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teaching careers as assistant professors, then progress to associate professors, A then full professors. Adjunct faculty are usually employed elsewhere but teach at academic degrees Use bachelor’s the university. Professors emeritus are degree, master’s degree, doctorate. officially retired but may still teach a class Doctoral is the adjective form of or perform other duties at the university. doctorate. When necessary, you may Where appropriate, you may use Dean, use B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S., MBA, Ph.D. Department Chair, President, Provost or and other degree abbreviations after Vice President in front of a name on first the name. Follow AP style: “if mention reference. In the case of the president of degrees is necessary to establish of the university, the title must be used someone’s credentials, the preferred on every subsequent reference. These form is to avoid an abbreviation and use titles are never abbreviated. instead a phrase such as: John Jones, who has a doctorate in psychology. Don’t use addresses should be listed by house Dr. before the name unless the person number in numerals, followed by holds a medical degree. direction abbreviated, and street: 1084 S. 1000 West. Don’t abbreviate the street academic titles You may use the number — no 10th West. Drive, Lane, title professor in front of the name of Circle, Ave., Blvd., etc., should be used anyone who teaches at a university, but if it is part of the address: 2425 Jefferson it is preferable to give the exact title after Blvd. Only Ave., Blvd. and St. should be the name: Ed Adams, associate professor abbreviated if listed with a numbered of communications; John Dancy, visiting address. If no street number is given, professor in communications. Professor write them out. In incomplete addresses, is a job title, and is lowercase in all spell out the North, South, East or West. uses except at the beginning of a For campus addresses use the room sentence. Get a person’s title from the number, then the building abbreviation current university catalog and check if there is one: 3328 WSC. However, it with the person holding the title named areas follow the abbreviation: WSC or his or her department. Titles can Ballroom, JSB Auditorium. change midyear. Faculty often start their 2 adviser buildings Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement adviser never advisor. Please note the Brigham Square is the plaza northwest spelling difference. of the Wilkinson Student Center. All Sport Pass buildings Use the surname and type of building on first reference to a campus alumni are people who used to attend building (Brimhall Building, Hinckley a given university. A man who used to Center, Wilkinson Student Center). If the attend is an alumnus; a woman who used building is not named after a person, use to attend is an alumna; women who used the official campus name (see below). to attend are alumnae; men who used to In cases where the surname alone attend are alumni. Alumni is also used as does not distinguish the building clearly, a plural when describing a group of both use the full name of the building on sexes who previously attended a given first reference (not Clark Building but university. Herald R. Clark Building or J. Reuben Clark ASB Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building; not Smith Building but Joseph F. Building. Smoot Building is also Smith Building, Building). acceptable on first reference. The If the first reference includes a room building name can be abbreviated on first number, use the official abbreviation: reference if a room number or named E-509 HFAC or WSC Ballroom. The building area is included: C-373 ASB. abbreviation can be used on second reference, but some buildings should always be called by their common campus names: , Maeser B Building and , for Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of example. Note the capitalization of Science, bachelor’s degree “Building.” Ballroom Dance Company When the word “room” is needed in the sentence, such as, Students will meet in Because of, not “due to” Room 250, room is capitalized. Before, Below is a list of campus facilities not “prior to” sorted by abbreviation with acceptable Berkeley is a city in California. Note the first references bolded. spelling, as it is frequently misspelled. ALLN Allen Hall (houses Museum of Peoples and Cultures) Board of Trustees on first reference, AXMB Auxiliary Services Maintenance Building the board then lowercase, as in on B66 B-66 Classroom/Lab Building subsequent references. For comments B67 B-67 Service Building concerning the board, contact MLBM Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum Carri Jenkins. BNSN Ezra Taft Benson Building Botany Pond BRWB Sam F. Brewster Building BYUB BYU Broadcasting Building boy is a male human being less than 18 BRMB George H. Brimhall Building years old. The second he turns 18, he’s a CANC Cannon Center man. BELL Centennial Carillon Tower brackets not parentheses are used to PPCH Central Heating and Cooling Plants enclose clarifications in quoted material. CMB Chemicals Management Building HRCB Herald R. Clark Building Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement buildings (cont.) 3

