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DO YOU KNOW YOUR NEWS? By JENNIFER GREENLEE Section Editor
1. When will President Brad Mortensen be inaugurated as Weber State University’s 13th president?
Mortensen grow up in? a. Utah
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4. What is the new minimum age for the purchase of tobacco products, both e-cigarettes and traditional tobacco implements?
d. 19 5. How much marijuana was sold on Jan. 2, 2019 in Illinois, on the first day the recreational use was legalized? a. $1.2 million b. $2.5 million
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Dr. Bruce Davis, vice provost and dean of continuing education at Weber State University, died on the evening of Dec. 8, following a short illness. Throughout his life and nearly 30-year career at WSU, Davis dutifully fulfilled his capacities by serving both students and the community. Before coming to WSU, Davis served as a Navy Corpsman in the Vietnam War. Da-
vis then returned home to Northern Utah and earned a B.S. in Business from Weber State College. Davis began his career at WSU as the director of WSU Davis Campus. In this role, he helped supervise construction projects and operations on campus and continued to do so throughout his career. Davis served as vice provost and dean of continuing education since April 2008. In his leadership positions, Davis worked to expand the WSU Davis campus and participated at the groundbreaking for the new
WSU Computer and Automotive Engineering Building set to be be completed in the summer of 2020. While in these roles, Davis also taught courses at the Goddard School of Business and Economics and the Dumke College of Health Professions. He was recognized in 2018 for career excellence and distinguished service to students by being awarded the WSU Alumni Association’s 2018 H. Aldous Dixon Award. Again in Oct. 2019, Davis was recog-
nized for his work on campus. He was awarded the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, continued to advocate for innovation and helped strengthen WSU’s economic development plans for northern Utah. Davis also served his community for four years as a Layton city councilman on the Community Action Council and the Military Affairs Committee. His family has established a WSU scholarship to honor Davis and his career there. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com WSU Archives
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Groundbreaking for the new Computer & Automotive Engineering Building at Weber State University Davis in Layton on May 22, 2019.
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“The Gift of Life – Pass it On” and it was inspired by her father, who selflessly donated a kidney to her dying cousin four years ago. With about 120,000 people across the states on a waiting list to receive an organ transplant, and almost every individual having the potential to save up to nine lives through organ and tissue donation, Laing said this program is meant to spread awareness and inspire others throughout the community to become organ donors. Besides allowing her to pursue an education debt-free through scholarships, Laing said that the Miss America Organization and her experiences have impacted her life by helping her become a different and better person. She knows her core values and utilizes them. “I don’t do this for the recognition; I don’t do this for what people think of me,” Laing said. “I do this because of the benefits it gives to other people, and the lives that I’m able to change, and the smiles I’m able to bring to others’ faces regardless if I have the title or not.” Unlike Laing, Stacey Morrell, a candidate for Miss Weber County 2020 from Eden, Utah, was competing in a pageant
for the first time. Her love for adventure is what caused her friends to suggest running for the title, and she was excited for the new experience. As she learned more about the competition, she quickly became impressed by the organization behind the scenes of the glamorous onstage presentations. “(Miss Weber County) is meant to represent the values of her community and the positive qualities that all young women can represent,” Morrell said. For Morrell, this experience has been an opportunity to grow, test her potential and reach new heights. It has increased her experience with marketing, by searching for donations and funding, and has taught her new ways to use social media. And, like Laing, she also feels that her confidence has grown. “My favorite part of the organization is watching these candidates, these young women, change and see how they become more empowered to be more active and vocal about standing in the community,” said Patrick Poce, director for the Miss Weber County Scholarship Pageant for Miss Utah and Miss America. “How they come out of their shell and have to do something that is, you know, not just
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Scholarship, success, personal style and service are the four points comprising the crowns of Miss America and the other royalty included in the Miss America Organization. With the recent crowning of Abigail Laing as Miss Weber County 2020, examining experiences of women whose lives have been changed by the organization can help bystanders see what goes on in the organization. Since 1921, the Miss America Organization, not to be confused with the Miss USA competition run by the Miss Universe Organization, has stated their mission is to help young women between the ages of 17 and 25 find success through social impact, scholarships and personal confidence. The Miss America Organization gives the women involved an opportunity to learn to speak in front of an audience and use their talents to make changes in their community. It provides them with a platform and resources needed to get help their community. Though she was just recently crowned
Miss Weber County 2020, Laing, from Pleasant View, Utah, is not new to the Miss America Organization. This is her seventh competition, having previously competed for Miss Weber County, Miss North Ogden, Miss Zion and Miss Utah. She has held the titles of Miss North Ogden 2018 and Miss Zion 2019. Laing described one of the hurdles she has to overcome in competing is her own mindset. “I put a lot of expectations on myself of ‘This is what I’ve achieved so far, and what happens if I don’t win this title? What is that going to say about me? What are people going to think about me?’ and I really got into my head before the competition,” Laing said. “Then I just had to remind myself what Miss America is about and intrinsically remind myself why I do this.” Every candidate chooses something in the community for improvement, outreach or looks for solutions for a social problem and then presents their ideas onstage. Previously known as a “platform,” this presentation of ideas for societal change is now called a “social impact initiative.” Laing’s social impact initiative is called
The Miss America Organization aims to connect young women with their communities and other organizations.
