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...Deseret News cited BYU's affiliation with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as the major factor in its popularity: the school draws students who want to participate in Mormon culture in college and who are attracted by the discounted tuition of $2,145 per semester for church members. BYU students quoted in the article said that they wouldn't want to attend Harvard—one said the tough academics would have made her "feel so insecure" about herself, and another said BYU extracurriculars are clearly better because he hasn't "seen Harvard on ESPN...
...Sierra Club had originally sued to stop the construction of Deseret Power's Bonanza Generating Station in Vernal, Utah, part of their nationwide campaign to stop new coal. The 110-megawatt plant, which received its EPA permit in July 2007, would have emitted 3.37 million tons of CO2 a year - the equivalent to putting another 660,000 cars on the road. In detail, Thursday's decision means that any new air pollution permits for coal plants will require that Best Available Control Technology (BACT) be used to reduce CO2 emissions, the same criteria currently used for other pollutants, like sulfur...
...difficult for the party to look the other way. Last week some conservatives went so far as to insinuate that Foley proves that every gay person is a pedophile waiting to happen. "You don't need 'gaydar' to understand he has certain dispositions," Utah Congressman Chris Cannon told the Deseret News. Televangelist Pat Robertson recommended that G.O.P. leaders simply explain the situation this way: "Well, this man's gay. He does what gay people...
...Research Economic Development Initiative (USTAR) grants around $200 million for research facilities at two state universities. The plan could potentially lure teams of high-tech researchers to Utah State University and the University of Utah in the hopes of creating spin-off businesses and high paying jobs, The Deseret Morning News reported last week. Increased funding was a major factor in recruiting scientists, but the school provides other potential benefits, according to Brittain. “The key thing that we have that would help their research is the Utah Population Database,” Brittain said. The Utah Population...
...puritanical, homogenous white-bread community of Deseret--as Mormons used to designate their geographical base--is going multigrain, with people of different races, faiths and outlooks moving into the state. Governor Mike Leavitt says that when he came to office nine years ago, 8% of the state's population was from an ethnic minority. Today it is 14%, and when his term is up three years from now it will be 17%. The 2000 Census showed a 138% increase in the Hispanic population over the preceding decade, and a 740% increase in people now prepared to declare they live...