JRCB J. Reuben Clark Building (houses the J. MARB Thomas L. Martin Building Reuben Clark Law School) B-49 Neal A. Maxwell Institute CLFB Benjamin Cluff Jr. Building (Plant MB Howard S. McDonald Building Science Lab) MCKB David O. McKay Building CB W. W. Clyde Engineering Building MLRP Miller Park (Baseball/Softball Complex) CONF BYU Conference Center See the sports section for field names CTB Roland A. Crabtree Technology MTC Missionary Training Center Building MORC Morris Center CSC Culinary Support Center PPMV Motor Pool Vehicle Shelter CONE Creamery on Ninth East MOA Museum of Art DTRA Deseret Towers Recreation Area NICB Joseph K. Nicholes Building ESM Earth Science Museum OLVH Oliver House LVES LaVell Edwards Stadium RB Stephen L. Richards Building ELLB Leo B. Ellsworth Building RBF Richards Building Fields ESC Carl F. JSB FOB Faculty Office Building JFSB Joseph F. Smith Building FB Harvey L. Fletcher Building SFH George Albert Smith Fieldhouse FLSR Foreign Language Student Residence SFLD Smith Fieldhouse South Field (Varsity FPH Former Presidents’ Home Soccer) HGB Heber J. Grant Building (Testing ASB Abraham O. Smoot Administration Center) Building PPGO Grounds Office SNLB William H. Snell Building HCEB Caroline Hemenway Harman Building STEH Stadium East House (Continuing Education) STEW Stadium West House HFAC Franklin S. SAB Student Athlete Building Betrand F. Harrison Arboretum and SASB Student Auxiliary Services Building Botany Pond SHC Student Health Center HAWF Haws Field TMCB James E. Talmage Math Sciences/ HL Helaman Halls Computer Building CANC Cannon Center TNRB N. Eldon Tanner Building HLRA Helaman Recreation Area TLRB John Taylor Building HR Heritage Halls TCB Tennis Courts Building HRCN Heritage Halls Central Building TCF Outdoor Tennis Courts HC Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and TRAK Track and Field Complex (see Sports Visitors’ Center Guidelines for track name) IPF Indoor Practice Facility UPC University Parkway Center IWRA Intramural Recreation Area (West UPB University Press Building Stadium) ROTC Daniel H. Wells Building (Air Force/ SWKT Spencer W. Kimball Tower Army Reserve) ITB Information Technology Building WIDB John A. Widtsoe Building AKH Amanda Knight Hall WSC Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center JKB WT Wymount Terrace AXLB Auxiliary Services Laundry Building WOAD Wymount Administration Building HBLL Harold B. Lee Library WP Wyview Park LDSP LDS Philanthropies OfficeBuilding WBCB Wyview Park Central Building MSRB Karl G. Maeser Building MC J Williard Marriott Center 4 BYU colleges and schools Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement

BYU is preferable in all references used before a person’s name. Do not use to University. Y is chairman or chairwoman. acceptable in headlines. cities cities not commonly known BYU Bookstore is the Bookstore on should be listed with the name of a more second reference (because that is its well-known city nearby. She grew up in title), otherwise bookstore for generic Clarkston, near Logan. It is also helpful to use. tell how far towns are from better-known places: Daryl Gibson grew up in Nephi, BYU contracted, not BYU approved, 38 miles south of Provo. Cities in Utah for housing references. County do not need description. BYU—Hawaii is acceptable on all City Council Uppercase as a proper references for , name when referring to a specific city Hawaii campus. It is in Laie, Hawaii. Use council, even when not preceded by the em dash. Do not abbreviate as BYU-H. name of the city. A member of a council is BYU—Idaho is the four-year institution a councilman or councilwoman. The title in Rexburg, Idaho, which used to be should be capitalized before a name. Ricks College. Use em dash. Do not Clubs on campus Capitalize names of abbreviate as BYU-I. campus clubs: Folk Club, Tall Club, etc. BYUSA can be used in every reference College of Eastern Utah is a state to Brigham Young University Student junior college in Price. It may be called Service Association. It may not be called CEU on second reference. a student government, though its officers may be called student body officers. colleges and schools BYU is BYUSA offices located at 3400 WSC. composed of various colleges and schools. Colleges and schools may contain departments and other schools. Here is a the current list of the colleges C and schools at BYU: Cannon Center §§ J. Reuben Clark Law School §§ College of Family, Home and Social Sciences Carillon Bell Tower §§ College of Fine Arts and Communications Caroline Harman Continuing §§ Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Education Building Note the spelling Technology of Harman. §§ College of Humanities §§ College of Life Sciences CD OK to use on all references for a §§ Marriott School of Management compact disc. §§ David O. McKay School of Education Center for Service and Learning §§ College of Nursing lowercase center on second reference. On §§ College of Physical and Mathematical the second floor of the WSC. Sciences §§ Religious Education CES Fireside see entry on page 15. §§ Undergraduate Education chair is the proper title for the head of a §§ Graduate Studies department, and should be capitalized if §§ Division of Continuing Education Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement Colombia dates 5

§§ David M. Kennedy Center for International of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Studies Religious Scholarship. §§ School of Accountancy Creamery on Ninth §§ School of Family Life §§ School of Music Culinary Support Center §§ School of Social Work currently §§ School of Technology Don’t use unless necessary to preserve meaning: She works at BYU. Colombia (country), Columbia (city, river, university) (Serial) comma Don’t put a comma D She before “and” or “or” in a series. The Daily Universe brought apples, oranges and bananas. is the noun; the Daily Universe is the adjective. Capitalize contractions reflect informal speech The when used as a noun. Do not italicize and writing. Use them in moderation, the name of the newspaper. following the AP Stylebook guidelines for datelines contractions. should indicate the physical location from where the reporter is BYU contracted not BYU