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"The Best of Both Worlds"
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
Blu-ray release cover
Episode no.
Season 3 episode 26, Season 4 episode 1
Directed by
Cliff Bole
Written by
Michael Piller
Featured music
Ron Jones
Cinematography by
Marvin Rush
Production code
174 & 175
Original air date
June 18, 1990 (1990-06-18)
September 24, 1990 (1990-09-24)
Guest appearance(s)
Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
Elizabeth Dennehy as Lt. Commander Shelby
George Murdock as Admiral J.P. Hanson
Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan
Majel Barrett as Computer Voice
Episode chronology
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"Transfigurations" Next →
"Family"
List of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes
"The Best of Both Worlds" is the 26th episode of the third season and the first episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It comprises the 74th and 75th episodes of the series overall. The first part was originally aired on June 18, 1990, and the second on September 24, 1990 in broadcast syndication. The story occurs across stardates 43989.1 – 44002.3 (December 2366/January 2367 by the Okuda timeline).
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship Enterprise. In this episode, the Enterprise must battle the Borg who are intent on conquering Earth, with a captured and assimilated Captain Picard as their emissary. Part 1 was the finale to season three, while Part 2 was the premiere of season four. It is considered one of the most popular TNG episodes.[1][2]
In April 2013, The Best of Both Worlds was re-released as a single feature in 1080p (1.33:1 ratio), edited together as a single film on Blu-ray disc.[3] In this version, the short summary of Part I at the start of Part II is removed and there is no second opening credits montage.[3] The 90-minute single also has some special features and audio commentary available for the episode.[4] One reviewer said it was better than some of the Star Trek theatrical films.[4]
Contents
1 Plot
1.1 Part 1
1.2 Part 2
2 Production
3 Reception
4 Music
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
Part 1[edit]
The Starship Enterprise responds to a distress call from a Federation colony and arrives to discover the colony gone. The Federation suspect the Borg—cybernetic humanoids that assimilate individuals into their hive mind.
Starfleet Admiral Hanson arrives on Enterprise with Lt. Commander Shelby, an expert on the Borg, who assists the crew in determining the cause of the colony's disappearance. Hanson informs Captain Picard that Commander Riker has been offered the command of a starship and suggests that Riker take the position, having turned it down twice previously. Although there is tension between Riker and Shelby—who wants to take over his position of first officer—they confirm that the colony was assimilated by the Borg. Hanson advises Picard that another Federation vessel encountered a strange "cube-like" vessel before sending a distress call that ended abruptly. Enterprise moves to intercept and confronts a Borg cube.
The Borg demand that Picard surrender himself, which he refuses. Although initially deterred by Enterprise's shield modulation, the Borg lock the vessel in a tractor beam and begin cutting open the hull. Shelby suggests randomly changing the frequency of the ship's phasers to prevent the Borg from adapting to the attack, which frees the vessel. The Enterprise escapes to a nebula, where Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge and Ensign Wesley Crusher adapt a technique suggested by Shelby to modify the deflector dish to fire a massive energy discharge capable of destroying the Borg cube. The Borg flush Enterprise from the nebula, board the ship, and abduct Picard. The Borg Cube moves at high warp speed towards Earth, with Enterprise in pursuit.
Riker, now in command of the ship, prepares to join an away team to transport to the cube to rescue Picard, but Counselor Troi reminds him his place is now on the bridge. Shelby leads the away team onto the Borg cube, where they are ignored by the Borg drones. The team locate Picard's uniform and communicator and then destroy power nodes inside the cube, forcing it out of warp. As the team prepares to transport to Enterprise, they see an assimilated Picard. The Borg contact Enterprise, with Picard stating that he is "Locutus of Borg" and to prepare for assimilation. Riker orders Worf to fire the deflector dish.
Part 2[edit]
The deflector dish discharge has no effect on the Borg cube; Locutus reveals that the Borg had prepared for the attack using Picard's knowledge. The Borg cube continues at warp speed towards Earth, with the crippled Enterprise unable to follow. Upon reporting their failure to Hanson, Riker is promoted to Captain and learns that a fleet of starships is massing at Wolf 359 to stop the Borg. Enterprise arrives at Wolf 359 to find that the fleet has been destroyed.
