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Brigham Young University Valedictorian Comes Out As Gay In Commencement Speech

Brigham Young University Valedictorian Comes Out As Gay In Commencement Speech

Political science valedictorian Matt Easton delivered a commencement ceremony speech that won’t soon be forgotten, taking the opportunity to come out publicly as gay for the first time in the middle of his remarks, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Easton’s speech at the highly religious school was in most ways typical of a graduation ceremony, […]

5y ago

Mormon Researcher Of History Of Christianity Says Last Five Centuries Suggest Truth Of Creation Story In Bible

Mormon Researcher Of History Of Christianity Says Last Five Centuries Suggest Truth Of Creation Story In Bible

OREM, Utah – A black box. That was Ben Spackman’s description of the device that scriptural text enters. “And out comes interpretation,” he remarked. That yields “face-value readings,” Spackman added, which are “problematic, especially if you are father removed from where they came from.” “So if the interpretation is inevitable and contingent upon the assumptions […]

6y ago

Utah Judge Under Fire For Calling Former Mormon Bishop A ‘Good Man’ At Rape Sentencing

Utah Judge Under Fire For Calling Former Mormon Bishop A ‘Good Man’ At Rape Sentencing

Former Mormon bishop Keith Robert Vallejo is a convicted rapist. However, according to the Utah judge presiding over his trial, he is also “an extraordinarily good man.” The judge’s disturbing comments about Vallejo, who was found guilty of 10 counts of forcible sexual abuse and one count of object rape on February 17, were made […]

7y ago

Brigham Young University Students Who Report Sex Assault Will No Longer Be Investigated For ‘Honor Code’ Violations [Video]

Brigham Young University Students Who Report Sex Assault Will No Longer Be Investigated For ‘Honor Code’ Violations [Video]

For months, Brigham Young University in Utah has been under fire for perpetuating what many have called “rape culture.” The reason for the widespread criticism of the Mormon university had a lot to do with the way the school handled students who reported being victims of sexual assault. At Brigham Young University, even rape victims […]

8y ago

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: 11 Schools Remain Candidates With Decision Slated For Mid-October

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: 11 Schools Remain Candidates With Decision Slated For Mid-October

Big 12 Conference expansion rumors are ramping up as nearly a dozen schools will make a second presentation to league officials this week in Dallas while the Big 12 looks to wrap up the expansion discussions by the October 17, 2016 board meeting. ESPN is reporting the 11 schools that remain in contention for Big […]

8y ago

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: With Nearly 20 Schools To Choose From, Which Emerge As Favorites?

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: With Nearly 20 Schools To Choose From, Which Emerge As Favorites?

Big 12 Conference expansion rumors will begin to heat up once again now that the league’s commissioner — Bob Bowlsby — has completed his video conference interviews with the nearly 20 schools that expressed interest in joining the conference, multiple media reports explained. According to the Dallas Morning News, Bob Bowlsby finished his initial Big […]

8y ago

Big 12 Conference: BYU, UCF Are Schools In the Mix For Expansion Additions

Big 12 Conference: BYU, UCF Are Schools In the Mix For Expansion Additions

The Big 12 conference announced this week that it wants to grow. What it didn’t announce was its plans to do so. What we do know is the league could expand to as many as 14 teams, and its commissioner says those teams could be official members by 2017. If the Big 12 conference does […]

8y ago

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: Two Power 5 Schools From Arizona Likely Targets

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: Two Power 5 Schools From Arizona Likely Targets

The latest Big 12 expansion rumors have focused on the future for a pair of Power 5 conference schools in Arizona, a new media report suggested Saturday. The report by SB Nation focused on what Big 12 expansion ramifications could be for the Utah Utes. Although Utah is not being discussed for possible expansion efforts, […]

8y ago

Big 12 Expansion News: Colorado State, UCF Made Pitches In 2015 To Join League

Big 12 Expansion News: Colorado State, UCF Made Pitches In 2015 To Join League

Both Colorado State and the University of Central Florida (UCF) made pitches to the Big 12 Conference in regard to potential expansion in 2015, according to multiple media reports. Anticipating the next round of conference realignment, presidents at Colorado State and UCF made overtures to West Virginia University president Gordon Gee last year, ESPN reported […]

8y ago

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: Texas Keeping League From Expanding, Creating League Network

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: Texas Keeping League From Expanding, Creating League Network

Rumors are swirling that a single school — the University of Texas — is keeping the Big 12 Conference from its expansion plans as well as securing a lucrative network deal. That’s the latest development from a college football conference that again seems ripe for changes in the coming months, thanks to recent spring meetings […]

8y ago

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: Either UConn Or BYU Will Be Invited To Join The League

