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“I have always felt a need to express myself if it is through poetry, drawing or martial art,” Cortes said.

Tori Fowler was also outside of the Emporium with her hand-crafted jewelry, wall art and other paintings and drawings.

“I am very passionate about making beautiful things for people to look at, and hope to do just that, no matter what medium I am working with,” Fowler said.

The final highlight of my first First Friday Art Stroll was at the Historic Union Station. This is a building that I have driven past many times, but never actually ventured into. Walking into the old train station, I saw the newest exhibit from Sightseeing in Our National Parks, featuring the artwork of Bessann Swanson and John Clark.

One of my personal favorites within the station was the artwork displayed by Judy Elsley. Her display took more of an interactive

approach, asking patrons to take a piece of paper from one of the following categories: “If I could change one thing about my body it would be,” “I am grateful for my,” and other quotes about the body.

I drew a slip with a quote from Brendan O’Regan: “The body is sensitive. It registers every thought and feeling. Be tender with it.”

While the entire event was open to the artistic interpretation of the viewer, the opportunity to interact with an art piece at my disposal allowed me to recenter and reflect on my life.

Overall, the First Friday Art Stroll is an activity I would recommend for locals of all ages. It gives one the opportunity to be out and about and explore the art of both long-term and upand-coming local artists and musicians.

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The Ogden community’s First Friday Art Stroll is held year round on the first Friday of every month. From 6–9 p.m., the stroll consists of art, shopping and live music for everyone to enjoy. The live events and exhibits are held on Historic 25th Street, at Nine Rails Creative District and The Junction.

I had the opportunity to experience the First Friday Art Stroll for the first time over the fourth of July weekend and the event greatly opened my eyes to the creativity within my community. I have lived in Ogden for about two years but have rarely explored it. My art

stroll experience was largely focused on the Historic 25th Street. Between Grant and Wall Avenues, the art stroll had nine places to visit.

At Gallery 25, I explored the art of various local artists whose techniques varied from watercolor to acrylic. Here, I met with Mike Gardner, whose art was displayed right as you walked into the gallery. It had a light, tropical feel to it, which matched the Hawaiian shirt he was wearing. He told me about a trip he went on to Maui back in January which inspired the oil based artwork found in the gallery.

“The paintings you see here are all unique to today’s stroll,” Gardner said.

Not only did Gardner have his incredible paintings but also had extra large jewelry pieces on display.

Outside of the Rainy Day Emporium was Jocelyn Cortes, who displayed some of her local art but also offered the fun experience of a tarot card reading.

The First Friday Art Stroll featured many artists and their artworks including this one

by Bessann Swanson and John Clark.

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By ELLE GORD

Artist Mike Gardner is speaking about his works with a gallery visitor.

A display of local artwork that was placed in the Union Station during the First Friday Art Stroll on July 2.

By MATIAS PEDREIRA Translator

OPINIÓN El Paseo de Arte del Primer Viernes de la comunidad de Ogden se lleva a cabo durante todo el año el primer viernes de cada mes. De 6 a 9 pm, el paseo consiste en arte, compras y música en vivo para que todos disfruten. Los eventos en vivo y las exhibiciones se llevan a cabo en Historic 25th Street, en Ninth Rails Creative District y The Junction.

Tuve la oportunidad de experimentar el Paseo de Arte del Primer Viernes por primera vez durante el fin de semana del 4 de julio y el evento me abrió enormemente los ojos a la creatividad dentro de mi comunidad. He vivido en Ogden durante unos dos años, pero rara vez lo he explorado. Mi experiencia en el paseo de arte se centró en gran medida en la

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Gallery 25 was one of the many shops on 25th street that participated in the First Friday Art Stroll.

histórica calle 25. Entre Grant y Wall Avenues, el paseo constaba de nueve lugares para visitar.

