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Social Work professor Barrett Bonella discusses the fight against censorship after Weber State University staff member told the group that they could not discuss the Unity Conference while in the building. They were only allowed to take shelter from the rain. -- Profesor de trabajo social Barrett Bonella discute acerca de su trabajo y lucha en contra de las censuras después de que un miembro de Weber State University le dijo al grupo que no podia discutir acerca de la Unity Conference mientras eaten en el edificio.  (Gavin Olson/The Signpost)

Última hora: La libertad académica se pone a prueba mientras la conferencia sigue adelante

Después de la cancelación de la 27.ª Conferencia Anual de la Unidad, el Wildcat Collective, una rama del Consejo Universitario de Utah de la Federación Americana de Profesores, organizó una conferencia...

Social Work Professor Barrett Bonella speaks on Friday to an audience that had moved to Lindquist Hall because of rain at the Unity Conference: Uncensored, an event organized to protest the cancellation of the Unity Conference on censorship. (Gavin Olson/The Signpost)

Academic freedom tested as conference presses on

After the cancellation of the 27th annual Unity Conference, The Wildcat Collective, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers Utah College Council, organized an alternate conference on the front...

The Stewart Library building on the Ogden Weber State University campus where the 27th Annual Unity Conference was originally meant to be held.

Breaking News: Conference to be held after recent cancelation

Alfonso Rubio and James Gordon October 2, 2025

The Weber State University chapter of the American Federation of Teachers Utah College Council, a union that represents faculty and staff in higher education, made the decision to host a conference tomorrow...

 poster advertising the redaction of the 27th Annual Unity Conference hosted at Weber State University.

Breaking News: Weber State censors conference on censorship

Alfonso Rubio, James Gordon, and Kyle Greenawalt October 1, 2025

The two-day Unity Conference, focused on censorship, has been canceled. The committee in charge of the event sent out an email to inform conference collaborators, the email stated, “We are writing to...

Weber State University Master Police Officer Cameron Kapetanov, Donny Archuleta, and Lt. Cody Brenchley talking about the status of a Freon chemical leak in the Shepherd Union building.

BREAKING NEWS: Freon leak in Stewart Library

Tim Costello, News editor August 30, 2022

Update: The Stewart Library has reopened to faculty, staff and students as of Aug. 30, 3 p.m., after being evacuated due to a Freon leak. The third floor of the building stills remains closed.   Students’...

The error message that students received on Nov. 9 when trying to register for classes. Photo credit: Marisa Nelson

Trouble with registration

Marisa Nelson November 9, 2021

Registration for spring semester began on Nov. 8 for Weber State University students, but many seniors who attempted to register later in the morning hours on Nov. 9 were unable to add classes or get the...

A new ad showing the new name of the BRT, now known as OGX, is featured on the side of a UTA bus. Photo credit: Weber State University

Ogden Express aims to impress

Marisa Nelson September 27, 2021

The Bus Rapid Transit line that will run through Weber State University's Ogden campus now has an official name. Weber State announced that the official title will be Ogden Express, or OGX, during a press...

Weber State University announces an increase of minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.00 an hour. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Raising the minimum wage for hourly employees

Marisa Nelson April 19, 2021

Weber State University is raising its minimum wage to $10 an hour. The decision was made several years ago to keep raising the minimum wage of the University each year, and every year since, the university...

Mask mandate stays in place until June 25

Marisa Nelson March 31, 2021

Last week, Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation that will lift mask mandates in the state of Utah on April 10. There has been anticipation around whether Weber State University will continue to require...

Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson visits COVID -19 experimental vaccination sites throughout the state of Utah, including the Dee Event Center in Weber County.  (Nikki Dorber / The Signpost)

Lt. Gov. visits campus as vaccines roll out to Weber and Morgan counties

Caitlyn Nichols January 20, 2021

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson visited the Weber-Morgan COVID-19 vaccination site in the Dee Events Center on the Weber State University campus on Jan. 20.The visit was part of Henderson’s tour of...

Seats were situated to allow social distancing, due to Covid-19. (Nikki Dorber / The Signpost)

Fall 2020 graduation bites the dust

Marisa Nelson November 12, 2020

Weber State University has announced that fall 2020 commencement will be canceled due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, the spike in cases and concerns for the community.Those convocation ceremonies scheduled...

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

Results of the 2020 Utah House of Representatives elections

Caitlyn Nichols November 3, 2020

Nov. 3, 8 p.m. New York Times — Jen Dailey-Provost, Democrat and incumbent member of Utah's House of Representatives representing District 24, was reelected. Dailey-Provost was the only running candidate...

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