The Enterprise follows the cube's warp trail and offers to negotiate with Locutus. The request is denied, but the communication reveals Locutus' location within the cube. The Enterprise locates the Borg cube, and separates into saucer and stardrive sections. Although Shelby suggested attacking with the stardrive section, Riker does the reverse and orders the saucer section to fire an anti-matter spread near the cube, disrupting its sensors and allowing a shuttlecraft piloted by Lieutenant Commander Data and Lt. Worf to pass the Borg shields and beam aboard the Borg cube. They kidnap Locutus, although the Borg ignore this and continue to Earth.
Data and Dr. Crusher create a neural link with Locutus to gain access to the Borg's collective consciousness. Data attempts to use the link to disable the Borg's weapons and defensive systems, but cannot, as they are protected by security protocols. Picard breaks free from Borg control and mutters, "sleep". Dr. Crusher comments that Picard must be exhausted from this ordeal, but Data realizes that Picard is suggesting accessing the Borg regeneration subroutines, which are less protected than key systems like weapons or power. Data issues a command to the Borg to enter sleep mode, causing their weapons and shields to deactivate. A feedback loop builds in the Borg cube, which destroys the vessel. Dr. Crusher and Data remove the Borg implants and augmentations from Picard.
The Enterprise is repaired in an orbital shipyard, and Riker, although offered command of his own ship, insists on remaining as first officer. Shelby is reassigned to a task force dedicated to rebuilding the fleet. Picard recovers, but is still disturbed by his ordeal.
Production[edit]
The writer of both episodes, Michael Piller, considers it to be a Riker-centric episode as he related the character's quandary over whether or not to leave the Enterprise to his own experiences as an executive producer on Star Trek. This was because Piller felt ready to move onto other things, but he was convinced to stay by Gene Roddenberry and Rick Berman. During the writing process on the episodes, he worked with Ronald D. Moore, who wrote the following episode "Family" and the pair consider this episode to round out "The Best of Both Worlds" as a trilogy. Initially it wasn't intended to have an episode reflecting on the ongoing effects on Picard, but after Piller raised the issue with Roddenberry and Berman, it was agreed to be added as long as it included a science fiction story. Instead, Moore and Piller agreed to have three family stories contained in the episode which would resonate off each other.[5]
Reception[edit]
The first episode won Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Art Direction for a Series" and "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series".[6]
The storyline appeared in TV Guide's "100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History" (July 1, 1996), ranked number 50. The episode was also ranked #70 on the 100 Greatest TV Episodes of All Time.[7] Part I was ranked No. 8 on the Top 10 Star Trek Episodes for the magazine's celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary.[8]
In 2008, Empire magazine rated Star Trek: The Next Generation 37th on their list of "The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" and cited "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" as the show's best episode.[9] The episode was ranked #36 on TV Guide's list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time".[10] The two-episode arc ranked second in Entertainment Weekly's list of top 10 Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes.[11] Starlog magazine listed the two part episodes as number three and four on their 25 top episodes of The Next Generation.[12]
These two episodes, prepped for Blu-ray release and to promote the release of the Season 3 on Blu-ray, were combined with interviews and outtakes and shown as a one-night only event in movie theaters across USA and Canada on the night of April 25, 2013.[13][14][15][16]
Music[edit]
The musical score was composed and conducted by Ron Jones and eventually released as an album in 1991.[17] Jones composed similar cliffhanger music for the 100th episode of Family Guy, "Stewie Kills Lois" as Seth MacFarlane and David A. Goodman had wanted to use the actual music, but couldn't get the rights from Paramount.[18]
The album was re-released in 2013 as a two-part, extended edition by GNP Crescendo Records [GNPD 8083], to include previously unreleased material by Jones.[19]
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Handlen, Zack (2011-05-12). ""The Inner Light"/"Time's Arrow, Part I" | Star Trek: The Next Generation | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
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Jump up ^ Spelling, Ian (October 1993). "Guide To A New Generation". Starlog (195): 50–57.
