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House OKs bill allowing BYU purchase of Y Mountain

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 9:35am

PROVO — The U.S. House has again approved a bill to let Brigham Young University purchase Y Mountain.

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BYU student Caroline Sorensen (center) prepares to drive her team’s supermileage vehicle as teammates Gary Ellingson (left) and Eric Wilcox secure the vehicle’s canopy during a demonstration at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo.

(The Associated Press)

BYU students build vehicle that gets over 1,000 mpg

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 12:27am

PROVO — To get better gas mileage from a car, you generally have to make some sacrifices, such as plush comfort or quick acceleration. And if you make enough of those sacrifices, your miles per gallon can skyrocket.

A team of BYU students built such a vehicle and got the most miles per gallon of any university team in the country in a recent competition — 1,331 mpg to be exact. That’s right, there is no decimal point in that figure.

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March Sadness brings April Gladness for Utah hoops

Standard-Examiner staff, Tyler D. Thorpe Tyler D. Thorpe Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 1, 2013 - 11:05pm

With no NCAA tournament team, Weber State's NIT snub, and the Jazz struggles in March, we seemed to be in a sort of a basketball dark ages here in Utah.

This unbearable stretch in March included a 9-game road losing steak for the Jazz, and two big late-season losses for BYU against eventual tournament teams, St. Mary's and Gonzaga. This agonizing month also featured the seemingly NIT tournament-bound Weber State Wildcats being rejected a spot into their seemingly irrevocable place in the tournament.

Oh what a difference a month can make.

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In the Taylor Chapel in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Schada Alkamari, a freshman at Brigham Young University-Idaho, talks earlier this month about her experience being a Muslim student at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-owned university. (The Associated Press)

Muslim student finds Mormon BYU faith-affirming

Nate Sunderland Post Register

Last updated Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 8:13am

REXBURG, Idaho — Like many students at Brigham Young University-Idaho, Schada Alkamari felt spiritually drawn to the religious university.

But the Moroccan citizen didn’t enroll to immerse herself in the Mormon faith. She came to BYU-Idaho, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to reaffirm her own religious beliefs.

Alkamari is a devout Muslim, the only one enrolled at the university. “I feel like I’m testing my own religion by getting to know the LDS religion,” she said.

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Rebecca Pedersen, of Bountiful, is one of six winners of the National Council Auditions who competed Sunday in a concert at the Metropolitan Opera. (Courtesy photo)

Bountiful soprano wins prize at the Met

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 11, 2013 - 11:17pm

Bountiful singer Rebecca Pedersen has won one of the top prizes at what many consider one of the world’s top opera houses.

“It’s the Super Bowl of singing competitions,” said Pedersen, 21, a Brigham Young University sophomore. “Every singer dreams of winning this. It’s the Met.”

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My “Spring Fling” With Tournament Hoops

Tyler D. Thorpe Tyler D. Thorpe Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 11:04am

What is it about a classic single elimination basketball tournament, that seems to captivate the masses?

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BYU sportscaster Monsen dies at age 79

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:05pm

MT. PLEASANT — Jay Monsen, a sportscasting pioneer in Utah and member of the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame, died Sunday from complications related to a battle with cancer. Monsen was 79.

He passed away at his family’s homestead in Mt. Pleasant.

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Anae hired back as BYU offensive coordinator

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 4, 2013 - 6:41pm

PROVO — BYU head football coach Bronco Mendenhall announced Friday that Robert Anae has been hired as the program’s offensive coordinator.

“I am excited to announce Robert Anae as BYU’s offensive coordinator,” Mendenhall said. “During his career Robert has been involved with some of the best offensive schemes in college football, and he has a proven record of coaching elite-level offensive production. He is also a man of great intelligence, personal integrity, complete honesty and total loyalty. Robert is the ideal person to oversee our offense, and I’m thrilled he will be returning to BYU.”

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Van Noy to return to BYU for senior year

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Last updated Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - 4:02pm

PROVO — Brigham Young will have playmaking linebacker Kyle Van Noy back for another season.

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BYU to help track where foreign aid goes

Brock Vergakis The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 4:47pm

NORFOLK, Va. — The College of William and Mary has been chosen to lead a federal project that will allow the U.S. to better track the aid it gives to other countries, which could help reduce fraud and better target regions that need assistance, officials said Thursday.

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BYU students kept mood fun election day despite tension

Jason Horowitz The Washington Post

Last updated Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 9:32am

PROVO - On Election Day, there was already a President Romney in office: on the campus of Brigham Young University. David Romney is president of BYU’s Political Affairs Society and second cousin, once removed, of Mitt Romney. "My dad and Mitt have a mutual great-great-grandfather," he said while organizing a watch party for what he hoped would be a historic evening.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, Washington State head coach Mike Leach checks his plan during the opening day of NCAA college football practice at Rogers Field in Pullman, Wash. Washington State opens the 2012 season, the first under new head coach Mike Leach, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, against BYU in Provo, Utah.
Dean Hare/The Associated Press

Leach, Washington State prepare for BYU

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 6:29pm

SPOKANE, Wash. — New Washington State football coach Mike Leach declined to reveal Tuesday whether veteran Jeff Tuel or sophomore Connor Halliday will start in Thursday night’s season opener at BYU.

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BYU English professor named Utah Poet Laureate

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 6:54am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Brigham Young University English professor has been named Utah's poet laureate.

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Pfizer Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed by Brigham Young University over development of the blockbuster painkiller Celebrex for $450 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.

Pfizer settles lawsuit from BYU over Celebrex case

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 1:29pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Pfizer Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed by Brigham Young University over development of the blockbuster painkiller Celebrex for $450 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.

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Terrijean Slater

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 5:38pm

Terrijean Slater, born June 2, 1948, in Ogden, died Saturday, March 31, 2012. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 5, at Jensen Park Ward, 3024 S. 1200 West, Syracuse. A viewing will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 N. Main, and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Thursday at the church before the service. Interment, Roy City Cemetery. Post condolences at www.russonmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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