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an ordinary, daily routine type thing. I like to see their growth.” In 2018, the Miss America Organization announced a new focus on letting the voices of the girls be heard. The organization made a new decision to stop judging the competitors on outward appearances, and removed the swimsuit portion of all of its competitions. The organization calls this new format “Miss America 2.0.” The change from “platform” to “social impact initiative” was also a part of Miss America 2.0. “Miss America is more known for being focused on personal values, personal quality, rather than just the veneer of beauty that fades,” Morrell said. “They do care about the poise, the eloquence, the mind of the person… It’s more about what you’re made of than what it looks like you’re made of.” However, Laing actually mourns the loss of the swimsuit portion of the competition. While she recognized that it was difficult to walk the stage half-dressed – and especially awkward with your dad and grandma watching – she said that that portion instilled in the contestants a confidence to stand in front of the mirror and just love and be comfortable with themselves. “It was that level of self-confidence that nobody could talk me into; it’s something that I had to intrinsically find,” Laing said. “More girls feel like they can compete in Miss America now, with the elimination of swimsuit, than before, but I just feel like there’s just that extra confidence element lost.” Poce said that Laing, as Miss Weber County 2020, will spend the next year with her two attendants being an advocate for Weber County and attending its events, raising awareness and funding for the Children’s Miracle Network and advocating her social impact initiative. There are three tiers to the Miss America Organization competitions: city/county, state and national. At the end of her reign, Laing will be eligible to compete for the title of Miss Utah 2021, the winner of which will then be able to continue her social impact initiative and will be eligible for the Miss America 2022 pageant. “I am already looking forward to my duties this year - traveling, meeting new people and getting the word out about my social impact initiative,” Laing said. Comment on this story at: signpost.mywebermedia.com
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The glow of the phone screen seemed to hypnotize Brock Mayhew. The swift movement of his thumb, swiping left or right, was the only indication he was exerting some effort in the task. Countless pictures of women smiling, hiking or posing in front of some famous landmark appeared or disappeared with the swipe of his thumb. The sudden appearance of a photo featuring a woman provocatively posing in a bikini jolted him back into the present. “I honestly only do this when I am bored,” Mayhew said with a laugh. “I am always surprised at what some girls are willing to post online.” Mayhew was browsing dating profiles
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emotional toll of rejection. A recent study by Stanford University suggests that more Americans now meet through online dating than through traditional methods such as mutual friends, at a bar or restaurant or at school or church. Mobile phone dating apps have pushed these methods aside, and the trend continues to grow. According to Frank Cardona, a technology writer for the online science and technology publication Visual Capitalist, the 2012 launch of Tinder turned online dating into a user-friendly game. First, Tinder did not require users to create a lengthy profile as older, desktop-based dating websites did. Second, Tinder was free to use. Third, instead of presenting a large group of potential matches at once, Tinder presented one user profile at a time. Tinder also introduced the “swiperight-to-like” approach to online matchmaking. The convenient, game-like “swipe-right-to-like” user experience attracted millions of millennial users who had ditched desktop hardware in favor of smartphones. It was also a perfect fit for users who were too busy to look for potential partners at the dance club, bar or college campus. For dating app users like WSU graduate Andres Ramos, dating apps provide a convenient, time-saving way of meeting new people. They also allow users to perform due diligence on their matches. “With work, grad school and other time commitments, it is harder to dedicate time to meet new people offline,” Ramos said. “It is very much a
