Nine years ago on Sept. 112001 radical Islamic terrorists hijacked four airplanes and murdered nearly 3000 innocent people marking the worst terrorist attack on the United States in history. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center rapidly transformed into an inferno with trapped fathers and mothers calling their children in tears to say their last … [Read more...] about A Graphic Face-Off: Against the Cordoba Initiative
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BYU to join the WCC at start of 2011
The West Coast Conference previously consisted of eight athletic programs. Now due in part to a phone call by our very own President Andrew K. Benton the WCC its athletes and its coaches are proud to claim Brigham Young University as a new member of the conference effective at the start of the 2011 season. Even though it was a significant adjustment for BYU athletics it was a … [Read more...] about BYU to join the WCC at start of 2011
Bikers flags honor victims of 9/11 attacks
It's time for 2977 ten-foot high American flags to be flown in Alumni Park. Two years after devoting countless hours of his college career to planning the original "Wave of Flags" Sept.11 tribute in Alumni Park 2009 Pepperdine alumnus Ryan Sawtelle cannot stand to see people begin to forget. In 2008 Pepperdine saw the first of what would soon become a widely … [Read more...] about Bikers flags honor victims of 9/11 attacks
Reality TV: Lowering moral standards
From "Big Brother" to "Survivor to shows like The Bachelor Jersey Shore" and "The Real Housewives of (insert your city here) the quality of our television shows has greatly diminished. Ironically, what these reality" shows present to us does not seem to correspond with reality at all. For me it begs the question "What happened to the sitcom?" There used to be a … [Read more...] about Reality TV: Lowering moral standards
17-year-old Wave competes for national title
Sophomore golfer Danielle Kang made a name for herself this summer at the 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship taking home the championship trophy against numerous other amateur golfers. Kang has participated in this same USGA event for the past three years but this time had the privilege of taking home the prize for the tournament that lasted 10 days in Charlotte N.C. The … [Read more...] about 17-year-old Wave competes for national title