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Jump up ^ "The 100 Greatest TV episodes of all time". October 28, 2007. Archived from the original on October 28, 2007. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
Jump up ^ Logan, Michael (August 24, 1996). "10 Truly Stellar Episodes". TV Guide. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
Jump up ^ "The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time". Empire. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
Jump up ^ "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time" TV Guide; June 15, 2009; Pages 34-49
Jump up ^ "'Star Trek: The Next Generation': The Top 10 Episodes". EW.com. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
Jump up ^ "Best of the Generation". Starlog (195): 44–49. October 1993.
Jump up ^ "Fathom Events". Fathom Events.
Jump up ^ "RECAP: The Best Of Both Worlds On The Big Screen".
Jump up ^ "The Best of Both Worlds In-Theater Event -- A Fan Perspective".
Jump up ^ Star Trek TNG Best of Both Worlds Fathom Events Experience Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "STTNG Vol. 2: The Best Of Both Worlds by Ron Jones".
Jump up ^ Seth MacFarlane (October 21, 2008). Family Guy Volume 6 DVD commentary for the episode "Stewie Kills Lois" (DVD)|format= requires |url= (help). 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
Jump up ^ Ron Jones (1991). "Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Volume Two - Expanded Edition" GNP Crescendo Records. Retrieved 2013-08-21
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Sling Blade
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Billy Bob Thornton
Produced by
Larry Meistrich
David L. Bushell
Brandon Rosser
Screenplay by
Billy Bob Thornton
Based on
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
by Billy Bob Thornton
Starring
Billy Bob Thornton
Dwight Yoakam
J. T. Walsh
John Ritter
Lucas Black
Natalie Canerday
Robert Duvall
Music by
Daniel Lanois
Cinematography
Barry Markowitz
Edited by
Hughes Winborne
Production
company
TSG Pictures
Distributed by
Miramax Films
Release date
November 27, 1996 (1996-11-27)
Running time
135 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1 million[1]
Box office
$24.4 million[1]
Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars in the lead role. Set in rural Arkansas, the film tells the story of a man named Karl Childers who has an intellectual disability and is released from a psychiatric hospital, where he has lived since killing his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old, and the friendship he develops with a young boy and his mother. In addition to Thornton, it stars Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, and Robert Duvall.
The film was adapted by Thornton from his previous screenplay for the short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, directed by George Hickenlooper. Sling Blade proved to be a sleeper hit, launching Thornton into stardom. It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and Thornton was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The music for the soundtrack was provided by French Canadian artist/producer Daniel Lanois.
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2 Cast
3 Reception
3.1 Critical response
4 Awards and nominations
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
Karl Childers is an intellectually disabled Arkansas man, who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12, for having killed his mother and her lover. Although he had been thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world. Prior to his release, he is interviewed by a local college newspaper reporter, and he recounts committing the murders with a Kaiser blade, saying, "Some folks call it a sling blade. I call it a kaiser blade." Karl explains that he attended school with his father's boss' teenage son Jesse Dixon, who was a mean-spirited bully and pervert; he thought that Jesse was raping his mother, and decapitated him. When he discovered that his mother was a willing participant in the affair, he killed her too.
Thanks to the doctor in charge of his institutionalization, Karl, who is highly skilled at repairing small engines, lands a job at a repair shop in the small town where he was born and raised. He befriends 12-year-old Frank Wheatley, and shares some of the details of his past, including the killings. Frank reveals that his father was killed when he was hit by a train, leaving him and his mother on their own. He later admits that he lied, and that his father committed suicide.
Frank introduces Karl to his mother, Linda, and her gay friend, Vaughan Cunningham. Vaughan is the manager of the dollar store where Linda works. Despite Vaughan's concerns about Karl's history in the mental hospital, Linda allows him to move into her garage, which angers Linda's abusive alcoholic boyfriend, Doyle Hargraves. Karl bonds with Linda, who makes him biscuits to eat. Vaughan invites Karl to lunch where he explains that a gay man and a mentally challenged man face similar obstacles of intolerance, and ridicule, in small-town America, before warning Karl about Doyle's violent demeanor, as well as his fears that Doyle might hurt or kill Linda and Frank.
