More than four months ago, I attended the staged reading for a musical called Rainbow Academy . As a queer BYU student, I was shocked to learn that a project…
As a gay student attending BYU, I, like many others, was hurt by the talk that Elder Jeffrey R. Holland gave on August 23rd. It’s ironic that in a talk…
While completing my student teaching in a 7th-grade English classroom, I received an email from one of my students asking me for more creative liberty on an assignment. She…
When sexism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is brought up, it is often dismissed. Rightfully so, we naturally reject anything negative or uncomfortable that we are…
If you don’t fit the stereotypical BYU mold—straight, white, middle to upper-middle class, active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—you are subject to persecution for your…
Brigham Young University is no stranger to independent student publications. Indeed, students at BYU have been distributing unsanctioned papers and pamphlets for over one hundred years. The largest and most…
It's almost 7:30 on a Friday night, in the thick of autumn. The audience trickles into a rental space that used to be a church. Stained glass surrounds us on…
BYU's dress and grooming standards prohibit all of its students, faculty, administrators, and staff from having a beard. Growing facial hair, other than just a mustache, could result in…
I am in love with our city’s wanna-be-train. The Utah Valley Express, also known as UVX, is an accordion-style rapid transit bus that acts more like a light rail than…
Parking in Provo may be a pain, but Provo student housing is the real racket. Too often, BYU students are overcharged, abused, and taken advantage of by their landlords. And,…