From which state did a convicted murder escape prison, prompting an ongoing manhunt?
1.
A. New York
B. Delaware
C. Pennsylvania
D. Florida
2.
What has prevented attendees of popular art festival, Burning Man, from leaving the festival?
A. Mud
B. Heat Waves
C. Landslides
D. Wildfires
3. 4.
Conservation groups are suing the state of Utah, trying to save which natural feature?
A. Goblin Valley
B. Great Salt Lake
C. Bryce Canyon
D. Bear Lake
Which A-list celebrity couple announced their divorce this week?
A. Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher
B. Sophie Turner & Joe Jonas
C. Chrissy Teigen & John Legend
D. Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds
This past winter was unique for Utah; record-breaking snowfall brought flooding to Salt Lake City, which hasn’t been seen in 40 years. However, this excessive snowpack hasn’t solved Utah’s drought.
Public water is drawn from multiple sources in the Wasatch Front. All of these need to be replenished to end the drought.
“From drinking sources to irrigation for farming to industrial uses, you know, every use of water is essentially coming from those reservoirs or groundwater,” Chris DeKorver, a hydrogeologist in Utah, said.
According to Marek Matyjasik, an environmental sciences professor at Weber State University specializing in groundwater, most of the water used in Northern Utah comes from underground stores known as aquifers. In the Ogden area, specifically, most water is drawn from the Delta Aquifer.
Delta Aquifer has been declining at a rate
of about 1 foot per year since the 1950s. This steady decline threatens to bring the aquifer levels lower than Great Salt Lake’s.
“If this happens, we will trigger saltwater intrusion from Great Salt Lake,” Matyjasik said. “Salt water will flow into the aquifer, and then we are not able to use this water for any purposes anymore.”
This past winter filled some water stores significantly. DeKorver said the Great salt lake has risen about 6 feet since last year.
Despite the fact that the Great Salt Lake is non-consumable to the public, the health of the lake impacts the entire water cycle of northern Utah. A lower lake level causes water to travel faster from the mountains, which impacts groundwater stores.
Matyjasik and DeKorver agree that Utah will need to see several heavy winters like last year’s to solve the drought.
This past winter was completely unexpected. Last year was a La Niña year, which means weather cycles were expected to bring lower-than-average precipitation to southern
California and southern Utah. While northern Utah is not as drastically affected by this weather pattern as southern Utah, precipitation is expected to be somewhat lower during these years.
However, instead of lower precipitation, Utah saw the wettest winter in recorded history. The only year that compared was 1983, which brought significant and costly flooding.
This coming winter will fall under an El Niño year, which typically brings above average precipitation to Utah. It is difficult to trust these predictions given the drastic changes in climate the planet has experienced in the past decades.
“We’re seeing a lot of different changes in when winter hits,” DeKorver said. “I don’t think it’s the natural climate, necessarily.”
With such unpredictable weather, the past 20 years of steady drought and Utah’s rapid growth in population increasing water usage, experts agree that restrictive measures on how Utah uses its water need to be put in place.
“We need to focus on our most important
needs and conserve what there is,” Matyjasik said.
DeKorver said local water conservation efforts usually entail raising the price of water in individual households.
One such measure was placing water meters on homes. This tracked how much water was used and restricted the amount allotted to each household.
This worked well in Utah; Matyjasik saw his own household irrigation water usage drop 70% in two years with his water meter. These water meter restrictions have been lifted in the past year.
Matyjasik said legislators were “hoping that this huge amount of snow would be sufficient to provide the amount of water that you were deficient of before but that is just not true. It’s impossible.”
As the fall semester of Weber State University begins, issues are emerging during the process of switching from physical Wildcard IDs to a digitalized alternative. WSU students, especially those residing in campus dormitories, have had issues with switching to the digital card and having door access to their buildings.
Chip Coleman, systems architect for Student Affairs Technology at WSU, has been one of the university’s staff members helping students through this new process. Coleman has been associated with WSU for 17 years.