Karl quickly becomes a father figure to Frank, who misses his father, and despises Doyle, who becomes increasingly abusive towards everybody including his own friends. Eventually, Doyle, who is also the frontman of his own band, has a drunken outburst towards his fellow band members and kicks them out, and attempts to do the same with Karl and Vaughan. Linda tries kicking Doyle out of the house, despite his threats to kill her if she ever left him, and this leads to a physical confrontation with Linda and Frank, angering the boy, who throws things at Doyle until he finally leaves.
Things begin to look up for Karl, as he becomes more and more successful at his job, and is even set up on a date with Melinda, a coworker of Linda and Vaughan's, at a dinner party at Vaughan's house in which Linda, Frank, and Vaughan's partner Albert also attend. Despite this however, Karl is haunted by an incident that happened when he was 6 or 8 years old. His parents performed an abortion of his unwanted baby brother, causing the baby to "come out too soon," and Karl was given a bloody towel wrapped around the baby, which survived the abortion. Karl was instructed to "get rid of it," but when Karl detected movement inside the towel, he inspected it, discovering "a little ol' boy" that "wasn't no bigger than a squirrel." While recounting this story to Frank, Frank asks why Karl did not just keep the baby, to which Karl replies that he had no way to care for a baby. He placed the baby, still in the bloody towel, inside a shoe box and buried the baby alive, saying he felt it was better to just "return him to the good Lord right off the bat," because of the abuse and neglect he received at the hands of his own parents.
A few days later, Linda and Doyle reconcile, who announces his plan to move into the house permanently, and to one day "pop the question" to Linda, much to Frank's anger. After a lot of thinking, Karl visits his father, who has become a mentally unbalanced hermit, living in the dilapidated home where Karl grew up. He tells his father that killing his baby brother was wrong, and that he had wanted to kill his father for making him do it, but eventually decided that he was not worth the effort.
Knowing that he has the upper hand again, Doyle confronts Karl and Frank shortly after Karl's baptism, and announces "big changes" including Karl's removal from the house; Doyle attempts to attack Frank when he retorts him, which is stopped by Karl who threatens Doyle never to touch Frank again, to no avail. Karl begins to realize that, eventually, either Frank is going to kill Doyle and end up just like him, or that Doyle's abuse will end up killing Frank and Linda. In order to prevent this, Karl makes Frank promise to spend the night at Vaughan's house. Karl then goes to Vaughan's house and asks to pick up Linda from her place, and have her stay over also; he then tells Vaughan that, even though homosexuality is a sin according to the Bible, that he doesn't think the Lord would ever send someone as nice as him to Hell, and that he doesn't have to "go with women" to be a good father to Frank.
Karl returns to Linda's house, but seems undecided about whether to enter. When confronted, a drunk Doyle asks what Karl is doing with the lawnmower blade he had sharpened and fashioned into a weapon. Karl replies, "I aim to kill you with it," but not before asking how to reach the police by telephone. Not taking Karl seriously, Doyle says he should dial 911 and request "an ambulance, or a 'hearst'." Karl kills Doyle with two chopping blows of the lawnmower blade to the head. Karl then phones the police to turn himself in, and requests a "hearst" be sent for Doyle. He eats biscuits while waiting for the police.
Returned to the state hospital, he seems to be a different person than he was during his previous institutionalization. He silences a sexual predator who had previously forced him to listen to tales of his horrible deeds, before standing to look out of the window towards a field, having learned the value of sacrificing one's self to save others.
