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In total, the Wildcat offense totaled 623 yards. Barron completed 25 of their 33 attempted passes and threw for 368 Winstonyards.Reid led the squad with 11 tackles. Garrett Beck was close behind with seven, and both Eddie Heckard and Desmond Williams each had ﬁve tackles.Weber

“You need to go into conference play playing well,” head coach Jay Hill said. “I think that there’s a lot of things we’re doing well, we’ve handled the ﬁrst three games exactly the way we needed

Of those ﬁve scoring attempts, Thompson had three ﬁeld goals, all from over 20 yards.

The Aggies currently sit at 1–2 for the season, collecting their ﬁrst win against the University of San Diego, 43–13 on Sept. 17.

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Kyle Thompson kicked for the extra point and the ‘Cats led 7–0.

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State is headed into conference play next week as they hit the road and take on UC Davis on Sept. 24 at UC Davis Health Stadium.

On a slower start to the second quarter, the Trailblazers responded ﬁrst with a 37-yard touchdown pass from Tracy to Joey Hobert. This would be the last time UTU would add any points to the scoreboard.Thenewpace of the Wildcat offense looked to be too much for the Trailblazers as the ‘Cats would score ﬁve more times before the end of the game.

Weber State University’s football team sits at 3–0 after the Wildcats blazed past the Utah Tech Trailblazers 44–14 on Sept. 17 at Stewart Stadium.

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they added another seven points to the scoreboard.Barronconnected to Jacob Sharp for a 35-yard touchdown four minutes after their ﬁrst, leading UTU 14–0.

Weber State kept up their passing game and Barron found MacPherson for a second time, connecting for a 36yard touchdown to push the ‘Cats to 21–7 headed into the second quarter.

Utah Tech wasn’t able to respond to the Wildcats ﬁrst touchdown before

The Trailblazers added their own points to the scoreboard on an 8-yard touchdown from quarterback Kobe Tracy to David Fisher.

“He continues to do well and teams are going to have to ﬁnd answers to cover him,” Hill said about MacPherson.Damon Banksnskton collected the only rushing touchdown late in the fourth quarter for 6-yards, the ‘Cats ﬁnished the night 44–14.

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Utah Tech linebacker Ryan Linehan attempting to grab WSU linebacker Alema Tupuola.

The ‘Cats previously lost to the Aggies at Stewart Stadium last season in a close match up, 17–14.

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State was quick to silence the doubters after Bronson Barron connected with Ty MacPherson for a 13-yard touchdown less than two minutes after the game started.

an upset against Utah State, spectators were concerned the ‘Cats would roll into this game against the Trailblazers overly conﬁdent and underperform.Weber

The Barron-MacPherson combo connected for the third time after Barron connected a 17-yard touchdown late in the third quarter.

Wide receiver Ty MacPherson getting ready to tackle cornerback Devyn Perkins.

It has been 24 years since the last time Weber State football has entered conference play with a 3–0 record.

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The Aggies started off slow at ﬁrst, but ral-

Utah Valley was able to add another goal to the stat sheet on a fastbreak from Patrick Shimbashi with less than 10 minutes left in the third period.

With less than two minutes left in the third period and the score sitting at 3–1, Wildcat Jack Jones got his ﬁrst collegiate goal of his Weber State career. Despite being in a position to force an overtime period, Weber State was not able to equalize the score and lost 3–2.

Weber State University’s hockey team kicked off their hockey season on Sept. 16 with a game against Utah Valley University. Both teams were trying to make a statement after last year’s opener, where the Wildcats dominated 15–2.

The Wildcats started strong in the ﬁrst period, blasting 15 shots on goal. With six seconds remaining in the ﬁrst period, Andrei

lied late in the ﬁrst period with goals from Bradley Green and Dalton L’Allier, putting Utah State up 2–1.

Weber State’s next home game will be on Oct. 7 against the University of Utah. The puck will drop at 7:15 p.m.

