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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...

The good, the bad and the banned: Book censorship

The good, the bad and the banned: Book censorship

Lexie Andrew, Asst. culture editor November 3, 2022

The tradition of banning and challenging books is once again gaining traction. Richard Price, an associate professor of political science at Weber State University, held an event on Oct. 26 in the Honors...

Social media needs to police itself

Allen Glines October 20, 2015

Social media websites have become increasingly dependent on users to control offensive content. Their systems rely on reacting to offensive content once it's been reported by users. The problem with...

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