approved reporting. They should be used on stories when referring to off-campus housing for not originating in Provo and Orem, single students. unless the story is a roundup in which corrections are usually made in the top no single dateline would be appropriate. section on Page 2, although Page 1 errors Also, do not use a dateline if the are corrected on Page 1 and Opinion reporter did not travel to Salt Lake City Page errors are corrected on the Opinion or wherever the story originates from Page. Corrections should not, in most but did the reporting work by phone. cases, repeat the misinformation. They Election stories and weather stories that should tell the date and page of the error cover a broad area generally have no and give the corrected information. They dateline. Datelines should include city should not express regret. The wording of and state, unless the city is well known corrections must be cleared by an adviser. and its name can stand alone. Consult the AP Stylebook for cities that stand alone. Cougar, Cougarette cougar if it is a Utah datelines never need Utah in them. furry animal. dates should be given by month, Cougareat is the fast-food area on the day and year, with the year set off by second floor of the Wilkinson Student commas: June 15, 1950, was the date of Center. Cougareat is acceptable on all his birth. Use the year only if it is not the references. current year: BYU plays UCLA on Sept. 9. court Utah County is served by the 4th Abbreviate the month, where applicable, District Court. Utah is served by the only if the day is given. The AP Stylebook 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in lists the months that are abbreviated. Denver. Use the ordinal number unless it When using only the month and year, begins a sentence. write out the name of the month and do not separate with commas: January CPART Center for the Preservation of 1992. If the date is six days before or Ancient Religious Texts is a division after publication, use the day – Monday, 6 dean Fall Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement

Tuesday, etc. – instead of the date. The fireside is not a Devotional (see CES play begins Tuesday and will run through Fireside, page 15). Oct. 4. Sept. 11, 2001 should always be Dixie State College is a state junior referred to this way unless in a quote. college in St. George. Use Dixie on When time and day/date are mentioned second references. together, use time, day/date. The ceremony is at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 or 2 p.m. Tuesday. Do dorms or dormitories; residence halls is not use on in between the time and day. acceptable. dean is the title of the head of a college Deseret Towers [obsolete] Do not and some schools. Capitalize in front of abbreviate as DT except in a quote. These the name: Dean H. Reese Hansen. The head no longer exist. The residence halls on of Student Life also takes the title of dean, the site of Deseret Towers are part of though she or he is not connected to a Heritage Halls. college or school. Not “due to,” use because of death stories should tell the deceased’s DVD OK to use on all references full name, age, city of residence, date of death, cause of death, achievements, connections to BYU, survivors and funeral information. If the death has E already been announced or happened two East Coast days or more before the story appears, use a funeral lead – one that gives the ecclesiastical endorsement funeral, viewing and burial information LaVell Edwards before the details of the person’s life and was the head coach of death. People don’t pass away, they die. the BYU football team until 2001. Note In a headline, say Alice Johnson dies, not the capital “V.” For the stadium, see the L Alice Johnson dead. Missionary deaths entry. should be covered in the newspaper even email no hyphen if the missionary has no ties to BYU or Utah. departments are divisions of colleges. F Capitalize the names of university faculty departments: Department of Theatre is singular. Not all teachers at and Media Arts or Theatre and Media Arts BYU are faculty. Staff and administration Department. The head of a department is aren’t faculty. Rich Evans and Kaye the chair. Nelson are administrators; Dale Cressman and Quint Randle are faculty. Devotional is the university-wide Fall meeting at 11:05 a.m. on most Tuesdays. is capitalized only when it is referring Capitalize. There is no need to follow to a specific fall semester:She started the word with “assembly.” The same is school Fall Semester 1998. He will play usually true for Forums, the more secular football Fall Semester. Lowercase when Tuesday gatherings. The Unforum is referring to the season or the semester in the last Devotional/Forum of winter general: School spirit at most universities is semester, only one a year. A Sunday most apparent during fall semester. Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement FARMS Helaman Halls 7