“We spent a lot of time with students to figure out why they couldn’t get the Wildcard and door access figured out, but we just had to put a lot of pieces together and go through the process of getting their mobile credentials
set,” Coleman said.
Connie Frazier, director of Housing and Residence Life, said the university did small group testing of this process in fall 2022, but this is the first time they are mass-launching the idea.
“With any new system, there are some slowdowns with people,” Frazier said. “Campus IT have been really helpful, especially with students in housing who are struggling to adapt to the digital Wildcard.”
According to Frazier, many of the international students attending WSU do not have United States-based phone services and aren’t able to switch to a digital Wildcard.
Physical Wildcards can be distributed if the individual’s mobile device won’t complete the processes or if they simply do not wish to have a digital card. If a physical card is lost, a $20 fee will be charged to the student’s account.
Coleman said this process was not so much of a malfunction, but more of a series of processes that could take hours or days to complete. This process depends on the mobile device of the individual and if its near-field communications is enabled.
NFC is similar to bluetooth and is used for most e-transactions. This can be found and enabled in the settings of the student’s mobile device. Once this is established, the student will need to set up an account on Duo within the eWeber portal.
Students will then need to download the Transact eAccounts app on their mobile device and upload a profile photo onto the app. Submitting the photo may take time as it needs to be approved by the Wildcard office.
The student’s mobile credentials and digital Wildcard will then be added to the wallet on their mobile device, similar to a debit or credit
card. In the case of students in housing, once the card is added to the wallet, there is another process run that adds residence hall door access.
“We’re moving into a realm of smart cards, being that mobile credentials are pretty self-sufficient, and students don’t have to go to the Wildcard office to handle the process there,” Coleman said.
Coleman said this decision also helps prevent the spread of COVID-19 through less contact of physical WIldcards.
“We are asking students to be as patient as possible because this is a process of making sure everyone will benefit from this new approach,” Coleman said.
More information and instructions on how to switch to the digital Wildcard can be found on the WSU website.
A medida que comienza el semestre de otoño en Weber State University, van surgiendo problemas durante el proceso de cambio de las identificaciones físicas Wildcard a una alternativa digitalizada. Los estudiantes de WSU, especialmente aquellos que residen en dormitorios del campus, han tenido problemas para cambiar a la tarjeta digital y tener acceso a las puertas de sus edificios.
Chip Coleman, arquitecto de sistemas de Tecnología de Asuntos Estudiantiles en WSU, ha sido uno de los miembros del personal de la universidad que ha ayudado a los estudiantes a través de este nuevo proceso. Coleman ha estado asociado con WSU durante 17 años.
“Pasamos mucho tiempo con los estudiantes para entender por qué no podían entender la tarjeta Wildcard y dar el acceso a la
puerta, pero solo tuvimos que juntar muchas piezas y pasar por el proceso de configurar sus credenciales móviles”. Dijo Coleman.
Connie Frazier, directora de Vivienda y Vida Residencial, dijo que la universidad realizó pruebas de este proceso en grupos pequeños en el otoño de 2022, pero esta es la primera vez que lanzan la idea en masa.
“Con cualquier sistema nuevo, hay algunas desaceleraciones entre las personas”, dijo Frazier. “Campus IT ha sido de gran ayuda, especialmente para los estudiantes alojados en viviendas que tienen dificultades para adaptarse al Wildcard”.
Según Frazier, muchos de los estudiantes internacionales que asisten a WSU no tienen servicios telefónicos en los Estados Unidos y no pueden cambiar al Wildcard digital.
Los Wildcards físicos se pueden distribuir si el dispositivo móvil del individuo no completa los procesos o si simplemente no desea tener una tarjeta digital. Si se pierde una tarjeta física, se cargará una tarifa de $20 a la cuenta del estudiante.
