Freshman Swimmer Rises To the Top (January 29, 2010)

One of my articles made it to the front page again! This time for the weekend edition:

Freshman swimmer rises to the top

Today is the end of a slow week. The swim team had a week off from competitions, and the gymnastics only had an away meet in Iowa.

But, I've got an exciting assignment for the weekend. Mike Scioscia, the manager for the Los Angeles Angels, is coming to Provo as the keynote speaker for the season kick-off dinner for the minor league team the Orem Owlz. I do love baseball, but to be honest I hadn't heard of him until the assignment came. :S It's one of my lifelong regrets that I haven't been paying as much attention to professional and college sports as does any other male on the planet. But, I'm catching up! I looked up some things and I'm looking forward more and more to meeting Scioscia. It'll be great. (Plus, I get to go to a fancy dinner for free!)

Look for that story on Monday.

Former BYU Football Player Becomes Coach for Dixie State (January 26, 2010)

A nice long story in today's paper:

Former BYU football player becomes coach for Dixie State

The Daily Universe Caption Contest!

As it appears in The Daily Universe on Tuesday, January 26, 2010:

"CONTEST

In Your Words

Cartoon caption contest kicks off

Are you witty? Enter the Universe's cartoon caption contest.

The Daily Universe Issues & Ideas page presents the first appearance of its regular cartoon caption contest and encourages reader participation.

Contest rules:

To enter, submit your caption by e-mail to duletters@gmail.com or in person at the BYU Daily Universe office, 152 BRMB.

All submissions must include the caption writer’s name, home town and e-mail address. Entries must be received by midnight of the Sunday following the Tuesday on which a new captionless cartoon is published. Any received after the deadline will not be considered.

The writer of the winning caption will be notified via e-mail and awarded their choice of candy bar or healthy snack."

You can also submit your captions by way of commenting on this blog post.

I'm looking forward to all of your creative ideas!

Women's Swim and Dive Team Stays Strong After Back-to-Back Wins (January 20, 2010)

A report on last weekend's two swim meets:

Women's swim and dive team stays strong after back-to-back wins

Gymnastics Team Trounces Scores From Last Year (January 19, 2010)

Another story:

Gymnastics team trounces scores from last year

Mr. Grumpy Gills, Y Gymnastics Ready to Hit the Floor and BYU women's swimming, diving teams face San Diego State (January 14, 2010)

Triple whammy today: a cartoon and two articles.

Dory from Finding Nemo is now a judge on American Idol.

And, here's a preview of the BYU gymnastics 2010 season.

The other article wasn't published in the paper, but it was included on the Daily Universe website. You can find it here.

Discerning the Draft (January 12, 2010)

An article on the front page! The very next day!

Discerning the draft

Women's swim, dive teams break record; Men's swim team loses to TCU (January 11, 2010)

The first time I've ever had articles published in the Universe!

Women's swim, dive teams break record

Men's swim team loses to TCU

Pick One (January 7, 2010)

Two events meshed together:

1) Arenas controversy in the spotlight
2) The Long War: Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan and more ahead

New Year's Resolutions (January 5, 2010)

If at first you don't succeed...