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A LATINX CEREMONY
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS By SHARON VALVERDEVARGAS Reporter
Throughout life, individuals celebrate the achievements where they have something important to them. At WSU, one of these celebrations is the LatinX Grad Ceremony, LGC. LGC is a ceremony that brings families to a more intimate environment for the celebration of a loved one’s success. In the Hispanic culture, it is common for the individual to bring honor to the family whether it is through their occupation, personal life or education. Each student attending this ceremony has the opportunity to look back at what they have completed throughout their college experience and feel proud of all
the hard work. LGC has set their date for April 10, welcoming all who would like to participate. According to the LGC ceremony, their mission statement is: “The LatinX Grad Ceremony is an intimate celebration that honors the achievements of graduating students who identify as LatinX/Hispanics. The ceremony also honors families, friends, and those who have supported them through their academic journey. The graduation celebration was created by students for students with the intention of bringing awareness to their own stories.” The ceremony begins with a dinner at 5:30 p.m., which will bring university community together. The ceremony officially begins at 6:30, where students will receive a customized stole and certificate.
President Brad Mortensen also participated in the inaugural event in 2019, wearing the stole given to him at the ceremony to the commencement in front of all WSU graduates, families and faculty. “It was beyond anything I imagined,” Mortensen said. “It was so powerful to be able to have a program that our graduates and families could connect to.” Mortensen added how he could feel the pride from the families in the ceremony. He hopes the word gets out and more students become involved in this more intimate graduation ceremony. Mortensen hopes programs like this inspire students to believe they can reach their aspirations. “We all have our own identities, some of which are shaped by our
skin color or our ethnicities, and it’s impossible for me to understand somebody else’s journey,” Mortensen said. Mortensen said any group is worth celebrating their unique culture, background and journey. Some of his most enriching experiences at WSU have been where he was involved with participating and experiencing someone else’s culture or identity. “The world is a diverse place and we can all go into our camps and think about ourselves, or we can try and understand each other and see how we can work together,” Mortensen said. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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Brenden Morris celebrating a dunk with his teammates during his last game for Weber State.
WILDCATS DROP THEIR FINAL TWO HOME GAMES
By MILES SHAW Reporter
The basketball season is close to its end for the Wildcats. They played their final two home games at the Dee Events Center ahead of spring break, the first a showdown against Portland State. The game started off quickly with the Wildcats taking an early lead when senior guard Jerrick Harding put in an acrobatic up-and-under layup. The Vikings responded with two three-pointers in the first five minutes from forward Alonzo Walker. Momentum started to turn in the Wildcats favor after a Jerick Harding alley-pop to freshmen center Tim Fuller brought the Dee Events Center crowd to its feet. A powerful two-handed slam by sophomore guard Israel Barnes and a big block by Fuller on the other end got Weber State going early on. Freshmen KJ Cunningham, junior Kham Davis and Barnes pitched in by facilitating on offense and playing scrappy and hard-nosed defense all night. However, the Vikes' hung on thanks to PSU's Lamar Hamrick, who put on a threepoint clinic toward the end of the first half, sinking back-to-back three-pointers and then adding another in the final minute. Three-point shooting made a big difference in the first half as the Vikings made six threes to the Wildcats' one. The second half tipped off with Weber State immediately cutting the Viking lead in half after a layup from Harding. Portland State’s defense tightened up as they went on an 11–5 run with another set of back-to-back three-pointers, this
