Category: Life

Campus, Life, News, Provo

BYU Linguistics Department Launches Dialectology Study to Analyze “Relief Society Voice”

English-speaking members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, especially in Utah, are often accused of possessing a “Utah Accent”. However, women in the Church have an even more distinctive subset of the Utah Accent, known as the “Relief Society Voice”. While many members of the Church can attest to having heard the Relief Society Voice, no research has been done to study … Continue reading BYU Linguistics Department Launches Dialectology Study to Analyze “Relief Society Voice”

Kayteigh Leigh
Life, News

Summer Salespeople Using Missionaries As Tool to Find Receptive Neighbors

This summer, many BYU students have hit the streets hoping to score gold and sell pest control to people who have no need for it. However, finding people who will fall for the scam is difficult. Most people will readily reject anyone selling preposterous pesticides. However, summer salesmen in Modesto, California have found a way to increase their door-knocking success: tailing the missionaries. An average … Continue reading Summer Salespeople Using Missionaries As Tool to Find Receptive Neighbors

Kayteigh Leigh
Life, missionary, Provo, Quiz

Can You Survive a First Date with an RM?

Congratulations! The snazzy RM from your Eternal Families class asks you out as part of the obligatory assignment for all single students. Your only goal is to survive. The rules are simple: pick an option under each question, and scroll down to view the results of each decision. Blue indicates the best outcome, green is good, orange is pushing it, and red means you didn’t … Continue reading Can You Survive a First Date with an RM?

Renesmee
Life, Provo

New Tailor Shop ‘Sew King’ Opens on Center Street

After double-majoring in finance and textiles at BYU, McJohn Stevenson has finally fulfilled his dream of opening up a tailor shop. “I studied textiles because I figured I’d have classes with mostly girls and I could find a wife. I was correct about the demographics of my classes, but I’m still single.” “I wanted to call it Sew Bro, but that was already taken,” said … Continue reading New Tailor Shop ‘Sew King’ Opens on Center Street

Cameron Frye
Life

TAYLOR SWIFT RELEASES “ENCHANTED (TAYLOR’S VERSION) (CHORAL VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) FEAT. TABERNACLE CHOIR”

At her latest performances of the Eras tour in Kansas City, Taylor Swift surprised the crowd once again. On Friday, July 7, the day Swift’s newest album dropped, she wowed crowds by bringing onstage guests Joey King, Presley Cash, and Taylor Lautner, with whom she then premiered her latest music video, for “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault).” But Kansas City Swifties … Continue reading TAYLOR SWIFT RELEASES “ENCHANTED (TAYLOR’S VERSION) (CHORAL VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) FEAT. TABERNACLE CHOIR”

Barbie