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Pokemon Go players during the Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago on July 22, 2017 (Wikimedia Commons).

As a mediocre Spider-Man once said, let’s do this one last time

Nic Muranaka
November 16, 2020
Voter dropping off their ballot at the Davis County dropbox at the library in Centerville, Utah. (Paige McKinnon, The Signpost).

More, more, more of Davis districts one, two and four

Nic Muranaka
November 3, 2020
Elizabeth Debicki and John David Washington in Tenet. (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

A review that doesn’t make sense unless you’ve seen the movie twice

Nic Muranaka
October 28, 2020
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in the film "Bill & Ted Face The Music." Photo credit: (Patti Perret/Orion Pictures/TNS)

Older but no wiser in Bill and Ted’s Excellent return

Nic Muranaka
September 21, 2020
"Avengers: Infinity War" was released in 2018. (Wikimedia Commons)

Wrong opinions about Infinity War and Endgame

Nic Muranaka
September 4, 2020
Photo credit: Monika Clarke

Apocalypse now

Nic Muranaka
March 16, 2020
An ambulance carries a coronavirus victim from the Diamond Princess cruise ship while it is docked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, Japan.(Carl Court/Getty Images/TNS)

Do you know your news? Feb. 24

Nic Muranaka
February 21, 2020
Photo credit: Monika Clarke

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

Nic Muranaka
September 6, 2019
Lindqist Pops at WSU. (Robert lewis / The Signpost)

Pops Concert back with a bang

Nic Muranaka
July 15, 2019
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg holds a rally to announce his run for president in the 2020 election on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Studebaker Building 84 in downtown South Bend, Ind. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Do you know your news? April 18

Nic Muranaka
April 17, 2019
Billie Eilish at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at Microsoft Theater on March 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA/TNS)

Do you know your news? April 11

Nic Muranaka
April 10, 2019
Homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 15. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? April 4

Nic Muranaka
April 3, 2019
Marek Matyjasik researches chemical reactions with water and mineral surfaces. He has received the Fulbright Scholarship to go to Poland and teach geology. (Press release from weber.edu on March 21)

From the ground up: WSU professor attains international acclaim

Nic Muranaka
March 29, 2019
The East Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 25, 2018. (Evan Golub/Zuma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? March 28

Nic Muranaka
March 29, 2019
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 20, 2019
Atlas was cursed to hold up the world. Should we be?

Atlas was cursed to hold up the world. Should we be?

Nic Muranaka
March 20, 2019
Bret Alexander named new WSUSA President

Bret Alexander named new WSUSA President

Nic Muranaka
March 17, 2019
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, left, sits courtside during the pre-game festivities prior to the NBA All-Star Game at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on Feb 17. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/TNS)

Do you know your news? 2/28

Nic Muranaka
February 27, 2019
(Graphic by: Monika Clarke) Photo credit: Monika Clarke

Students starving to maintain their education

Nic Muranaka
February 21, 2019
German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld arrives for the annual Rose Ball at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club in Monaco, on March 24, 2018. (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)

Do you know your news? Feb. 21

Nic Muranaka
February 21, 2019
Travis Scott performs during the 61st Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Do you know your news? Feb. 14

Nic Muranaka
February 14, 2019
President Donald J. Trump arrives for the State of the Union address in the chamber of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Feb. 7

Nic Muranaka
February 6, 2019
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
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling on President Donald Trump's policy banning transgender people from serving in the military. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Do you know your news? Jan. 24

Nic Muranaka
January 23, 2019
In May 2018, Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York authorities to be charged with five sex crimes for assault against two women, one in 2006 and the other in 2013. (Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA/TNS)

Do you know your news? Jan. 17

Nic Muranaka
January 16, 2019
Newly elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during the 116th Congress on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Jan. 10

Nic Muranaka
January 10, 2019
Democratic Congressional leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, speak outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump on Jan. 2 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Jan. 7

Nic Muranaka
January 4, 2019
Soybean growers were among the hardest hit from Chinese tariffs. (Cristina M. Fletes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

Do you know your news? Semester recap

Nic Muranaka
December 5, 2018
Miller Administration Building at WSU Ogden campus (Wikimedia Commons).

