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BYU junior Max Hall has passed for 4,334 yards in his career (14 games). After throwing for 486 yards in the season-opener, he is on track to surpass a few former Cougar QB greats in all-time passing yardage -- Gifford Nielsen (5,833), Steve Sarkisian (7,464), Marc Wilson (7,637) and Steve Young (7,733) -- by the end of this season. (c) 2008 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

KBYU radio (FM-89.1/89.5) will air a concert featuring the five Salt Lake Tabernacle organists on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 3 p.m. This was taped in the Cathedral of the Madeleine on June 27. For more information, go to: www.classical89.org. (c) 2008 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

By Wendy Leonard Deseret News Utah colleges, including the University of Utah, Westminster College, Brigham Young University and Weber State University, have landed spots on one of the nation's most popular college-and- university ranking publications. U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges, which hits newsstands Monday and is available online today, puts the U. among the best national universities and Westminster as one of the best places to get a master's degree, as well as a...

By Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune Aug. 2--After six years of unprecedented access to LDS Church archives, hundreds of hours in the nation's libraries and thousands if not millions of dollars spent on research, three Mormon historians believe they can put to rest the question of what prompted a southern Utah Mormon militia to slaughter 120 unarmed men, women and children at Mountain Meadows on Sept. 11 1857. Local Latter-day Saints' paranoia, poverty, miscommunication,...

By Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune Aug. 1--After six years of unprecedented access to LDS Church archives, hundreds of hours in the nation's libraries and thousands if not millions of dollars spent on research, three Mormon historians believe they can put to rest the question of what prompted a southern Utah Mormon militia to slaughter 120 unarmed men, women and children at Mountain Meadows on Sept. 11 1857. Local Latter-day Saints' paranoia, poverty, miscommunication,...

By Michael De Groote Mormon Times PROVO, Utah -- President Merrill J. Bateman opened a four-day family history conference Tuesday by saying ordinances of the temple are meant to be an "especially" spiritual experience. President Bateman, an emeritus general authority, former president of Brigham Young University and current president of the Provo, Utah Temple, was the keynote speaker at the 40th-annual Conference on Family History and Genealogy at BYU. Read the full story online at...

By Elizabeth Stuart Deseret News PROVO -- Since Socrates first sat down with Plato, the study of philosophy has been about the same: analyze, discuss, write papers. But, lately, a philosophy class at Brigham Young University has gotten a little more animated. Literally. BYU professor Dennis Packard uses 3-D animation software to teach his students film philosophy. "I'm very much interested in teaching film theory and criticism in a way that's closely related to practice," he said. "Using...

PROVO -- Rodger Sorensen, chairman of Brigham Young University's Department of Theatre and Media Arts, will speak at a campus devotional at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium. Sorensen has directed more than 100 theater productions, including premieres of original scripts, adaptations of his own work, interdisciplinary projects, operas, musicals, dramas and comedies. He worked every summer on the Hill Cumorah Pageant near Palmyra, N.Y., from 1978 to 2004, serving as...

By Amy K. Stewart Deseret News SANDY -- Two local educators, with two identical academic degrees from Brigham Young University, are the top finalists for superintendent of the newly formed East Jordan School District. Dave Doty, 43, of Sandy, is assistant commissioner and director of policy studies with the Utah System of Higher Education in Salt Lake City. Martin Bates, 41, of Salt Lake City, is an assistant superintendent for Granite School District in Salt Lake City. "Both of the...

By Valerie Phillips Deseret News Utahn Kelsey Nixon offered up her last sound bites Sunday night for "The Next Food Network Star." The Brigham Young University graduate, one of the four remaining finalists, was sent packing from the reality series after guest judge Paula Deen commented that her entree portions were too small. On Sunday's show, the finalists went to Las Vegas to cook in a Bobby Flay-style "Throwdown," where they had to make an ultimate version of their own signature dish...