En la Galería 25, exploré el arte de varios artistas locales cuyas técnicas variaban desde la acuarela hasta el acrílico. Aquí, me reuní con Mike Gardner, cuyo arte se encuentra justo a la entrada de la galería. Tenía una sensación ligera y tropical, que hacía juego con la camisa hawaiana que llevaba. Me contó sobre un viaje que hizo a Maui en enero que inspiró las obras de arte a base de aceite que se encuentran en la galería.

“Las pinturas que ves aquí son exclusivas del paseo de hoy”, dijo Gardner. No solo tenía sus increíbles pinturas, sino que también exhibía piezas de joyería extra-grandes.

Afuera del Rainy Day Emporium estaba Jocelyn Cortes, quien mostró algo de su arte local pero también ofreció la divertida experiencia de una lectura de cartas de tarot.

“Siempre he sentido la necesidad de expresarme a través de la poesía, el dibujo o el arte

marcial”, dijo Cortés.

Tori Fowler también estaba fuera del Emporium con sus joyas hechas a mano, murales y otras pinturas y dibujos.

“Me apasiona mucho hacer cosas hermosas para que la gente las mire, y espero hacerlo, sin importar el medio con el que esté trabajando”, dijo Fowler.

El punto culminante de mi primer paseo de arte del primer viernes del mes fue en la histórica Union Station. Este es un edificio por el que he pasado muchas veces, pero nunca me lo he visitado. Al entrar en la antigua estación de tren, vi la exposición más reciente de Sightseeing in Our National Parks, con las obras de arte de Bessann Swanson y John Clark.

Uno de mis favoritos dentro de la estación fue la obra de arte que mostró la Dra. Judy Elsley. Su exhibición adoptó un enfoque más interactivo, pidiendo a los usuarios que tomaran una hoja de papel de una de las siguientes categorías: “Si pudiera cambiar una cosa

de mi cuerpo, sería...”, “Estoy agradecida por mi...” y otras citas. sobre el cuerpo.

Escribi una cita de Brendan O’Regan: “El cuerpo es sensible. Registra cada pensamiento y sentimiento. Se tierno con eso “. Si bien todo el evento estuvo abierto a la interpretación artística del espectador, la oportunidad de interactuar con una obra de arte a mi disposición me permitió volver a centrarme y reflexionar sobre mi vida.

En general, el pase de arte de los primeros viernes del mes es una actividad que recomendaría a los lugareños de todas las edades. Le da a uno la oportunidad de salir y explorar el arte de artistas y músicos locales tanto larga experiencia como novatos.

Puede encontrar más información sobre los próximos paseos de arte y otros eventos de arte de la ciudad de Ogden en las redes sociales.

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ALUMNA WINS NATIONAL WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY

MENTORSHIP AWARD

Sheree Josephson pictured speaking to the audience during the Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor Ceremony in April of 2018.

By ADAM RUBIN Asst. Section Editor

Weber State University’s Sheree Josephson, Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor, has been honored with a Clifford P. Cheney Service to Journalism Award for Mentorship in the field of journalism.

This award honors the late Clifford P. Cheney, who was the Society of Professional

Journalism Headliners President in 1978.

Cheney was a highly influential voice for journalism, a mentor to many, and worked with students as well as daily newspapers including The Standard-Examiner.

According to an email, which was sent out to all those who will be honored with these Clifford P. Cheney Awards, “This award honors an individual for an outstanding contribution to Utah’s journalism industry. Accomplishments could include work as an educator or

academic, mentoring young journalists, advocating for the industry or other like actions.”

Josephson first met Cheney when he was an adjunct professor. Josephson had taken many classes from the late Cheney, and also worked with him at two different daily newspapers.

“That makes the award really personal because I considered him my personal mentor,” said Josephson.

Josephson was the founding advisor to We-

ber State University’s Society of Professional Journalism chapter and served as the advisor for WSU’s The Signpost for several years.

Josephson worked as a journalist for 18 years before coming to Weber State University when she was hired on as a journalism professor.

