Even eight years after returning to the United States, the view of Jerusalem’s Old City from the top of the Mount of Olives remained vivid in author Erin Tolman’s mind, as did the sound of gunfire and sirens which marked the beginning of the Second Intifada in September 2000. Unable to let the memories remain only in her journal, Tolman wrote a series of thirty-eight vignettes describing her semester as a student at the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies and titled the collection A View of Jerusalem.

A View of Jerusalem begins on September 29, 2000 when Palestinian rioters and Israeli police clashed in the Old City and sparked a brutal conflict which lasted for years. While Tolman and the other 175 students at the Jerusalem Center remained safe during the following two months, their study abroad experience changed dramatically at that point.

This Saturday BYU and the U throw it down in, perhaps, the biggest game of the year.

Just what is ridding on this game? Everything!

1. The University of Utah needs a win to go to conference.
2. If BYU wins they break the U's winning streak.
3. TCU beat BYU, and the U beat TCU. If BYU beats the U, the inadvertently pull up from their game with TCU.
4. BYU and the U are rivals!
5. Amid everything, BYU has managed to beat the U the past two years.

So, now I ask, who is going to win? Come on people, I wanna hear what everyone has to say.

Who will win this Saturday?

I've scouted out housing during my "College Tour 2008" trip here in Provo, Utah. And i've come to only 2 apartments I want to live at but can't decide between.

The Branbury & The King Henry Apartments.

I really like the river and forest next to Branbury but the cool clubhouse and "guarunteed" social life at King Henry can't be missed either. Both are about the same distance from BYU.

King Henry is more expensive but includes some utilities while Branbury is cheaper but makes you pay all you pay all your own.

SO I leave it up to you to help me decide. Which should I choose and why? Please help!

Tomorrow is the big day, the end of a very long election. (At least is seemed long for me because I was involved in it).

I was looking at the news today and came across an article titled, The morning after: Half of us will be disappointed. It's true, there will be many disappointed fans tomorrow. This article got me thinking.

My advice to you readers is to support our new president tomorrow, even if he wasn't your #1 choice. I think this is something everyone should decided to do now.I think being patriotic is about having different thoughts and ideas, and supporting the president. Lets do it, lets agree to disagree and then get things done!

The North Utah Valley Animal Shelter (NUVAS) will be hosting a special pet Adopt-A-Thon event on Saturday, November 8, 2008. From 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, NUVAS will be streamlining the pet adoption process, as well as offering rabies vaccinations, licensing, and microchip identification for new pets.

NUVAS is located at 193 North 2000 West in Lindon, Utah. For more information, visit Nuvas or call at (801) 785-3442. Come help us in giving all our critters a second chance, and make a new friend for life!

Yesterday Utah Valley University hosted a same-sex marriage debate between panels. Opposing same-sex marriage was Dr. Loveless from BYU and an alumni student from UVU. In favor of same-sex marriage was Cheryl Jacques former state senator from Massachusetts, and a student at the school who was also the president of the Gay-Straight alliance there.

What I wanted to know was if anyone here had attended and what you thought about the debate.

I understand that UVU will be putting video of the debate online so that people who missed it can watch it.

Thanks,

XR4-IT

You need to watch this video, it is an outrage!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1815825713