Coleman dijo que este proceso no era tanto un mal funcionamiento, sino más bien una serie de procesos que podían tardar horas o días en completarse. Este proceso depende del dispositivo móvil del individuo y de si sus comunicaciones de campo cercano están habilitadas.
NFC (near-field communication, por sus siglas en inglés) es similar al Bluetooth y se utiliza para la mayoría de las transacciones electrónicas. Esta opción se puede encontrar y habilitar en la configuración del dispositivo móvil del estudiante. Una vez establecido esto, el estudiante deberá configurar una cuenta en Duo dentro del portal eWeber.
Luego, los estudiantes deberán descargar la aplicación Transact eAccounts en su dispositivo móvil y cargar una foto de perfil en la aplicación. Enviar la foto puede llevar tiempo, ya que debe ser aprobada por la oficina de Wildcard.
Las credenciales móviles del estudiante y la Wildcard se agregarán a la billetera de su dispositivo móvil, de forma similar a una tarjeta
de débito o crédito. En el caso de estudiantes en alojamiento, una vez agregada la tarjeta a la billetera, se ejecuta otro proceso que agrega el acceso a la puerta del corredor en la residencia.
“Nos estamos moviendo hacia el ámbito de las tarjetas inteligentes, ya que las credenciales móviles son bastante autosuficientes y los estudiantes no tienen que ir a la oficina de Wildcard para manejar el proceso”, dijo Coleman.
Coleman dijo que esta decisión también ayuda a prevenir la propagación de COVID-19 a través de un menor contacto de los comodines físicos.
“Pedimos a los estudiantes que sean lo más pacientes posible porque este es un proceso para garantizar que todos se beneficien de este nuevo enfoque”, dijo Coleman.
Podrán encontrar más información e instrucciones sobre cómo cambiar al Wildcardl en el sitio web de WSU.
On June 1, former associate provost Jessica Oyler was appointed vice president of Student Access and Success at Weber State University.
Student Access and Success is a new division at WSU that aligns areas of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Success. Oyler’s new position replaces the vice president of Student Affairs and will report to the president and provost of WSU.
According to a press release from WSU, SAS will focus on recruiting and retaining all students and will provide educational experiences outside the classroom.
“Dr. Oyler is laser-focused on student success, and she’s going to bring a passion and fresh perspective to this important new role,” WSU President Brad Mortensen said in a press release.
In the past few months,Oyler has taken many opportunities to make herself more accessible to students from all backgrounds. Prior to the semester, she sent out an email survey, asking how students felt about the coming semester
and if there were any concerns she could address.
Results of the survey revealed that the top concerns for incoming students were paying for school, employment commitments, making friends at school and health concerns.
“About 20% of our students are worried about making friends coming to school, and so I’ve been reaching out to everybody wondering how … we help with this,” Oyler said.
Oyler’s primary focus is to be more accessible to students across the Ogden and Davis campuses. She is constantly seeking new ways to engage with students and applying their needs and concerns to her mindset.
“My goal, personally, is to be accessible to students, and I’ve sent out a couple of emails earlier this week to check in on that sort of thing,” Oyler said. “I also want to remove barriers, and where we have them for students and really work to where our services are intuitive for people.” Share
By ANNA KULGAR
Editor
Weber State University once again closed out the first week welcoming students with its annual Foam Bash, hosted by the Weber State University Student Association. The classic tradition began fifteen years ago and is very much a student favorite. The Foam Bash is the welcome students need to start the semester off in the best way possible, with an opportunity to meet other
students and to have some fun before the semester goes into full force.
The Foam Bash gave students a night full of dancing to loud, upbeat music provided by a live DJ, delicious food and drinks and a chance at some fun and memorable souvenirs from caricature portraits to airbrush tattoos.
Hundreds of students showed up to the bash and participated in various activities at the event, such as jumping in a pool of foam and to run head-first down the foam slip-and-
slide.
