http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/getFeed.kickAction?quantity=25 New blogs from Miley on iComm Student Media Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:38:59 GMT Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:38:59 GMT byuicomm@gmail.com (icomm) byuicomm@gmail.com (icomm) KickApps Feed Builder 2010-03-28T03:38:59Z 8 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=96698&sortType=recent 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Tips-from-Rodney-Hawes/BLOG/2271807/96698.html Here are some tips that Rodney Hawes gave during his 2 p.m. keynote address at the Newel K. Whitney Summit:       Personally look after your business. Don’t be overly impressed by financial projections made by computers. Startups always cost more, take more capital than originally planned and take longer than originally planned. The success of every deal comes down to the management. Do not assume that someone has good financial judgment even if they’re perfect Mormons. If it’s too good to be true, avoid it. Rewards of startups rarely go to the ones who start them. Always control the check book. If you want to know what’s going on, follow the cash. Discover mistakes, admit them and then fix them. Customers come first. Give honest service. Persistence and patience pay off. Don’t burn bridges. Never be rude. Keep a file of names, addresses, companies that you have met or known. (networking!) Remember that the money you earn isn’t really yours.     Here are some tips that Rodney Hawes gave during his 2 p.m. keynote address at the Newel K. Whitney Summit:       Personally look after your business. Don’t be overly impressed by financial projections made by computers. Startups always cost more, take more capital than originally planned and take longer than originally planned. The success of every deal comes down to the management. Do not assume that someone has good financial judgment even if they’re perfect Mormons. If it’s too good to be true, avoid it. Rewards of startups rarely go to the ones who start them. Always control the check book. If you want to know what’s going on, follow the cash. Discover mistakes, admit them and then fix them. Customers come first. Give honest service. Persistence and patience pay off. Don’t burn bridges. Never be rude. Keep a file of names, addresses, companies that you have met or known. (networking!) Remember that the money you earn isn’t really yours.     Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:38:59 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Tips-from-Rodney-Hawes/BLOG/2271807/96698.html Miley 2010-03-28T03:38:59Z Scroll Opinion iComm Student Media Here are some tips that Rodney Hawes gave during his 2 p.m. keynote address at the Newel K. Whitney Summit:       Personally look after your business. Don’t be overly impressed by financial projections made by computers. Startups always cost more, take more capital than originally planned and take longer than originally planned. The success of every deal comes down to the management. Do not assume that someone has good financial judgment even if they’re perfect Mormons. If it’s too good to be true, avoid it. Rewards of startups rarely go to the ones who start them. Always control the check book. If you want to know what’s going on, follow the cash. Discover mistakes, admit them and then fix them. Customers come first. Give honest service. Persistence and patience pay off. Don’t burn bridges. Never be rude. Keep a file of names, addresses, companies that you have met or known. (networking!) Remember that the money you earn isn’t really yours.     hawes rodney hawes newel, k., opinion, scroll, summit summit keynote tips, whitney nonadult false Tips from Rodney Hawes text blog hawes rodney hawes newel,k.,opinion,scroll,summit summit keynote tips,whitney 66 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 1 Scroll / Opinion 0 2271807 19013813 Member 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Library-fountain-overflows/BLOG/1857088/96698.html Passersby waved the air in front of their faces. Daniel Jackson, a security guard for the David O. McKay Library and a junior studying economics, smiled as students quickened their steps to pass the scene and its accompanying odor. Four people stood across from Jackson in the midst of a collection of plumbing equipment, intent on the work in front of them. The four individuals unanimously agreed that no clogged drinking fountain is capable of creating a smell that could daunt them anymore. The four members of the BYU-Idaho plumbing crew responded to a call about a backed-up drinking fountain in the library last Thursday. Water was pooling near the fountain when they arrived. Water seeped from the drinking fountain and the pipe in the wall beside it. They successfully removed the clog with a rotating, snake-like tool that George Archibald, a full-time member of the crew, estimated was about 100 feet long. A tool at the end of the snake twisted out of shape and black water briefly gushed from the pipe before the problem was resolved. “Sometimes there’s crazy stuff in there and it ends up bending [the tool]. But that’s a cheap piece. We can buy other ones,” said Alejandro Gonzalez, a part-time member of the crew. Gonzalez said they were at the scene for two and a half hours. The four members worked in unison, one feeding the snake into the wall. The others helped him operate the snake, fetched buckets of water and tested their progress by pouring them into the fountain. Gonzalez explained that so much water was backed up because another drinking fountain directly above on the second floor is connected to the leaking fountain on the first floor. Whenever the one on the second floor was used, the fountain on the first floor filled with its residual water. Craig Forbush, a full-time member of the crew, explained that the low flow created by people using drinking fountains isn’t enough to sufficiently scour the pipes and prevent clogs from happening. Jackson said that the fountain is notorious for clogging and that it has been having problems as far back as sometime last semester. Sometimes the snake can’t push a clog all the way through a pipe and out of the way. “Sometimes people put in weird stuff,” Gonzalez said. “When we retrieve the machine, some stuff comes [with] the machine, like paper clips and things like that.” While the other three members began gathering equipment and tools after the job was done, Forbush called someone to let them know what had happened to the surrounding carpet. Nathan Wood, another full-time crew member, said that he was contacting someone to clean and take out any remaining odors once they left the scene. Archibald wanted students to know that what they put into the plumbing makes a difference for everyone who uses the facilities after them, not just the plumbers.  “Never put anything in the toilet that’s not supposed to be there,” Archibald said. The crew performs maintenance on all campus buildings, including housing. There is always one plumber on call on Saturdays and Sundays in case of emergencies. Usually only one plumber is needed to fix a problem. “But when there are lots of crazy stuff going on, we all put our efforts together to try to figure it out,” Gonzalez said. “Today, it turned kind of crazy.”   Passersby waved the air in front of their faces. Daniel Jackson, a security guard for the David O. McKay Library and a junior studying economics, smiled as students quickened their steps to pass the scene and its accompanying odor. Four people stood across from Jackson in the midst of a collection of plumbing equipment, intent on the work in front of them. The four individuals unanimously agreed that no clogged drinking fountain is capable of creating a smell that could daunt them anymore. The four members of the BYU-Idaho plumbing crew responded to a call about a backed-up drinking fountain in the library last Thursday. Water was pooling near the fountain when they arrived. Water seeped from the drinking fountain and the pipe in the wall beside it. They successfully removed the clog with a rotating, snake-like tool that George Archibald, a full-time member of the crew, estimated was about 100 feet long. A tool at the end of the snake twisted out of shape and black water briefly gushed from the pipe before the problem was resolved. “Sometimes there’s crazy stuff in there and it ends up bending [the tool]. But that’s a cheap piece. We can buy other ones,” said Alejandro Gonzalez, a part-time member of the crew. Gonzalez said they were at the scene for two and a half hours. The four members worked in unison, one feeding the snake into the wall. The others helped him operate the snake, fetched buckets of water and tested their progress by pouring them into the fountain. Gonzalez explained that so much water was backed up because another drinking fountain directly above on the second floor is connected to the leaking fountain on the first floor. Whenever the one on the second floor was used, the fountain on the first floor filled with its residual water. Craig Forbush, a full-time member of the crew, explained that the low flow created by people using drinking fountains isn’t enough to sufficiently scour the pipes and prevent clogs from happening. Jackson said that the fountain is notorious for clogging and that it has been having problems as far back as sometime last semester. Sometimes the snake can’t push a clog all the way through a pipe and out of the way. “Sometimes people put in weird stuff,” Gonzalez said. “When we retrieve the machine, some stuff comes [with] the machine, like paper clips and things like that.” While the other three members began gathering equipment and tools after the job was done, Forbush called someone to let them know what had happened to the surrounding carpet. Nathan Wood, another full-time crew member, said that he was contacting someone to clean and take out any remaining odors once they left the scene. Archibald wanted students to know that what they put into the plumbing makes a difference for everyone who uses the facilities after them, not just the plumbers.  “Never put anything in the toilet that’s not supposed to be there,” Archibald said. The crew performs maintenance on all campus buildings, including housing. There is always one plumber on call on Saturdays and Sundays in case of emergencies. Usually only one plumber is needed to fix a problem. “But when there are lots of crazy stuff going on, we all put our efforts together to try to figure it out,” Gonzalez said. “Today, it turned kind of crazy.”   Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:13:10 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Library-fountain-overflows/BLOG/1857088/96698.html Miley 2010-02-13T18:13:10Z CAMPUS GENERAL iComm Student Media Passersby waved the air in front of their faces. Daniel Jackson, a security guard for the David O. McKay Library and a junior studying economics, smiled as students quickened their steps to pass the scene and its accompanying odor. Four people stood across from Jackson in the midst of a collection of plumbing equipment, intent on the work in front of them. The four individuals unanimously agreed that no clogged drinking fountain is capable of creating a smell that could daunt them anymore. The four members of the BYU-Idaho plumbing crew responded to a call about a backed-up drinking fountain in the library last Thursday. Water was pooling near the fountain when they arrived. Water seeped from the drinking fountain and the pipe in the wall beside it. They successfully removed the clog with a rotating, snake-like tool that George Archibald, a full-time member of the crew, estimated was about 100 feet long. A tool at the end of the snake twisted out of shape and black water briefly gushed from the pipe before the problem was resolved. “Sometimes there’s crazy stuff in there and it ends up bending [the tool]. But that’s a cheap piece. We can buy other ones,” said Alejandro Gonzalez, a part-time member of the crew. Gonzalez said they were at the scene for two and a half hours. The four members worked in unison, one feeding the snake into the wall. The others helped him operate the snake, fetched buckets of water and tested their progress by pouring them into the fountain. Gonzalez explained that so much water was backed up because another drinking fountain directly above on the second floor is connected to the leaking fountain on the first floor. Whenever the one on the second floor was used, the fountain on the first floor filled with its residual water. Craig Forbush, a full-time member of the crew, explained that the low flow created by people using drinking fountains isn’t enough to sufficiently scour the pipes and prevent clogs from happening. Jackson said that the fountain is notorious for clogging and that it has been having problems as far back as sometime last semester. Sometimes the snake can’t push a clog all the way through a pipe and out of the way. “Sometimes people put in weird stuff,” Gonzalez said. “When we retrieve the machine, some stuff comes [with] the machine, like paper clips and things like that.” While the other three members began gathering equipment and tools after the job was done, Forbush called someone to let them know what had happened to the surrounding carpet. Nathan Wood, another full-time crew member, said that he was contacting someone to clean and take out any remaining odors once they left the scene. Archibald wanted students to know that what they put into the plumbing makes a difference for everyone who uses the facilities after them, not just the plumbers.  “Never put anything in the toilet that’s not supposed to be there,” Archibald said. The crew performs maintenance on all campus buildings, including housing. There is always one plumber on call on Saturdays and Sundays in case of emergencies. Usually only one plumber is needed to fix a problem. “But when there are lots of crazy stuff going on, we all put our efforts together to try to figure it out,” Gonzalez said. “Today, it turned kind of crazy.”   campus, david o. mckay library, fountain, general, overflow, plumbing, plumbing crew nonadult false Library fountain overflows text blog campus,david o. mckay library,fountain,general,overflow,plumbing,plumbing crew 99 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 1 CAMPUS / GENERAL 0 1857088 19013813 Member 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_RFinity-still-testing/BLOG/1807879/96698.html Pilot 2 for RFinity testing is now in progress and will soon see the release of a sticker that takes the place of the micro SD card used to make purchases with cell phones. The sticker is placed on the back of a phone and can be used as an alternate version of RFinity technology for phones that don’t have a micro SD card slot, such as the iPhone. It can also be used as a different method for phones that do have one. To make a purchase, a person would tap a reader at the cash register with the sticker on their phone. “When you just walk up and tap it with the sticker, the reader excites the sticker so it sends a signal,” said Wally McPheters, the product manager for the RFinity technology on campus and the two pilot tests. “A number — but not an account number — that’s unique to that sticker is registered, and that goes through our server.” Sometimes a purchase may require a PIN number, McPheters said. The buyer would then use the quick pay option in their phone to complete the transaction. A receipt would be sent to their phone upon completing the purchase. After the conclusion of Pilot 2, RFinity will begin testing cell phone to cell phone transactions. This method would allow people to buy from or sell to each other using their cell phones, eliminating the need for cash or checks. The buyer would wave their phone over the seller’s phone, receiving the request for sale.  The buyer would then approve the sale and both buyer and seller would receive a receipt once the sale was confirmed and finalized, according to www.rfinity.com.   Pilot 2 for RFinity testing is now in progress and will soon see the release of a sticker that takes the place of the micro SD card used to make purchases with cell phones. The sticker is placed on the back of a phone and can be used as an alternate version of RFinity technology for phones that don’t have a micro SD card slot, such as the iPhone. It can also be used as a different method for phones that do have one. To make a purchase, a person would tap a reader at the cash register with the sticker on their phone. “When you just walk up and tap it with the sticker, the reader excites the sticker so it sends a signal,” said Wally McPheters, the product manager for the RFinity technology on campus and the two pilot tests. “A number — but not an account number — that’s unique to that sticker is registered, and that goes through our server.” Sometimes a purchase may require a PIN number, McPheters said. The buyer would then use the quick pay option in their phone to complete the transaction. A receipt would be sent to their phone upon completing the purchase. After the conclusion of Pilot 2, RFinity will begin testing cell phone to cell phone transactions. This method would allow people to buy from or sell to each other using their cell phones, eliminating the need for cash or checks. The buyer would wave their phone over the seller’s phone, receiving the request for sale.  The buyer would then approve the sale and both buyer and seller would receive a receipt once the sale was confirmed and finalized, according to www.rfinity.com.   Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:55:00 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_RFinity-still-testing/BLOG/1807879/96698.html Miley 2010-02-05T02:55:00Z CAMPUS GENERAL iComm Student Media Pilot 2 for RFinity testing is now in progress and will soon see the release of a sticker that takes the place of the micro SD card used to make purchases with cell phones. The sticker is placed on the back of a phone and can be used as an alternate version of RFinity technology for phones that don’t have a micro SD card slot, such as the iPhone. It can also be used as a different method for phones that do have one. To make a purchase, a person would tap a reader at the cash register with the sticker on their phone. “When you just walk up and tap it with the sticker, the reader excites the sticker so it sends a signal,” said Wally McPheters, the product manager for the RFinity technology on campus and the two pilot tests. “A number — but not an account number — that’s unique to that sticker is registered, and that goes through our server.” Sometimes a purchase may require a PIN number, McPheters said. The buyer would then use the quick pay option in their phone to complete the transaction. A receipt would be sent to their phone upon completing the purchase. After the conclusion of Pilot 2, RFinity will begin testing cell phone to cell phone transactions. This method would allow people to buy from or sell to each other using their cell phones, eliminating the need for cash or checks. The buyer would wave their phone over the seller’s phone, receiving the request for sale.  