convenience and ease-of-use thing. I do not have to go to dances or parties.” He also appreciates how dating apps are increasingly integrating themselves with other online services such as Instagram and Spotify. Ramos, and users like him, can quickly browse the Instagram posts or musical tastes of new matches to verify whether the person’s profile is accurate and to find common interests. WSU student Kimberlee Brosius describes herself as an introvert who turned to online dating because it allows her to find people on her own terms. “It gives you a variety of people who I do not think you would otherwise meet in daily life,” she said. Brosius shared her experience of dating a Venezuelan-American man. She enjoyed getting to know him and the Venezuelan culture. Like Ramos, she also praised the convenience of online dating. “With my busy schedule, it is so much easier to use a dating app for 10 minutes of swiping or a small conversation,” Brosius said. However, not all dating app users are looking for a quick match up. Former student Mathieu Foley turned to online dating because he was not having success in meeting women at school, work or church who met his dating preferences. Foley’s initial success with online dating was limited. Although he had to cope with the frustration of “dating droughts” and failed relationships, Foley never thought about giving up on online dating. “You have to know what you are getting into,” he said. “Unless you are looking for a one-night stand or a friend with benefits, you have to be willing to play the long game.” Foley’s patience did eventually pay off. After about two years of online dating, he met the woman who would eventually become his wife. For many dating app users, the excitement of receiving a new match notification and the adventure of meeting someone new provide the incentive to keep using
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dating apps. “Whenever I get a new match, I feel this sort of excited nervousness because she is always pretty cute, and I know what I look like,” Mayhew said with a self-deprecating chuckle. Mayhew believes that for him and others, online dating satisfies feelings of curiosity and even vanity. He is always curious to find out who has swiped right on his profile. Similarly, Ramos admitted that as his list of matches grew, so did his ego and self-confidence and dating app user Breanne Butler feels the same way. “I feel like it almost becomes a self-confidence thing. You sometimes think, ‘I suck and maybe I am ugly and maybe no one would ever want me,’” Butler said. “And then I would match with these people. Therefore, clearly I must be attractive. I feel like it almost becomes this addictive confidence boost.” Another WSU student, Allyssa Aponte, believes that online dating is popular because it forces users to take a risk and jump into the unknown. For her, the online dating experience progressed quickly. “I created my account, and shortly after, I matched with the man who would become my husband,” Aponte said. “We started messaging each other on that same day. A few days later, we met up. It was great because he made me laugh. I never anticipated this would happen.” She invited users to overcome shyness and nervousness, and to send the first message. “How many times has someone matched with someone else and never sent a message? What is the point?” Aponte said. “Look beyond the pictures on their profile, get to know the person and be honest with your intentions.” Dating app users are not immune to disappointment and heartbreak. However, many users claim an implicit understanding exists that being “ghosted,” blocked or “unmatched” is fair and part of the experience. Dating apps allow users to “unmatch” or simply ignore uninterested, uninteresting or offensive matches. Ramos, Mayhew and Butler agreed with the idea that dating app users had no obligation to message or meet up with their matches. They also felt online dating has helped to soften the blow of giving and receiving rejection.