This award came as quite a shock and was extremely meaningful to Josephson because of how close Josephson was to the late Cheney, not only academically but profession-

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Eric Peterson, the current Headliner’s President of The Board of the Utah’s SPJ chapter, explained the award that SPJ granted Jo-

“In the process of selecting our honors recipients, someone will submit a nomination letter, then they have vigorous debate, which can last hours.”

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sephson is not only about the standard of excellence in the field of journalism each year, but also about the standard of excellence in mentorship, which they wanted to highlight with this particular award appointed to Josephson.

While there are many different opinions about journalism these days with social media and the distrust between Americans and the traditional news outlets, journalism is still something that will provide much-needed voices to the people by its very nature.

“In the process of selecting our honors recipients, someone will submit a nomination letter, then they have vigorous debate, which can last hours,” Peterson said.

With this year’s nomination of the Mentorship honors, The Headliner’s Association actually held two different meetings about who would receive the honors before they were able to come to any conclusions, one of which

was that this particular honor for mentorship should go to Josephson.

Peterson continued to speak about the difficulties and the importance of journalism today, and how important it is to have mentors to lead the next generation of journalists into the professional realm of journalism work.

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Throughout the month of June, I wrote several columns highlighting certain events in the history of the LGBTQ community that have made an impact on where we are today. It’s been 51 years since the Stonewall Riots, and even though things are significantly better than they were in the 1960s, there is still an enormous amount of work that needs to be done.

Over the past decades, the riots demanding equal rights have turned into parades where many gather in honor of those who have fought before us and to also remind people that our rights are still being threatened.

Unfortunately, it is unsurprising that the rights of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of LGBTQ people around the world continue to be targeted everyday. As of late, it has been the transgender community that has been facing the most wrath from legislators around the country.

Many states in the U.S. have proposed bills that would ban trans girl athletes from participating in something as simple as school-sanctioned sports. Proponents of these laws argue

that because trans girls were assigned male at birth, they must have an increased level of testosterone, therefore giving them an unfair advantage in girls’ sports.

Alternatively, opponents of these bills argue that they are transphobic in nature and that they are creating more division than is necessary. Many have gone so far as to say that bills banning trans girls from playing in school sports are just creating a solution to a problem that does not exist.

Republican representatives in Utah proposed House Bill 302 in February of this year that would ban trans girls from playing on girls’ sports teams at their schools. This bill would require public schools to base participation in sports on the sex determined at birth, which would bar transgender students from partaking in sports.

Those in support of HB 302 argued that this bill would help preserve the history of women’s sports. During the House Education Committee meeting in February, some cisgender women athletes voiced their concern about losing their place on their sports teams if transgender women were allowed to play alongside them.

At the same committee meeting, those who were in opposition to the bill voiced their concerns surrounding the constitutionality of HB 302 and the impact it would have on trans-

gender youth if it were to be put in place.

Currently, HB 302 is scheduled to be brought up in the 2022 legislative session because it stalled in the 2021 session in the Senate. There have been other states that have attempted to pass similar legislation to HB 302. Florida and Idaho are the only two states that have successfully passed similar bills. Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana re-

cently vetoed a bill that would ban trans girls from school-sanctioned sports.

Bills such as HB 302 are inherently discriminatory and serve only as vehicles of exclusion.

They send the message that certain groups, in this case transgender youth, that they are not worthy of partaking in certain activities in life.

The Trump administration loved to target minority groups, including the LGBTQ comSara Parker | The Signpost

By BREANNA HART Columnist

Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, Utah.

munity, and often used religion as a reason to single out certain groups. In one instance, the Trump administration submitted a brief to the Supreme Court arguing that organizations funded by taxpayers should be able to turn away same-sex couples and anyone else they deemed was in violation of their religious beliefs.

In this argument, the Trump administration included adoption agencies, saying they

should be able to turn away same-sex couples.

This came to light with Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, which is a case that challenges the refusal of the Catholic Social Services to place adoptive and foster children in the homes of same-sex couples. CSS is a religious non-profit organization that runs a child welfare system in Philadelphia.