The buyer would then approve the sale and both buyer and seller would receive a receipt once the sale was confirmed and finalized, according to www.rfinity.com.   campus, general, pilot 2, rfinity, rfinity update, sticker, update nonadult false RFinity still testing text blog campus,general,pilot 2,rfinity,rfinity update,sticker,update 113 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_E.jpg false 0 CAMPUS / GENERAL 0 1807879 19013813 Member 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Elder-Nelson-teaches-value-of-education/BLOG/1807803/96698.html     Highlights from the Jan. 26 devotional:   • Pursue education as “a priority of the highest order”   • Education is a religious responsibility   • Personal desire and drive are more important than the school or faculty   • It doesn’t matter how long school takes if you know what you want, know how to get it and work hard for it   • Make sure that wisdom and religious knowledge accompany secular knowledge   • Choose carefully what to learn, whose teaching you acquire, whose purposes you fulfill   • Lack of scriptural knowledge is “tragic” and a handicap: Infections killed thousands of people who didn’t know or understand the hygienic counsel in the law of Moses   • How much faith do we have in God? Some people are afraid of overpopulation, but God told us to have families and there are plenty of resources to support them   • “Where is the knowledge we have lost while gaining information?”   • “Where is the wisdom we have lost while gaining knowledge?”   Visit web.byui.edu/devotionalsandspeeches to see the full address.     Highlights from the Jan. 26 devotional:   • Pursue education as “a priority of the highest order”   • Education is a religious responsibility   • Personal desire and drive are more important than the school or faculty   • It doesn’t matter how long school takes if you know what you want, know how to get it and work hard for it   • Make sure that wisdom and religious knowledge accompany secular knowledge   • Choose carefully what to learn, whose teaching you acquire, whose purposes you fulfill   • Lack of scriptural knowledge is “tragic” and a handicap: Infections killed thousands of people who didn’t know or understand the hygienic counsel in the law of Moses   • How much faith do we have in God? Some people are afraid of overpopulation, but God told us to have families and there are plenty of resources to support them   • “Where is the knowledge we have lost while gaining information?”   • “Where is the wisdom we have lost while gaining knowledge?”   Visit web.byui.edu/devotionalsandspeeches to see the full address. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:02:50 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Elder-Nelson-teaches-value-of-education/BLOG/1807803/96698.html Miley 2010-02-05T02:02:50Z CAMPUS GENERAL iComm Student Media     Highlights from the Jan. 26 devotional:   • Pursue education as “a priority of the highest order”   • Education is a religious responsibility   • Personal desire and drive are more important than the school or faculty   • It doesn’t matter how long school takes if you know what you want, know how to get it and work hard for it   • Make sure that wisdom and religious knowledge accompany secular knowledge   • Choose carefully what to learn, whose teaching you acquire, whose purposes you fulfill   • Lack of scriptural knowledge is “tragic” and a handicap: Infections killed thousands of people who didn’t know or understand the hygienic counsel in the law of Moses   • How much faith do we have in God? Some people are afraid of overpopulation, but God told us to have families and there are plenty of resources to support them   • “Where is the knowledge we have lost while gaining information?”   • “Where is the wisdom we have lost while gaining knowledge?”   Visit web.byui.edu/devotionalsandspeeches to see the full address. campus, devotional, elder nelson, elder russell m. nelson, general, nelson nonadult false Elder Nelson teaches value of education text blog campus,devotional,elder nelson,elder russell m. nelson,general,nelson 84 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 0 CAMPUS / GENERAL 0 1807803 19013813 Member 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_i-Comm-combines-news-with-social-networking/BLOG/1772479/96698.html The i-Comm Student Media Lab has a Web site that’s open to everyone as a news source and a networking tool.   Visitors to the Web site, www.byuicomm.net, can view news stories from BYU–Idaho’s I-News and Scroll. They can also see media created by other student groups or programs on campus, such as On the Move and Rixida Production.   “One of the variables in creating and maintaining this Web site is that students do most of the work,” said Ryan Hales, a faculty advisor for Scroll.   Hales explained that the purpose of the Web site was to provide a social and news connection for students, BYU–I alumni and the community. It was also designed as a way to merge multiple student media and to showcase all that the i-Comm practicum has to offer.   The Web site allows users to comment on posted written and visual media as well as upload personal content. In order to do this, a user must create a profile by going to the “Join Us” tab in the site’s navigation bar.   Hales said the content of the Web site is routinely updated with each day of the workweek assigned to a media section for uploading material.   The i-Comm theme of student-led productions also extends to the Web site.  A team of i-Comm students led by J. David Hernandez, a sophomore studying accounting/CIT, designed and built it.   “I like the over-all feel of the Web site,” Hales said. “I like that it accomplishes what we want.”   See the question and answer with J. David Hernandez to learn more.   Question and Answer with J. David Hernandez, i–Comm Web manager Q. What changes are being made or will be made to the i-Comm Web site? A. As the Web world moves and improves every day we look forward to improving as well. Over the past two semesters we’ve seen an increase in our membership. Right now we have over 4,000 active members. As a result we’ve been working to enhance the user experience on our site. We’ve received many suggestions from professionals in the field to increase usability, and right now we’re close to launching our new Web site. It has a new layout and look — with all of our old features enhanced — and new fun things. Q. Why did you pick the design that is being used? A. By the end of the summer semester of 2009, I was asked to make the i-Comm site more efficient in terms of how much time a regular user would take to load the site. Previously, the entire site was built under a Flash template that normally would take about 10 to 15 seconds to load. If you think about it, 15 seconds is not much time, but we live in a society where time means money. One of the reasons of the actual layout was to highlight the video part of the site, and that’s why the first element that you see is a video player.  Q. What are your favorite aspects of the Web site? A. You have the ability to upload videos, audio and blogs in a simple five-step process, and in a matter of seconds you are sharing your work with millions of people all across the states and the world. Our videos are viewed the most. On average we get about 400 hits a day. Other features that I like are the ability to leave comments and rank every piece of content. This information helps us to understand why people visit our site, how often, and to measure the quality of our content. We have seen up to 300 comments on a single story piece. Q. What is it that the i-Comm Web team does? A. The main purpose of the Web team is to get real experience for its members. In the real world a Web designer or Web programmer has no credibility until he shows his work. We’re giving the students real experience that will later help them to insert themselves in the Web world. The Web team is in charge of all the projects that require any kind of Web technical support. We do Web designing, Web programming, search engine optimization, content management systems and everything in between.   The i-Comm Student Media Lab has a Web site that’s open to everyone as a news source and a networking tool.   Visitors to the Web site, www.byuicomm.net, can view news stories from BYU–Idaho’s I-News and Scroll. They can also see media created by other student groups or programs on campus, such as On the Move and Rixida Production.   “One of the variables in creating and maintaining this Web site is that students do most of the work,” said Ryan Hales, a faculty advisor for Scroll.   Hales explained that the purpose of the Web site was to provide a social and news connection for students, BYU–I alumni and the community. It was also designed as a way to merge multiple student media and to showcase all that the i-Comm practicum has to offer.   The Web site allows users to comment on posted written and visual media as well as upload personal content. In order to do this, a user must create a profile by going to the “Join Us” tab in the site’s navigation bar.   Hales said the content of the Web site is routinely updated with each day of the workweek assigned to a media section for uploading material.   The i-Comm theme of student-led productions also extends to the Web site.  A team of i-Comm students led by J. David Hernandez, a sophomore studying accounting/CIT, designed and built it.   “I like the over-all feel of the Web site,” Hales said. “I like that it accomplishes what we want.”   See the question and answer with J. David Hernandez to learn more.   Question and Answer with J. David Hernandez, i–Comm Web manager Q. What changes are being made or will be made to the i-Comm Web site? A. As the Web world moves and improves every day we look forward to improving as well. Over the past two semesters we’ve seen an increase in our membership. Right now we have over 4,000 active members. As a result we’ve been working to enhance the user experience on our site. We’ve received many suggestions from professionals in the field to increase usability, and right now we’re close to launching our new Web site. It has a new layout and look — with all of our old features enhanced — and new fun things. Q. Why did you pick the design that is being used? A. By the end of the summer semester of 2009, I was asked to make the i-Comm site more efficient in terms of how much time a regular user would take to load the site. Previously, the entire site was built under a Flash template that normally would take about 10 to 15 seconds to load. If you think about it, 15 seconds is not much time, but we live in a society where time means money. One of the reasons of the actual layout was to highlight the video part of the site, and that’s why the first element that you see is a video player.  Q. What are your favorite aspects of the Web site? A. You have the ability to upload videos, audio and blogs in a simple five-step process, and in a matter of seconds you are sharing your work with millions of people all across the states and the world. Our videos are viewed the most. On average we get about 400 hits a day. Other features that I like are the ability to leave comments and rank every piece of content. This information helps us to understand why people visit our site, how often, and to measure the quality of our content. We have seen up to 300 comments on a single story piece. Q. What is it that the i-Comm Web team does? A. The main purpose of the Web team is to get real experience for its members. In the real world a Web designer or Web programmer has no credibility until he shows his work. We’re giving the students real experience that will later help them to insert themselves in the Web world. The Web team is in charge of all the projects that require any kind of Web technical support. We do Web designing, Web programming, search engine optimization, content management systems and everything in between.   Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:52:29 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_i-Comm-combines-news-with-social-networking/BLOG/1772479/96698.html Miley 2010-01-27T01:52:29Z CAMPUS GENERAL iComm Student Media The i-Comm Student Media Lab has a Web site that’s open to everyone as a news source and a networking tool.   Visitors to the Web site, www.byuicomm.net, can view news stories from BYU–Idaho’s I-News and Scroll. They can also see media created by other student groups or programs on campus, such as On the Move and Rixida Production.   “One of the variables in creating and maintaining this Web site is that students do most of the work,” said Ryan Hales, a faculty advisor for Scroll.   Hales explained that the purpose of the Web site was to provide a social and news connection for students, BYU–I alumni and the community. It was also designed as a way to merge multiple student media and to showcase all that the i-Comm practicum has to offer.   The Web site allows users to comment on posted written and visual media as well as upload personal content. In order to do this, a user must create a profile by going to the “Join Us” tab in the site’s navigation bar.   Hales said the content of the Web site is routinely updated with each day of the workweek assigned to a media section for uploading material.   The i-Comm theme of student-led productions also extends to the Web site.  A team of i-Comm students led by J. David Hernandez, a sophomore studying accounting/CIT, designed and built it.   “I like the over-all feel of the Web site,” Hales said. “I like that it accomplishes what we want.”   See the question and answer with J. David Hernandez to learn more.   Question and Answer with J. David Hernandez, i–Comm Web manager Q. What changes are being made or will be made to the i-Comm Web site? A. As the Web world moves and improves every day we look forward to improving as well. Over the past two semesters we’ve seen an increase in our membership. Right now we have over 4,000 active members. As a result we’ve been working to enhance the user experience on our site. We’ve received many suggestions from professionals in the field to increase usability, and right now we’re close to launching our new Web site. It has a new layout and look — with all of our old features enhanced — and new fun things. Q. Why did you pick the design that is being used? A. By the end of the summer semester of 2009, I was asked to make the i-Comm site more efficient in terms of how much time a regular user would take to load the site. Previously, the entire site was built under a Flash template that normally would take about 10 to 15 seconds to load. If you think about it, 15 seconds is not much time, but we live in a society where time means money. One of the reasons of the actual layout was to highlight the video part of the site, and that’s why the first element that you see is a video player.  Q. What are your favorite aspects of the Web site? A. You have the ability to upload videos, audio and blogs in a simple five-step process, and in a matter of seconds you are sharing your work with millions of people all across the states and the world. Our videos are viewed the most. On average we get about 400 hits a day. Other features that I like are the ability to leave comments and rank every piece of content. This information helps us to understand why people visit our site, how often, and to measure the quality of our content. We have seen up to 300 comments on a single story piece. Q. What is it that the i-Comm Web team does? A. The main purpose of the Web team is to get real experience for its members. In the real world a Web designer or Web programmer has no credibility until he shows his work. We’re giving the students real experience that will later help them to insert themselves in the Web world. The Web team is in charge of all the projects that require any kind of Web technical support. We do Web designing, Web programming, search engine optimization, content management systems and everything in between.   byuicomm.net, campus, general, i-comm, web nonadult false i-Comm combines news with social networking text blog byuicomm.net,campus,general,i-comm,web 93 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 0 CAMPUS / GENERAL 0 1772479 19013813 Member 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Pilot-2-for-Rfinity-testing-coming-soon/BLOG/1771835/96698.html 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}  Pilot 2 for the RFinity testing at BYU–Idaho begins this month.  “Right now we have a list of 1500 students who have said, ‘Can I be in Pilot 2?’ and we are welcoming any and all now for Pilot 2,” said Wally McPheters, the product manager for the RFinity technology on campus and the two pilot tests.  To be a part of this test, students can take a survey at survey.byuistore.com/Pilot2.  McPheters said the goal of Pilot 2 is to repeatedly test and improve the technology to get it ready to support thousands of people at one time. The micro SD card for Pilot 2 will be introduced in a different way than Pilot 1, where students attended orientation and set-up sessions to have their micro SD cards installed and receive instruction about using it. “It’s personal, not impersonal," McPheters said. "They get the chip, they go to an online set of tutorials, and install it and set it up themselves. That’s how somebody sitting in China, the UK, Boston and Rexburg — any of them — can have the same experience and start setting it up.”  