Cast[edit]
Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves
J. T. Walsh as Charles Bushman
John Ritter as Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday as Linda Wheatley
James Hampton as Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall as Karl's father
Jim Jarmusch as Deke, the Frostee Cream employee
Vic Chesnutt as Terence
Brent Briscoe as Scooter Hodges
Mickey Jones as Johnson
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The film garnered both critical and commercial success. It grossed $24,444,121 on a $1 million budget. The film received a 96% "Certified Fresh" rating by Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 8.3 out of 10, with 49 critics giving generally favorable reviews and only two negative reviews; the site's consensus states "You will see what's coming, but the masterful performances, especially Thornton's, will leave you riveted."[2]
The Washington Post called it a "masterpiece of Southern storytelling."[3] Kevin Thomas wrote in the Los Angeles Times that the film is "a mesmerizing parable of good and evil and a splendid example of Southern storytelling at its most poetic and imaginative".[4] The New York Times critic Janet Maslin praised the performances but said that "it drifts gradually toward climactic events that seem convenient and contrived".[5]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Academy Awards
Won for Best Adapted Screenplay (Thornton)
Nominated for Best Actor (Thornton)
Chicago Film Critics Awards
Won for Best Actor (Thornton)
Edgar Awards
Won for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (Thornton)
Independent Spirit Awards
Won for Best First Feature
Kansas City Film Critics Awards
Won for Best Actor (Thornton)
National Board of Review Awards
Won for Special Achievement in Filmmaking (Thornton)
Satellite Awards
Nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Thornton)
Nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Thornton)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Thornton)
Writers Guild of America Awards
Won for Best Adapted Screenplay (Thornton)
Young Artist Award
Won for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film (Black)
YoungStar Award
Won for Best Young Actor in a Drama Film (Black)
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Jump up ^ Thomas, Kevin (November 27, 1996). "Gripping 'Blade' Crosses Folksy, Frightening". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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Brigham Young University–Idaho
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Brigham Young University–Idaho
Former names
Ricks College, Ricks Academy
Motto
Rethinking Education
Type
Private not-for-profit
Established
November 12, 1888 (1888-11-12)
Religious affiliation
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
President
Henry J. Eyring
Students
19,399 (Fall 2017)[1]
Location
Rexburg, Idaho, United States
43°49′07″N 111°47′06″W / 43.818504°N 111.785089°W / 43.818504; -111.785089Coordinates: 43°49′07″N 111°47′06″W / 43.818504°N 111.785089°W / 43.818504; -111.785089
Campus
Rural, 400 acres (160 ha)[2]
Colors
Blue, Black, White[3]
Website
www.byui.edu
Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho or BYU–I) is a private university located in Rexburg, Idaho. Founded in 1888, the university is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), transitioned from a junior college to a four-year institution in 2001, and was known for the greater part of its history as Ricks College.
BYU-Idaho offers programs in liberal arts including the sciences, engineering, agriculture, management, and performing arts. The university is broadly organized into thirty-three departments within six colleges, and its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsors sister schools in Utah and Hawaii. The university's focus is on undergraduate education, hosting 26 certificate, 20 associate and over 87 bachelor's degree programs; and it operates using a three-semester system also known as "tracks".
Students at BYU-Idaho are required to follow an honor code, which mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings (e.g., academic honesty, adherence to dress and grooming standards, and abstinence from extramarital sex and from the consumption of drugs and alcohol). Approximately 99 percent of the university's students are members of the LDS Church, and a significant percentage of the student body take an 18- (women) or 24-month (men) hiatus from their studies to serve as missionaries.[4] A BYU-Idaho education is generally less expensive than similar private universities, due largely to significant funding by LDS Church tithing funds, helping keep tuition rates low.[5]
Contents
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1 History
1.1 The Bannock and Fremont Stake Academies
1.2 Ricks College
1.3 BYU-Idaho
2 Campus
3 Organization
4 Academics
5 Athletics
5.1 Ricks College Vikings
5.2 Athletics as a four-year university
6 Student life
6.1 LDS atmosphere
6.2 Culture
6.3 Honor Code
7 Alumni
8 References
9 Sources
10 External links
History[edit]
See also: List of presidents of Brigham Young University-Idaho
The original Ricks Academy building, completed in 1903