Mayhew tries to focus on one match at time, but if he does not receive responses to his messages, he will reevaluate his messaging style or simply continue swiping on other dating profiles. Ramos believes that the volume of matches people may receive makes it impossible to message every person. He argues users should not take silence from the other party as a personal affront. “A lot of times, I cannot even remember why I swiped right on somebody,” Ramos said. “I will admit that I do not message every girl who matches with me. That does not mean I dislike that person. Plenty of women do not message me. I do not take it personally.” Butler feels that the ease of online dating may also contribute to its downfall. She believes it has removed most of the emotional investment required to form a meaningful relationship. “After all, we just end up as another notification on your phone,” she said. “I think people are eventually going to want something deeper and more significant than that.” Just as consumers have rejected eBooks in favor of the printed word and have returned to vinyl records for nostalgia’s sake, perhaps future matchmaking will turn from the glow of the mobile phone screen back to the glow of the lights of the bar or dance club. In the meantime, singles keep swiping. Comment on this story at: signpost.mywebermedia.com
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BUILDS TEAM SPIRIT By ROBERT LEWIS Reporter
May through September, Weber State University offers a Challenge Course for athletic teams, corporations or organizations looking to build confidence, cohesion, group participation and leadership in their members. Weber State’s website states the Challenge Courses provide an educational experience requiring a combination of creativity, physical involvement, teamwork skills and individual commitment. Also, the Challenge Program can be tailored to benefit the mission of any group it serves, such as academic classes, clubs, student organizations, residence life groups, sports teams, faculty/staff development groups, corporate groups and civic and community groups. There are ten different elements on the Challenge Course. Some physical elements include a wall to climb, ropes for people to swing onto small platforms, a large platform for a group to balance on and cables
for individuals to make their way across. Hayley Prine, the coordinator of adventure program and Challenge Course for the Outdoor Program, said the chosen elements depend on the group’s goals. If a group wants to work on team cohesion, the challenge course is adjusted to have them do everything together. If an organization wants to develop leadership skills for an individual, an element like Vertical Web will be used instead. It requires an individual to suggest strategies for success, assess failures and make alternate plans based on past experiences as they send each team member from one side of the element to the other. Each time, a new route or method is chosen for each member. Prine said completing an element can boost confidence in an individual or many as a group. “It isn’t a strength issue,” Prine said. “A lot of it is working together as a team that tries to make something happen.” Participating individuals attend a debriefing session once they complete the
course. At the debriefing, group leaders pick out the learning objectives. Prine said individuals can take what was gleaned from the elements and translate that experience back into work, sports or different areas of their lives. Freshman Ula Chamberlin is on the woman’s basketball team at WSU. She first heard about the Challenge Course through her basketball coach, Velaida Harris. She said the coach wanted the team to go through the course to develop aspects that relate to basketball, such as teamwork, chemistry, cohesion and communication. Chamberlin said the team went through different obstacles that were challenging. One was a giant platform like a teeter totter for up to 12 people. She said it was difficult because everyone was a different weight, and you had to start with an even number of people on each side. Once the platform was balanced off the ground, they had to move, rotate and not let it touch the ground. “We tried a few, failed at a few, but finally made it work at the end as a team,” Cham-
berlin said. After going through the course, the group of basketball players were debriefed. Members learned that communication was key, everyone had their own thought process of what would work, everyone needs to put in their own ideas and people need to speak one at a time. Finally, everyone needs to come together and figure out what’s the best option for each other to make the group successful. “I think the challenge courses helped the basketball team’s communication,” Chamberlin said. “I do … because that’s what the coaches get on us every day about in practice, and that’s truly what helps you in the game.” Individuals interested in the Challenge Courses can call 801-626-7905 for a quote or email hayleyprine@weber.edu for more information. Courses are by reservation only and start in May, weather dependent. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com WSU Archives
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By TORI WALTZ Editor-in-Chief
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 because she and other members of the Legal Counsel office at WSU have been working tirelessly for months to implement a new policy office at the university. The Legal Counsel office has been working to make the policy development process at Weber State more efficient and transparent. To do so, they’ve been creating “policy-governing policies” with the goal of increasing policy accessibility for the campus community. At the President’s Council meeting on Dec. 4, Hollist and Thomas presented an update on their progress to President Brad Mortensen and other officials at WSU. “We’re here today to share with you some of the things we’ve been working on and then to start getting people involved in sending policies our way,” Hollist said.