New president incoming

Nic Muranaka
November 30, 2018
Paul Manafort speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 18, 2016. (Patrick T. Fallon/Zuma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Nov. 29

Nic Muranaka
November 28, 2018
U.S. Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah), speaks to participants gathered for the 44th Annual March For Life on Jan. 27, 2017, at the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Zuma Press/TNS)

Love waits for no man, but votes do

Nic Muranaka
November 15, 2018
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
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
Protesters hold up signs during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside the White House on Sept. 5, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news?

Nic Muranaka
November 7, 2018
A study from JAMA recently showed the biggest killer on Halloween, and it's not vampires or zombies. (Dreamstime)

Do you know your news? Nov. 1

Nic Muranaka
October 31, 2018
Turkey's ruling party Leader and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his weekly speech to members of the parliament Oct. 23 in Ankara, Turkey. (Depo Photos/Zuma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Oct. 25

Nic Muranaka
October 24, 2018
(Pixabay)

No chili, no glory

Nic Muranaka
October 14, 2018
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
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), second from left, speaking during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? 10/4

Nic Muranaka
October 3, 2018
United States Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein listens during a United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 28 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Edelman/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Sept. 27

Nic Muranaka
September 27, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies at his confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Sept. 6

Nic Muranaka
September 5, 2018
1 million dollars a week

1 million dollars a week

Nic Muranaka
September 1, 2018
(Signpost Archives)

Saved by the Bell… Tower

Nic Muranaka
August 20, 2018
Larry Stahle, advisor for The Signpost from 1980-1995 and winner of several journalism awards, passed away August 1.

Larry Stahle passes away

Nic Muranaka
August 4, 2018
Arin Omar Dominguez Paredez, 8, high-fives Father Jorge Gomez as he exits a news conference with his father, Omar Morino Dominguez Mejia, at Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan Del Valle in San Juan, Texas, on July 26. Omar and Arin were reunited the night before. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Some kids got home

Nic Muranaka
July 30, 2018
Immigrant families line up to be processed at Central Station after being released from federal custody in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Do you know your news? July 31

Nic Muranaka
July 30, 2018
From right, Ivanka, Donald Jr.and Erik Trump listen as their father, Donald Trump, speaks at Turnberry hotel in South Ayrshire, home of the Trump Turnberry golf course, on June 24, 2016. (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Week of July 16

Nic Muranaka
July 16, 2018
A woman from Hunduras carries her baby, 14 mos., after surrendering to border patrol agents on June 25, 2018 near Granjeno, Texas. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Immigration policies leave citizens confused and concerned

Nic Muranaka
July 9, 2018
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks on June 2, 2017, during a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C. (Molly Riley/Sipa USA/TNS)

Do you know your news? July 9

Nic Muranaka
July 9, 2018
With a number of participants humming "Amazing Grace," people move en masse from Church Circle to the Annapolis city dock during a candlelight vigil on June 29 for the five Capital Gazette employees slain during a shooting spree in their newsroom. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS)

Five journalists fatally shot at Capital Gazette

Nic Muranaka
July 3, 2018
A scene from the film, "The First Purge." (Universal Pictures)

Make video games great again

Nic Muranaka
July 3, 2018
"Dreams Happen Here" report that won Grand Gold in the CASE Awards President's and Annual Reports section. (Image Credit Hillary Wallace, Creative Director)

Dreams helping realize dreams

Nic Muranaka
June 25, 2018
Holi Festival of Colors (Sara Parker / The Signpost)

Utah Holi revelers embrace Hindu legend

Nic Muranaka
June 4, 2018
From first-generation student to Oxford university

From first-generation student to Oxford university

Nic Muranaka
June 4, 2018
(Wikimedia)

Never not writing

Nic Muranaka
April 6, 2018
Killing lackadaisical tendencies through yelling

Killing lackadaisical tendencies through yelling

Nic Muranaka
February 22, 2018
On a quest to level up your writing

On a quest to level up your writing

Nic Muranaka
October 25, 2017
Open book against grunge background (graphicstock.com)

The darker side of English literature

Nic Muranaka
September 1, 2017
Elizabeth Hall: home to English department, among others. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

New path for English majors

Nic Muranaka
August 31, 2017
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