The Bannock and Fremont Stake Academies[edit]
On November 12, 1888, the LDS Church created the Bannock Stake Academy in Rexburg. The precursor to BYU-Idaho, like several other colleges and universities across the mountain west, was established as a "stake academy" first, as Mormon settlers colonized the eastern Snake River Plain in the 1880s. As a stake academy, its purpose was that of a modern secondary school as public schools had not yet been established. As the population grew, it became necessary to divide the geographical area designated by the LDS Church as the Bannock Stake. The Fremont Stake was created, and thus in 1898 the school was renamed the Fremont Stake Academy.[6]
Ricks College[edit]
In 1903, the school was renamed again as Ricks Academy in honor of Thomas E. Ricks, the Bannock Stake president at the time it was founded and the chairman of the school's first Board of Education.[6] By the early twentieth century, stake academies had largely been discontinued as public schools became more established in the western United States. Ricks Academy survived as it had added a year of college work to its curriculum and in 1917 was granted state certification, which allowed graduates to teach in the state of Idaho. At that point, it was known as Ricks Normal College with George S. Romney as its first president. In 1923 it was renamed Ricks College and functioned as a two-year junior college.[7][8] It would serve as a junior college for most of the remainder of the twentieth century, except for a brief period from 1948 to 1956 when it operated as a four-year institution.[9]
Although the school was threatened with closing in the 1930s because of the Great Depression, it emerged with the support of local patrons and accreditation with the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. The 1950's brought renewed consideration of closing the school, and possibly moving it. However, LDS Church president David O. McKay decided against this course of action after a visit to the campus.[10] During the 1976 Teton Dam flood, Ricks College was used as a center for disaster relief operations.[11] By the late twentieth century, the college had become the largest private junior college in the country with over 7,500 students.
BYU-Idaho[edit]
On June 21, 2000, the LDS Church announced that Ricks College would become a four-year institution known as Brigham Young University–Idaho. This change became official just over a year later on August 10, 2001. Among the changes were the elimination of the intercollegiate athletic program and the institution of a larger activities and intramural athletics program. The school also established a "three-track" system, which admits students on a specific track of two semesters (including the Spring semester), rather than the standard fall and winter semesters. Among other changes to campus facilities to accommodate the associated growth, the Hyrum Manwaring Student Center was renovated and enlarged and a new auditorium building, the BYU-Idaho Center, with seating for 15,000 was built. The buildings were dedicated in December 2010.[12][13]
Campus[edit]
Thomas E. Ricks Memorial Gardens
The campus sits on a hill overlooking the city of Rexburg and the Snake River Valley and includes nearly forty major buildings and residence halls on over 400 acres (1.6 km2).[14] Off-campus facilities include a Livestock Center and the Henry’s Fork Outdoor Learning Center near Rexburg, the Outdoor Learning Center at Badger Creek in Idaho’s Teton Basin, and the Natural Science Center in Island Park, Idaho. The Teton Lodge and Quickwater Lodge near Victor, Idaho, are utilized as student leadership and service centers.
The main campus includes a planetarium, an arboretum, and wildlife museums. The school also operates several athletic fields and facilities around campus, which are now used as part of the Activities program, an alternative to intercollegiate sports. Facilities include a baseball field, football and track stadium, tennis courts, as well as the John Hart Physical Education building, which with 4,000 seats in its main gym was used for athletic events, graduation, and concerts. The building also includes a small field house, pool, auxiliary gymnasiums, racquetball courts, and a workout area for students. On December 17, 2010, the BYU-Idaho Center was dedicated and opened to students. The 435,000-square-foot (40,400 m2) building contains a 15,000-seat auditorium used for the weekly campus devotional, graduation ceremonies, and concerts. The building also features a multi-purpose area large enough for 10 full basketball courts. The David O. McKay Library holds a collection of over 300,000 volumes, with about 142,000 transactions processed by the library's circulation services annually.[15]
In support of the fine arts and entertainment, the campus also includes the Ruth H. Barrus Concert Hall, which houses the acclaimed Ruffatti organ,[16] the third largest organ owned by the LDS Church after those housed in the Salt Lake Tabernacle and Conference Center, respectively. KBYI-FM, a 100,000 watt public radio station, also broadcasts to eastern Idaho and parts of Wyoming and Montana from the campus.
