Limited in-person audience allowed for Winter Semester devotionals
BYU devotionals and forums are held at the Marriott Center each Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. Winter Semester speakers were announced Dec. 15, and tickets will be available for a limited audience. (Nate Edwards/BYU Photo)
BYU announced its devotional and forum lineup for Winter Semester and said it will allow a limited number of faculty, staff and students to attend in person.
Speakers include apostles and other Church leaders, Race, Equity & Belonging committee member Ryan Gabriel and a BYU Museum of Art associate director. There will also be an entertainment assembly celebrating student talent to close out the semester. Tickets for a limited audience will be available the Monday before each devotional, with more details on the delivery format for each speech to come.
Boston native Annie Tomasini, with a âletting Biden be Bidenâ approach, to be a top staffer in his White House
By Liz Goodwin Globe Staff,Updated December 12, 2020, 2:59 p.m.
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During the toughest moments of the Democratic presidential race
last winter, when neither polls nor primaries were going his way, Joe Biden always had at least one thing to look forward to.
Nearly every day, his traveling chief of staff, West Roxbury native Annie Tomasini, would bring in a close friend or family member to surprise him on the campaign bus or plane. Whether it was his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, one day, a grandchild or two the next, or his former personal aide Fran Person, someone would be there to boost his spirits during the difficult