After a hard-fought night, the Wolverines left the Ice Sheet with a 3–2 victory.

Shmakov smashed in a slap shot to give Weber State their ﬁrst goal of the season.

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“You must stay positive and be ready for the next game,” Wildcat goalkeeper Kyle Lane said. “We can’t let this result get to us.”

On Sept. 17, Weber State hockey played their second game of the weekend, hoping for their ﬁrst win against Utah State University. The Aggies came out on top, however, winning 5–2.

Weber State University hockey players and UVU about crash into a referee.

“I think we looked at last season’s results a little too much and we weren’t ready for tonight,” coach Yosh Ryujin said.

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The Wildcats struck ﬁrst in the heated rivalry match. Within the ﬁrst two minutes of the game, Cory Mater hit a goal in for Weber State.

With 16 minutes left in the second period, Utah Valley forward Ammon Anderson tied the game up with an easy rebound goal. Anderson followed up with another goal during a power play to put the Wolverines up 2–1.

A goal from Bryon Fobair early in the second period was able to bring Weber State back in the game. However, the Aggies were able to take advantage of Wildcat’s turnovers to pull ahead. L’Allier ﬁnished the night with a hat trick, ending the game 5–2.

Weber State University’s women’s volleyball team fell short in their comeback against Utah State University, losing 3–2 on Sept. 17 at Swenson Gym in Ogden.

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The Wildcats went up early in the set with a 4–0 run and then a 3–0 run making the score 9–2. Weber State didn’t look back and

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went on to win the set 25–19, making the game 2–1.

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Both teams came into the ﬁfth set ready

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“We were deﬁnitely the aggressor,” Wildcat middle blocker Baylee Bodily said. “We were aggressive with them. Sure, they had some good points on us. They had some kills and some really good plays. We didn’t let that affect our game.”

The match ended with 35 total ties and 16 lead changes. Bodily had 23.5 points for the Wildcats, and setter Kate Standiﬁrd had 49

“It was a tough loss, but we competed the whole time,” Bodily said.

Both teams came out with energy in the ﬁrst set, going back and forth till the Aggies endedGoing30–28.into the second set, Utah State made a strong impression early, going on a 5–0 run. The Aggies ended up taking that set 25–20, making the match 2–0.

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to end the match as the Wildcats and Aggies battled till the last point. Utah State delivered the ﬁnal blow to win the match 15–13.

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Going into the fourth set early, both teams were neck-and-neck until the Wildcats pulled away late, going on a 5–0 run. They again ended up winning the set 25–19, tying the game 2–2 with one set left.

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“I think we need to improve on those first two games,” Gneiting said. “We started off a little slow. Those little things that we couldn’t fix right away we have to fix faster, and we can work on fighting earlier in the game.”

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In the third set, the Wildcats started to ﬁght back, coming in with energy. Weber State’s outside hitter Ashley Gneiting said the team cleaned up their serving and blocking.

nar el set 25-19, haciendo el juego 2-1. “Definitivamente fuimos el agresor”, dijo la bloqueadora media de los Wildcats, Baylee Bodily. “Fuimos agresivas con ellas. Por supuesto, tuvieron algunos buenos pun tos sobre nosotros. Tuvieron algunos asesin atos y algunas jugadas realmente buenas. No dejamos que eso afectara a nuestro juego”.Entrando en el cuarto set, ambos equipos estaban empatados hasta que los Wildcats se alejaron al final, con una racha de 5-0. Nuevamente terminaron ganando el set 25-19, empatando el juego 2-2 con un set restante.Ambos equipos llegaron al quinto set dispuestos a terminar el partido, ya que los

Ambos equipos salieron con energía en el primer set, yendo de un lado a otro hasta que los Aggies terminaron 30-28.

El equipo de voleibol femenino de la Uni versidad de Weber State se quedó corto en su remontada contra la Universidad de Utah State, perdiendo 3-2 el 17 de septiembre en el Swenson Gym de Ogden.

