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Fight bullying by using Internet for good
June 4, 2013
Underneath all of the grumpy cat memes and journal-entry style Facebook status updates that crowd the Internet, there is a cryptic villain present called cyberbullying. Facebook is now striving to eliminate hate speech in their content, especially ge...Read More 0 182 views
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Boston Marathon attendees express gratitude
April 17, 2013
Three people were killed and over 170 were injured when two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15. Josh Iverson, a Ricks College alumnus and Boston Marathon runner, was stopped five minutes before he reached th...Read More 0 303 views
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Church supports the equality of women
March 26, 2013
The women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are highly blessed to hold one of God’s most divine, precious and significant roles. They are blessed to be mothers. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, women are scheduled to pray in Gen...Read More 33 3335 views
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Resist a presidency of appeasement
February 19, 2013
One might wonder how many Americans who watched last week’s State of the Union address in the comfort of their own homes were actually at ease with President Obama’s plans for the greatest nation on earth. It is safe to say that, compared to the ...Read More 3 224 views
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Eating disorders: hungering for help
February 12, 2013
Three grapes were all Esther Lovesee had eaten that day, on a day she had given herself an allotted calorie intake of zero. So she ran four miles, crying the entire time. “That’s completely irrational, but at the time it felt very real,” said L...Read More 0 460 views
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Violent media can lead to tragedy
January 17, 2013
Any American who chooses to dismiss the relevance of violent video games and movies to the current gun control debate is missing a vital piece of the gun control puzzle. “If all we talk about is just controlling guns, which we should talk about, th...Read More 1 348 views
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Pathway program needs additional help
January 16, 2013
As enrollment rates for BYU-Idaho’s Pathway program continue to climb, the need for speaking partners is increasing. Speaking partners are a component of the Pathway program. They are needed during each Pathway student’s first year, which is call...Read More 0 229 views
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Pathway students set an example of gratitude
January 16, 2013
Think of your most humbling moment. The moment when almost everything you’d ever known or believed was suddenly changed and, in a way, improved. Mine happened recently, as I was sitting in an impromptu testimony meeting with some BYU-Idaho faculty ...Read More 0 94 views
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20 children dead after mass shooting at Connecticut elementary school
December 15, 2012
A 20-year-old man shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday. 20 of them were children. Adam Lanza, identified as the gunman, committed suicide. It is believed that he also shot his mother, Nacy Lanz...Read More 1 402 views
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Explosive device found on Highway 20
November 29, 2012
UPDATE- 4:45 P.M. Police have arrested a 19-year-old BYU-Idaho student from Rexburg with connections to a homemade bomb on what was a routine traffic stop at the 312 mile marker near Idaho Falls on Highway 20 earlier this morning. All southbound tra...Read More 0 342 views