As a faith-based institution, BYU’s new medical school will be rare
Tad Walch writes: "Loyola is one of 158 accredited medical schools that grant MDs — doctor of medicine degrees — according to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
"Few of those schools, which educated 75% of American medical students, are religiously affiliated.
"Four have Jesuit Catholic ties — Loyola, Creighton, Georgetown and Saint Louis University. Two more are intentionally Christian — nondenominational Belmont and Loma Linda, which is Seventh-day Adventist.
"The president of Loma Linda told the Deseret News that its medical school’s religiosity is rare even among that handful of faith-affiliated schools.
“'While there are a number of medical schools in this country that began as faith-based institutions, most have not retained that designation or commitment,” Dr. Richard Hart said. “Of the few who still claim to be faith-based, it is primarily in mission statements and does not seem to penetrate other aspects of the school.'"
Hanna Seariac writes: "Abe Bonowitz, a national advocate against the death penalty, asked a group of Utahns to name the words carved into the face of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
“'Equal justice under the law,' a couple audience members said quietly as they were sitting in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church’s parish center on Sunday. They were there for a public conversation about the next steps for those opposed to the execution scheduled to take place this week in Utah.
“'If you have ever had any dealings with our legal system, criminal or civil, what you know is that we don’t have equal justice under,' said Bonowitz. He said he thinks money, power and politics influence the application of the death penalty.
"Bonowitz spoke alongside Randy Gardner, brother of convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner, SueZann Bosler, a victim-survivor whose father was murdered, Charles Keith, a man whose brother was formerly on death row, and civil rights activist Jeanetta Williams at an event organized by a local parishioner.
"With Taberon Honie’s execution scheduled for very early Thursday morning, these anti-death penalty advocates came to Utah for a final protest. Honie has exhausted his appeals. Family members of Claudia Benn, the woman murdered by Honie, have voiced support for the state moving forward with his execution.
"Bonowitz said there is no doubt Honie is guilty of murder."
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Health
A world fertility crisis spells trouble (Deseret News)
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Utah
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Politics
Justin Collings: Abraham Lincoln predicted this moment. He didn’t like what he saw (Deseret News)
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Asma Uddin: Why religious language persists in politics in a secular age (Deseret News)
The hyper-politicization of the American family (Axois)
Sports
When the pads go on, the intensity goes up (Deseret News)
Rookie pro from Australia, via Stanford, wins Korn Ferry Tour’s Utah Championship at Oakridge Country Club (Deseret News)
Olympics
‘Tactically sound’: Former BYU star Courtney Wayment advances to finals of Olympic steeplechase (Deseret News)
Deseret News archives: Is Michael Phelps the greatest Summer Olympian ever? (Deseret News)
Utahn Taylor Booth leaving Paris Olympics with his head up despite early U.S. exit (Deseret News)
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