“We are really wanting to make sure we’ve got our bearings underneath us because we want to be able to rule out how we do policies on our campus and start providing some structure for what we’ve been doing.” The pair showcased a handful of templates currently in the works for the new policy system they plan to introduce to campus faculty and staff in the near future. The templates included a standard policy template — with updates like numbered subheadings rather than roman numerals — a policy structure style guide and an executive summary and routing template. These templates will provide a consistent voice for all policies at the university. According to Hollist, once they decide on a format they like, they will work to update established policies as well as encourage WSU personnel to access the forms via Google Drive when introducing new policies in the future. “We’re hoping to have more of that kind of information available to people so as they craft policies, we have that consistent voice,” Hollist said. “We’re not going to be
as robust at the outset as we’d like, but we’re working toward it.” Originally, Hollist admitted that she would have liked to place the template forms on a “prettier website” dedicated to the new policy office. However, she also acknowledged the technological limitations her team has at the moment. “We ended up realizing that we’re not IT experts,” Hollist said. Luckily, IT Vice President Bret Ellis lent a helping hand by assigning Heidi Munk, a member of the WSU IT Business Services Team, to help explore options for the project. With a technology professional at their side, Hollist and Thomas turned their sights to other universities in Utah, specifically Utah Valley University and Dixie State University, for inspiration in creating a website for the policy office. “Dixie State and UVU were unsatisfied with the options out there while they were developing theirs, so they developed a site internally. Those are their own products,” Hollist said.
According to UVU’s Policy Office website, members of the campus community have access to policy manuals, university guidelines and approval pipelines while also receiving updates on policy changes and statuses. This is a format that WSU Legal Counsel wishes to achieve, even if it means purchasing the software directly from UVU itself. However, regardless of the website and templates’ format or design, the number one priority Hollist and Thomas want to emphasize in this project is the transparency of the content. “If we are transparent across the board with different entities and stakeholders, I think there will be more investment and awareness of the different policies we have on campus,” Thomas said. For more information on policy at Weber State University, visit https://www.weber. edu/ppm/.
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Brad Mortensen was named the new president of Weber State University on Dec. 6, 2018. He and his wife Camille Mortensen were formally introduced in an announcement the evening of Dec 5.
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Dr. Brad Mortensen, formerly WSU’s Vice President of University Advancement, will be inaugurated as WSU’s 13th president on Jan. 7. Mortensen was chosen after a nation-wide search for the role of WSU’s presidency in winter of 2018. In 1995, President Mortensen graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in economics at Utah State University. Mortensen went on continuing his education at Syracuse University, where he graduated with a Master’s in Public Administration with an emphasis on education policy. In 1997, Mortensen pursued his education further at the University of Utah, becoming a Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Leadership and Policy in 2009. Since President Brad L. Mortensen joined WSU, he has served on several committees, university planning councils, and has been very involved as a member of WSU’s faculty. Mortensen stated that he looks forward
to getting out, meeting and listening to the ideas of those on campus, regarding perspectives on what will help ensure that WSU continues to see success for future generations. Since 1990, WSU has seen three other presidents alongside Mortensen. Mortensen’s predecessor, Dr. Charles “Chuck” A. Wight, served as WSU’s president for the greater part of the past five years, announced that he would be stepping down from the position in Jan. 2018. During his tenure, Wight oversaw the construction of the university’s Tracy Hall Science building, the naming of the Boyd K. and Donna S. Packer Center for Family and Community Education and WSU’s increasing student enrollment rates. Before Dr. Charles A. Wight came to Weber State University, he served in several different roles at the University of Utah. He started working there in 1984. In a Jan. 19, 2018, Signpost interview by Kara Mitchell, Dr. Charles A. Wight stated that WSU is an extremely unified university, referring to WSU as a “magical” place.
Dr. F. Ann Millner would become the first female president in WSU’s history in 2002. Her WSU career began in the Health Department when she was named the Associate Dean of WSU’s Continuing Education Program in 1982. In August 2003, Millner was the first president to see the opening of WSU’s Davis Campus. Millner showed her investment in community, society and Utah’s education with such expansions and ran for Utah Senate in District 18. According to the book “Weber State University, The Campus History,” one of her favorite events at WSU was the Alumni Awards for those of the university who went out and made their impact on society and the world. She also oversaw the ribbon-cutting ceremony of WSU’s Compressed Natural Gas fueling stations, which are still open to the public at 4760 Old Post Road. According to the Signpost in 2012, Millner was, “completely focused on Weber State University and always has been.” She served as the 11th president of WSU for 12 years.
