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The front of the Institute building on Weber State's Ogden campus. (Kennedy Camarena/ The Signpost)

LDS Church to host events on campus

Hunter Lindsey, Reporter August 1, 2022

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be hosting a series of events on the Weber State Campus this summer and fall. The next scheduled events will be taking place on Aug. 1 through Aug....

A few signs stand in the entrance of the Eccles house.

The troubled history of Utah’s Pioneer Day

Windsor Moore, Reporter July 20, 2022

Every year on July 24, Utah observes the holiday of Pioneer Day, which pays homage to the pioneers who emigrated to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Today, the holiday is celebrated with rodeos, fireworks,...

President Russell M. Nelson speaks during the Sunday afternoon session of General Conference on Oct. 4, which was available on several platforms from home. Photo credit: Caitlyn Nichols

Worshiping together while physically apart

Caitlyn Nichols October 12, 2020

The Conference Center in Salt Lake City sat devoid of attendees as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the state, country and world tuned in to watch the 190th semiannual...

Honor code creates a climate of paranoia

Honor code creates a climate of paranoia

Sierra Hawkins July 15, 2019

After I read that Emma Gee, a track and cross country runner at Brigham Young University, came out as bisexual, I was happy for her, but I still felt a sense of unease. When I interviewed Gee, she talked...

April Skeem and Brooke Cowley who are both Weber State students put on the panel as part of a senior project. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

How LGBT and LDS church members build bridges together

Sierra Hawkins April 12, 2019

It's no secret that there is tension between the LGBT community and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For people who are "gay and Mormon," this tension is not only an outside...

Art by Aubree Eckhardt

I have a sticker to prove I voted. So why has my vote been ignored?

Daryn Steed March 20, 2019

On Nov. 6, 2018, I lined up outside my city council building to vote. Though the race for Senate and my local representatives seemed airtight, Utah had several propositions up in the air. Prop 2 aimed...

Shutting the door on Mormon interviews

Shutting the door on Mormon interviews

Daryn Steed October 26, 2018

It’s 2010, and I’m sitting behind a big desk with a list of sins to confess. My day of reckoning has come. The man on the other side of the desk is graying and gentle and walks me through a...

Democrat Jenny Wilson making her first visit to Weber State (Harrison Epstein/The Signpost)

Democrat Jenny Wilson makes campaign stop at WSU

Harrison Epstein October 3, 2018

“Utah’s changing, and that’s what my candidacy represents,” U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson said on Oct. 3 in a sit-down interview with The Signpost.Wilson is the Democratic...

No on Prop. 2 means no medical marijuana

No on Prop. 2 means no medical marijuana

Jennifer Guzman August 31, 2018

An overwhelmingly negative response swept public opinion in response to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ statement asking members to vote against Proposition 2. Proposition 2 is an...

The LDS Church instructed their members through email to vote no on Proposition 2. Photo credit: Samantha Van Orman

Mormons meddle with medical marijuana

Daryn Steed August 31, 2018

Proposition 2, the Medical Marijuana Initiative on the November ballot, would legalize the use of cannabis for those with qualifying medical illnesses. On Aug. 23, the LDS Church joined with the Utah Chamber...

The statue of the Prophet Moroni at the top of the Centre Spire of the Salt Lake Temple, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The LDS Church announced that it would be looking for a new venue for their Pioneer Day devotional. (Wikimedia Commons)

LDS Church backs out of Pioneer Day devotional

Jennifer Greenlee July 16, 2018

With attendance dropping to an all-time low in 2017, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints decided to cancel their annual Ogden Pioneer Day Devotional. The devotional was held each year for the...

Mormon dating through trial and error

Mormon dating through trial and error

Chris Nichols June 22, 2018

As a young, single member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I will echo a sentiment felt by other singles: dating is the actual worst.Single members of the LDS church between the ages...

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