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Finding Disney’s magic in a new age of cinema

Landin Griffith September 13, 2019

On Aug. 14, Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” became the fifth Disney film in the last year to reach $1 billion at the box office, continuing the studio’s tradition of resurrecting its...

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Back in black: Warner Bros. reboots ‘Matrix’ franchise

Nic Muranaka September 6, 2019

Even if you're not familiar with the film, you're probably familiar with its most iconic scene: Neo dodging bullets in exaggerated slow motion. Twenty years later, the scene may have moved from awe-inspiring...

Where do you belong?

Ally Nelson September 4, 2019

Te Anu Tonga, Utah native, film director, and producer of the documentary, “Kapa Haka - Going Home,” shared her experiences as she discovered her Pacific Islander roots, urging Weber State...

Jonas Brothers

Chasing, finding and creating happiness

Danya Gil June 10, 2019

The youngest Wildcats were finishing the third grade when the Jonas Brothers released their last studio album. Nearly a decade later, the band has reunited and released a new album, a documentary and announced...

Aunjanue Ellis and Ethan Herisse in the Netflix series "When They See Us." (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix/TNS)

Yesterday’s biases, today’s convictions

Danya Gil June 4, 2019

Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam and Korey Wise — dubbed the Central Park Five — falsely confessed to the rape and assault of a jogger after being coerced, intimidated...

Studio 76 Presents Wildcat Film Festival

Studio 76 Presents Wildcat Film Festival

Landin Griffith April 10, 2019

Weber State University’s video production studio, Studio 76, will present their first official Wildcat Film Festival, a sustainability-themed entourage of student films that will be screened in the...

Evading LGBTQ+ stereotypes in the media

Evading LGBTQ+ stereotypes in the media

Ally Nelson March 27, 2019

The gay best friend character is a narrative often used in today’s media. WSU LGBTQ Awareness Chair, Savannah Deichmann, educated students and community members about the history of LGBT stereotypes...

Steve Hawk and Gary Hammerslag engaging in a Q & A session. (Marissa Wolford / The Signpost)

Outdoor Weber Competition Peaked at Film Fest

Landin Griffith March 22, 2019

Weber State University’s Outdoor Weber competition awarded over $75,000 to its top three finalists at the two-day film festival and keynote speaker events at Peery’s Egyptian Theater on March 20...

Haitian Prime Minister Jean Henry Ceant, center, during his oath of office, at the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sept. 17 2018. Haiti's Lower Chamber of Deputies fired Prime Minister Ceant and his government Monday. (Jean Marc Herve Abelard/EFE/Zuma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? March 21

Nic Muranaka March 21, 2019

1. Cyclone Idai hit what country on March 15, leaving an official death count of 84 and displacing upwards of 400,000 people? a. Kenya b. Mozambique c. Somalia 2. Which country just fired its governmental...

Ron Stallworth, a well known infiltrator of the Ku Klux Klan and subject of recent Spike Lee movie, spoke to a packed out WSU audience. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

The man behind the black klansman

Danya Gil February 9, 2019

From the beginning, Ron Stallworth wanted to work undercover; he didn't like uniforms. He got his wish when he became part of a long-term infiltration of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. Wearing joggers,...

The cast of "Black Panther" during the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Do you know your news? Jan. 31

Nic Muranaka January 31, 2019

1. Which 2020 Democratic president hopeful recently criticized tech giant corporations for sponsoring the LibertyCon conference in Washington because the conference included a session denying climate change?a....

Weber graduates are in this together

Weber graduates are in this together

Daryn Steed December 12, 2018

Four years ago, I sat down for my first class at Weber State. It was intro to literature, and my professor didn’t make us go around the room to share fun facts that aren’t ever fun, so we were...

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