“Creo que tenemos que mejorar en esos dos primeros juegos”, dijo Gneiting. “Empe zamos un poco lentos. Esas pequeñas cosas que no pudimos arreglar de inmediato ten emos que arreglarlas más rápido, y podem os trabajar en la lucha más temprano en el juego.”LosWildcats se adelantaron pronto en el set con una racha de 4-0 y luego con una racha de 3-0 que puso el marcador en 9-2. Weber State no miró hacia atrás y pasó a ga

llevándose ese set 25-20, haciendo el par tidoEn2-0.eltercer set, los Wildcats comenzaron a luchar, entrando con energía. La atacante de Weber State, Ashley Gneiting, dijo que el equipo mejoró su servicio y bloqueo.

“Fue una dura derrota, pero competimos todo el tiempo”, dijo Bodily.

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Wildcats y los Aggies lucharon hasta el últi mo punto. Utah State dio el golpe final para ganar el partido 15-13.

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El partido terminó con un total de 35 em pates y 16 cambios de liderazgo. Bodily tuvo 23,5 puntos para los Wildcats, y la colocado ra Kate Standifird tuvo 49 asistencias.

Al entrar en el segundo set, Utah State causó una fuerte impresión al principio, con una racha de 5-0. Los Aggies terminaron

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Havingmembers.theBonneville Chamber Music Festival at WSU was a big opportunity. Jeffrey LaDeur, a pianist in the U.S, said any one of these performances could have been performed on the world stages.

Bradley Ottesen playing along with his quartet with his viola.

For the ﬁnale, there was a string duet and a solo by Fábio Zanon, a Brazilian guitarist, who shared classic Latin music with the audience. The night ended with a piano quintet that highlighted each of the instruments

The second night ended with the showing of the 1927 Buster Keaton silent movie “College,” with the soundtrack played by the musicians. “I love how they incorporated jazz music, then transitioned into classical and then folk tunes,” Abby Andersen, an audience member, said. “I thought it was ingenious how they combined it all and then turned it into a score for a movie.”

played.Themusicians let the instruments sing. LeDeur and Zanon didn’t travel with their instrument and had to use a different instrument. Both had to ﬁnd the way the instruments wanted to play and sing.

Established and well-known musicians played in the concerts sharing their passion for the music they love.

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together and develop an interpretation, then it’s alive and it’s something different.”

During the movie, the musicians hoped the audience would collaborate with them, to help make the experience memorable. Audience members were laughing, making remarks and booing when the villain came onYu-Janescreen.

The ﬁrst night of the concert was performed by the Fry Street Quartet, who are based in Logan. The second night of the concert had a solo performance by Suren Bagratuni, an Armenian cello player. Bagratuni had audience members lost in the music with his performance of J.S. Bach.

Yang, director of keyboard studies at WSU and audience member, said the live music added to the experience of the movie.

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During the performance, audience members never would’ve guessed that the musicians had only a few days before the concerts.Uzur said there is a “spark” that is in chamber music compared to performing groups. “When it comes to the performers, the energy and the reaction between them is so alive.”Audience members could see that spark. The musicians showed their passion for their art and played off each other during theYuliaperformances.Goff,anaudience member, loved seeing how the musicians at this level played with each other and how alive they were.The musicians could also feel that spark between them. They played off each other, giving encouraging smiles and moving to the“Youmusic.come knowing the piece, but the piece itself takes a life of its own with these other people,” LaDeur said. “Because we’re all playing the same notes, when you come

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The Fry Street Quartet rehearses while a movie known as “College” plays in the background in the Browning Center.

ﬁrst rehearsal the day before. They had one day to prepare, meet and learn how the others play before performing to an audience. LaDeur likes a smaller number of rehearsals because when there are many, they rehearse until every small detail is ﬁgured out. With a smaller amount, they can all be focused and have fun living in the moment.