This decision was considered to be in violation of the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance in district court, meaning CSS lost. After this, CSS appealed the court’s decision in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but the 3rd court too sided with the lower district court. In response, CSS took the case all the way up to the Supreme Court in February of 2020.

The Supreme Court unanimously voted to overturn the lower court’s decision in this case. It was decided that the city of Philadelphia had violated CSS’s right to free exercise of religion by not including CSS in the foster care program because they refused same-sex couples from fostering and adopting.

The ruling that the Supreme Court gave is entirely unsurprising considering the fact that many of the justices are rightwing conservatives. The ruling in this case not only affects same sex-couples, but the children in the foster system as well. Same-

sex couples are more likely to adopt children than heterosexual couples, so the fact that many are barred from doing so in Philadelphia, based solely on religious reasons, is ridiculous.

The Trump administration worked tirelessly to take away the basic human rights of those in the LGBTQ community. I know the Trump administration is no longer in office and no longer has any hold on the country as a whole, but this was happening within these past four years, in a time when we are supposed to be progressing past a 1950s attitude and outlook on the world, but instead, with the policies

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that Trump and his goonies put in place, we were dragged back many decades in terms of bigotry, discrimination and prejudice.

So, when someone asks why we still need Pride parades, this is why. Our rights are not secure and can be written off at any moment.

Conservative legislators around the country are actively trying to take away the basic human rights that LGBTQ people have been given. It’s ridiculous that we have to even fight for the basic right to exist.

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The A2 parking lot is primarily used by faculty and staff.

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Weber State University has announced changes to parking availability as construction continues on the new UTA BRT system. The system will streamline transportation around campus and make it easier for students to choose alternative, cleaner forms of transportation.

The A2 parking lot is primarily a staff/faculty lot. That being said, the effect on students should be minimal. The construction should have an impact through the summer with the hope being the majority of the parking lot will be open at the start of fall semester. The construction delays come as WSU adds the new UTA BRT system.

The new integrated bus line will provide electric, alternative transportation to and from BELLA TORRES | The Signpost

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Weber State, contractors and all other parties involved hope the construction progresses quickly and causes as few changes for students as possible.

Weber State’s campus. The dedicated route (formerly route 603) will route from the frontrunner station through downtown Ogden. The hope is that riders can catch a bus every 15 minutes whichever direction they are going. A total of 13 stations will be constructed for the BRT system with a series of traffic lights being installed to provide the new clean air buses with quicker transport capability.

The BRT project should be completed in full by 2023 with initial completion of stops being finished in 2021. Most WSU locations should be completed by this year with full completion, and a grand opening and operational test will be run in 2023.

Construction is being done simultaneously in multiple locations with the goal of making greater efficiency and completing the project by its 2023 completion date. The A2 parking lot is still subject to construction delays and while the UTA, Weber State and contractors work diligently to ensure not only that campus remains efficient but also the completion of the new BRT is done on time.

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4. The correct answer is D, Drake Bell. According to Fox News 8, Bell was charged with child endangering and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. pixabay.com

2. The correct answer is B, Firenados.

According to Gizmodo, “Firenadoes are also known as fire tornadoes, fire twisters, or perhaps most accurately, fire devils.

(They’re also sometimes called fire whirls, though some meteorologists draw a distinction for that term for smaller, but still terrifying, fire weather occurrences.)”

On June 24 a condo building in Florida collapsed leaving many missing.

5. The correct answer is A, Ogden School District. According to The Standard Examiner, Luke Rasmussen is excited for what’s to come in his time as superintendent.

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3. The correct answer is A, Child Tax Credit. According to CNN, “The Internal Revenue Service is hoping to reach millions more low-income families ... as it starts to roll out the massive expansion of the child tax credit this week. Getting the funds to these households is crucial to the Biden administration and congressional Democrats’ goal to reduce child poverty nearly in half for 2021 through the beefed-up benefit.”

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1. The correct answer is C, 94.

According to NBC News, identifying the victims is becoming harder and harder to do and is now more focused on finding human remains rather than bodies.

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