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Movie review: Games with words get tense ‘In the House’

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:19:15 MDT

Movie review: Games with words get tense ‘In the House’

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 04:19PM MDT

French director François Ozon’s latest, the insidiously creepy domestic thriller “In the House,” ties knots in your stomach as it walks its characters through a moral swamp of truth and fantasy. Mr. Germain (Fabrice Luchini) teaches writing and French literature in a Paris high school, where years of lackluster students and esteem-boosting educational theories have left him jaded. He shares his frustration with his wife, Jeanne (Kristen Scott Thomas), an art gallery manager worried that her gall...

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Forced to pledge

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Forced to pledge

Updated May 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Last year, the Utah Legislature required all high schools in addition to elementary schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day. As a student at Bingham High, I have never talked to a fellow student who enjoys saying the pledge every single day. Most students don’t even pay attention to what they are saying or don’t even say it at all. If a student doesn’t want to stand and say the pledge, they need a note from their parents! Yeah, that makes sense. Doesn’t the pledge say “with libert...

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Utah Regents, IRS could settle over bond tax errors

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:47:02 MDT

Utah Regents, IRS could settle over bond tax errors

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 9, 2013 09:47AM MDT

The State Board of Regents is considering a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service for some student loans bonds issued by the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA). According to an IRS announcement, the Voluntary Closing Agreement Program allows bond issuers with tax violations such as UHEAA to settle with the IRS. Federal tax rules require that student loan bond issuers can’t have more than a 2 percent spread on bonds to recoup administrative costs. The IRS confirmed that “...

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Blind Arizona pole vaulter competing at state meet

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:05:12 MDT

Blind Arizona pole vaulter competing at state meet

The Associated Press

Updated May 8, 2013 12:05AM MDT

Phoenix • An Arizona high school student who is legally blind has qualified for this year’s pole vault competition at the state track and field championships. Television station KPHO reports that Aria Ottmueller has 20-400 vision. The Valley Christian High School student also has no depth perception or peripheral vision. Ottmueller says when she first asked her coach if she could try pole vaulting, the answer was no. She kept asking so he agreed to let her try. Ottmueller got help from pole ...

Eleven Utah educators honored with Huntsman awards, cash

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:24:28 MDT

Eleven Utah educators honored with Huntsman awards, cash

By lisa schencker The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 6, 2013 07:24AM MDT

Jody Duffy Brings didn’t think she was ready to be a teacher. She was in her mid-20s, still working to get her teaching certificate and had little experience. Still, when a Utah Catholic school had an opening, her father bet her $5 that if she interviewed for the position she’d get it. Sure enough, she soon owed her dad the cash. Nearly 30 years later, Brings is one of the most beloved teachers at her school, Salt Lake City’s Bryant Middle. She’s one of 11 educators this year to win Huntsman A...