senior Games.

MUSEUM EXHIBITS STUDENTS' SKILLS
Fabrics 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 HERO
Building 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"

BACK   MORECAMPUS TEAM SPINS CD-ROM FOR EDUCATORS
Today, 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 CONCEPTS
These 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 SPECIES
researchers 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 BYU
A 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 NEWS
The number of hours required for graduation has been reduced from 128 to 120.

MAKING THE MOA INTO PARKING LOT USA
The BYU Museum of Art exhibition Art on Wheels: A Century of American Automobile Design takes viewers on a ride through American automobile history.

BACKCYBER CONNECTIONS WITH COUGAR SPORTS
Two 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.

BUILD A MONUMENT TO YOUR FAITH
As we build our families, we build society, for as stones build tabernacles, so families build communities and nations. And as early Provo residents worked to build a tabernacle at the center of their community, so we should work to build families at the center of our society.

CHANGE: IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY
Change requires much of us, and change changes us. Some changes are invited and anticipated, others anticipated yet never realized or uninvited yet marvelous.

LESLIE NORRIS: THE MAN FROM MERTHYR TYDFIL
Leslie Norris has a Welsh accent. Not a strong one, but just enough to make you perk your ears to listen for the lilting rhythm and the flick of his rs.

SPEAKER'S NOTES
The 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.

POWER VS. AUTHORITY
Donna Lee Bowen, a professor of political science, considers the war with Iraq through the frameworks of power and authority.

TEACHING CHILDREN EMPATHY
As coaches and models, parents can help children learn about others’ feelings.

THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD
Waiting 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 FALL

THE GLORIOUS CAUSE OF AMERICA
How a coarse, untrained army—“rabble in arms”—stood up to the world’s most powerful army.

WORDS OF HATE, WORDS OF LOVE
Among our greatest gifts, words can edify or destroy, uplift or degrade.

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