E-reader sales spark public interestFor those unfamiliar with the Kindle, it is one of the only devices in the world that is able to extract information from the Internet via cell phone towers without any monthly costs to the consumer.  It ...

Workshops educate students for lifeThere are skills that can help people be successful in life, and students gathered to participate in one of five different workshops that gave brief overviews of some of those skills at 2 p.m. on July ...

Coupons offered through text messagesBYU-Idaho students have saved nearly $1,500 by texting www.skimmit.com, which was launched a month and a half ago by two BYU-I students.    Skimmit.com is a website people are able to join to ...

Students tell stories, deliver laughs“And so I did what any older sibling would do: I punched ‘em in the face!”  Laughter filled the room. “I mean c’mon, they stole my Nutty Bars.” Stories like ...

Coupons offered through text messagesBYU-Idaho students have saved nearly $1,500 by texting www.skimmit.com, which launched a month and a half ago by two BYU-I students.   Skimmit.com is a website people are able to join to receive ...

Recycling clothing benefits environment All good things come to an end, including your wardrobe. Disposal and replacement is the usual response to this problem; however, more and more people are finding ways to recycle old and worn clothing. With ...

Students find rainy day entertainment El Niño season, which means the weather is going to be hot and wet this year.  According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),“El Niño is a disruption ...

Students share Father’s Day traditionsAs the third week in June approaches,  families prepare to celebrate fathers.  Displays of  appreciation for fathers or father figures become common, and the Eight-Dollar-Tie Guy gets busy. Lindsey ...

Family Home Evening encouraged for allRecently, students and faculty have wondered whether attendance at Family Home Evening groups should be a requirement to receive an ecclesiastical endorsement. According to a statement from the First ...

New LDS Youth website launchedThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a new website at www.youth.lds.org designed to unite the younger members of the Church.  The webite is divided into four general content areas: ...

LDS website gets social network updateA redesigned www.mormontimes.com launched on May 25 with a new layout and expanded features to help Deseret Media Companies reach its new mission of being “a trusted voice” and extending ...

Students eat beef, learn manners  BYU-Idaho held an etiquette dinner in the Hyrum Manwaring Center special events room on June 3 in order to teach students table manners at special or formal events. Janie Fisher, a professor in ...