World-class musicians came together for the 15th anniversary of the Bonneville Chamber Music Festival held at Weber State University. It was a three-day concert series on Sept. 14-17 in the Allred Theater.

Viktor Uzur, artistic director for Bonneville Chamber Music, invites these musicians who might not know each other in hopes they will collaborate and inspire each other.

The music festival is different from the performing groups. Musicians arrived two days before the ﬁrst concert and had their

By the end of the concert, audience members were on their feet giving standing ovations.Audience members who attended all three concerts could feel the energy and collaboration between the musicians and the audience grow throughout each performance.TheBonneville Chamber Music Festival brought musicians together to collaborate and inspire each other while also bringing the audience members along by sharing inspiring music and allowing the audience members to participate with the music.

Pianist Jeffrey LaDeur playing along with his quartet.

“We are fortunate here in Ogden to have such world outstanding musicians,” Robert Harris, an audience member, said.

This was the ﬁrst time since the pandemic that the festival was back to normal with its three days of concerts. Only the ﬁnale was broadcast in hopes to encourage people to attend in World-classperson.musicians from Italy, Armenia, Brazil and the U.S. came to create the festival and to share their music with audience

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Era la primera vez desde la pandemia que el festival volvía a la normalidad con sus tres días de conciertos. Sólo se retransmitió el ﬁnal con la esperanza de animar a la gente a asistir en Músicospersona.detalla mundial procedentes de Italia, Armenia, Brasil y Estados Unidos vinieron a crear el festival y a compartir su música con el público.

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A LaDeur le gusta un número menor de ensayos porque cuando son muchos, ensayan hasta que cada pequeño detalle está resuelto. Con un número menor, todos pueden concentrarse y divertirse viviendo el momento.Durante la actuación, los miembros del

Músicos consagrados y conocidos tocaron en los conciertos compartiendo su pasión por la música que aman.

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de que colaboren y se inspiren mutuamente.Elfestival de música es diferente de los grupos de interpretación. Los músicos llegan dos días antes del primer concierto y tienen su primer ensayo el día anterior. Tuvieron un día para prepararse, conocerse y aprender cómo tocan los demás antes de actuar ante el público.

Los miembros del público pudieron ver esa chispa. Los músicos mostraron su pasión por su arte y se compenetraron durante las actuaciones.AYuliaGoff, miembro del público, le encantó ver cómo los músicos de este nivel tocaban entre sí y lo vivos que estaban.

Músicos de talla mundial se reunieron en el 15º aniversario del Festival de Música de Cámara de Bonneville, celebrado en la Universidad Estatal de Weber. Fue una serie de conciertos de tres días, del 14 al 17 de septiembre, en el Teatro Allred.

“Somos afortunados aquí en Ogden por tener músicos tan destacados a nivel mundial”, dijo Robert Harris, miembro del público.Viktor

The front of the Browning Center building.

Uzur, director artístico de Bonneville Chamber Music, invita a estos músicos que quizá no se conozcan con la esperanza

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público nunca habrían adivinado que los músicos tenían sólo unos días antes de los conciertos.Uzurdijo que hay una “chispa” en la música de cámara en comparación con los grupos de “Cuandointerpretación.setratade los intérpretes, la energía y la reacción entre ellos es muy viva”.

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La celebración del Festival de Música de Cámara de Bonneville en la WSU fue una gran oportunidad. Jeffrey LaDeur, pianista en EE.UU., dijo que cualquiera de estas actuaciones podría haberse realizado en los escenarios del mundo.

cuando el villano aparecía en la pantalla.

Suren Bagratuni playing his cello.

“Vienes conociendo la pieza, pero la pieza en sí cobra vida propia con estas otras personas”, dijo LaDeur. “Como todos estamos tocando las mismas notas, cuando te juntas y desarrollas una interpretación, entonces está viva y es algo diferente”.

