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FAITH: Will The LDS Church Ever Condone Homosexuality?

Sep 29, 2009 40 Comments by McKay Coppins

As we continue to strive to bring our readers opinions from all sides and all speakers, we at Rhombus value strong writing (even on seemingly controversial topics) from any and all sources. The following article by McKay Coppins is just that. We trust that our readers appreciate mature discussion of important topics and possess the [...]

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FOOD: Beating The "Freshman 15"

Sep 04, 2009 No Comments by McKay Coppins

This article originally ran in the Daily Universe on Thursday, September 3rd.

Meg Schmidt didn’t weigh herself very often during her freshman year, but she’s pretty sure she gained weight.
After all, she has photographic evidence.
“Some boys in my law school were going through my pictures on Facebook, and they pulled up some from the beginning [...]

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COLUMN: In Defense Of The Daily Universe

Aug 26, 2009 4 Comments by McKay Coppins

No one reads newspapers anymore. Well, almost no one. (As you can see, this publication itself is distributed electronically.) But BYU students still read the Daily Universe — and in large numbers. Sure, the paper is a frequent target of student criticism and derision (the majority of it unfair), but those critics still pick up [...]

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