time from Holland Woods. The Vikings reached their biggest lead of the night of 15 points after a run which included huge put-back dunks by Rashaad Goolsby and Walker. The Wildcats mounted a comeback, ignited by a big three-pointer from senior guard Cody John, who drew a foul the next possession while making a layup. John sunk the free throw, cutting the Viking lead to nine with nine minutes left to play. After a steal by junior forward Kham Davis and another and-1 conversion from John, the Wildcat comeback was roaring. Back-to-back layups by Harding cut the Vikings lead to only two points—85 to 83— with only 47 seconds remaining. However, despite the valiant effort from Weber State, the Vikings axed the comeback attempt after making two free throws and another layup, taking home the victory with a final score of 89–83. “I think we did a good job of chipping away at that deficit late in the game," Fuller said. "Basketball is a game of runs, and we knew sometime in the second half we were going to push back and make our run. It was a tough loss tonight.” The Wildcats played a hard-fought game and kept coming back and making runs all the way until the end, but PSU's experienced team managed to hold the 'Cats off. “It was a terrific effort; that’s a really good basketball team right there," head coach Randy Rahe said. "I think they're as talented a team as there is in the league." The Wildcats weren’t done on the hardwood, taking on the Idaho State Bengals March 2 on Senior Night. Harding, John
and forward Brenden Morris were celebrated before the game on center court at the Dee Events Center. John has played in 125 games for the Wildcats, which is fifth most in school history, starting 89 of those contests. Harding has suited up for 118 games at Weber State and has scored 2,199 points for the Wildcats, the fifth most of any active NCAA player. Harding also leads the school in points and free throw percentage. John and Harding led the team during a tough game where Idaho State jumped out to an early lead with a 14-6 run in the first five minutes. Harding kept the Wildcats in the game throughout a first half where the ball wasn’t bouncing their way. Harding led Weber State in scoring with three three-pointers and fifteen total points in the first half. Idaho State went into the half with a 46-37 lead, as they had five players with seven or more points at the half. Wildcats John and Davis each poured in eight points. After the break, the Wildcats came out with new life. After a big defensive stop, John was fouled on his successful layup attempt and made the free throw. A minute later, a power slam from Davis cut the lead to only two points for the Bengals. Tarik Cool from the Bengals responded with a flurry of layups and a three from deep for a 7-0 run for Idaho State. John lead the Wildcats in the second half with 15 points. The Wildcats fought hard and clawed back, but never quite got back in it as John finished with 23 points and Harding with
18 on the night. With the Wildcats down by 10, Ogden’s own Morris out of Ben Lomond High School checked into the game with 50 seconds, as Wildcat fans were on their feet chanting his name. Once the Wildcats inbounded the ball Morris was fired a pass but missed the corner three as it went off the front of the rim. However, he got in his last word on his home floor, slamming in a two-handed dunk as time expired on a final score of 78-70. “We have a lot of talented people, I think a lot of unfortunate situations happened to our team, it’s been a fight the whole season, but this team’s very good,” Davis said. Rahe commented on the trials this team has gone through. “In my fourteen years, this has been the most adversity we’ve ever had," Rahe said. "All the injuries and stuff we’ve had and how they’ve have handled it has been outstanding. A lot of teams would’ve given in a long time ago. The toughness and resiliency they’ve shown this whole season is what I’m going to remember about them.” The Wildcats finish the season up in the Pacific Northwest against the Eastern Washington Eagles after they defeated the Idaho Vandals on March 5. The Wildcats sit at 12–18 as the Big Sky tournament looms.
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By JENNIFER GREENLEE Section Editor
The Weber State University Student Association announced the election results for the executive and legislative officers for the 2020-2021 school year on Feb. 28 during the annual Weber’s Got Talent. However, not all senators were announced at Weber’s Got Talent: the American Indian Senator and the Asian Senator were not announced. These seats had candidates; however, the Asian Senator seat remains vacant after the election results were posted online. Both the African American Senator and the Veteran’s Senator, which had candidates running for them, were left off the list during the first announcement of the senators. The results for the executive branch were announced in between the different acts at Weber’s Got Talent. The Student Body President for the next school year will be Benjamin Ferney. He stated during his address to the student body and in his platform that he plans to create an environment where students feel empowered. Ferney also thanked those who had helped him throughout the year and those who helped him get to where he is today. Ferney ran against Maria Fregoso and Hyrum Packard and won with 1030 votes against Packard's 672 and Fregoso's 476. The Legislative Vice President will be Hannah Olsen. She stated in her platform that she would work closely with the vice presidents and senators to ensure students are represented as changes come to WSU. Hannah Olsen ran against Brody Bailey, Nathan Hole and Julio Otay. Olsen had 965 votes to Bailey's 347, Hole's 292 and Otay's 429.
