BYU announced plans to take out the Campus Drive between the Law School and the Wilkinson Center. Here are some reasons replacing BYU’s Campus Drive with a more pedestrian-friendly landscape might be a good thing. Reasons eliminating Campus Drive may be good It will make BYU safer.  On campus students (from Heritage Halls) will now be able to walk to [...]

Modern neuroscience provides insight into how Christians can grow in their ability to think pure thoughts.  Every time we use our brain- we exercise chemical-electrical connections known as synapses.  The more stimulation these synapses receive, the stronger their connections become.  If a synapses receives no stimulation, it will weaken and eventually disappear. How Synapses relate to Christian thought The concept of synapses [...]

In January 2013 BYU’s Center for Entrepreneurship chose the Business Model Competition finalists.  Here they are: BYU BMC Finalists Owlet Protection Enterprises Owlet offers a monitor that straps to baby’s feet and allows parents to monitor their baby’s heart rate and oxygen levels. Owlet monitors seek to help prevent SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). MedLock MedLock is a locked container [...]

On Wednesday February 6, 2013 board members of the Boy Scouts of America will vote on whether or not to allow local chapters of Boy Scouts to allow people with homosexual tendencies to participate in BSA programs. If the homosexual ban is lifted it would allow local Boy Scout groups to choose whether or not to allow homosexuals into their [...]

The company that owns the app-making software “Livecode,”(RunRev) announced it will make LiveCode open source.  Now instead of having to pay hundreds of dollars to use LiveCode, anyone will be able to download and use LiveCode to develop apps. LiveCode’s business model is changing Now LiveCode will make money by getting app publishers to pay publishing fees if they offer [...]

A fire at a dance club in Santa Maria, Brazil took the lives of over 230 young adults.  The fire has brought a social question to light- are dance clubs safe? Nightclubs in South America In many countries throughout South America there are dance clubs designed for teenagers and young adults.  Often these dance clubs start late at night and [...]

About half a year ago I decided to experiment with investing with companies on the stock market.  I invested $800 total.  We invested in Google for a couple months- made about $100 dollars, then sold our Google share and invested in Yahoo and made about $150 over a few months.  After that, we bought shares with an Indian internet company [...]

Throughout history, people have persecuted members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) for their religious beliefs.  One way anti-Mormons have harassed Mormons, is through spreading lies about the Church’s history. Because of contradictory accounts of Mormon history, historians have had a hard time piecing together true accounts of Mormon history. Here are two examples where historians have given inaccurate accounts regarding Mormon [...]

Today at church I gained an insight about what it means to covet. In a revelation the Prophet Joseph Smith received for Martin Harris, it says And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thine own property, but impart it freely to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains the truth and the word of God— Doctrine and Covenants 19:26 [...]

Each winter Utah has its share of inversions, but 2013 has proved to be one of the most polluted years for Provo. In January 2013, Salt Lake City, Logan and Provo ranked among the top most-polluted cities in the United States.  For several days Provo ranked the second-most polluted state in America.  On a national map, much of the Wasatch [...]