FARMS is the Foundation for Ancient complete the course work in a specified Research and Mormon Studies. It is period of time. a division of the Neal A. Maxwell §§ IE incomplete expired. When a student Institute for Religious Scholarship. fails to complete the coursework in the Foreign Language Student specified period of time, the I becomes an IE, and is treated as a failing grade. Residence (FLSR) On-campus housing §§ P passing grade. This grade has no effect across the street from the MTC. on the GPA. Forum is the university-wide meeting on §§ W withdraw. Students may withdraw from some Tuesdays at 11:05 a.m. Capitalize. classes through the 10th week (50th day) Speakers usually address secular topics. of a semester and the 5th week (25th day) There is no need to follow the word of a term for any reason. with “assembly.” Unforum is the last §§ WE a student withdraws from a class after Devotional/Forum of winter semester, the deadline and is failing the class at that and there is only one a year. time. FrontRunner Beginning Fall 2011 students may repeat any course taken at BYU; however, all grades will be averaged into the grade point average (GPA) and all credit will G be counted. BYU does not remove Games Center the previous credit or grade from the Located on the first transcript or the GPA calculations once a floor of the WSC class has been repeated. girl is a female human being less than 18 years old. The instant she turns 18, she is a woman. H grade point average on first Happy Valley no quotes reference; GPA thereafter. Here are the grade values at BYU: Harris Fine Arts Center Use HFAC §§ A 4.0 on all references when including a room §§ A– 3.7 number or named area. Here are the names §§ B+ 3.4 of theaters and galleries in the center: §§ B 3.0 §§ B.F. Larsen Gallery §§ B– 2.7 §§ de Jong Concert Hall (capitalize de only when §§ C+ 2.4 it starts a sentence) §§ C 2.0 §§ Gallery 303 §§ C– 1.7 §§ Gates Opera Workshop Music Theatre §§ D+ 1.4 §§ Madsen Recital Hall §§ D 1.0 §§ Margetts Arena Theatre §§ D– 0.7 §§ Merrill Debate Theatre §§ E 0.0 failure §§ Nelke Experimental Theatre §§ I incomplete. This is a contractual grade §§ Pardoe Drama Theatre awarded a student due to nonacademic HBLL Harold B. Lee Library extenuating circumstances after the 12th week of a semester or sixth week of a Helaman Halls term. Under the contract, a student must 8 held JSB Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement

held should not be used when referring to department. Prominent people not an event. The meeting will be Tuesday. connected with the university should be Heritage Halls identified by name and title. in order to Don’t use this phrase. Say “to” Homecoming Capitalize when instead: I’m baking this cake to make you referring to BYU Homecoming activities. happy. Homecoming, in general terms, is lowercase. She will attend the Homecoming Internet or the Net or Web dance. He said his homecoming was Italics uplifting. Never use italics in articles. its What’s its Honor Code is a possessive pronoun. name? Its name is Clipper. Honor Code OfficeFourth floor of the it’s means it is or it has. It’s my dog and it’s WSC been mine for six years. Honors Capitalize when referring to the BYU Honors program. Housing The correct term when referring J to off-campus single student BYU housing Carri Jenkins is BYU contracted, not BYU approved. is the assistant to the president for University Communications. Howard W. Hunter Law Library is in Note the spelling of her given name. the J. Reuben Clark Building. Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies Jerusalem Center on second reference. In Israel. Any stories dealing with I this topic need to be cleared by an adviser. I-15 OK to use on all references JKB Jesse Knight Building. JKB on second reference. The building name can be ID plural form is IDs not ID’s abbreviated on first reference if a room identification The content of the number or named area is included. story should dictate the information Joseph F. Smith Building JFSB on used in identifying individuals. When second reference. The building name can interviewing students, get their first and last be abbreviated on first reference if a room name, age, class standing, hometown and number or named area is included. major. In your story, apply those pieces of information as needed, using a minimum J. Reuben Clark Law School is the of two, one being the hometown. Patrick proper name of the law school at BYU. Ponte, 18, from Salem, Ore., said he likes Note the spelling of Reuben. The building to eat out. Information used should be where the law school is located is called the pertinent to the story. Make it as smooth as J. Reuben Clark Building. you can – all the information doesn’t have JSB Joseph Smith Building. The building to appear in the same sentence or in this name can be abbreviated on first reference if particular order. Don’t say he’s an 18-year- a room number or named area is included: old when you can simply describe him as JSB Auditorium. 18. University faculty and administrators should be identified by name, title and Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement Kennedy Center music dance theatre 9

Replace it with a number or remove the reference unless it is within a quote. K MARB Thomas L. Martin Building. MARB David M. Kennedy Center for on second reference. The building name can International Studies Kennedy Center be abbreviated on first reference if a room on second reference. Housed in the Herald number or named area is included. R. Clark Building directly south of the Marigold Mall North–south walkway HBLL. between the Fletcher, Clyde, Widtsoe, Martin and Herald R. Clark buildings) Marriott Center where Devotionals, L Forums and basketball games occur. LaVell Edwards Stadium acceptable Marriott School of Management on first reference; Edwards Stadium or the is BYU’s business school in the Tanner stadium on second reference. Building and functions as a college. Legislature Uppercase as a proper name Master of Arts, Master of Science, when referring to the Utah Legislature, even A master’s degree or a master’s. when not preceded by the name of the state. Lowercase when referring to legislatures MBA for master’s of business in general. A member of the Legislature is administration either a representative or a senator. Kieth Merrill is a film director, producer local refers to the Provo/Orem area. and writer. Note the spelling of his given name. located at Don’t use this phrase when telling where something is located: The METI Middle Eastern