The Activities Vice President will be Madilyn Gomm. Gomm plans to maximize student participation in the activities that WSUSA plans. Gomm ran for her seat uncontested and received 1942 votes. The Diversity and Unity Vice President will be Miguel A. Gonzalez Quintanilla. He plans to help students find happiness through fellowship with others. Quintanilla ran against Shyanne Smith and Heidi Weiler. Quintanilla took 1042 votes to Smith's 473 votes and Weiler's 441. Rylie Howard will be the Service Vice President. Her platform said she plans to make sure the service serves both the community and the students performing the service. Howard ran against Ali Horsfall and received 1153 votes to Horsfall's 775 votes. The Clubs and Organization Vice President will be Whitney Olsen. She plans to provide opportunities for students to find their place and unite campus. Olsen ran against Matthew Brown, Darrell Godfrey and Kelci M. Maples. Olsen received 848 votes, Brown received 409 votes, Maples received 435 votes and Godfrey received 303 votes. The Leadership Vice President will be Raven Uribe. She wants to create more diverse events that are accessible to the student body to support the growth of leaders. Uribe ran against Kamryn Eden and Dallin Welch. Uribe received 772 votes, Eden received 634 votes and Welch received 539 votes. Katie Nicholson will be the Davis Campus Vice President. Nicholson plans to focus on inclusion and to help students become a better version of themselves. Nicholson ran uncontested and received 1885 votes. During intermission at Weber's Got Tal-
ent, the legislative seats were announced. Many seats had no candidates running for them and have been left vacant. These are the Asian Student Senator, the Athletics Senator, the College of Education Senator, the College of Health Professions Senator, the Graduate Student Senator, the Pacific Islander Senator and the Residence Halls Senator. Two seats with no formal candidates had write-in votes: The Students with Disabilities Senator and the Traditional Student Senator. The Students with Disabilities Senator will be Mykala Spangler, who received 2 votes. The Traditional Student Senator will be Jared Seffker, who received 766 votes. The next African American Senator will be Anna Robbins. She stated in her platform that she wants to provide students assistance with their future goals. She ran uncontested and received 58 votes. Amanda Jones will be the American Indian Senator and plans to help preserve Indigenous cultures and to leave a positive impact on WSU. She ran uncontested and received 50 votes. The College of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology Senator will be Paige Dawson. She wants students to find the opportunities available for them and to get involved. She ran against Jared Calvillo and Diego Higueros who were both disqualified. Dawson received 117 votes. The College of Arts and Humanities Senator will be Addison Weeks, who plans to help students get excited about their classes. He ran uncontested and had 343 votes. Andres Perelta will be the College of Business and Economics Senator, who ran uncontested and received 249 votes. The College of Science Senator will be Maren Dawson. She plans to take action
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by having students stand up for what they believe and used the slogan “We Stand United” or WSU. She ran uncontested and received 194 votes. The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Senator will be Thaddeus Bean. He plans to be available and transparent to the students who he represents. He ran against Donovan Bird. Bean received 172 votes while Bird received 141 votes. The Davis Campus Senator will be Kelli Denos. Denos would like to increase the involvement of students at the Davis Campus. She ran uncontested and received 257 votes. William Angel will be the next Hispanic Senator and stated in his platform is that a phrase that resonates with him is “Pa’Lante,” meaning “keep moving forward.” He ran against Denisse Borja. Angel received 131 votes and Borja received 126. The Honors/BIS Senator will be Quincy Bowcut. Bowcut plans to make more resources available for students. She ran uncontested and received 226 votes. Baijun Chen, who also goes by Jimmy Town, will be the International Students Senator. He plans to promote multiculturalism at WSU and represent the needs of international students. He ran against Brian Albert Silva Fernandez. Chen won 27-21. The Non-Traditional Senator will be Celina Patino. She would like to provide positive experiences and create balance. She ran against Connor Hamblin. Patino received 454 votes and Hamblin received 368 votes. The Veterans Senator will be Travis Parsons who would like to help keep the student body informed and help students. Parsons ran against Joshua Lepus and won 8-6.