The foam pit was packed as people gathered in the pit underneath neon strobe lights, covered in bubbles and splashing around while dancing to the music and socializing with other students at the event.
The entirety of the event combined music, foam and nonstop fun in a unique way for students to be able to let loose and connect with each other and create new memories as the school year kicks off for Weber State students.
For those students participating in the Weber State Traditions Keeper, the Foam Bash is also one of the important traditions listed for students to complete in order to be awarded for completing the listed tasks and keeping WSU traditions alive.
Regardless of whether students came for the fun and socializing, or to keep the Weber State traditions, it is safe to say the Foam Bash is still a student favorite and a great beginning for the events still in store throughout the semester for students to enjoy.
Weber State University nuevamente ha terminado su primer semana de bienvenido con la anual fiesta de espuma (Foam Bash), organizado por la Asociación de Estudiantes de Weber State University (Weber State University Student Association).
La clásica tradición comenzó hace quince
años y es una de las celebraciones favoritas de los estudiantes. La fiesta de espuma es exactamente lo que los estudiantes necesitan para comenzar el año escolar. Además de eso los estudiantes tienen oportunidad de conocer a otros estudiantes y divertirse antes del comienzo del semestre.
La fiesta de espuma le da a los estudiantes la oportunidad de bailar con música alterada y optimista de un DJ, con comida sabrosa y bebidas. También pudieron agarrar recuerdos de retratos de caricatura o tatuajes de aerógrafo y más.
Cientos de estudiantes se presentaron a la
fiesta y participaron en cosas como saltar en una piscina de espuma y deslizar sobre un tobogán de espuma.
El pozo de espuma estaba lleno de gente debajo de luces estroboscópicas, cubiertos en burbujas, salpicando mientras bailan y socializan con otros estudiantes en el evento.
Totalmente, el evento combinó la música, espuma y diversión de una forma que estudiantes podrán relajarse y conocer a otras personas y crear nuevas memorias mientras comienza el año escolar para los estudiantes de Weber State University.
Para los estudiantes participantes en el
Weber State Traditions Keeper, el Foam Bash (fiesta de espuma) es una de las tradiciones más importantes que los estudiantes pueden cumplir para mantener la lista de tener a las tradiciones de Weber State vivas.
A pesar de todo, los estudiantes vinieron a la fiesta para disfrutar, mantener las tradiciones vivas y tener una forma segura para divertirse. Siempre será una de las cosas favoritas que los estudiantes hacen y también es una buena forma de comenzar el año escolar.
After a 35–10 victory over Central Washington University to start the football season, Weber State University cornerback Abraham Williams secured the title of Big Sky Player of the Week.
In Weber State’s win over Central Washington, Williams exhibited his exceptional skills by returning a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. While this marked his first kickoff return for a touchdown in the current season, it was his fifth such achievement during his time at Weber State University.
“Honestly, I don’t really think too much about it,” Williams said. “I mean, obviously it’s exciting, and it’s nice to have, but really I just stay in the moment and stay present and just worry about the next game. I take it day by day and stay in the present.”
In the 2022 football season, Williams solidified his reputation as a consensus All-American, having managed to return four kickoffs over 100 yards. Williams has been an asset to the Wildcats, having played a total of 16 games over two seasons.
Williams was the sole player in the entire NCAA to accomplish more than two 100-plus yard kickoff returns with 24 returns for 898 yards, boasting an impressive average of 37.4 yards per return. On the defensive front, Williams has also made significant contributions
with two interceptions, one forced fumble, one pass break up and six tackles.
“After a kickoff return when I’m in the game I’m in the zone, but as soon as I hit the end zone, all the emotions come out,” Williams said.
Williams is the first player in Weber State history to maintain an average of 39.0 yards per return in kickoff returns, and he currently holds the No. 7 spot in career return yards as a Wildcat. In the list of all-time touchdowns from kickoff returns at Weber State, Williams ranks No. 2, only trailing behind former Wildcat star Rashid Shaheed.
