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Senate to vote on new grad rep

Hannah Olsen February 2, 2019

Since the loss of Graduate Student Senator David Brog due to time conflicts, the Weber State University Student Senate has been in the process of a confirming a replacement. Cydnee Green seems to be that...

The ethics behind Sokal Squared were debated by professors in the Social Science fields. (Monika Clarke)

A grievance with gender studies

Jennifer Greenlee January 31, 2019

The Sokal hoax began in 1996 when Alan Sokal submitted an article to Social Text to test the academic rigor and to see if editors were swayed by personal opinion. The article was published and later revealed...

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The incendiary influence of WWI

Colton Pack April 11, 2018

Students enrolled in Honors 4920, The First World War, have spent the last semester researching the reasons behind WWI’s explosion onto the global stage, what the fighting revealed and the echoes...

A new study from researchers in Quebec said that e-cigarette vapors kill the cells in the mouth that are the first line of defense. (Source: Tribune News Service) Photo credit: Tribune News Service

E-cig vapors causing mouth cells to die

Kellie Plumhof November 23, 2016

In 2003 Hon Lik, a pharmacist, inventor and smoker, invented the first electronic cigarette that was commercially successful. Since its inception, the e-cigarette has grown in popularity. A team...

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