June 2006
Brigham Young University's overhaul of student housing took another step forward Tuesday with school officials announcing that two of the residence halls in the landmark Deseret Towers complex will be razed.
LDS Business College to move (6-28)
LDS
Business College is making the move to its new Salt Lake City campus,
taking the first step toward creating an education hub in the downtown
Triad Center.
LDS Church to build temple in Honduras (6-25)
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced it will build
its first temple in Honduras, in the city of Tegucigalpa.
Defining 'cults' is complex (6-24)
Are
polygamous groups "cults"? That question was debated here Friday as
former members of polygamous groups shared their stories of abuse and
control in fundamentalist communities.
Y. Hinckley building to rise (6-24)
With
his own well-used shovel, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley
turned a bit of dirt to ceremoniously kick off construction of a
building at Brigham Young University that will bear his name.
Iranian shares story of LDS conversion (6-22)
Joining
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a leap of faith for
Jamileh Zaifnejad Hogan, who in 1975 was the first Iranian woman to be
baptized into the Utah-based church.
Y. professor bit the hand that fed him (6-20)
There
are a few long-standing, common sense rules to remember if you want to
keep your job. Never beat the boss at golf. Never fail to laugh at his
jokes. Never yawn when he's telling stories about his adorable kids.
Never take his parking spot.
This Is the Place erasing the 'red' (6-17)
When
Matt Dahl signed on to be the new executive director of This Is the
Place Heritage Park, he knew the park was in a financial red zone.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, the state-owned park received
$2 million in March from the Legislature to keep it afloat.
Net must deal with 'Joseph' question (6-17)
If
you Google the word "Mormon," the Internet will pop up 16,500,000 sites
featuring the word. Google "LDS" and you get 23 million sites--ranging
from the church's official sites to off-the-wall entries like "Rum and
Monkey Mormon Names" and "Bishop Booyah's Blog."
Family has freshmen set for BYU--1, 2, 3 (6-16)
Sibling
rivalry is a staple in the Clark household. An A- posted next to
another's A on the refrigerator can be devastating in the Layton home
where triplets Sarah, Bryan and Melissa have grown up going through the
same classes and running in the same circle of friends.
Book takes on 'Da Vinci' from an LDS viewpoint (6-15)
A new book due out in September may have never seen the printing press were it not for Da Vinci fever.
Mother sues Scouts, LDS over son's death (6-15)
A
woman whose son died in a fall during a Boy Scout hike in Zion National
Park is suing the Boy Scouts of America, the Utah National Parks
Council and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Utahn sues once more for a piece of Hughes' pie (6-14)
The
story is the stuff of legends. A lowly gas station attendant says he
picked up a disheveled man found lying on the road in the Nevada desert
in 1967 and drove the man to Las Vegas, only to find out later that the
man was billionaire Howard Hughes, who, in his will, reportedly left
him $156 million, or one-sixteenth of Hughes' $2.5 billion estate.
Foe of LDS stance loses his job at BYU (6-14)
Brigham
Young University will not rehire an adjunct professor who opposed the
position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on gay
marriage in a guest editorial published by a Salt Lake newspaper.
BYU still on list of censured schools (6-14)
Westminster
College earned its way off a list of censured institutions this week
after 21 years carrying the stigma of a university that violates
academic freedom and tenure.
Missionary-shooting case sent to grand jury (6-14)
A
judge decided Monday to send to a grand jury first-degree murder and
other charges against a man accused of killing one LDS Church
missionary from Bountiful, Utah, and wounding another.
Snow remembered as loving mentor (6-13)
One
of the first calls made by Brigham Young University President Cecil
Samuelson after he learned former BYU vice president R.J. Snow had died
in a car wreck last week was to Snow's boyhood friend, Elder Jeffrey
Holland, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Elected officials participate in Salt Lake City Pride parade (6-12)
Among
the floats, community groups and drag queens, a dozen officeholders and
candidates took part in Salt Lake City's annual Pride Day parade and
festival last weekend.
