Dark days: New rules have BYU professors running scared
Clark Gilbert, the church’s education commissioner, is determined to have faculty members who support the faith’s teachings — or at least how his office interprets those teachings.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU's Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building in Provo on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. For a number of faculty members, these are dark days at the church-owned school.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.