ALONE IN THE DESERT: INCREASING ACTIVISM AT BYU During the turbulent 1960s, BYU was an oasis of calm: no anti-war protests, no violence, no organized opposition to the status quo. Today, self-proclaimed progressive BYU students are increasingly adopting political and humanitarian causes, from the conflict in Sudan to protesting the war in Iraq. In the …
Speaker: Steven Greenstreet
Film: This Divided State
In September 2004, with a presidential election approaching, the state of Utah was prepared to declare itself “Bush Country.” However, his conservative calm was jolted when Utah Valley State College student leaders announced that they had invited liberal filmmaker Michael Moore to speak at heir campus. An explosion of outrage tore the community apart, and …