Dr. Paul H. Thompson served as WSU’s 10th president from 1990 to 2002. During this time, WSU saw major changes, including online courses becoming available and the yearly schedule switching from quarters to semesters. In Nov. 1993, WSU’s Athletics Department was faced with dropping their football budget completely due to financial issues at the time; however, during Thompson’s term as president, an anonymous donor donated $100,000, effectively saving WSU’s football team. In 1998, Thompson oversaw the renovations of the Browning Center’s Performing Arts building. During his term, the school began operating in satellite locations and purchased property to open a campus in Layton One thing that President Thompson stressed to the student body, alumni and faculty was that learning is not just graduating; it’s a lifelong process. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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By MARISA NELSON Reporter
With Weber State University President Brad Mortensen’s inauguration set for Founder’s Day, Jan. 7, The Signpost took the opportunity to sit down with him and introduce him to the student body. Q: Where did you grow up? What was it like then and now? A: “I grew up outside Rexburg, Idaho, a rural community called Lyman, and I had three younger brothers. I like to say that we grew up on a dirt road, our closest neighbor was a mile away and they were my cousins. My dad worked in a potato processing plant in Rexburg and had a small farm that he kept real busy at, and that gave us a chance to work on the farm growing up. He told me, ‘I knew you would never be a good farmer.’ I’m a first generation college student, and my dad eventually saw how he was being passed over for people who had degrees, so he encouraged all of us to go to school and get our degree, so that was really meaningful to me.”
Lewis Peak or Famous Peak. To just get out and get a little bit of nature and perspective and that’s really rejuvenating for me.” Q: How did you spend the holidays? A: “We just like to spend time as a family, and we like to play games. I’m kind of competitive, so it doesn’t always end well.” Q: What advice would you give to college students that you wish you would have had? A: “I was very much like a lot of Weber State students. I didn’t get involved very much in campus life, and now I see all the research about how that contributes to your quality of your experience, beyond what just happens in the classroom. Sometimes you make investments in yourself that don’t immediately show up in your bank account. And I realize that it’s difficult to balance. In the long term, they are going to be of more benefit. I would encourage our students to try and find a way to work that in with everything else they are trying to manage.”
Q: Where is your favorite place to vacation? A: “I don’t know that I’m a big traveler, but I always like beaches. I don’t care where as long as it’s warm. But I love being up in the mountains, too, just even all the trails we have around here. When I need to get away, I just like to go on a hike, to go up to Ben Lomond or
Q: What is one thing you want to accomplish during your time as president at Weber? A: “As a university, we have three core themes and a three-paragraph long mission statement, but it boils down to three words: access, learning and community. If there is one thing that I hope we can accomplish, it’s that
Q: Did you think this would be part of your career? A: “The short answer to that is no. Especially a big, well-respected university like Weber State. I always hoped that I would be lucky enough to work at a place like this but never really dreamed of being the president. After I graduated from USU, I went and did an internship back at Ricks College for a year. They called it an administrative internship, and I just floated around to any office that needed me to work on a project. It was really cool and gave me a broad perspective on how a college worked. But I remember asking the president, ‘so how do I get a real job in this field?’ He said go and be a budget analyst because that lets you see the big picture. The entry level jobs let you become an expert in that department, and I think I was very fortunate that my entry into higher education was in a position where you were forced to look at the big picture and that helped me to see how things interrelate beyond the campus.” Q: What plans do you have to connect with students and others on campus? A: “I said when I was interviewing that I was not going to a listening tour because listening tours imply that there is a start and a stop to the listening, and instead, I’m going to embed listening as one of the fundamental tenants of my presidency. I have gained so much insight talking and listening to students just about their experi-
ence at the university that has been really valuable for me as I’m sitting in this position. The same is true of our faculty and staff; we have so many good people involved here in every way, and they all have great ideas and great perspectives. I don’t believe that all of the great ideas in the future for Weber State will come from the president’s office. They’re going to come from the students, the faculty, the staff and others in the community. My responsibility is to try and understand those ideas and try to remove barriers to help them. It’s really important to me to maintain that open dialogue. There are a lot of difficult issues out in the world today. I hope that we can foster an environment at Weber State that we can learn to listen to each other and have constructive dialogue, where people can at least leave knowing that they have been understood and they understand the other side’s perspective a little bit better. Not all these conversations are going to be easy, but let’s try to understand where we are coming from. I hope to be able to engage and interact with students and faculty.” Q: Tell me about your Louder and Prouder tour and what you want to accomplish with it. A: “I don’t know how many dozens of times someone has said ‘Weber State is just the bestkept secret.’ They mean it as a compliment, but it’s really not because it is wonderful that people recognize once they find out about us that we’re doing good things, but we don’t want to be a secret. We need to continue to do the right thing but take a little bit of time to tap the many accomplishments that we have. It’s the one-on-one connections that make the difference. I think there is a lot of support for Weber State out there, and it is our job to rekindle that and keep the flames burning bright.” Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
Students, staff, faculty and Weber State community members climb Mt. Ogden with President Mortensen for the annual homecoming hike on Oct. 5, 2019.