Texts Initiative is a museum is in Provo. Or: The museum, 124 S. division of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for 100 East, is open Mondays and Tuesdays. Religious Scholarship. log in (v.) login (n. and adj.) MOA Museum of Art more and more is wordy. Just say “more.” M More than, not over. Over is spatial. The plane flew over the mountain. Karl G. Maeser Building should be (There called the Maeser Building in all references. are some exceptions – see AP stylebook.) Mount Timpanogos majors Lowercase except when a proper Remember, there noun is used: history major, psychology is no “gas” in Timpanogos. major, French major, English major. Don’t Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms. Use only in quotes say someone has an undeclared major or is music dance theatre an undeclared major; say he or she has not is a major. declared his or her major. Always double- Note the spelling of theatre. It is an check names of majors for official names. interdisciplinary degree offered by the College of Fine Arts and Communications many is an overused word. If a story says, through the cooperative involvement of its “Many people protested the decision,” find School of Music and Department of Theatre out a number — was it 12? 25? 100? 1,000? 10 names president Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement

and Media Arts and Department of online Dance. opportunity to Take this phrase out where possible, except in quotes. People should be glad to be here, not glad they N have the opportunity to be here. names Over see “more than” (page 9) §§Always ask sources to spell their names, even if they sound simple like “Kim.” §§When you have two people with the same last name in a story, use the first P and last name of each individual. You can Pell Grant use the “kiss-off method” – introduce the PE OK to use on all references individual, give their quote/paraphrase and move on to another source. This way, Ph.D. is the abbreviation for doctor of you only have to use the first and last philosophy; however, someone is earning name once. But to avoid confusion, use a doctoral degree, not a Ph.D. See AP both. Stylebook under academic degrees for Neal A. Maxwell Institute for details. Religious Scholarship includes Point of the Mountain these divisions: CPART, the Center for police at BYU are University Police. BYU the Preservation of Ancient Religious and department are not part of the name, Texts; METI, the Middle Eastern Texts but the police may be called BYU campus Initiative; and the Laura F. Willes Center police or the police department informally. for Book of Mormon Studies and FARMS, the Foundation for Ancient Research and president should be capitalized before Mormon Studies. the name of the president of the United States, the president of BYU, the president Net is capitalized when referring to the of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Internet, but it’s net when referring to other Saints, members of the First Presidency, the meanings. president of the Quorum of the Twelve and news release not press release stake and mission presidencies. On second reference, retain the title only for the numbered lists use 1. 2. 3. For sports use president of BYU, president of the Church, No. 1, No. 2 in ratings. the First Presidency and president of the Quorum of the Twelve. Call others by their last name on subsequent references. Never O abbreviate President. OK General presidents of the Relief not okay Society, Primary and Young Women are on is needed before a day when it separates called Sister (Sister Julie B. Beck) on first proper nouns. She will marry Tuesday. She reference. General presidents of the Sunday will marry Joe Doe on Tuesday. Do not use School and Young Men are Brother on first on in between time and day, instead: The reference (Brother Russell T. Osguthorpe) ceremony is at 2 p.m. Tuesday. unless currently serving as a General or Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement prior to Signature Card 11

Area authority. In those cases, use the title Elder on first reference. Not “prior to,” use “before” S professor See academic titles SAC can be used on second reference for Student Advisory Council, an arm of Provo Towne Centre BYUSA. BYUSA offices are in 3400 WSC. punctuation use brackets not said should come after the name or parentheses to enclose clarifications. Never pronoun: he said or President Monson said. use italics. Quote marks – see below. Exception: when the person has a title that Serial comma – don’t need last in a series needs to appear after his or her name:said (apples, oranges and bananas). Do not Brad Rawlins, chair of the Department of use tilde or accent marks on words. Use Communications. contractions in moderation – see AP guide. Salt Lake City is the noun; Salt Lake is the adjective. SLC may be used in headlines. Q Salt Lake County may be called S.L. County in headlines. quote marks should follow the rules in Satan Lucifer the AP Stylebook, except that single quote and are uppercase; devil marks should be used in headlines. is not. schools see colleges and school on page 4. R semester is lowercase except when it is Reorganized Church of Jesus part of the name of a specific semester at Fall Semester, Winter Semester 2006, Christ of Latter Day Saints former BYU: during the semester. name for the church called the Community of Christ. Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks on the RB Stephen L. Richards Building. Use United States that destroyed the World Richards Building on first reference. The Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon. building name can be abbreviated on first Do not use 9/11, except in quotes, then it is 9/11 9-11. reference if a room number or named area not is included: 302 RB. SFH George Albert Smith Fieldhouse Use Smith Fieldhouse repeating classes See grade point on first reference. Note average that fieldhouse is one word. The building name can be abbreviated on first reference if residence halls should be used in place a room number or named area is included: of dormitories and dorms. SFH Track. The Shops at Riverwoods Open air shopping center in Provo (4801 N University Avenue). Signature Card 12 Sister that Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement