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By BRANDON MAY Section Editor
With the regular seasons coming to a close over spring break, the Weber State University women’s and men’s basketball teams head north on the 84 to Boise, Idaho, for the Big Sky Basketball Tournament. For the second year, CenturyLink Arena will host the tournament after Reno held it for many previous years. Also, for the second consecutive year, restaurants and bars near
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the arena will host fan zones for the Big Sky faithful. Buffalo Wild Wings, just right across the plaza from the arena, will host the Weber State fan zone before each game. For fans who attend the fan zone, special appearances from the cheer team, Waldo and the Wildcat Band will help make an unforgettable atmosphere. The Weber State women’s team enters the tournament as the 11th seed. WSU went 2–18 in conference play with wins
over Northern Colorado and Eastern Washington. Weber State took down the Eagles of Eastern Washington on March 6 in an overtime thriller. Freshman Ula Chamberlin led the ’Cats with 17 points and freshman Jadyn Matthews added 16 points of her own. The Wildcats will take on in-state rival and sixth seed Southern Utah University Thunderbirds at 7:30 p.m. on March 9 at CenturyLink Arena. Idaho State University, the third seed, will await the winner in the
second round of the tournament on March 10 at 8 p.m. Weber State fell to the Thunderbirds twice, 83–71 in Ogden on Jan. 30 and 82– 66 in Cedar City on Feb. 22. The Thunderbirds lost to the number one seed Montana State Bobcats on March 5 before defeating the University of Montana in overtime to close the regular season on March 6. Weber State fell to the University of Idaho on March 5 but defeated Eastern Washing-
ton to close out the season. Senior Gina O’Brien is the only senior on the Wildcat team heading into the offseason, during which the young group is looking to build some momentum. The Weber State men’s team fell to the number one seed Eastern Washington in their season finale on March 7. The ’Cats finished conference play with an 8-12 conference record and enter the tournament as the eighth seed. The Wildcats will take on Sacramento
State University at 9:30 a.m. on March 11, tipping off the men’s portion of the tournament. The winner of the Wildcat and Hornets game takes on the number one seed Eastern Washington Eagles at noon the next day. Weber State and Sacramento State split their series. The Wildcats lost in Sacramento 71–51, but WSU took down the Hornets in Ogden 70–66 on Feb. 6. The Hornets finished the season a game
above .500 but were also 8–12 in the Big Sky. The Hornets dropped their final two games of the season to Montana and Portland State but have played just twice in a week. Weber State took down the Vandals of Idaho before falling to Eastern Washington, wrapping up four games in eight days. Seniors Jerrick Harding and Cody John look to help lead Weber State in their last conference tournament at Weber State. Harding leads the Big Sky in scoring and is
just 39 points from second in all time scoring in the Big Sky. CenturyLink arena will host all games from March 9 to 14 with the women’s championship on March 13 and the men’s championship on the 14th airing on ESPNU.
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DNA TESTING BUILDS ROOTS FOR SUCCESS
By AUBRIELLE DEGN Reporter
Two of the most valuable and unexpected gains for college students are self-knowledge and community. For African American students at Weber, these two gains have an added layer of complexity. Meltia Hickman, 26, is a freshman at Weber. She said that indirect racism is an implicit part of her academic journey. Kenneth Johnson, multicultural retention counselor in the Center of Multicultural Excellence, created an initiative to help give Weber’s African American students a sense of belonging. Johnson’s African American Heritage Initiative provided ten African American students with a DNA test. The test traced their mother’s lineage to their country and tribe in Africa. Johnson said that it is difficult for some students to do well in an institution where no one looks like them, talks like them or acts like them. He started the initiative to help give African American students community and sense of completeness. When Hickman walks into a room, she said that her color immediately attracts unwanted attention. She has been told that she is pretty in a way that distances her from being black. She has been told that she is well spoken in a way that implies that is unusual for a black person. She said that these comments and attitudes are not considered racist when in
fact, they are. She said that she has been stared at and followed by retail workers. She said that feeling safe is a privilege that African Americans often do not have access to. Hickman is a first-generation college student. Her father was sold to work on a plantation in Mississippi at 9. He never received an education. Her mother completed high school and some technical training in Illinois. When Hickman graduated high school, she enrolled in a medical program but was unhappy. She said that she was drawn to Weber. She would show up unenrolled and walk around waiting for something. Eventually, a woman in the Center for Multicultural Excellence took Hickman under her wing. She started to volunteer with Black Scholars United. She later enrolled and joined the organization, followed by the NAACP. She then met Johnson, who was working on the initiative. Only ten students would be able to take the DNA test because of funding. Hickman worked hard to be one of them. She now holds the position of Vice President for the organization. Hickman said that discovering her lineage to the Tikar tribe in Cameroon, Africa, has given her a deeper understanding of herself. She said that her new level of self-knowledge makes her academic goals easier. She shared that her ultimate goal is
to be the first African American woman who manages human resources for Google. She wants to show future generations that achievement is possible with dedication. She found that people in the Tikar tribe look like her. It feels good for her to look at faces that resemble her own. Now that she knows that missing piece of herself, she feels like it is easier to learn and grow in the world. “I feel more secure,” she said. Hickman works full time and goes to school full time. She said that she has always been driven by achievement. She experienced that sense of belonging upon learning that people in the Tikar tribe are economically driven, like her. Tikar people love materials that shine, and she loves glitter. “When you know more you do more, and when you know better you do better,” she said. She enjoys the new avenues that the African American Heritage Initiative has provided to connect and participate. She said that learning her ancestry has given her opportunities that she would not have had before. Johnson succeeded in getting ten African American students their ancestry, community and belonging, but he does not want it to stop there. Hickman believes that black students are often overlooked by institutions. “It is almost like everything is made important except for the
things that represent the black students,” Hickman said. She said that holiday decorations and election festivities come and go but little mention is made of black history month. “We’re small, but we’re here,” she said. She said that she feels gratitude for the African American Heritage Initiative opportunity. She hopes that future students have the same opportunity. “When African American students know their ancestry, they get a sense of finding a missing piece of themselves, and it makes academics and the whole college process easier,” Johnson said. His goal is to secure more funding for students to take the DNA test and hold future events. He wants to grow Weber’s African American Heritage Initiative community. He hopes that students will graduate and give back to the organization. His vision is to build a self-sustaining community where African American students are empowered to achieve through self-discovery. For more information about the African American Heritage Initiative, visit https://www.weber.edu/multicultural/aahi.html.
