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The BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT  1980-1981

1-15-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT   Nationally Award-Winning Cartoon for College Newspapers

BYU Daily Universe - National Award-Winning Editorial Cartoon by John Taylor - 1-15-81

10-30-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Editorial Cartoon by John Taylor - 10-30-80

11-25-80 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT
President Dallin H. Oaks

On November 25, 1980, Utah Governor Scott M. Matheson announced the appointment of Dallin H. Oaks to the Utah Supreme Court.
At the time of his judicial appointment, Oaks was wrapping up his nine-year tenure as the 8th president of Brigham Young University (BYU). He filled the high court vacancy left by the resignation of Justice D. Frank Wilkins and officially took the bench the following year in 1981. He served as a Utah Supreme Court justice until 1984, when he resigned to accept a calling to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
BYU Daily Universe - Editorial Cartoon by John Taylor - 11-25-80

1-27-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

FAC (Faculty Advisory Council) investigation of BYU’s “grading inflation”.

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 1-27-81

1-29-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 1-29-81

1-29-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 1-29-81

2-3-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 2-3-81

2-5-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 2-5-81

2-17-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 2-17-81

2-19-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

Controversy swirled during ASBYU elections in 1981 as student, B.J. Fogg, ran for student office. Fogg’s presence on campus was considered highly unconventional and counter-cultural due to his direct challenges to the university’s institutional status quo, aggressively challenging BYU’s official, administration-run newspaper, The Daily Universe.

The 1981 campus political scene was highly active. It featured unconventional campaigns, including a highly publicized “joke ticket” run by Randall Edwards and Doug Erekson that became a major symbol of school spirit. Edwards and Erekson promised “free front row tickets” (air-dropped from the sky) for everyone at basketball games, as I recall. The pair drew huge crowds at their rallies on the southwest corner of the Harris Fine Arts Center and actually garnered more votes than the conventional candidates running for the president and vice-president of ASBYU. Eventually, they had to withdraw, by my oh my, was it fun!

See my “election circus” cartoon published in The Daily Universe below.

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 2-19-81

3-5-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 3-5-81

3-3-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT   Collection in the Harold B. Lee Library attracted many BYU students and onlookers (not looking for books or study time!)

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 3-3-81

3-12-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 3-12-81

3-19-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT   Cartoon published the morning of BYU’s defeat of Notre Dame later that evening – prophetic!

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 3-19-81

3-24-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT   Despite Danny Ainge’s mad dash to the hoop in the final second to beat Notre Dame (see cartoon above), BYU’s hopes of advancing in the 1981 NCAA tournament were swatted away by Ralph Sampson and Virginia in the Elite Eight on March 21, 1981. Greg Kite looks on, stupefied.

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 3-24-81

3-26-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 3-26-81

4-2-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 4-2-81

4-7-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT   Article announcing Society of Professional Journalists Regional IX Mark of Excellence Awards for BYU Daily Universe – First Place, John Taylor, Editorial Cartooning

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 4-7-81

4-7-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 4-7-81

4-9-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 4-9-81

4-14-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 4-14-81

4-16-81 BYU Daily Universe, Provo, UT

BYU Daily Universe - Cartoon by John Taylor - 4-16-81