Sister should appear before the name of summer term: She started school Spring a general authority’s wife, before the name Term 2010. He will get married during of the BYU president’s wife, and before the Summer Term. Lowercase when referring names of members of general presidencies to the season or the semester in general: of the Relief Society, Young Women and Campus is casual during spring and summer Primary. On first reference, use Sister with terms. her full name. On all subsequent references, student body use Sister with her last name. Women who used to be members of a general presidency Student Health Center, BYU but have since been released retain the Student Health Plan, BYU courtesy title Sister in all references. suicide isn’t usually mentioned unless SLC may be used in headlines for Salt the person was prominent enough to merit Lake City or Salt Lake. Never use it as an an obituary, or the death or aftermath abbreviation for Salt Lake County. was witnessed by readers who need an Joseph F. Smith Building JFSB on explanation. Check with your editors and second reference. The building name can advisers for exceptions. Adviser approval be abbreviated on first reference if a room for a story of this nature is necessary. B-060 number or named area is included: SWKT JFSB. Spencer W. Kimball Tower. SWKT on second reference. The building name can Joseph Smith Building JSB on be abbreviated on first reference if a room second reference. The building name can number or named area is included: 690D be abbreviated on first reference if a room SWKT number or named area is included: JSB Auditorium. Smith’s Tix T Snow College is a state junior college in telephone numbers in Utah require Ephraim. Snow on second reference. 10 digits to dial. Include the area code. 801-495-8734 Southern Utah University may be Write numbers as . Use the called SUU on second reference. It is in same style for our of area and toll-free Cedar City. numbers. BYU phone numbers are written out as 422-3442 or 378-2332, not 2-3442. spam The act of spewing out large term numbers of electronic messages via email is lowercase except when part of a Spring Term, Summer or newsgroups to people who don’t want to specific term at BYU: Term 2010 receive them. . Testing Center Spam The canned meat that split headline Avoid splitting a Take “that” out wherever you can prepositional phrase (of the class), a noun without changing the meaning or making phrase (the pink toaster) or a verb phrase the sentence unclear. When deciding (has been seen) between the first and whether to use “that” or “which,” save the second lines of a headline. “that” for constructions not requiring a comma. spring or summer is capitalized only when it is referring to a specific spring or Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement time webcam 13 time Use midnight or noon, not 12 a.m. or University Police is singular. University 12 p.m. Also, periods of time use a hyphen: Police is investigating the allegation. 4-5 p.m. (Not 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.) University Station Post Office is the theater Use this spelling unless theatre is U.S. Postal Service branch, located on the part of proper name. For example: Theatre first floor of the Wilkinson Student Center. and Media Arts Department, Varsity Theatre; UTA but, we went to the theater. Utah County Always capitalize “County.” TMCB Talmage Mathematical Sciences/ If you write Utah county, you mean some Computer Building or Talmage Building on county in Utah, not necessarily this one. first reference. TMCB on second reference. The building name can be abbreviated on Utahn not Utahan first reference if a room number or named Utah State University is in Logan. Call area is included. it USU or Utah State on second reference, TNRB N. Eldon Tanner Building. Tanner but don’t call it Utah St. That means Utah Building OK on first reference. The building Street. name can be abbreviated on first reference if Utah Valley a room number or named area is included. Utah Valley Regional Medical today or tonight refers to the day of Center, the hospitalin Provo. Called publication. Reporters and desk editors UVRMC on second reference. should leave the day (Wednesday) in text. Copy desk or proofreaders will change it to Utah Valley University is in Orem. “today.” UVU is acceptable on all references. tomorrow Do not use this word, except in quotes. Use the name of the day (Thursday). V TRAX is short for Transit Express. It is the Varsity Theatre light-rail train service of the Utah Transit very Authority (UTA) in Salt Lake County. is an overused word. Unless the word is contained within a quote, remove it. U W university is lowercase unless used as Wasatch Front part of the proper name of a university. Weber State University University Communications is BYU’s is in Ogden. public relations office. Use Weber or Weber State on second reference, but don’t call it Weber St. That University Mall is the mall on University means Weber Street. Parkway in Orem. webcam, webcast, webmaster, but University of Utah may be called U of Web, Web page, Web feed, Web U on second reference and in headlines. document May also be called Utah on second reference. 