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Lunafest film festival celebrates women’s rights

Ally Nelson October 26, 2020

Weber State University’s Women’s Center presented their fifth annual Lunafest film festival Oct. 21. Lunafest features films by, for and about women.Of the 175 cities in the country who participate,...

Women try to balance many roles, but each woman has to figure out her own path. Photo credit: Aubree Eckhardt

The extraordinary role of women

Marisa Nelson October 19, 2020

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I have seen many strong examples of what women can accomplish. But, I have also seen many who judge others in our religion because others’...

Lecturer Susan Goodier discusses political cartoons and their place in the suffrage movement.

A war of cartoons in the suffrage movement

Lissete Landaverde September 28, 2020

Suffrage and anti-suffrage ideas weren't just expressed through protests and oration; sometimes, activists expressed their thoughts through cartoons.Susan Goodier, lecturer of history at SUNY Oneonta and...

Seraph Young, one of the first women voting Photo credit: Kierstynn King

Utah women work for voting rights

Kierstynn King September 14, 2020

Katherine Kitterman, historical director for Better Days 2020, presented her lecture about Utah women’s unique work for voting rights through YouTube on Sept. 1 as a part of the Beyond Suffrage...

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

Looking beyond “daddy issues”

Sharon Valverde Vargas February 6, 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...

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Sexual encounters, the shared kind

Deborah Wilber February 23, 2019

It was a playback of the 1985 film “The Breakfast Club.” We weren’t in detention, but we were sharing secrets. A late night in the newsroom had led us to the joint disclosure of sexual...

Mitt Romney and Ann Romney celebrate onstage after Mitt was declared the winner of the 2018 Utah Republican Senate Primary on June 26 in Orem, Utah. Romney has won a U.S. Senate seat in Utah. (Brian Cahn/Zuma Press/TNS)

Two weeks and they were still counting

Alexa Nielson November 21, 2018

As of the evening of Nov. 19, the midterm results were still not final, and wouldn’t be until the next day. “The midterm election is two weeks out and all the answers are still not here,”...

Smoke fills the sky as the Camp Fire continues to burn along the North Fork of the Feather River on Nov. 11. It has already burned more than 200,000 square miles. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Do you know your news?

Nic Muranaka November 14, 2018

1. Following President Donald Trump's embracing of the term nationalism for the "America First" movement, which world leader condemned nationalism at the commemoration of the Arc de Triomphe on Nov. 11?a....

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...

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No chili, no glory

Nic Muranaka October 14, 2018

I'm not going to act like I've never used Rate My Professors. However, I believe a common perception among students is that instructors are somehow unaware of the pervasive juggernaut that is ratemyprofessors.com.We're...

Wasatch women welcome wellness

Wasatch women welcome wellness

Danya Gil September 27, 2018

Women from across the Wasatch Front assembled to learn about wellness and balance at the inaugural Celebrating Women’s Conference held at the WSU Davis campus on Sept. 22. The event was co-sponsored...

Senegalese author Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma, pen name Ken Bugul, in March 2010 (Wikimedia Commons)

The rise and imprint of leadership with the Senegalese women

Jennifer Guzman March 16, 2018

Jasmine Abdullah got involved with the Black Lives Matter movement because she was tired of burying her friends.“I will fight for everyone. I will fight injustice everywhere. Why? Because it is my...

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