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Returned Missionaries Setting an Unseen Standard
By: Micah Domingo, Nalia Tafua, Aldina Lung, and Erin O'SullivanReturned Missionaries Setting an Unseen StandardHow social culture has changed at BYU due to influx of RM’s“Someone once told me I was...
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Five Facts About People with Two Eye Colors
Photo credit: Liesl Hansen By Liesl Hansen, Hannah Childs, Taylor Barlow and Charlotte DuerdenIf you're wondering what's going on with the person whose eyes are two different colors, that's...
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Being PC in an Apple world
By Spencer EvansIn the past decade, Macs have become the popular choice among students in college and within the creative industries. Although PCs are still more frequently used in business settings...
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Colorism: the skin color issue you never thought to think about
Racism is discrimination based on race. Colorism is discrimination based on color, or more specifically, shades of skin colors. Racism is a globally important topic, but colorism is spoken of very...
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Fragile X: The Most Common Intellectual Disorder You've Never Heard Of
By: Mallory Jesperson, Stacey Koller, and Matt DuboisYou’ve probably heard of Autism, Down Syndrome, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. These are some of the most common intellectual disorders. But...
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The Terminal Disease Affecting Many, but Known by Few
By: Holly Kendall This is Allan Nef. He is the owner of a smog shop in Clovis, CA. He is a husband, and father to four children. From the outside, nothing seems to be wrong. Allan was diagnosed with...
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What Does a Scientist Look Like?
By Riley Oliphant, Jacob Amezuca, Matt Armstrong, Alex Masterson This is Ellie, she is a civil engineer, and she is building bridges for future women Sixty-six percent of 4th grade girls responded...
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"A Person's a Person, No Matter How Small." -Dr. Seuss
By: Holly KendallStanding at only 37 inches tall, 7-year-old Payton may see the world very differently, but she never backs down from a challenge.“Even when she can see that the task may be difficult...
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The Good Samaritan: Passing on the Gift of Life
Nine donors, nine recipients. It sounds like a White Elephant Christmas party but these gifts are far more useful. People who want to do charitable work but don’t know how to begin can consider...
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How Do You Find Spirituality? | Man On The Street
Our backpack journalism team took to the streets to explore the opinions of the locals, asking one simple question; how do you find spirituality?This video was made by the following talented...
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Eliminating the Stigma from Mental Health Disorders
Do we often label those who are affected with mental Illnesses? If we do, well lets remember that those people have feelings too. So why do we label them? They have lives; some have families, and even...
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An Ordained Buddhist’s Life Advice
by Gentry CarterA Simple PracticeControlled and uncontrived, and peaceful and aware, Bhadrakari kneels before a statue of Buddha. She thoughtfully strikes a chime thrice to alert the room that it would...
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Paul the Preacher
By McKinley Stauffer“Can I pray for you?” asked a redheaded man to Fred one Sabbath morning.The redheaded man was small, no taller than 5ft 3 inches. He had no Bible handy, no black robe; just a simple...
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Rap remedy
By Tianalei Siufanua, Jessie Innis, Maddie Piñon, Claire Gentry, Samantha HydeYou pick the topic. He picks the beat. The freestyle rap begins.Friday nights are the busiest at the Papatoetoe underground...
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Mrs: The title I'll never have
By McKinley StaufferOne of the happiest people I’ve met in this life was a prostitute. I never would have imagined that.We found her on a residential street corner of Auckland, New Zealand. Her working...
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“U-S-A, U-S-A,” chants the crowd at a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina. “U-S-A, U-S-A,” they get louder as the last of the peaceful Muslim protesters are removed from the stadium on January...
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A heavenly escape: Former prostitutes find hope through spirituality
By Abigail Norton“God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”Jane*, a former prostitute now keeps...
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Reo Pēpi—Baby Language
By Maren McInnesIt all started with their children, their tamariki.Cousins Kitty Brown and Kirsten Parkinson wanted to be able to read aloud to their children and teach them te reo Māori while learning...
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