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Q: What is your family life like? A: “My wife and I have four kids; our oldest daughter graduated from Weber State. She is married and lives in Ogden. We have a son who just graduated from USU. Our next daughter is a freshman here at Weber, and then we have a son who is a 9th grader at Mt. Ogden Junior High.”
Q: What has your time at Weber State been like? A: “My time at Weber State has just been more fulfilling than I imagined it would or could be. I’ve come to love the school and what we do, and our students and faculty, staff and community. I really do have the love and passion for it, and I’m really proud of what we do. We are always trying to make it better for our students and our community.”
we as a university look at how we can learn as well. That will allow us to better serve our students, to adapt as times change in meaningful ways and help us continue to stay relevant. If there is one thing that I can do while I am president, it’s that we can realize that learning just doesn’t apply to what the students do here, but that we all need to have that attitude of learning and to be a real learning organization as well.”
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The Weber State Wildcats began their season looking to move past last year’s struggles, but injuries to veteran players quickly changed the tune to the season before it even began. The Wildcats and their young squad were looking at a daunting non-conference schedule before the season had begun and they have taken their lumps through it as they look to turn the tides in Big Sky play. WSU is sitting at a 2–9 record. Daunting may be an understate-
ment for a schedule that featured three Pac-12 opponents, all on the road. The ‘Cats traveled to Los Angeles to battle with the UCLA Bruins, flew to Seattle to run with the Huskies of Washington and then hopped on the freeway to tangle with the Utah Utes in Salt Lake City. The Wildcats dropped all three games. In nine non-conference games, only two of them have been at the Dee Events Center. The Wildcats have traveled to Washington, Texas, New Mexico and have made multiple trips to California. The Wildcats have also played two Big Sky games, both on the road,
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ending in losses to the Eastern Washington Eagles and the Idaho Vandals. The Wildcats had two battles with in-state schools: one with the Utes and another against Utah Valley. The Utes got the best of the Wildcats, but for Utah Valley, it was a completely different story. The UVU Wolverines left Ogden with a 72–46 loss, which brought Weber’s in-state record at the time to 1–1. With Big Sky play underway, the Wildcats will finally get to enjoy their home floor because 10 of their next 18 games will be at home, which means an opportunity to defend their home
court and find their groove as tournament play approaches in March. The Wildcats will take on Northern Arizona at 7 p.m. on Jan. 4 at the Dee Events Center. They will then travel to Greeley, Colorado, to face Northern Colorado on Jan. 9 before returning home again to face Sacramento State on Jan. 11 at 2 p.m.