McPheters explained that Pilot 2 has no official starting day, because it will consist of several groups of participants spaced a couple of weeks apart. RFinity will rely on the feedback from the first group to find out what worked well, what didn’t work and what needs to be improved. Then the technology will be modified and the next group will begin their testing and feedback. This process will continue until the end of the pilot.  “And then, probably around early to mid-February, it’ll just be opened to many — hundreds, thousands — because we’ll then have the ability to bring a lot of people on with the …technology,” McPheters said. For Pilot 1, payment was kept simple through using the BYU–I student ID card and student account system. Since the university is both the vender and the banker for I-Card purchases, the process was able to take place without including any outside financial institutions. During Pilot 2, there will be a bank or two involved with the testing. There will also be more campus services besides the University Store that use RFinity by that time. McPheters said he hopes campus merchants will be ahead of places in the community, since the I-Card system makes integrating the technology easier. If enough campus services begin using RFinity, students may not need to bring their wallets to class. “Students tell us, ‘We just want to leave our wallet home.’ Some of them, as they got used to buying in the bookstore, would leave home, come to school, run upstairs to get lunch and realize, ‘Oh! Wait a minute. I can’t use my phone here yet,’” McPheters said. Toward the middle of the pilot there will be places in the community where students can pay for items with their RFinity-enabled phones to test the new connections between banking and merchants. McPheters said that 100 percent of the students who answered surveys said they wanted RFinity to go to the community. These Rexburg merchants will be the first ones to participate in RFinity.  “It’s pretty exciting,” McPheters said. He explained that if everything works out, RFinity will introduce its technology to other cities. Pilot 1 was tested at BYU–I last semester. According to a news article at www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com, an online business newspaper, over 100 BYU–I students participated in the test by using RFinity cell phone technology to purchase items from candy to laptops.  The RFinity technology involves a micro SD card that is used to make financial transactions in place of a credit or debit card, according to www.rfinity.com. The Web site also said the micro SD card can be used in almost any phone and is supposed to be more secure than any other payment technology that has been generated for cell phones.  To learn more about RFinity and how to make purchases with cell phones, visit www.rfinity.com. 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}  Pilot 2 for the RFinity testing at BYU–Idaho begins this month.  “Right now we have a list of 1500 students who have said, ‘Can I be in Pilot 2?’ and we are welcoming any and all now for Pilot 2,” said Wally McPheters, the product manager for the RFinity technology on campus and the two pilot tests.  To be a part of this test, students can take a survey at survey.byuistore.com/Pilot2.  McPheters said the goal of Pilot 2 is to repeatedly test and improve the technology to get it ready to support thousands of people at one time. The micro SD card for Pilot 2 will be introduced in a different way than Pilot 1, where students attended orientation and set-up sessions to have their micro SD cards installed and receive instruction about using it. “It’s personal, not impersonal," McPheters said. "They get the chip, they go to an online set of tutorials, and install it and set it up themselves. That’s how somebody sitting in China, the UK, Boston and Rexburg — any of them — can have the same experience and start setting it up.”  McPheters explained that Pilot 2 has no official starting day, because it will consist of several groups of participants spaced a couple of weeks apart. RFinity will rely on the feedback from the first group to find out what worked well, what didn’t work and what needs to be improved. Then the technology will be modified and the next group will begin their testing and feedback. This process will continue until the end of the pilot.  “And then, probably around early to mid-February, it’ll just be opened to many — hundreds, thousands — because we’ll then have the ability to bring a lot of people on with the …technology,” McPheters said. For Pilot 1, payment was kept simple through using the BYU–I student ID card and student account system. Since the university is both the vender and the banker for I-Card purchases, the process was able to take place without including any outside financial institutions. During Pilot 2, there will be a bank or two involved with the testing. There will also be more campus services besides the University Store that use RFinity by that time. McPheters said he hopes campus merchants will be ahead of places in the community, since the I-Card system makes integrating the technology easier. If enough campus services begin using RFinity, students may not need to bring their wallets to class. “Students tell us, ‘We just want to leave our wallet home.’ Some of them, as they got used to buying in the bookstore, would leave home, come to school, run upstairs to get lunch and realize, ‘Oh! Wait a minute. I can’t use my phone here yet,’” McPheters said. Toward the middle of the pilot there will be places in the community where students can pay for items with their RFinity-enabled phones to test the new connections between banking and merchants. McPheters said that 100 percent of the students who answered surveys said they wanted RFinity to go to the community. These Rexburg merchants will be the first ones to participate in RFinity.  “It’s pretty exciting,” McPheters said. He explained that if everything works out, RFinity will introduce its technology to other cities. Pilot 1 was tested at BYU–I last semester. According to a news article at www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com, an online business newspaper, over 100 BYU–I students participated in the test by using RFinity cell phone technology to purchase items from candy to laptops.  The RFinity technology involves a micro SD card that is used to make financial transactions in place of a credit or debit card, according to www.rfinity.com. The Web site also said the micro SD card can be used in almost any phone and is supposed to be more secure than any other payment technology that has been generated for cell phones.  To learn more about RFinity and how to make purchases with cell phones, visit www.rfinity.com. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:14:22 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Pilot-2-for-Rfinity-testing-coming-soon/BLOG/1771835/96698.html Miley 2010-01-26T19:14:22Z CAMPUS GENERAL iComm Student Media 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}  Pilot 2 for the RFinity testing at BYU–Idaho begins this month.  “Right now we have a list of 1500 students who have said, ‘Can I be in Pilot 2?’ and we are welcoming any and all now for Pilot 2,” said Wally McPheters, the product manager for the RFinity technology on campus and the two pilot tests.  To be a part of this test, students can take a survey at survey.byuistore.com/Pilot2.  McPheters said the goal of Pilot 2 is to repeatedly test and improve the technology to get it ready to support thousands of people at one time. The micro SD card for Pilot 2 will be introduced in a different way than Pilot 1, where students attended orientation and set-up sessions to have their micro SD cards installed and receive instruction about using it. “It’s personal, not impersonal," McPheters said. "They get the chip, they go to an online set of tutorials, and install it and set it up themselves. That’s how somebody sitting in China, the UK, Boston and Rexburg — any of them — can have the same experience and start setting it up.”  McPheters explained that Pilot 2 has no official starting day, because it will consist of several groups of participants spaced a couple of weeks apart. RFinity will rely on the feedback from the first group to find out what worked well, what didn’t work and what needs to be improved. Then the technology will be modified and the next group will begin their testing and feedback. This process will continue until the end of the pilot.  “And then, probably around early to mid-February, it’ll just be opened to many — hundreds, thousands — because we’ll then have the ability to bring a lot of people on with the …technology,” McPheters said. For Pilot 1, payment was kept simple through using the BYU–I student ID card and student account system. Since the university is both the vender and the banker for I-Card purchases, the process was able to take place without including any outside financial institutions. During Pilot 2, there will be a bank or two involved with the testing. There will also be more campus services besides the University Store that use RFinity by that time. McPheters said he hopes campus merchants will be ahead of places in the community, since the I-Card system makes integrating the technology easier. If enough campus services begin using RFinity, students may not need to bring their wallets to class. “Students tell us, ‘We just want to leave our wallet home.’ Some of them, as they got used to buying in the bookstore, would leave home, come to school, run upstairs to get lunch and realize, ‘Oh! Wait a minute. I can’t use my phone here yet,’” McPheters said. Toward the middle of the pilot there will be places in the community where students can pay for items with their RFinity-enabled phones to test the new connections between banking and merchants. McPheters said that 100 percent of the students who answered surveys said they wanted RFinity to go to the community. These Rexburg merchants will be the first ones to participate in RFinity.  “It’s pretty exciting,” McPheters said. He explained that if everything works out, RFinity will introduce its technology to other cities. Pilot 1 was tested at BYU–I last semester. According to a news article at www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com, an online business newspaper, over 100 BYU–I students participated in the test by using RFinity cell phone technology to purchase items from candy to laptops.  The RFinity technology involves a micro SD card that is used to make financial transactions in place of a credit or debit card, according to www.rfinity.com. The Web site also said the micro SD card can be used in almost any phone and is supposed to be more secure than any other payment technology that has been generated for cell phones.  To learn more about RFinity and how to make purchases with cell phones, visit www.rfinity.com. campus, cell phone, general, pilot 1, pilot 2, rfinity nonadult false Pilot 2 for Rfinity testing coming soon text blog campus,cell phone,general,pilot 1,pilot 2,rfinity 56 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_A.jpg false 0 CAMPUS / GENERAL 0 1771835 19013813 Member 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Expect-future-changes-to-the-Web-site/BLOG/1771808/96698.html   0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} For the past month the student pages of the BYU–Idaho Web site have been under trial after their thorough make-over in the beginning of December. These pages, my.byui.edu, have required the adaptation of students and school faculty alike, and opinions are surfacing. “I think it’s all right…. It just takes getting used to more than anything,” said Hunter Redd, a sophomore studying economics. “I don’t like it as much so far, but I think as time goes on, I’ll like it better.” Becoming familiar with the new my.byui.edu may be the general source of discomfort regarding the changes, which may not be surprising when one considers the sheer volume of information and possible personal modifications included in the design. The external BYU–I Web site is changing as well. While preliminary changes to the site are scheduled to be released sometime this semester, those involved with the project will continue to make revisions. Kirk Rawlins, a University & Project Strategy faculty member, is helping to make changes to www.byui.edu. “We will use [students' and employees'] feedback to make final adjustments and then spend the remainder of 2010 migrating the literally hundreds of thousands of pages from the old site to the new structure,” Rawlins said. Rawlins explained that the main goals for the changes are to improve the user experience and to improve the abilities of those who maintain and update the site. Rawlins said the programming, content development and design for the current changes were mostly created by a student team under the direction of a few full-time University Communications faculty members, and that the bulk of the future changes will pertain to www.byui.edu. “The external Web site, or www.byui.edu, is an ongoing process. …The site is simply too large to change overnight. So there will actually be an extended period of time where some portions of the site will be reflective of the new design while individual areas are migrated one at a time,” Rawlins said. In the meantime, the changes to my.byui.edu have a greater effect on students. So far, Redd has found my.byui.edu to work fairly well and doesn’t think there is anything in particular that is more or less challenging than the older version. Other students find a few of the modifications more frustrating. “When I try to go back to a page, I push the ‘back’ button and it won’t let you go back like the other web site did. You have to go all the way back to the beginning,” said Ayesha Gloria, a sophomore studying human biology. Gloria is using the Web site frequently right now, since she’s still finishing up her class schedule. Aside from qualms with the “back arrow,” Gloria still finds the site very useful and judges it to be about the same quality as the older version. “The first time on it, I thought it was pretty cool, since it was new,” said Chris Ahmed, a sophomore studying biology, “but it’s kind of difficult to use. Things are different. It’s a bunch of change.” Ahmed said that he considered my.byui.edu a necessity for students, and was concerned that it was “a little worse” than the previous design due to his experiences with it during the weeks before winter semester. Ahmed was trying to register for classes when everything stopped working.  “I don’t know if it was just really busy, but I could sign in and I couldn’t do anything else. I was stuck for an entire day trying to get on it,” Ahmed said. The Web site hasn’t given Ahmed any more major problems and he’s willing to give it another chance. There are online tutorials in formats that range from just text to text with pictures or a video for students who are still hitting dead ends while trying to figure out the new my.byui.edu. Students can also call 208-496-9000 to receive additional help.     0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} For the past month the student pages of the BYU–Idaho Web site have been under trial after their thorough make-over in the beginning of December. These pages, my.byui.edu, have required the adaptation of students and school faculty alike, and opinions are surfacing. “I think it’s all right…. It just takes getting used to more than anything,” said Hunter Redd, a sophomore studying economics. “I don’t like it as much so far, but I think as time goes on, I’ll like it better.” Becoming familiar with the new my.byui.edu may be the general source of discomfort regarding the changes, which may not be surprising when one considers the sheer volume of information and possible personal modifications included in the design. The external BYU–I Web site is changing as well. While preliminary changes to the site are scheduled to be released sometime this semester, those involved with the project will continue to make revisions. Kirk Rawlins, a University & Project Strategy faculty member, is helping to make changes to www.byui.edu. “We will use [students' and employees'] feedback to make final adjustments and then spend the remainder of 2010 migrating the literally hundreds of thousands of pages from the old site to the new structure,” Rawlins said. Rawlins explained that the main goals for the changes are to improve the user experience and to improve the abilities of those who maintain and update the site. Rawlins said the programming, content development and design for the current changes were mostly created by a student team under the direction of a few full-time University Communications faculty members, and that the bulk of the future changes will pertain to www.byui.edu. “The external Web site, or www.byui.edu, is an ongoing process. …The site is simply too large to change overnight. So there will actually be an extended period of time where some portions of the site will be reflective of the new design while individual areas are migrated one at a time,” Rawlins said. In the meantime, the changes to my.byui.edu have a greater effect on students. So far, Redd has found my.byui.edu to work fairly well and doesn’t think there is anything in particular that is more or less challenging than the older version. Other students find a few of the modifications more frustrating. “When I try to go back to a page, I push the ‘back’ button and it won’t let you go back like the other web site did. You have to go all the way back to the beginning,” said Ayesha Gloria, a sophomore studying human biology. Gloria is using the Web site frequently right now, since she’s still finishing up her class schedule. Aside from qualms with the “back arrow,” Gloria still finds the site very useful and judges it to be about the same quality as the older version. “The first time on it, I thought it was pretty cool, since it was new,” said Chris Ahmed, a sophomore studying biology, “but it’s kind of difficult to use. Things are different. It’s a bunch of change.” Ahmed said that he considered my.byui.edu a necessity for students, and was concerned that it was “a little worse” than the previous design due to his experiences with it during the weeks before winter semester. Ahmed was trying to register for classes when everything stopped working.  “I don’t know if it was just really busy, but I could sign in and I couldn’t do anything else. I was stuck for an entire day trying to get on it,” Ahmed said. The Web site hasn’t given Ahmed any more major problems and he’s willing to give it another chance. There are online tutorials in formats that range from just text to text with pictures or a video for students who are still hitting dead ends while trying to figure out the new my.byui.edu. Students can also call 208-496-9000 to receive additional help.   Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:58:20 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Expect-future-changes-to-the-Web-site/BLOG/1771808/96698.html Miley 2010-01-26T18:58:20Z CAMPUS GENERAL iComm Student Media   0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} For the past month the student pages of the BYU–Idaho Web site have been under trial after their thorough make-over in the beginning of December. These pages, my.byui.edu, have required the adaptation of students and school faculty alike, and opinions are surfacing. “I think it’s all right…. It just takes getting used to more than anything,” said Hunter Redd, a sophomore studying economics. “I don’t like it as much so far, but I think as time goes on, I’ll like it better.” Becoming familiar with the new my.byui.edu may be the general source of discomfort regarding the changes, which may not be surprising when one considers the sheer volume of information and possible personal modifications included in the design. The external BYU–I Web site is changing as well. While preliminary changes to the site are scheduled to be released sometime this semester, those involved with the project will continue to make revisions. Kirk Rawlins, a University & Project Strategy faculty member, is helping to make changes to www.byui.edu. “We will use [students' and employees'] feedback to make final adjustments and then spend the remainder of 2010 migrating the literally hundreds of thousands of pages from the old site to the new structure,” Rawlins said. Rawlins explained that the main goals for the changes are to improve the user experience and to improve the abilities of those who maintain and update the site. Rawlins said the programming, content development and design for the current changes were mostly created by a student team under the direction of a few full-time University Communications faculty members, and that the bulk of the future changes will pertain to www.byui.edu. “The external Web site, or www.byui.edu, is an ongoing process. …The site is simply too large to change overnight. So there will actually be an extended period of time where some portions of the site will be reflective of the new design while individual areas are migrated one at a time,” Rawlins said. In the meantime, the changes to my.byui.edu have a greater effect on students. So far, Redd has found my.byui.edu to work fairly well and doesn’t think there is anything in particular that is more or less challenging than the older version. Other students find a few of the modifications more frustrating. “When I try to go back to a page, I push the ‘back’ button and it won’t let you go back like the other web site did. You have to go all the way back to the beginning,” said Ayesha Gloria, a sophomore studying human biology. Gloria is using the Web site frequently right now, since she’s still finishing up her class schedule. Aside from qualms with the “back arrow,” Gloria still finds the site very useful and judges it to be about the same quality as the older version. “The first time on it, I thought it was pretty cool, since it was new,” said Chris Ahmed, a sophomore studying biology, “but it’s kind of difficult to use. Things are different. It’s a bunch of change.” Ahmed said that he considered my.byui.edu a necessity for students, and was concerned that it was “a little worse” than the previous design due to his experiences with it during the weeks before winter semester. Ahmed was trying to register for classes when everything stopped working.  “I don’t know if it was just really busy, but I could sign in and I couldn’t do anything else. I was stuck for an entire day trying to get on it,” Ahmed said. The Web site hasn’t given Ahmed any more major problems and he’s willing to give it another chance. There are online tutorials in formats that range from just text to text with pictures or a video for students who are still hitting dead ends while trying to figure out the new my.byui.edu. Students can also call 208-496-9000 to receive additional help.   campus, general, my.byui.edu, web site nonadult false Expect future changes to the Web site text blog campus,general,my.byui.edu,web site 84 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_C.jpg false 1 CAMPUS / GENERAL 0 1771808 19013813 Member 0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Students-to-strip-pride-and-apply-humility/BLOG/1771794/96698.html   0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Elder Kim B. Clark, president of BYU–Idaho, warned students about the vices of pride and gave them advice about how to eradicate it during last Tuesday’s devotional and Thursday’s rebroadcast. President Clark began his devotional message with an analogy from his childhood. He described how, as a child, he had helped to refinish his mother’s kitchen chairs through vigorous stripping, sandpapering, finishing and varnishing that removed old paint and revealed the wood of the chair. President Clark compared these processes to the spiritual refinishing that strips us of pride. “Those chairs were transformed. I think about that experience every time I read Alma’s penetrating question to the members of the church in Zarahemla: ‘Behold, are ye stripped of pride? If ye are not, ye are not prepared to meet God,’” President Clark said. President Clark stressed the seriousness of pride and explained that this seriousness is found in the Plan of Salvation. He called this plan “the great truth.” President Clark then pointed out that Jesus Christ’s proposal to be a Savior for the world contrasted greatly to Satan’s proposal to do everything for us, have all the glory, and never have to experience any suffering or pain of his own. “Here, in stark contrast to the Father’s plan–and the great truth–was Satan’s great lie: you can obtain joy, happiness and eternal life without Christ, without God, and without any special effort on your part. And Satan would make all this happen without any sacrifice, pain or suffering on his part by the sheer force of his power. It was and is the great lie by the father of lies,” President Clark said. President Clark explained that the source of this suggestion was pride and its accompanying sins. He explained that it’s Satan’s pride that drives his campaign against individuals today. President Clark warned students that pride is especially dangerous to our modern world. He referred to the words of the prophets in the Book of Mormon and the examples they gave of victims of pride. President Clark then described modern examples of how pride can destroy the lives of even the most circumspect Christians if they aren’t careful. “Pride and its effects are like a thin film of darkness that begins to settle on the soul layer by layer, year by year until the light of the gospel grows dim,” President Clark said. There is hope for the people who fall into this trap, President Clark explained. They can still repent, and just as the kitchen chairs were stripped of paint, carefully scrape, sand and finish themselves to remove pride and “get down to a bare soul and a soft heart.” President Clark gave students some examples of red flags to recognize pride in their lives and avoid having to go through an extreme version of this spiritual refinishing. Critiquing spiritual messages given in church, being critical of and looking down on others, scorning or ridiculing, self-congratulation, envying, acting defensive, becoming resentful when others correct faults and acting annoyed when inconvenienced are some of the red flags President Clark counseled students to be mindful of. “I did not get this list from a book. I have first-hand experience with the questions I have asked you and I know that if you and I ever feel any of them or hear any of them in our minds we need to recognize them for what they are: the echoes of the great lie,” President Clark said. In order to overcome pride after red flags have been spotted, President Clark gave students four patterns to live by: 1.     Never do anything to drive the Spirit away. This includes an individual’s actions as well as his or her choices of media. 2.     Don’t let the world get into your heart. Never set your heart on things. Set your heart on the Lord. 3.     Serve the Lord. Act on spiritual promptings to do this. 4.     