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Sunday, April 3, 2011
After leading the nation in scoring, “the Jimmer” has been named The Associated Press’ Player of the year.
The award is given from a media panel of 65 people. Forty-eight votes were given in favor of Jimmer Fredette. Eleven went to Kemba Walker of Connecticut, Nolan Smith of Duke had 5 votes and Jared Sullinger from Ohio had 1.
Fredette averaged 28.5 per game and led the...
Saturday, March 26, 2011
A round of applause began even before the 26-year-old social network patriarch could be seen clearly among his courtside entrance at BYU.
The Facebook founder was all smiles as he entered the large Marriott Center filled with an audience of 10,600 people.
He began by introducing three BYU alumni who currently work for Facebook and accompanied him on his trip to Provo.
“It’s an...
Monday, March 21, 2011
HC BYU's Tiffany Wallace interviewed local rare items collecter Brent Ashworth, father of BYU cougar football team member Luke Ashworth. Watch the youtube video below to hear more about some of the amazing things he's collected.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The first ever Cougar Send-Off took place the Marriott Center on Tuesday March 8.
About 5,000 fans showed up to see of the men’s and women’s 2011 basketball teams for the last time.
The festivities were free and included entertainment. The Cougarettes danced for excited fans. TJ Fredette also performed his rap entitled “Amazing” about his brother Jimmer status as a...
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Brandon Davies has been suspended from BYU’s men’s basketball team for the rest of the 2010-11 season due to a BYU Honor Code violation.
Losing Davies, a BYU center, has been a tough blow to BYU’s team as well as for cougar fans nationwide. BYU’s basketball team was ranked number 3 in the nation but lost yesterday’s game against the New Mexico Lobos, with the...
Monday, February 28, 2011
The BYU Ad Lab became the first student run-agency to win one of the advertising industry’s top awards last week from One Show Entertainment.
Four students along with Ad Lab director Jeff Sheets accepted The Bronze Pencil Award in Los Angeles. The group won the award for a music video they produced last summer at BYU’s world-record-setting water balloon fight.
The students worked...
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Living innovation was the theme for the TEDxBYU event last Friday, Feburuary 11, on campus in the Partdoe Theater.
TED, is an annual conference where "Ideas Worth Spreading," are explored and discussed. Independently organized TED events called TEDx are held worldwide. The events include live speakers and open discussion through small groups.
With speakers ranging from BYU undergrads...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
A huge fist bump goes out to BYU for winning Psych’s Campus Wars!
BYU won the opportunity to be mentioned in a future episode of the television series “Psych,” by earning the most points in the show's Campus Wars competition.
Colleges throughout the United States participated in Campus Wars on Psych’s website, but BYU blew away the competition by earning 3,109,...
