A coalition of college students plans to use Utah’s football rivalry-turned-holy war and a time-honored tradition of campus pranks to make a joint political statement this Saturday.
To bring attention to climate change, students from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University say they will light a giant purple Y in the mountains over LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, making it visible during halftime of the Utah-BYU game.
As a blend of red and blue — shorthand these days for Republicans and Democrats, as well as U. and BYU school colors, respectively — the color purple is meant as a call for bipartisan action on the issue, the coalition says.