Big 12 Expansion Rumors: Either UConn Or BYU Will Be Invited To Join The League

Big 12 Conference expansion rumors are swirling once again thanks to the spring meeting for football coaches and athletic directors in Phoenix, Arizona. In the annual event, a research firm analyzed and suggested what conference expansion could mean for the Big 12 Conference moving forward, according to an Inquisitr report. Expanding the conference back to […]

8y ago

Police Slam BYU For Punishing Rape Victims

Police Slam BYU For Punishing Rape Victims

Several police officials have criticized Brigham Young University for its role in punishing and suspending the victims of sexual assault for violations of BYU’s “Honor Code.” Madi Barney, one such BYU student, reported being raped to the police in Provo, Utah. According to the Guardian, Barney was sobbing in the police station after what she […]

8y ago

Brigham Young University: Reporting Rape Gets Students Punished

Brigham Young University: Reporting Rape Gets Students Punished

Instead of being supported, female students at Brigham Young University (BYU) claim they are getting punished when they report rape or sexual assault to the school administrators. CNN reports that BYU student Brooke (she chose to keep her last name private) was sexually assaulted in 2014, when she was just a freshman. She admitted to […]

8y ago

BYU Investigates Sexual Assault Case: Victim Madeline MacDonald At Fault? Did School Violate Title IX Regulations?

BYU Investigates Sexual Assault Case: Victim Madeline MacDonald At Fault? Did School Violate Title IX Regulations?

BYU students were investigated for a sexual assault incident Wednesday. BYU student Madeline MacDonald claims that when she was just an 18-year-old freshman at BYU, she was sexually assaultedby a man she met via online dating. MacDonald reportedly addressed the sexual assault with BYU’s Title IX office. She said that the office then received a […]

8y ago

BYU Sexual Assault Policy Of Victim Blaming May Change After Controversy Surrounding BYU ‘Rape Culture’

BYU Sexual Assault Policy Of Victim Blaming May Change After Controversy Surrounding BYU ‘Rape Culture’

It looks like BYU might be making some changes to the way the way it handles sexual assault reports. The Mormon-run school was recently involved in some scandalous headlines following sexual assault reports that resulted in victims being investigated for “honor code violations” and otherwise be treated as though they could be somehow at fault […]

8y ago

BYU Rape Culture? Associate Dean Of Students ‘Does Not Apologize’ For Honor Code That Treats Victims As Suspects

BYU Rape Culture? Associate Dean Of Students ‘Does Not Apologize’ For Honor Code That Treats Victims As Suspects

https://phoenix.playwire.com/en/publishers/1013074/videos/4792523 Brigham Young University (BYU) might not exactly be a liberal stronghold in higher education, but a recent speech from the Dean of Students at the college’s Rape Awareness conference has some up in arms over what they say is a culture that penalizes victims of sexual assault. Associate Dean of Students and Title IX […]

8y ago

Jimmer Fredette News: New York Knicks Sign Fredette To Contract

Jimmer Fredette News: New York Knicks Sign Fredette To Contract

Jimmer Fredette news reveals that the New York Knicks have finally signed the former BYU star. Fredette signed a 10-day contract with the Knicks on Monday, February 22, confirming that he will be back in the NBA. An announcement was made by Knicks president Phil Jackson, making Fredette the 20th player to get called up […]

8y ago

Jimmer Fredette Rumors: New York Knicks Could Sign Fredette After Trade Deadline

Jimmer Fredette Rumors: New York Knicks Could Sign Fredette After Trade Deadline

Jimmer Fredette rumors link the former BYU guard to the New York Knicks. The Fredette rumors started up again after he found a lot of success at the D-League All-Star Game, and now he might get the shot to play for another NBA team. A report from the New York Post states that the Knicks […]

8y ago

Jimmer Fredette Rumors: Guard Surprised San Antonio Spurs Called

Jimmer Fredette Rumors: Guard Surprised San Antonio Spurs Called

Jimmer Fredette rumors have been addressed by the former BYU guard himself. Fredette spoke about the rumors about the San Antonio Spurs pursuing him as a free agent during the NBA offseason. A report from CBS Sports on Sunday, September 20, relays how surprised he was to not just get a call from the Spurs, […]

9y ago

One Million Mummies? Egypt’s Ministry Of Antiquities Begs To Differ

One Million Mummies? Egypt’s Ministry Of Antiquities Begs To Differ

Recent reports that a team of archaeologists from Utah’s Brigham Young University have begun excavating an ancient cemetery containing one million mummies has Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities begging to differ. He’s also threatening to stop the researchers from continuing their work, but not for the reason you might suspect. The cemetery, Fag el-Gamous, and a […]

10y ago

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