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YALE PROFESSOR HIGHLIGHTS FEMINISM AND THE MEDICAL FIELD
By LISSETE LANDAVERDE Reporter
In years past, women have had a turbulent relationship with the medical field. As part of the Beyond Suffrage lecture series, Yale professor Naomi Rogers, Ph.D., came to Weber State on Feb. 27 to talk about feminism and its role in American health politics. The Beyond Suffrage lecture series, hosted by University Archives, is held to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment and to highlight the stories of unheard women in the community. Sarah Langsdon, head of Special Collections, mentioned the importance of hosting this lecture and the information Rogers provides. “To me, it’s realizing that it’s taken until the most recent generations to have access to a lot of things that most of us just assumed were natural and should’ve been given at the first,” Langsdon said.
Rogers began her lecture with the topic of women’s medical colleges and hospitals before the 1920s. She then explained the environment of medical training from the 1950s to the 1960s, describing how it widely consisted of white men. Not only that, but men were excluded based on their religious background and class standing. In the baby boomer era, a large number of women began attending college. However, women who decided to receive a higher education were met with obstacles such as curfews, dress codes and professors who would persuade them to do sexual acts to obtain a better grade. Additionally, women were often seen as note-takers, coffee makers and sexual partners. Medical schools would keep the acceptance rate of women from 4% to 6% because they argued there were not many suitable applicants. However, after a group of female lawyers filed a class-action law-
suit against all medical schools in 1970 and claimed they were going against federal guidelines with their gender quotas, there was a large number of women that suddenly got accepted into these schools. Rogers not only spoke on how the medical field has impacted women’s history, but she also touched on the effects on people of color. She highlights the story of Edith Irby Jones, who was the first African American to be accepted at the University of Arkansas Medical School and the discrimination she faced. Rogers also spoke about the rise of birth control, and the tactics women would use to obtain the pill, such as going to a doctor’s office with a ring on their finger and lying about their marital status. While the rise of birth control was seen as a solution to social issues, it also brought up a conversation of genocide. Birth control hospitals would often be set up in poor neighborhoods of color, which led people to believe the reasoning for this
was to lessen the birthrate in said communities. Additionally, women of color would often face coercion into sterilization. Rogers also mentioned the different changes feminism has brought in regards to medical care for women. Radical feminists felt there needed to be a change in the health systems, which led them to open women’s health clinics with the intent to empower women patients through having the clinics run by only women. On top of that, the idea of hospitals being demeaning toward women led to having home births. Rogers wrapped up the lecture by mentioning the current state of the medical field and health care education, such as how sex education is taught in schools. She also mentioned that while medical student activism is still around, it is more focused on racial discrimination and profiling. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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DO YOU KNOW YOUR NEWS? QUIZ ANSWERS FROM PAGE 2
1. a. Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Mike Bloomberg. According to The Atlantic, these five candidates dropped out just before or after Super Tuesday. Joe Biden took the lead in delegates with 640 with Bernie Sanders sitting at 564.
in the past three years, according to The Washington Post. 4. c. California. On March 5, 2,000 passengers were quarantined after a passenger on the previous cruise died from the coronavirus, according to The New York Times. Some of the passengers and crew members were starting to show symptoms.
2. c. 164. According to the CDC, there have been 164 cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths in the United States. 19 states have reported cases and only 18 of those infected had not traveled when they were infected. 3. b. Tennessee. 24 people were killed near Nashville, Tennessee, on March 3 during a tornado that damaged downtown Nashville and devastated the town of Cookeville. This was the most intense tornado in the nation
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