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| Anthropologists Examine Issues in LDS Culture |
| At the centennial meeting of the American
Anthropological Association last week, for the first time one session
of the annual conference examines Mormon culture for the first time.
But the session was not for the faint of heart, examining such
difficult questions as same-sex attraction, the Mountain Meadows
Massacre, and the archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon. But
session organizer David Knowlton called the session important,
saying, "All one has to do is listen to the general conference of the
church to hear the confidence, the aplomb, the assurance with which
the church presents itself to the world. They occupy and dominate an
entire region of the United States in a way no other denomination
does and that makes the Mormons somewhat unusual." |
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| Sports |
| LDS Track Star Inducted in Track Hall of Fame |
| Olympic track star and member of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints Henry Marsh was inducted into the National Track
and Field Hall of Fame last week. Marsh, 47, is a four-time Olympian who
still holds the American record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. He was
inducted along with star sprinter/long jumper Carl Lewis, long jumper Larry
Myricks and marthoner Alberto Salazar on November 30th at the USA Track and
Field's Annual Meeting in Mobile. |
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| RM Seeks Repeat World Bull Riding Title |
| Cody Hancock, winner of last year's Pro Rodeo Cowboys
Association World Bull Riding title, will compete in the Wrangler National
Finals Rodeo at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, currently running
through Dec. 16. Hancock realized at the age of 5 that "all I ever wanted to
be was a world champion bull rider." |
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| Politics |
| Bush Nominates LDS Congressman to UN Post |
| U.S President George W. Bush announced November
27th that he was nominating Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, the
representative of American Samoa in the U.S. Congress, to serve as a
public delegate to the 56th session of the United Nations General
Assembly. His nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate the next
day. During his largely ceremonial service, which will last through
December 21st, Faleomavaega will retain his seat in Congress. |
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| Internet |
| Young LDS Woman Fills Internet Niche for Young Women |
| Stacie Skinner, a young LDS woman in
Northern California, couldn't find an LDS young women's e-zine on the
Internet, so she decided to create one herself, says a report last
week on the web site Mahonri.org. The result is the now two-year-old
'Daughters of Zion' e-zine, a twice-monthly email list that reaches
some 150 young women, including some as far away as Russia and
England. |
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| People |
| Samoan Newspaper Accuses RMs of Illegal Campaign Contributions |
| The Samoa Observer newspaper Saturday accused three
members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of making
illegal donations to the re-election campaign of the country's Prime
Minister in 1991, after he helped their not-for-profit foundation
obtain the historic estate of author Robert Louis Stevenson. The
newspaper's article said that the Arizona-based Robert Louis
Stevenson Museum/Project Foundation, started by Rex Maughan, Dan
Wakefield and Jim Winegar, made a contribution to the campaign of the
late Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana in April 1991 in violation of
the foundation's charter and U.S. tax exempt status. |
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| Readers Respond with Nominations for Mormon Of The Year |
| Mormon News' readers have responded with three
additional nominations for Mormon of the Year as we prepare for a
vote starting December 15th. In addition to the 10 nominations
provided in the announcement, Mormon News' readers have nominated:
Cary Stayner, Jon M. Huntsman Sr. and Darius Gray. |
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| Arts & Entertainment |
| Even After Sept. 11th, LaBute's Work Doesn't Change |
| "The Shape of Things," suffered an ill-timed debut
in New York off-Broadway at the Promenade Theater just weeks after
the World Trade Center attack. Controversial playwright and director,
Neil LaBute, had received critical acclaim when the play opened in
London at the beginning of the year, but the tragic story of personal
cruelties by LaBute's characters was more than the public could bear
after the horrors of Sept. 11. |
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| Film: Feature Films by LDS/Mormon Filmmakers and Actors |
| The big news in film this week was once again "Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", in 1st place at the box office in
its second week of release. The opening weekend for "Harry Potter"
set a new box office record, breaking the old single-weekend box
office record previously held by LDS producer Jerry Molen's "Lost
World: The Jurassic Park." |
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| Business |
| Huntsman Will Miss Bond Payment |
| Huntsman Corp., the group of companies owned
by LDS billionaire Jon Huntsman and his family, announced Friday that
it will not make interest payments on its corporate bonds in December
and January. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
the company blamed the missed payments on an industrywide downturn
that included weak demand, heavy competition and high energy costs.
The company's difficulties have been known at least since early
August, when Forbes magazine reported that Huntsman was in "a very
tight spot." |
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| Mormon Stock Index Featured in Salt Lake Tribune, Announces New Website |
| Mormon News' oldest regular feature, the Mormon
Stock Index, was the subject of a major story in the Salt Lake
Tribune today. The feature article covered a major portion of the
first Business section page and was mentioned on the Tribune's front
page. The article also included a chart of the index's performance
since inception and information on how companies qualify to be
included. The article (without charts) is available on the Tribune's
business page at
http://www.sltribune.com/12022001/business/business.htm
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