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Joshua Norton sits with fellow missionary zone leaders during a recent meeting in Pleasant View. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

LDS missionaries in Ogden area a melting pot of ethnicities

Last updated Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 12:40pm

The outside walls of the lower portion of the Salt Lake City office skyscraper for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have engravings of maps of the world.

The church is working to have a worldwide reach, and that goal is never more evident than the roster of missionaries for the Utah Ogden Mission. Counting the United States, 27 countries are represented.

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Utah abortion data bill clears Senate despite race issue

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 10:24pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill requiring that federal abortion data on the race and ethnicity of women having abortions be available to a state agency has cleared the Senate after generating some sparks in floor debate a day earlier.

The Senate voted Wednesday to approve SB 60, sponsored by Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, to require the Utah Department of Health to prepare an annual report on abortions in the Beehive State.

The data is generated from a federal form on which the provider asks questions of the patient. The form also allows participants to state the reason they chose the procedure.

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Davis schools help parents bridge ethnic achievement gap

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 7:15pm

LAYTON — Bridging the gap between the lower test scores of minority students and the scores of their counterparts was the goal of the Davis School District’s Parent Equity Night at Northridge High School.

The difference in scores creates what district officials call an achievement gap.

Minority students comprise approximately 7 percent of the district’s student population, said Suzanne Cottrell, representing the district’s Assessment, Research and Evaluation Department.

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Sam Ann Gray, a sophomore, works on a computer at Bonneville High School.

Viva la difference

Minna Wang Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 9:45am

Hispanics. Asians. Africans. Germans. Greeks. Filipinos. All these ethnicities and more live in Utah.

In today's world, ethnic minorities, when added together, are slowly transforming from a small group into a future majority. Diversity scholarships for teenagers, like those from the Somos Foundation or Luisa Mallari Fellowship, are being created especially for minority students who work hard in their academic, athletic or musical fields.

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Report: Ethnic labels don't fit for many Latinos

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 8:53pm

Read the full report here

As the Bard of Avon asked, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet.”

For many Latinos, though, the name they use to describe themselves can mean a lot.

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Human library “book” Jose Castillo, a Utah State University philosophy student, talks to his “readers” Tuesday about his specialty topic: making the most of life’s second chances. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Public checks out human library books at Utah State

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 7:27am

LOGAN -- Christian Orr waited, with neatly combed hair and a dapper outfit with a sweater vest, hoping someone would check him out.

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Gov. Herbert creates multicultural commission, office

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 12:45am

SALT LAKE CITY -- With the flick of a pen, the governor launched the new Multicultural Affairs Office and Multicultural Commission on Tuesday morning.

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