Stand in holy places. Make the home sacred and holy. President Clark cautioned that the road to humility is not an easy one. He attested that the process includes chastening from God and constant repentance. He then told students that if they came to Christ in prayer and acted in faith, they would succeed. “As we do His will, He will help us be stripped of pride and become meek and lowly in heart, filled with His pure and perfect love,” President Clark said.   0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Elder Kim B. Clark, president of BYU–Idaho, warned students about the vices of pride and gave them advice about how to eradicate it during last Tuesday’s devotional and Thursday’s rebroadcast. President Clark began his devotional message with an analogy from his childhood. He described how, as a child, he had helped to refinish his mother’s kitchen chairs through vigorous stripping, sandpapering, finishing and varnishing that removed old paint and revealed the wood of the chair. President Clark compared these processes to the spiritual refinishing that strips us of pride. “Those chairs were transformed. I think about that experience every time I read Alma’s penetrating question to the members of the church in Zarahemla: ‘Behold, are ye stripped of pride? If ye are not, ye are not prepared to meet God,’” President Clark said. President Clark stressed the seriousness of pride and explained that this seriousness is found in the Plan of Salvation. He called this plan “the great truth.” President Clark then pointed out that Jesus Christ’s proposal to be a Savior for the world contrasted greatly to Satan’s proposal to do everything for us, have all the glory, and never have to experience any suffering or pain of his own. “Here, in stark contrast to the Father’s plan–and the great truth–was Satan’s great lie: you can obtain joy, happiness and eternal life without Christ, without God, and without any special effort on your part. And Satan would make all this happen without any sacrifice, pain or suffering on his part by the sheer force of his power. It was and is the great lie by the father of lies,” President Clark said. President Clark explained that the source of this suggestion was pride and its accompanying sins. He explained that it’s Satan’s pride that drives his campaign against individuals today. President Clark warned students that pride is especially dangerous to our modern world. He referred to the words of the prophets in the Book of Mormon and the examples they gave of victims of pride. President Clark then described modern examples of how pride can destroy the lives of even the most circumspect Christians if they aren’t careful. “Pride and its effects are like a thin film of darkness that begins to settle on the soul layer by layer, year by year until the light of the gospel grows dim,” President Clark said. There is hope for the people who fall into this trap, President Clark explained. They can still repent, and just as the kitchen chairs were stripped of paint, carefully scrape, sand and finish themselves to remove pride and “get down to a bare soul and a soft heart.” President Clark gave students some examples of red flags to recognize pride in their lives and avoid having to go through an extreme version of this spiritual refinishing. Critiquing spiritual messages given in church, being critical of and looking down on others, scorning or ridiculing, self-congratulation, envying, acting defensive, becoming resentful when others correct faults and acting annoyed when inconvenienced are some of the red flags President Clark counseled students to be mindful of. “I did not get this list from a book. I have first-hand experience with the questions I have asked you and I know that if you and I ever feel any of them or hear any of them in our minds we need to recognize them for what they are: the echoes of the great lie,” President Clark said. In order to overcome pride after red flags have been spotted, President Clark gave students four patterns to live by: 1.     Never do anything to drive the Spirit away. This includes an individual’s actions as well as his or her choices of media. 2.     Don’t let the world get into your heart. Never set your heart on things. Set your heart on the Lord. 3.     Serve the Lord. Act on spiritual promptings to do this. 4.     Stand in holy places. Make the home sacred and holy. President Clark cautioned that the road to humility is not an easy one. He attested that the process includes chastening from God and constant repentance. He then told students that if they came to Christ in prayer and acted in faith, they would succeed. “As we do His will, He will help us be stripped of pride and become meek and lowly in heart, filled with His pure and perfect love,” President Clark said. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:44:50 GMT http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/_Students-to-strip-pride-and-apply-humility/BLOG/1771794/96698.html Miley 2010-01-26T18:44:50Z CAMPUS GENERAL iComm Student Media   0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Elder Kim B. Clark, president of BYU–Idaho, warned students about the vices of pride and gave them advice about how to eradicate it during last Tuesday’s devotional and Thursday’s rebroadcast. President Clark began his devotional message with an analogy from his childhood. He described how, as a child, he had helped to refinish his mother’s kitchen chairs through vigorous stripping, sandpapering, finishing and varnishing that removed old paint and revealed the wood of the chair. President Clark compared these processes to the spiritual refinishing that strips us of pride. “Those chairs were transformed. I think about that experience every time I read Alma’s penetrating question to the members of the church in Zarahemla: ‘Behold, are ye stripped of pride? If ye are not, ye are not prepared to meet God,’” President Clark said. President Clark stressed the seriousness of pride and explained that this seriousness is found in the Plan of Salvation. He called this plan “the great truth.” President Clark then pointed out that Jesus Christ’s proposal to be a Savior for the world contrasted greatly to Satan’s proposal to do everything for us, have all the glory, and never have to experience any suffering or pain of his own. “Here, in stark contrast to the Father’s plan–and the great truth–was Satan’s great lie: you can obtain joy, happiness and eternal life without Christ, without God, and without any special effort on your part. And Satan would make all this happen without any sacrifice, pain or suffering on his part by the sheer force of his power. It was and is the great lie by the father of lies,” President Clark said. President Clark explained that the source of this suggestion was pride and its accompanying sins. He explained that it’s Satan’s pride that drives his campaign against individuals today. President Clark warned students that pride is especially dangerous to our modern world. He referred to the words of the prophets in the Book of Mormon and the examples they gave of victims of pride. President Clark then described modern examples of how pride can destroy the lives of even the most circumspect Christians if they aren’t careful. “Pride and its effects are like a thin film of darkness that begins to settle on the soul layer by layer, year by year until the light of the gospel grows dim,” President Clark said. There is hope for the people who fall into this trap, President Clark explained. They can still repent, and just as the kitchen chairs were stripped of paint, carefully scrape, sand and finish themselves to remove pride and “get down to a bare soul and a soft heart.” President Clark gave students some examples of red flags to recognize pride in their lives and avoid having to go through an extreme version of this spiritual refinishing. Critiquing spiritual messages given in church, being critical of and looking down on others, scorning or ridiculing, self-congratulation, envying, acting defensive, becoming resentful when others correct faults and acting annoyed when inconvenienced are some of the red flags President Clark counseled students to be mindful of. “I did not get this list from a book. I have first-hand experience with the questions I have asked you and I know that if you and I ever feel any of them or hear any of them in our minds we need to recognize them for what they are: the echoes of the great lie,” President Clark said. In order to overcome pride after red flags have been spotted, President Clark gave students four patterns to live by: 1.     Never do anything to drive the Spirit away. This includes an individual’s actions as well as his or her choices of media. 2.     Don’t let the world get into your heart. Never set your heart on things. Set your heart on the Lord. 3.     Serve the Lord. Act on spiritual promptings to do this. 4.     Stand in holy places. Make the home sacred and holy. President Clark cautioned that the road to humility is not an easy one. He attested that the process includes chastening from God and constant repentance. He then told students that if they came to Christ in prayer and acted in faith, they would succeed. “As we do His will, He will help us be stripped of pride and become meek and lowly in heart, filled with His pure and perfect love,” President Clark said. campus, devotional, general, president clark nonadult false Students to strip pride and apply humility text blog campus,devotional,general,president clark 67 0 0.0 http://kickapps.byuicomm.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19013813&as=96698 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 0 CAMPUS / GENERAL 0 1771794 19013813 Member 0