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Fighting voter apathy: Student perspectives on the election

Hampus Ivarsson, Reporter October 22, 2024

In the United States, voting in local, state and national elections is a civic duty given to citizens. However, a sizable portion of prospective voters doubt that their votes will have an impact. There...

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After serving time, former convicts find themselves punished through Utah housing programs

Bethany West April 20, 2020

By age 20, Nic Lightner had served two nights in jail and completed community service for possessing marijuana on two separate occasions. He never expected he would be paying for his crimes for the rest...

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WSU introduces policy about policy

Tori Waltz January 4, 2020

When Stephanie Bell Hollist sleeps at night, she dreams — an “umbrella term” for nightmares, as her colleague Patrick Thomas puts it — about policy at Weber State University. That’s...

Trump, taxes and tenure: the 45th POTUS's first year evaluated by WSU professors

Trump, taxes and tenure: the 45th POTUS’s first year evaluated by WSU professors

Ryan Marion February 16, 2018

President Donald Trump’s first year has been filled with several policies as well as controversies. Weber State University professors reflected on his effectiveness in achieving his campaign promises...

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...

Policy on recording during classes generates debate

November 11, 2014

A plan is moving forward to expand Weber State University's policy on recording professors' lectures. The plan presented in the WSUSA Senate meeting last week would clarify what the policy is for and require...

Audit examines WSU bookstore's cost to taxpayers

July 22, 2013

A recent performance audit examined whether Weber State University Campus Stores abused state sales tax by allowing tax-exempt sales of computers and educational software to Weber State University students,...

Attendance credit: A call to reason

September 24, 2012

Imagine a mother of three who has returned to Weber State University to finish her degree. She has car payments, a mortgage and even a teenager. What if one of her children suddenly gets sick at school...

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