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website When mentioning a Web address room number or named area is included: in a story, do not use “www.” in the URL 3228 WSC, WSC Terrace (byu.edu). Wymount Terrace On-campus family West Coast housing. Wymount OK for first and all references. whether or not is wordy. Leave out “or not.” Officials don’t know whether the Wyview Park On-campus single parking regulations will change. student housing. Wyview on second and subsequent references only. Winter is capitalized only when it is referring to a specific winter semester: She started school Winter Semester 1998. He will play lacrosse Winter Semester. Y Lowercase when referring to the season yesterday or the semester in general: School spirit is Do not use, except in quotes. least apparent during winter semester. Use the name of the day. Y World Wide Web, or the Web is acceptable for BYU in headlines. Wilkinson Student Center WSC on second reference. Never use the Wilk youth is singular; youths is plural. Don’t except in quotations. The building name say “Provo police target youth” if the police can be abbreviated on first reference if a are targeting multiple youths. Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement Aaronic Priesthood General Authorities 15 Religious Guidelines See newsroom.lds.org for other Church usage examples

Aaronic Priesthood Conference Center Angel Moroni not angel deity Don’t capitalize pronouns referring to deity except when capitalized in scripture Area Seventy is a position in the Church you are quoting or when meaning would be of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. unclear without capitalization. Apostle devil or the devil but Lucifer and Satan. Article of Faith, Articles Education Week the Atonement Elders Quorum Bishop capitalized before the name, not emeritus general authorities always capitalized after take the title of Elder Book of Mormon, Another “The Family: A Proclamation Testament of Jesus Christ on first to the World” may be called the reference; Book of Mormon on second proclamation or the family proclamation on reference. No quote marks around the title. second reference. Plural: copies of the Book of Mormon. Family History Library not genealogy CES Fireside usually the first Sunday library of the month. Note the capital “F.” These firesides are sponsored by the Church family home evening may be called Educational System and are broadcast to FHE on second reference and in headlines. college-age young adults. fireside lowercase except when referring Church Educational System may to the big Sunday gatherings: CES Fireside. be called CES on second reference and in General Authorities include members headlines. If the story is covering the CES of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Fireside, CES is OK on all references. All Twelve, First and Second Quorums of Church schools including BYU are part of the Seventy and Presiding Bishopric. CES. Area seventies are not general authorities The Church of Jesus Christ of because they are assigned to work in a Latter-day Saints on first reference; the specific area of the world. Each general Church of Jesus Christ or LDS Church on authority should have a title before his second reference. Use Mormon in quotes name on every reference, including those only or when Mormon is part of a proper in headlines and cutlines. Use President for name (Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Book of members of the First Presidency and the Mormon, etc.) president of the Quorum of the Twelve; Bishop for members of the Presiding church when referring to a building or Bishopric; Elder for all others. the Church in later references to The Members of the general presidencies Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Young Women, Primary and Relief or any other church. 16 general conference sacrament meeting Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement Society should have Sister before their president should be capitalized before names in each reference. Wives of general the name of the president of the United authorities take the title Sister on each States, the president of BYU, the president reference. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Members of general presidencies Saints, members of the First Presidency, the of the Sunday School and Young Men president of the Quorum of the Twelve and should have Brother before their names stake and mission presidencies. On second in each reference unless they are serving reference, retain the title only for the also as general authorities. In those cases, president of BYU, president of the Church, use the title they are given as a general the First Presidency and president of the authority. Quorum of the Twelve. Call others by their President can only be abbreviated in last name on subsequent references. Never headlines. abbreviate President. General presidents of the Relief general conference is lowercase Society, Primary and Young Women are except when part of the full name of the called Sister (Sister Julie B. Beck) on first conference: The 166th Annual General reference. General presidents of the Sunday Conference is this weekend. He will attend School and Young Men are Brother on first general conference this weekend. Annual reference (Brother Russell T. Osguthorpe) General Conference is in April. Semiannual unless currently serving as a General or General Conference is in October. Area authority. In those cases, use the title gospel or the gospel Elder on first reference. institute is lowercase except when part of President Cecil O. Samuelson of a proper name. BYU is Elder Cecil O. Samuelson when he speaks at general conference because he is a Joseph Smith, the Prophet on second member of the