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Minority organizations need help from the majority

Minority organizations need help from the majority

Ally Nelson February 28, 2019

Thirty-nine percent of Weber State University’s student body is non-Caucasian or identifies as LGBT. With a plethora of scholarship money and programs like Dream Weber, WSU attempts to represent...

Gospel music festival inspires students to shine

Ally Nelson January 30, 2019

Choirs and singers from throughout Utah delivered messages of faith, hope and love for WSU’s 19th annual Gospel Music Festival in the Browning Center Austad Auditorium on Jan. 25. The theme for this...

Quarterback Jake Constantine looks for an open receiver. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

California tragedies weigh on Ogden quarterback

Brandon May November 17, 2018

Weber State University sophomore quarterback Jake Constantine has had a rough go of it lately. With the FCS playoffs right around the corner, it has added more weight on the Division 1 athlete. “(It's...

international Student Senator Chukwuebuka Odu presents question on international student regulations. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

University policy threatens international students’ education

Deborah Wilber November 15, 2018

The student accounts of approximately 60 international students are currently on hold due to the students’ inability to pay for medical insurance, which, in turn, will affect their course of study...

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Just the facts: WSU prepares for debate

Cameron Gifford October 14, 2018

Oct. 17 marks a historic night for Weber State University; from 6 to 7 p.m., WSU will be hosting a live fact check event of the debate for Utah’s First Congressional District. Republican incumbent,...

Students can study outside among the trees outside the third floor of the Union building. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

The Study Spots of Weber (Photo Enterprise)

Kelly Watkins October 3, 2018

A crucial cornerstone to college life is studying. Fortunately, Weber can provide a variety of different environments to study in. Whether you like to study in silence or surrounded by noise, there...

Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like the celebrated Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt) in the Disney Pixar film, "Coco." (Pixar)

The fight for representation starts in the community and ends on the screen

Jennifer Guzman September 12, 2018

Hollywood’s films and television shows have flourished since their rise in the early 1920’s. While movies and TV are in abundance, and their cost of productions go up each year, there continues...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies at his confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Sept. 6

Nic Muranaka September 5, 2018

1. Back in August, the Trump administration announced the possibility of a military force as a sixth branch of the military. This branch, "Space Force," according to the Trump administration, would...

Tim Gray, World War II documentarian attends for an interview at Weber State University.( Mustafa Alshilati/ the signpost)

Documentarian resurfaces story of WWII battleship

Deborah Wilber April 6, 2018

The history of the USS Utah (BB-31) — informally known as "The Forgotten Ship" — may soon be brought out of the waters of history.A film by documentarian Tim Gray will tell the stories of the...

Sexual abuse sparks overhaul nationwide

Sexual abuse sparks overhaul nationwide

Deborah Wilber February 15, 2018

Michigan State University is under scrutiny for its actions after hundreds of women accused MSU physician Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. These events have led communities to examine how their local universities...

Dr. Forrest Crawford, professor of education at Weber State University and an LGBT advocate, speaks at Equality Utah's 2016 Allies Dinner at Salt Lake City's Salt Palace on Oct. 21. “You do these things because you’re fighting the good fight, smoothing the jagged edges and rocky roads for somebody else, for a more perfect union,” Crawford said. (Tara Carrasco / The Signpost)

WSU professors share stories of civil rights

Deborah Wilber January 31, 2018

Compassion is hardly forgotten, an observation which teacher education professor Forrest Crawford carried with him in his pursuit for equality and diversity at Weber State University. Born in 1952, Crawford...

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Uniquely Utah: An outsider’s perspective on the Beehive State

Deborah Wilber November 30, 2017

As one who has traveled the countryside and abroad, I have found Utah to be quite unique.Only in the Beehive State will one find fry sauce, dirty sodas, fried “scones,” a strict blood alcohol...

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