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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...

Dr. Brad Mortensen adressing the crowd after being named Weber State University's 13th President on Dec. 6, 2018 (Harrison Epstein/The Signpost)

Weber State names Brad Mortensen next president

Jennifer Greenlee December 7, 2018

The search for Weber State University’s new president has come to a close. Dr. Brad Mortensen was selected as the 13th president of WSU by the Utah State Board of Regents and was announced the evening...

Miller Administration Building at WSU Ogden campus (Wikimedia Commons).

New president incoming

Nic Muranaka November 30, 2018

After nearly a year, Weber State University is ready to declare its next president.Well, almost; the presidential search is set to conclude next week. The public finalists were announced today and on Dec....

WSU announces final president candidates

WSU announces final president candidates

Daryn Steed November 30, 2018

In a press release sent out on Nov. 30, Weber State University announced the four finalists for the position of university president.The university has gone through a closed search since the end of the...

Program and flag handed out at the front door "In Loving Memory" of Maj. Brent Taylor. (Bella Torres / The Signpost).

Ogden mayor laid to rest at Ben Lomond Cemetery

Daryn Steed November 22, 2018

On Nov. 17, Mayor Brent Taylor was laid to rest at Ben Lomond Cemetery. Hundreds of community members and friends gathered to pay their respects to the Utah National Guard Major and father of seven.Taylor...

Mitt Romney and Ann Romney celebrate onstage after Mitt was declared the winner of the 2018 Utah Republican Senate Primary on June 26 in Orem, Utah. Romney has won a U.S. Senate seat in Utah. (Brian Cahn/Zuma Press/TNS)

Two weeks and they were still counting

Alexa Nielson November 21, 2018

As of the evening of Nov. 19, the midterm results were still not final, and wouldn’t be until the next day. “The midterm election is two weeks out and all the answers are still not here,”...

Smoke fills the sky as the Camp Fire continues to burn along the North Fork of the Feather River on Nov. 11. It has already burned more than 200,000 square miles. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Do you know your news?

Nic Muranaka November 14, 2018

1. Following President Donald Trump's embracing of the term nationalism for the "America First" movement, which world leader condemned nationalism at the commemoration of the Arc de Triomphe on Nov. 11?a....

Voters leave the polling place at the Leesburg Public Library early Nov. 6.  (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)

This week in politics

Nic Muranaka November 10, 2018

Midterms are over. The last results in races too close to call on Nov. 6 came in on Nov. 9. On the national stage, Republicans flipped seats over weak Democratic candidates but lost a seat in Nevada on...

Mayor Brent Taylor in uniform, the icon for his facebook page. (Facebook)

Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan

Hillary Reilly November 8, 2018

North Ogden mayor and Utah National Guard Maj. Brent Taylor was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 3.Taylor was a husband and father to seven children on his fourth deployment, this time to Afghanistan. His...

Deana Froerer, candidate for Utah House District 8 (photo from Deana Froerer).

A Friend in Froerer

Hannah Olsen October 30, 2018

“That is just the climate, something needs to change,” said Deana Froerer, economics instructor at Weber State University for over 20 years and now-candidate for House District 8 here in Utah....

John Keeffer and Makall Larsen were the main hosts of the live fact check at Weber State University. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

Check the facts, run the numbers

Cameron Gifford October 27, 2018

Weber State University became the first college in Utah to host a student-run live fact checking event on Oct. 17. Students, faculty and members of the community tuned into Utah’s 1st Congressional...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) speaks as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Oct. 11

Nic Muranaka October 10, 2018

1. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation vote was Oct. 6, after weeks of sexual assault allegations and an emotionally-charged hearing where Kavanaugh shed tears. Was Kavanaugh confirmed...

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