Pioneers' courage is praised (6-12)
Becoming
acquainted with God in their most desperate hours on the Mormon Trail,
the handcart pioneers who trudged 1,300 miles to the Salt Lake Valley
in the 1850s provide an example of faith and courage that Latter-day
Saints must never forget, LDS Church leaders said Sunday.
Sacred, secular mix at Martin's Cove (6-11)
Under
a cloudless sky, the constant wind endlessly sapping their skin of
moisture, a small army of retirees busy themselves on the high plains
of Wyoming, preparing for the thousands of handcart "trekkers" that
descend on this place each summer.
Pres. Hinckley talk to cap handcart event (6-11)
IOWA
CITY, Iowa--When LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley takes the
podium at the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium tonight to honor
Latter-day Saint handcart pioneers, his interest will be personal.
Most handcart treks successful, BYU historian says (6-10)
A
century and a half after the first Mormon handcart company began its
westward trek on June 9, 1856, historians and Latter-day Saints
gathered in Iowa City Friday to discuss the pioneer journeys and
analyze why two handcart groups met tragedy on the trail to Salt Lake
City.
Y. returning students to Jerusalem Center (6-10)
Brigham
Young University announced Friday that students will return this fall
to the school's Jerusalem Center for the first time since 2000.
BYU: Students will return to Jerusalem Center (6-9)
Brigham
Young University announced Friday that students will return this fall
to the school's Jerusalem Center for the first time since 2000.
Pres. Hinckley to honor handcart pioneers (6-9)
An
address by LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley will cap a three-day
event that begins today in Iowa City, Iowa, commemorating the 150th
anniversary of the Mormon handcart pioneers' inaugural journeys from
Iowa to Salt Lake City in 1856.
3 Utah colleges mourning the loss of R.J. Snow (6-8)
Friends
and colleagues hailed the life of former Brigham Young University and
University of Utah vice president R.J. Snow, who died Tuesday night in
a car accident near his Provo home.
Y. duo decoding ancient writing (6-8)
Europe's
most ancient manuscript is more legible now than at any time since it
was burned and buried more than 2,300 years ago, thanks to the work of
two Brigham Young University researchers.
21 fined for role in gay-rights action at Y. (6-8)
An
attorney entered guilty pleas Wednesday for most of the 29 protesters
arrested in April during gay-rights demonstrations at Brigham Young
University.
ACLU, LDS resolve Martin's Cove dispute (6-8)
The
American Civil Liberties Union has resolved its claims against the LDS
Church regarding public access and signage at Martin's Cove.
Elder Nelson touts marriage amendment (6-6)
An
apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stood
alongside other religious leaders here Monday supporting the proposed
federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage as the Senate
began debate on the controversial measure.
The AZ Polygamy Town Airport Built With Fed $$$Mns (6-6)
The
first shock is the realization that an airport costing Americans $3
million exists in the polygamist-owned Arizona wastelands of Colorado
City. It sits "Spielberg-like" north of the Grand Canyon, east of the
Colorado River and serves a handful of planes.
Farmhouse good place for a party (6-4)
Brigham Young's birthday party was held yesterday, and if Rod Clifford is any judge, he was one happy 205-year-old.
Handcart enthusiasts trek in Nebraska (6-4)
With
an original 1856 handcart in the lead, and covering a segment of the
original Mormon Trail, a train of pioneer descendants and enthusiasts
trekked four miles in Kearney Saturday during the second and final day
of an observance of the 150th anniversary of the handcart chapter in
LDS history.
A mason, and not a carpenter? Possibly... (6-3)
Dan
Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code," is hard at work on another
thriller. This time, he says, the book will explore the inner world of
the Masons and the Mormons.
Hundreds celebrate handcart milestone (6-3)
In
this Midwestern town where the Mormon, Oregon and California pioneer
trails converge, hundreds of celebrators from at least 18 states
gathered Friday to observe the sesquicentennial of LDS handcart
pioneers.
LDS Church sets up relief kitchen in Indonesia (6-2)
Within
hours of the earthquake that hit parts of Indonesia Saturday, members
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had set up a relief
kitchen in a local chapel.
Utah families = exemptions (6-1)
To
the surprise of almost no one who lives, shops, works or goes to school
here, Utah County is home to some of the largest families in the
country.