Seventy. reference. He is not called President Smith. priesthood Last Supper is lowercase except when part of the name of a specific priesthood — LDS Church acceptable in all references Melchizedek, Aaronic, Levitical — or in the Melchizedek Priesthood Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the Son of God. missionary deaths should be covered Primary in the newspaper even if the missionary has no connection to BYU or Utah. Prophet only capitalized when referring to Joseph Smith. The Prophet was martyred. Mormon Quorum of the Twelve does not need Mormon Church can only be used in Apostles at the end quotes. Use The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then the Church of Jesus Relief Society Christ or LDS Church. restoration, but the Restoration MTC Missionary Training Center the Resurrection Mt. Timpanogos Temple returned missionary not return patriarchal blessings Avoid quoting missionary patriarchal blessings. sacrament meeting Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement Sacred Grove YSA 17

Sacred Grove her full name. On all subsequent references, use Sister with her last name. Women who Saint Capitalize when referring to the used to be members of a general presidency members of The Church of Jesus Christ but have since been released retain the of Latter-day Saints. Do not use as a title courtesy title Sister in all references. before the names of Christ’s apostles or other New Testament writers. spirit but the Spirit Satan and Lucifer are uppercase; devil is Stake President, capitalize before a not name, do not capitalize after. scripture The four standard works of stakes should be listed by ordinal The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day number: Provo YSA 2nd Stake, Provo YSA Saints are the Bible; the Book of Mormon, 18th Stake Another Testament of Jesus Christ (it can Sunday School be called the Book of Mormon on second reference); the Pearl of Great Price; and Tabernacle Capitalize when preceded the Doctrine and Covenants. Unlike other by a specific name: Provo Tabernacle, books, the scriptures don’t need quote American Fork Tabernacle. Also capitalize marks before and after their names. To in all instances when referring to the Salt cite a particular scripture in the first three Lake Tabernacle. books, use the name of the book within temple Capitalize only when preceded the book, the chapter number, a colon and by a name of a specific LDS temple: Provo the verse or verses: Alma 32:33-34. For the Utah Temple, a Church of Jesus Christ Doctrine and Covenants, D&C, the section temple, an Aztec temple. number, a colon and the verse number: D&C 78:13. wards should be listed by ordinal number: Provo YSA 1st Ward, Provo YSA 100th seminary is lowercase except when part Ward. Capitalize ward in name of ward, not of a proper name. in general. He went to ward prayer in YSA Seventy In reference to members of 45th Ward. a Quorum of the Seventy, say “of the Word of Wisdom Seventy.” Young Men; Young Women Sister should appear before the name of capitalized when referring to the church a general authority’s wife, before the name organization of the BYU president’s wife, and before the names of members of general presidencies YSA Young Single Adults. Unmarried of the Relief Society, Young Women and Church members between 18 and 30. Primary. On first reference, use Sister with 18 athletic facilities 4X400 meter relay Daily Universe AP Stylebook Supplement Sports Guidelines

athletic facilities at BYU are: FCS or Football Championship §§ LaVell Edwards Stadium: Home of the BYU Subdivision (not Division I-AA). Cougars (football). On second reference FBS or Football Bowl Subdivision Edwards Stadium or the stadium (not Division I-A). §§ Haws Field (rugby and lacrosse) §§ Helaman Field (rugby and lacrosse) intramural teams BYU intramural §§ Indoor Tennis Courts teams are made up of BYU students, §§ Indoor Practice Facility spouses of students or individuals in a BYU §§ Marriott Center (basketball) ward. Teams compete with other BYU §§ Smith Fieldhouse (volleyball) intramural teams. §§ Larry H. Miller Field (baseball). Part of lineup (n); line-up (v) Miller Park §§ Gail Miller Field (softball). Part of Miller matchup Park Mountain West Conference §§ Clarence F. Robison Track BYU left §§ RB Swimming Pool the MWC in the summer of 2011. MWC §§ South Field (soccer) acceptable on second reference. Ping-Pong trademark name. Pingpong is championship should be capitalized a synonym for table tennis. only when preceded by the proper name of the event. Lowercase in all other instances. round up (v.) roundup (n.) coach is only capitalized when it begins a San Diego BYU’s opponent in the WCC sentence. Use head coach when you must San Diego State BYU’s former differentiate between the head coach and opponent in the MWC his or her assistants. tournament should be capitalized only Cougar is an acceptable name for any when preceded by the proper name of the male or female member of a BYU athletic event. Lowercase it in all other instances. team. Cougars, not Cougar’s, is the plural. Cougars’ is the plural possessive. Do not track and field call female athletes Lady Cougars. WAC is acceptable on second reference for Division I, not Division 1 Western Athletic Conference. BYU left the conference in 1999. LaVell Edwards was the head coach of the BYU football team until 2001. Note the West Coast Conference WCC on capital V. second reference. BYU joined the WCC for most sports except football in 2011. extramural teams have coaches and compete with other schools but do not 4X400 meter relay Use a capital X belong to the NCAA. These teams are more without spaces of either side for relay selective than intramural teams as you need races. to try out for them.