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It is said that championship teams are made during the offseason, and the Weber State University football team is looking to do exactly that. For the fourth consecutive year, the Wildcat football team was back in the FCS Postseason. The ’Cats earned the third seed and were looking toward a FCS National Championship. Weber State opened the postseason with a second round win over Kennesaw State 26–20, earning them exactly what they wanted in the quarterfinals: a rematch with the Grizzlies of the University of Montana. No other Wildcat team has managed to pass a Friday night, quarterfinal game. However, WSU’s defense kept the high-powered Grizzly offense off the field, and with a great play on special teams along with senior defensive
end Adam Rodriquez’s four sacks, all on fourth down, the ’Cats recorded a WSU record and were traveling to the east coast with a semifinal matchup with the Dukes of James Madison University. The run ended there, though, with the Dukes jumping out early and hold WSU to a 30–14 loss, but the Wildcats built a foundation, going where no other Wildcat team has gone before, and set up for an offseason made to bring success. “You’ve got to take steps each year,” head coach Jay Hill said after the JMU loss. “It was a step forward, but it’s not what we wanted. We feel like we can compete with the best teams.” Weber State enters the offseason as a veteran team composed mostly of players who played this season. With a mix of upper- and lowerclassmen, all of whom saw the field this fall, the ’Cats look to build this offseason and make
the next step. And, with signing day just a month away, the Wildcats have already welcomed two players during the early signing period. Punter Mackenzie Morgan will look to fill the open spot with Doug Lloyd graduating. Morgan is a six-foot-two native to Trigg, Western Australia, where he participated in Prokick, the same program that brought Lloyd to WSU. Morgan is a transfer from an ACC program of North Carolina State after playing there in 2018 and 2019. Okiki Olorunfunmi will also join the Wildcats next year. The six-foot-five defensive end is a Clovis, California, native and will join the WSU program as a sophomore after playing last year at Reedley College. Both players will be enrolled for the spring semester and participate in the spring camp.
Meanwhile, it was a fall full of records for Weber State: four players were named to the Hero Sports All-American team. Senior defensive end Jonah Williams earned first team honors and was named the defensive player MVP and the co-defensive player of the year in the Big Sky. Junior kicker Trey Tuttle earned second team all honors, his second time being named to All-American Honors. Sophomore running back Josh Davis earned third team honors, and Rodriguez earned earned honors for the second straight year. Weber State will begin the offseason during the spring semester before spring camp starts toward the end. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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Here is a quick recap of what you may have missed during winter break. The Weber State Wildcats have struggled to find their footing in the 2019-20 season as they find themselves sitting with a 5-8 record overall and a 1-1 record in conference play. The Wildcats have had to overcome injuries that forced them to use many different starting lineups, which played a large part in their non-conference struggle. Despite the way their record sits, the ‘Cats may be beginning to find their stride after posting a winning record during December. They were able to get the best of Utah Valley, Westcliff, Bethesda, and then picked up a Big Sky victory against the Idaho Vandals. The Wildcats have not had their way against fellow in-state schools, as they’ve fallen to the Utah Utes, Utah State Aggies, and the BYU Cougars. The win against UVU gives WSU a 1-4 record against their foes from the Beehive State. None of these
games were at the Dee Events Center. WSU played in Orem, Logan, Provo and then in Salt Lake at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in a “neutral site” battle with the Utes. As the winter break nears its end, Big Sky play has begun, and the Wildcats started with a loss to Eastern Washington before responding with a victory against the Vandals. Both games were on their home floor and were decided by less than three points. With conference play underway, Head Coach Randy Rahe and his squad can start a new chapter for the season and look to rattle off some winning streaks. The Wildcats’ season is far from over, and winning the Big Sky tournament in March will gift them an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament Coming up for the Wildcats is a battle with Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, AZ on Jan. 4. Next will be a return home against Northern Colorado on Jan. 9 at the Dee Events Center.
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1. b. Jan. 7, 2020. Mortensen will be officially inaugurated as the 13th president of WSU after his official selection in Dec. 2018. According to WSU, the inauguration is taking place on WSU Founders Day at 1:30 p.m. in the Austad Auditorium. 2. c. Idaho. Mortensen grew up in Idaho. In an interview with The Signpost, Mortensen said, “I grew up outside Rexburg, Idaho, in a rural community called Lyman. I like to say that we grew up on a dirt road, our closest neighbor was a mile away and they were my cousins.” 3. d. 16 years. Aug. 2020 will mark Mortensen’s official 16-year stay at WSU. Mortensen began as the Assistant/ Associate Vice President for Support and Government Relations in 2004 and moved to Vice President for University Advancement in 2007. 4. a. 21. The FDA announced that the minimum age is rising from 18 to 21 years old. President Donald Trump signed the new minimum age law as part of the spending bill in Dec. 2019. The FDA has stated they intend to publish an update within the next 180 days, according to Deseret News. 5. c. $3.2 million. According to Forbes, $3.2 million of legal marijuana was sold on Jan. 2. The new law that went into effect could also clear the records of those with arrest records for cannabis possession.
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