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Panel discusses 'Mormonism and the Environment'

March 23, 2014

Utah's declining quality in air and water were hot topics in a discussion on Friday in the Wildcat Theater. The Ogden LDS Institute of Religion and the WSU Environmental Issues Committee sponsored Mormonism...

Entrepreneur encourages service in lecture

March 19, 2014

Dumke Legacy Hall filled with students, business owners and professors tonight to hear an ethics lecture by Robert Workman, founder of nonprofit organization TIFIE and businesses Goal Zero and Bare Bones. Jeff...

Viewpoint: Red Rocks need respect

March 18, 2014

Southern Utah is world-renowned for its breathtaking beauty. Painted cliffs etch pointed silhouettes across the horizons, marking canyon lines across a blooming sunset. Anciently, Native American tribes...

WSU co-hosts Fifth Annual Sustainability Summit

March 16, 2014

In a rare alliance of economics and environment, Utah businesses and ecofriendly activists descended on Weber State University’s Shepherd Union Building for a two-day conference of lectures and workshops. The...

Secretary of the interior talks to WSU about sustainability

March 6, 2014

At the end of a 14-year period, ending in 2013, the Colorado River ended its driest spell in 1,200 years. The river was one of the many sustainability issues discussed at the fifth annual Intermountain...

Sci-Fi Heroine: Rainforests in danger because of global consumers

March 2, 2014

You wouldn't think a mahogany desk in someone's house could potentially be killing off an entire species of creature thousands of miles away. However, the sad truth is that the biodiversity and the rainforests...

Viewpoint: Buzzworthy problems with bees

March 2, 2014

The Ogden City Council has passed an ordinance working to encourage local beekeepers to amp up their game with looser regulations. For those who don't know, the global bee population is in disarray. Colony...

WSU strives to make campus less trashy

February 27, 2014

Weber State University is experiencing issues with garbage not being discarded properly on campus. It is not uncommon to see empty cups, candy wrappers and lecture notes clinging to bushes outside the...

CCEL examines effects of idling

February 13, 2014

Students at Weber State University teamed up with the Center for Community for Engaged Learning to produce two educational skits entitled "Hey, Utah, Stop Idling" and "Dead on Red" yesterday in the Wildcat...

Talk of the Town meeting discusses parking issues

February 11, 2014

The Ogden City Council’s weekly meeting had a change of venue Tuesday. Weber State University President Charles Wight sat alongside Ogden Mayor Mike Caldwell and student senate president Brady Harris...

UTA's RideClear program to give away 5,000 free passes

February 9, 2014

Utah Transit Authority and UCAIR have partnered in an effort to improve air quality by giving away 5,000 free public transportation passes through UTA's RideClear program. The RideClear program debuted...

WSU physics professor presents natural history of air

February 2, 2014

The atmospheres of planets, including Earth's, can help scientists discover more about what the planet has to offer. Weber State University physics professor John Armstrong presented "A Natural History...

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