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Opening with a prayer:
Jean A. Stevens becomes first woman in history to pray at LDS General Conference
BY TMERA BRADLEY news senior writer
Though there have been 183 Annual General Conferences of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-�day Saints, Saturday was the first time in history where a woman has said the prayer in one of the sessions. Jean A. Stevens, first counselor in the General Primary Presidency, closed the Saturday morning session with a prayer. Recently, a “Let Women Pray� campaign was initi-� ated by the same group who encouraged women to wear pants to church instead of dresses or skirts in December 2012 to demonstrate their desire for gender equality. The group made a Facebook page, petitioning members to write letters to the First Presidency of the church in an effort for women to be able to say open-� ing and closing prayers in General Conferences. Brittni Gamble Bunce, one of the creators of the group, said the idea came from her then three-�year-�old daughter Lydia. While watching the October conference in 2011,
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THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE AND CONFERENCE CENTER was home to the April 2013 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. JEFF LAWRENCE photo, MCT
Re-�Tell shows importance of recycling BY TAVIN STUCKI
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‘MISS SPY,’ the dress created by Amy Denison and Krecia Jessop won Best of Show at the Re-Tell recycling fashion show in the TSC Ballroom on Monday. DELAYNE LOCKE photo
Models graced the runway in the TSC Ballroom on Monday, dressed in handmade outfits as part of a semes-� terly recycled fashion show. Known in the Spring 2013 semester as Re-�Tell, the show featured 73 mod-� els sporting handcrafted outfits — all created by the 120 students in assis-� tant professor Lindsey Shirley’s FCSE 3080 class. “In part four of the class, we look at creating dress,� Shirley said of her Dress and Humanity class. “They apply the elements and principles of design to creating an article of cloth-� ing for a 3D form.� Re-�Tell’s outfits were grouped into nine categories: Action, Adventure and Comics, Children’s, Classics, Fantasy, Mystery, Reference, Romance, Science Fiction and Western. A dress called “Miss Spy,� created by Amy Denison and Krecia Jessop, won Best of Show. The idea for the full-�length, black dress was born from the “I Spy� game. “I loved ‘I Spy,’ so I figured we’d make an ‘I Spy’ dress,� Denison said. Jessop said she and Denison
“Gunny Sac Prom,� by “James Bond Epic Romance,� by Jenessa Hannah Russon and Ward Taylor Jenkins Romance Western “The Flamenco,� by “Shirley L. Holmes,� by Krista Whittle and Kristofer Pfeiffer Reference Carlotta Foitzick Mystery “An Obsolesce Future,� “Little Minnie Me,� by by Jordyn Peterson and Danielle Fawcett Alexandra Hansen Sci-�fi Children’s “Never Smile at a “Flapper Girl,� by Crocodile,� by Amy Shaylee Capener Classics Atkinson, Joe Brunty, Alyssa Brady and “Warrior Princess,� by Mckenzie Tidwell Action, Adventure Heather Greene and Comics Fantasy
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Two new climbing gyms announced in Salt Lake Valley BY CLAYTON LEUBA News Elevated
Climbers in the Salt Lake Valley — including USU students flocking home for the summer — will soon have two new climbing gyms available for their climb-� ing and training enjoyment. After nearly six years of operation, Momentum Indoor Climbing, located in Sandy and self-�proclaimed as Utah’s largest climbing gym, has announced its plan to open a second facility. Jeff Pedersen, the co-�owner of the gym, aims to open Momentum’s new Millcreek location in November. The increasing popularity of Momentum’s Sandy location has created issues with overcrowding, Pedersen said, and expanding to a location closer to its custom-� ers in Salt Lake City was the next logistical step for the gym.
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in the Canyon Rim Center at 3183 E. 3300 South in East Millcreek, must undergo extensive modifications, including a roof lift before climbing-�wall construc-� tion can begin, Pedersen said. He hopes to begin these modifications by May. The Front Climbing Club, or FCC, also has plans underway to restructure its Salt Lake City gym, said Shad Burnham, the manager of the FCC in Ogden. Burnham could disclose few details about the FCC’s plans for its Salt Lake renovations — which will include additional building space as well as the current facil-� ity — until an official announcement, which can be expected in the next three months, is made. “The existing FCC will still be where it is, but it will look much different than it does now,� Burnham said. “It won’t be like any other gym in existence. It’s going to be really big and much more modern than most gyms
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