With this Big Sky Player of the Week award, this marks Williams’ third POTW award after he was able to achieve this accomplishment twice last season.
“My main goal this season is to get All-American in kick returner, my main focus right now is to get All-American on defense as well or All-Conference,” Williams said. “I’m just trying to have a really great season as a defensive back and be the best one in the conference.”
Following their successful home opener against Central Washington, Williams and the Wildcats are gearing up for a nationally-ranked showdown against the University of Northern Iowa on Sept. 9 at 3 p.m., as they hit the road to Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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Tras una victoria de 35-10 contra Central Washington University que daba comienzo a la temporada de fútbol, el defensa lateral de Weber State University, Abraham Williams, se aseguró el título de jugador de la semana de Big Sky.
En esta victoria de Weber State contra Washington Central, Williams exhibió sus habilidades excepcionales al devolver un saque de 100 yardas de un touchdown. Aunque este fue su primer retorno de patada de un touchdown de la temporada, fue su quinto logro durante su tiempo en Weber State University.
“Honestamente, realmente no pienso mucho en ello,” dijo Williams. “O sea, obviamente es emocionante, y me alegro de conseguirlo, pero de verdad vivo el momento y me mantengo presente y ya me preocupo sobre el próximo partido. Me lo tomo día a día y permanezco en el presente.”
En la temporada de fútbol de 2022, Williams consolidó su reputación como All-American consensuado, habiendo logrado devolver cuatro saques a más de 100 yardas. Williams ha sido un pilar para los Wildcats, habiendo jugado un total de 16 partidos en dos temporadas. Williams fue el único jugador de toda la NCAA que logró más de dos retornos de patada de 100 yardas con 24 retornos de 898 yardas, lo que le lleva a un impresionante promedio de 37.4 yardas por retorno. En el frente defensivo, Williams también ha hecho contribuciones significativas con dos intercepciones, un balón suelto forzado,
un pase desviado y seis placajes.
“Después de un retorno de patada cuando estoy en el partido estoy en la zona, pero en cuanto llego a la zona de anotación, todas las emociones salen,” dijo Williams.
Williams es el primer jugador en la historia de Weber State en mantener una media de 39.0 yardas por retorno en retornos de patada, y actualmente mantiene el séptimo lugar en yardas profesionales de retorno como Wildcat. En la lista de touchdowns históricos
de los retornos de patada en Weber State, Williams se encuentra en el segundo puesto, tras la antigua estrella Wildcat, Rashid Shaheed.
Este premio de Big Sky como jugador de la semana marca su tercer POTW premio tras haber conseguido este logro dos veces la temporada pasada.
“Mi principal objetivo durante esta temporada es conseguir el All-American en retornos de patada, mi foco principal ahora mismo es conseguir All-American en la defensa también
o All-Conference,” Williams dijo. “Estoy intentando una gran temporada como defensa y ser el mejor en la conferencia.”
Después de su éxito en casa contra Central Washington, Williams y los Wildcats se están preparando para un enfrentamiento de clasificación nacional contra University of Northern Iowa el 9 de septiembre, poniéndose en camino a Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The answer is C, Pennsylvania. According to CNN, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania on Aug. 31. Investigators believe Cavalcante climbed onto the prison roof to escape.
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The answer is A, Mud. According to NPR, heavy rains and mud kept thousands of attendees stranded at the Burning Man festival, which took place from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4, when traffic bans were lifted. The following morning on Sept. 5, traffic was so congested that it was taking drivers around seven hours to travel five miles to the nearest paved road.
The answer is B, Great Salt Lake. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, complainants argued the Utah Department of Natural Resources is failing to protect the largest saline ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere, and must take larger steps to reduce water consumption in Utah.
The correct answer is B, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas. According to People.com, Jonas filed for divorce on Sept. 5, and the filing claimed their marriage of four years is “irretrievably broken.”
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