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La primera noche del concierto fue interpretada por el Fry Street Quartet, con sede en Logan. La segunda noche del concierto contó con la actuación en solitario de Suren Bagratuni, un violonchelista armenio. Bagratuni hizo que el público se perdiera en la música con su interpretación de J.S. Bach.

“Me encantó la forma en que incorporaron la música de jazz, para luego pasar a la música clásica y luego a las melodías folclóricas”, dijo Abby Andersen, miembro del público. “Me pareció ingenioso cómo lo combinaron todo y luego lo convirtieron en una partitura para una película”.

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chispa entre ellos. Jugaban unos con otros, regalando sonrisas alentadoras y moviéndose al ritmo de la música.

La segunda noche terminó con la proyección de la película muda de 1927 de Buster Keaton “College”, con la banda sonora interpretada por los músicos.

Para el ﬁnal, hubo un dúo de cuerda y un solo de Fábio Zanon, un guitarrista brasileño, que compartió con el público música latina clásica. La noche terminó con un quinteto de piano que destacó cada uno de los instrumentos tocados.

Al ﬁnal del concierto, el público se puso en pie y ovacionó.

Yu-Jane Yang, directora de estudios de teclado en la WSU y miembro del público, dijo que la música en directo contribuyó a la experiencia de la película.

Los músicos dejaron que los instrumentos cantaran. LeDeur y Zanon no viajaron con su instrumento y tuvieron que utilizar otro. Ambos tuvieron que encontrar la forma en que los instrumentos querían tocar y cantar.

Los miembros del público que asistieron a los tres conciertos pudieron sentir cómo la energía y la colaboración entre los músicos y el público crecían a lo largo de cada actuación.ElFestival de Música de Cámara de Bonneville reunió a los músicos para que colaborasen y se inspirasen mutuamente, al mismo tiempo que acercaba a los miembros del público compartiendo música inspiradora y permitiendo que los miembros del público participasen en la música.Comment on this

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Durante la película, los músicos esperaban que el público colaborara con ellos, para ayudar a que la experiencia fuera memorable. Los miembros del público se reían, hacían comentarios y abucheaban

A close up of the music the Fry Street Quartet played during their rehearsals.

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Rabosky and Balgord discovered that by taking a cathodoluminescence photo and a backscattered electron photo, they could subtract the backscattered electron photo to clear away the static of the image, rendering it clearer.

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During her sabbatical, Rabosky hoped to visit the University of Arizona’s lab and see how their electron microscope was built and functioned.

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Through video calls, they were able to view and learn more about the technology the University of

Rabosky employed the help of students Brycen Lee and Martin Totland in order to recreate Mathew’s wheel.

Balgord outsourced the analysis of the zircon rocks to the University of Arizona to see if they could use the electron microscope and ﬁlter wheel to analyze these zircons inhouse.

Lee and Totland did more than just rebuild it — together, they built a more advanced version of the wheel, which allowed it to work in a vacuum. The new wheel also contained replaceable ﬁlters and used a slot to see what the object looked like without a ﬁlter.

“I think it’s good for the students to see how smaller student projects can lead into a bigger whole,” Robosky said during the seminar.

Sarah Stamps, University of Arizona researcher and science ambassador, was able to build a proof

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Unfortunately, Rabosky and Balgord contracted COVID-19 and could not attend in person.

of concept and use the ﬁlter wheel and electron microscope to get a clearer image.

Kristin Rabosky, associate professor of physics at Weber State University, was inspired by the work of Jeremy Mathews and his 2015 senior project, where he built a color ﬁlter wheel for an electron microscope, allowing for a slightly more deﬁned image.

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Rabosky was determined to rebuild the wheel and make it even better than the original. Rabosky spoke about her experience

during the Let There Be Light seminar held in Tracy Hall on Sept. 14.

Rabosky brought in rocks to study under the microscope, leading to a partnership with Elizabeth Balgord, associate professor of geoscience at WSU.

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