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Valentina Rodriguez posing for a photo with Senator Luz Escamilla.

Interview with Luz Escamilla: Minority leader of the Utah Senate

Nathanael Stout, Translator April 11, 2024

Original Spanish version written by Valentina Rodriguez and Tanner Scott Translated to English by Nathanael Stout This article, originally written in December 2023, has been edited for length. Luz...

Azzam holds a sign reading, "If you believe in gender equality, then you are a feminist!" on March 14 in Ogden, Utah. (Brooklynn Kilgore / The Signpost) Photo credit: Brooklynn Kilgore

This is the many faces of feminism

Brooklynn Kilgore March 17, 2021

Do you identify as a feminist? Do you identify as LGBTQ+? Are you an ally of the LGBTQ+ community? What is feminism to you? How do you advocate for the issues you support? What change do you hope to see...

Sharon and her mother holding hands together. (Sharon Valverde Vargas / The Signpost)

Looking beyond “daddy issues”

Sharon Valverde Vargas February 5, 2020

Most of the time when I bring up a conversation with someone over the topic of “daddy issues,” they seem to follow it with a slight giggle. The words do sound kind of silly when you say them...

Buttons for Feminism For All, stating inspiring messages.  (Nikki Dorber / The Signpost)

Feminism, friendship and networking

Francisco Ruiz November 22, 2019

As groups of women — and some men — made their way into the Hetzel-Hoellein Room in the Stewart Library, Nailah Mansa and Alex Dutro-Maeda of the WSU Women's Center greeted guests for the second...

Juneteenth attendees browsing selling merchandise and giving background of African-American movements. (Don Matautia / The Signpost)

Juneteenth celebrates 30 years in Utah

Sharon Valverde Vargas June 17, 2019

“The drum is what pronounces life, freedom, interconnection from family-to-family and heart-to-heart. It’s that heartbeat, the rhythm of the life, body and soul,” said Betty Sawyer, director...

Change the channel on objectification

Change the channel on objectification

Tiana Pack November 10, 2018

In 1965, Congress passed the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, which required tobacco companies to issue a surgeon general’s warning on cigarette labels, stating that smoking may be...

Single Mom's Success Forum empowers and offers hope

September 15, 2011

This semester, the Women’s Center is hosting The Single Mom’s Success Forum, a series of eight workshops geared toward single mothers here at Weber State University as well as in the community. The...

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