Organization[edit]
The Jacob Spori Building
BYU-Idaho is led by Henry J. Eyring, who began serving as president in April 2017. Eyring is a former Academic Vice President and Advancement Vice President of BYU-Idaho.[17] Eyring is also the son of Henry B. Eyring, former Ricks College president and a member of the LDS Church's First Presidency.[17] Along with other members of the Church Educational System, BYU-Idaho is under the direction of a Board of Trustees, which includes the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve, other general authorities, and presidents of auxiliary organizations. BYU-Idaho is organized into six colleges:[18]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Business and Communication
College of Education and Human Development
College of Language and Letters
College of Performing and Visual Arts
College of Physical Sciences and Engineering
Academics[edit]
University rankings
National
Forbes[19]
413
Regional
U.S. News & World Report[20]
10
Despite the change to a four-year institution, BYU-Idaho still offers several Associate-degree programs in addition to its Bachelor-degree programs. Across the six colleges, there are thirty-three departments, offering over eighty-seven bachelor-level programs and twenty associate-degree programs.
The academic year is divided into three equal semesters (fall, winter, spring) of fourteen weeks and is known as the "three-track" system. It was instituted in 2001 as part of the transition from Ricks College to BYU-Idaho and the school's "Rethinking Education" campaign.[21] When a student is admitted to BYU-Idaho, they are also assigned to a specific two-semester "track," (fall-winter, winter-spring, or spring-fall) based partly on preference, degree program, and availability to balance.[22] Initially, the fall and winter semesters were slightly longer (and thus more heavily attended) than the summer semester and had more class options. Beginning in January 2007, the school adjusted the academic calendar[23] equalizing the amount of time available in each semester, lengthening the class periods, and opening class offerings in the spring to allow more students to attend in the spring semester. There is also a short, 2-month summer session with accelerated class schedules. BYU-Idaho also offers "fast grad" which allows students to attend all semesters and finish their degree sooner.[24] This is usually available as an option to students who have an upper sophomore or higher standing.
The John Taylor building, used mainly for religious education
There were 17,980 full-time students enrolled at BYU–Idaho during the Fall 2016 semester.[25] Students come from all 50 states and more than 130 countries. According to fall 2016 enrollment numbers, 27% of BYU-Idaho campus students came from the state of Idaho,[26] with the majority of students coming from five states: Idaho 27%, California 14%, Utah 10%, Washington 8%, and Arizona 4.5%. Thus, the student body at BYU–Idaho is notably homogeneous—not only due to its geographic representation but also due to ethnicity and religion. During the Fall 2016 semester, 83% of the students were Caucasian. Moreover, during the Fall 2016 semester, 99.7% of the students were members of the LDS Church. The school's Board of Trustees approved an increase in the single semester enrollment.
Athletics[edit]
BYU-Idaho Stadium (formerly Viking Stadium)
Ricks College Vikings[edit]
Known as the Vikings, Ricks College fielded an intercollegiate athletics program from 1919-2002 in the National Junior College Athletic Association, earning 17 national championships, 61 individual national titles, and producing nearly 100 first-team All-Americans.[27] National title wins included Women's Cross Country (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Men's Cross Country (1965, 1966, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2001), Women's Track and Field (1997), and Women's Volleyball (1974; AIAW).[27][28] More than 25 alumni who played football for Ricks went on to play professionally in the National Football League or Canadian Football League.
It was announced in June 2000 that the athletics program would be phased out as part of the change from a junior college to a four-year college, due mainly to the costs associated with running a college athletic department, and the desire to develop a more comprehensive participatory student activities program.[29]
Athletics as a four-year university[edit]
Since becoming a four-year institution, BYU-Idaho no longer hosts intercollegiate athletic teams but instead developed a competitive (or, as the school uses, "intracollegiate") athletics program which functions as part of Student Activities. Several teams from within the school compete against one another in a variety of sports throughout the year, complete with regular seasons and playoffs.[30]
Student life[edit]
LDS atmosphere[edit]
The Rexburg Idaho Temple, located directly adjacent to the BYU–Idaho campus
The atmosphere at BYU–Idaho is different from most other universities due to its affiliation with the LDS Church. For example, almost every Tuesday that school is in session, a devotional is held on campus. During the devotional, no classes are held, administrative offices close, and students and faculty are encouraged to attend the hour-long worship service either in person (in the BYU-Idaho Center), via campus TV, or on the radio at KBYI 94.3 FM. Speakers are selected from the campus and local communities, as well as from LDS Church general authorities who share a spiritually uplifting message.[31] The school's honor code also requires students to regularly attend church services, which are held every Sunday .
