Christmastime at Gateway Mall in the early years. PHOTO COURTESY OF EDHOLM & BLOMGREN COLLECTION
My fondest memory was waiting for Santa and Mrs. Claus to arrive at the mall via helicopter. I stood in anticipation with my husband and daughter and all the other families anxiously waiting for them to land. I was so proud when they landed and stepped out and was happy to see them as they were there in all their glory ⦠my Mom and Dad, that is. Yes, they were Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus at Gateway Mall for many years. Not many daughters can claim having a personal connection to the Guy in the Big Red Suit!
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Some BYU students doubt the effectiveness of Proctorio and feel that the system can be anxiety inducing.
Proctorio is a system that monitors students and their computer screens during an exam. The program scans for plagiarism, flags suspicious behavior such as eye movement to a specific location, and evaluates activity in the room to prevent cheating in any form.
Though this might seem like a fool-proof plan to monitor students in this new online environment, some students say it increases their test-taking anxiety. The idea of being recorded or their eye movements being tracked distracts students and creates an uncomfortable test-taking atmosphere.
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Editor’s note:
Reporter Emily Andersen is a journalism student at BYU with a personal and professional interest in the world of journalism and freedom of the press.
Jody Genessy had been working for the Deseret News for 26 years. He got the job when he was still in college and had hoped to spend his entire career there. Genessy said over the years people have asked him why he didn’t try to move on to bigger news organizations, but Genessy said he loves Utah, and he loves the Deseret News.
That’s why it came as such a shock when, on Oct. 26, he was laid off along with six other journalists.
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Editor’s note:
Reporter Emily Andersen is a journalism student at BYU with a personal and professional interest in the world of journalism and freedom of the press.
Professional journalists have been laid off across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, and according to the Washington Post, college journalists have risen to provide important community news coverage in their absence. But the freedom of the press can get a little tricky at a private university like BYU.
According to School of Communications Director Ed Carter, the fact that BYU is a private university means top school administrators technically have the right to restrict what content is produced for school-sponsored media. He said the current BYU administration does a good job of allowing students to express themselves freely in these publications.