Category: Campus

Campus, Life

Student passes away due to lack of attention after offering opening prayer in mission language

There’s a lot of pressure to make a good impression for the first day of school – especially if it’s been an extremely long time since you’ve been back. Here at BYU, unprepared students all over campus worry about how they can stand out amongst such a diverse crowd. Meanwhile, countless returned missionaries slither their way to class with the ultimate card up their sleeve. … Continue reading Student passes away due to lack of attention after offering opening prayer in mission language

Sue Sylvester
Campus, Featured, Life

No One Shows Up to First Sunday Meeting at YSA Ward, As No One Wants to Get Calling

The empty chairs almost seemed to stare back as the bishopric looked around, puzzled as to why no one was at the first Sunday meeting of the fall semester. Our journalism team received a tip that no one would show to the meeting, as all the students were trying to avoid getting a calling. The only sounds audible in the room were the quiet coughs … Continue reading No One Shows Up to First Sunday Meeting at YSA Ward, As No One Wants to Get Calling

Inigo Montoya
Campus, Life, Uncategorized

BYU Tips and Tricks for a Successful First Year

New Student Orientation is nearly over, so you know what that means!  Time for all the information that your Y-Group leaders REFUSED to tell you! You WILL NEED ALL of your books.  If you do not have your books on your first day, that is a big, fat zero out of ten percent of your grade!  Now the highest score you can get in your … Continue reading BYU Tips and Tricks for a Successful First Year

Renesmee
Campus, News

BYU Robotics Department Creates Hearing Aid That Cuts Off Audio Whenever the Word “Frick” Is Used

DEVELOPING – the BYU robotics department has just completed its first prototype of a hearing aid that will detect the word “frick” in all of its forms and block the audio before its wearer can hear it. The project was a senior project created by Kaitlyn McBride and overseen by Robotics teacher Brother Dean. The Alternative Universe was able to get exclusive access to an … Continue reading BYU Robotics Department Creates Hearing Aid That Cuts Off Audio Whenever the Word “Frick” Is Used

Inigo Montoya
Campus, Featured

Elder Holland to Visit BYU’s Campus, Shake Hands With Every Student, and Find the Unvaccinated

As the Delta variant looms this upcoming semester, BYU had to call in the big guns to make sure we had a safe semester. Just a day after BYU announced that masks will be required on campus, they announced that they will be instituting more crackdowns to control COVID-19 in the area. Every Tuesday on the way back from devotional, Elder Holland will greet every … Continue reading Elder Holland to Visit BYU’s Campus, Shake Hands With Every Student, and Find the Unvaccinated

Bobby Zimmeruski