Until the construction of the Rexburg Idaho Temple in 2008, BYU-Idaho had been the only university affiliated with the LDS Church that did not have a nearby temple.
Culture[edit]
Despite its transition from Ricks College to BYU-Idaho, leaders of the university have maintained the desire to preserve what they call the "Spirit of Ricks," a campus tradition of service, hard work, friendliness, and compassion.[32] The school's relative geographic isolation from a metropolitan area, combined with the strong moral standards taught and encouraged by the school and its sponsoring organization, contribute to a unique student culture unlike that of many universities, but with some basic similarities to the other LDS Church-owned campuses in Utah and Hawaii. Alcohol and drug use is virtually nonexistent, as these substances are strictly prohibited by the school's honor code and the LDS Church. There is also no Greek system.
Students from the BYU–Idaho Jazz Combos class performing at a local club
Much of BYU–Idaho student life revolves around events sponsored by the school organization Student Activities, which frequently hosts dances, concerts, sports events, and service projects.
Rexburg is situated in a strong northern climate in which winter dominates, and as such, winter sports such as skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, and ice hockey are popular. There are two nearby ski resorts, Grand Targhee and Kelly Canyon, which are frequented by students. However, Rexburg also experiences warm summers that are ideal for many outdoor recreational activities.
Honor Code[edit]
Main article: Brigham Young University Honor Code
All students and faculty, regardless of religion, are required to agree to adhere to an honor code. Early forms of the BYU Honor Code are found as far back as the days of the Brigham Young Academy and educator Karl G. Maeser. Maeser created the "Domestic Organization", which was a group of teachers who would visit students at their homes to see that they were following the school's moral rules prohibiting obscenity, profanity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The Honor Code itself was created in 1940 at BYU and was used mainly for cases of cheating and academic dishonesty. Ernest L. Wilkinson expanded the Honor Code in 1957 to include other school standards (at the time, Wilkinson, as president of BYU, and the director of what was then the Unified Church School System, had some authority over all of the church's schools). This led to what the Honor Code represents today: rules regarding chastity, dress, grooming, drugs and alcohol in addition to academic honesty. A signed commitment to live the Honor Code is part of the application process for all LDS-affiliated schools, and must be adhered to by all students, faculty, and staff. Students and faculty found in violation of standards are either warned or called to meet with representatives of the Honor Council. In rare cases, students and faculty can be expelled from the school for excessive misbehavior.[33] In addition to the general Honor Code common at all LDS schools, the BYU–Idaho Honor Code prohibits bib overalls, baseball caps (worn inside classrooms), shorts or capri pants, flip-flops (sandals), and also any worn, faded, or patched clothing on campus.[34]
Students must receive an ecclesiastical endorsement to be accepted to the university. To receive this endorsement, applicants meet with their local religious leaders and pledge their willingness to abide by the honor code. Once admitted, students then meet with their ecclesiastical leaders annually to renew their commitment to the honor code. Failure to receive this annual endorsement can result in temporary suspension or in rare cases expulsion from the university.[35]
Single students are required to live in housing that is approved by the university. All approved housing options are located within a mile of the university. Co-ed housing is prohibited according to the Honor Code, but some complexes have separate buildings for men and women. Married students are not required to live in approved housing and may live wherever they choose.[36]
Alumni[edit]
Main article: List of Brigham Young University–Idaho alumni
As of Fall 2017, BYU–Idaho has approximately 200,000 alumni, including those from the period when the school functioned as an academy (equivalent to a modern high school).[37] The school's alumni include two-time Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling (2000) Rulon Gardner and MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, Matt Lindstrom.[38][39] Another alumnus is Marion G. Romney, a former counselor in the LDS Church's First Presidency, who was valedictorian of the Ricks Academy class of 1918.[40][41]
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