Archive for the 'BYU' Category



Shoddy Journalism and Controversy Bandwagoneering

Published on March 29, 2007

The local press has been quite excited lately with the latest Utah Valley controversy: Dick Cheney’s planned commencement speech at the upcoming BYU graduation.
Hoping to garner some attention of her own, SLTrib columnist Rebecca Walsh decided to jump on the controversy bandwagon and fling mud.
Her article titled “Church shows true color - red” makes [...]


Mormon university reopens its gates after 6 years

Published on January 11, 2007

Six years after Brigham Young University closed its Jerusalem campus because of concerns over terrorism, 44 Mormon students from Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived Wednesday to study for a semester in the capital.


Welcome to LDSNewsWatch

Published on November 28, 2006

For about a year now, I have been collecting and tracking news articles about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (AKA the Mormon Church). I use various online resources to find and track these articles.
Over the last year, I have found some very interesting things. As you can imagine, there have been plenty [...]