Weber State University police officers were dispatched to a suspicious person with a sword near Tracy Hall on Oct. 31. When officers made contact with the subject, they were able to determine that the sword was not actually real.
Lewdness
On Oct. 31, Weber State officers noticed two individuals walking into a single public bathroom inside Wildcat Village. Officers were able to determine that inappropriate behavior was taking place. After speaking with both parties, they were both warned of the crime and told not to do it again.
Halloween theft
On Nov. 3, a WSU officer investigated a theft call from the Wildcat Village. The officer received a complaint about a missing Halloween decoration. Cameras were reviewed, and an individual was seen taking a decoration and bringing it back to their room. Officers made contact with the suspect, retrieved the stolen object and issued a warning.
By ALFONSO RUBIO Reporter
ELECTION RESULTS: POLARIZING OPINIONS
Election day has come and gone, but conversations regarding the results have just begun.
On Nov. 5, election day received nationwide attention. Citizens from all over the United States spectated as various news outlets reported on the election results.
Former president Donald Trump was named the 47th president of the United States after winning the 312 electoral votes to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226.
Prior to election day, the battleground states were said to be Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump won all the battleground states and the popular vote by nearly 3.3 million votes.
Whether or not Weber State University students and community members celebrated or loathed the results, the election outcome has been and continues to be a popular topic among United States citizens.
“I expected Kamala Harris to win … I’m not all too shocked. I’m more so just shocked by the stupidity of the American people in thinking that the high prices are all because of the democrats in power,” Ethan Bishop, president of the College Democrats at Weber State University club, said. “I think it will have disastrous impacts, some of which are not yet to be seen, and some of which are obviously going to happen.”
WSU junior Jared Caldwell felt differently.
“Honestly, I was cautiously optimistic about this election. I had confidence that Trump would win, but the question to me was, by how much? I’m happy that it was nowhere near as close as I had thought it would be,” Caldwell said. “The result of this election will undeniably be a massive improvement for the future of the United States by every possible metric.”
Many individuals have varying levels of concern about the results of the election.
“These people need to chill out and accept the fact that Kamala was a terrible candidate and try again in 2028 with whoever they decide to choose.” Caldwell said. “In the end, Trump is going to make America great again for all of us, including them, whether they realize it or not.”
Some United States citizens aren’t com-
pletely sold on Trump, but they’re not opposed.
“I’m hoping gas prices will go down, but I’m not going to believe Trump until he starts taking action,” bystander Adam Wallin said
One of the major deciding factors in the 2024 election was latino voters. Trump was estimated to have gotten between 45-55% of latino voters on his side.
“Latinos are sick of their communities and cities being flooded by people from all over the third world who are here illegally along with the crime and disorder that follows,” Caldwell said.
Bishop remains hopeful for America’s future.
“I don’t want anyone to think it’s all doom and gloom,” Bishop said. “We’re going to fight for a better future. We’re not going to let this be forgotten … show up, show out, and join the WSU Democrats.”
As the 2024 United States presidential election has wrapped up, American citizens will continue to utilize their First Amendment rights and allow their polarizing opinions to collide. Many still wonder whether the result of the 2024 election will bring upon a bright and hopeful future or a dark and difficult four years.
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally on Nov. 4 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
People fill out in-person ballots at a polling location during Election Day for the 2024 Election season.
RESULTADOS DE LAS ELECCIONES: OPINIONES POLARIZADORES
Por NATHANAEL STOUT Traductor
Por ALFONSO RUBIO Reportero
El día de las elecciones ha pasado, pero las conversaciones sobre los resultados acaban de empezar.
El cinco de noviembre, el día de las elecciones recibió atención por todo el país. Los ciudadanos de todas las partes de los Estados Unidos observaron mientras que varias organizaciones de noticias reportaron los resultados de la elección.
El anterior presidente Donald Trump fue nombrado como el presidente número 47 de los Estados Unidos después de ganar con 312 votos electorales contra los 226 de la vicepresidente Kamala Harris.
Antes del día de las elecciones, los estados nombrados como campos de batalla fueron Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Carolina del Norte, Pennsylvania y Wisconsin. Trump ganó todos de estos estados y el voto popular con un margen de 3,3 millones de votos.
Sin importar si los estudiantes de la universidad de Weber State y los miembros de la comunidad celebraban o odiaban los resultados, la elección sigue siendo un tópico popular entre los ciudadanos.
“Esperaba que Kamala Harris ganara … no estoy muy sorprendido. Lo que me sorprende es la estupidez de la gente americana que piensa que los precios altos son debidos a que los demócratas están a cargo”, dijo Ethan Bishop, presidente del club de demócratas universitarias en WSU. “Creo que tendrá efectos desastrosos, algunos de los cuales no se pueden conocer, y otros obviamente van a pasar”.
WSU estudiante de tercer año Jared Caldwell sintió diferentemente.
“Honestamente, estaba cautelosamente optimista sobre esta elección. Tenía confianza en que Trump ganaría, pero para mí la pregunta fue: ¿en qué medida? Estoy feliz que no fue tan reñido como pensaba que sería”, dijo Caldwell. “Los resultados de esta elección sin duda serán una mejora enorme para el futuro de los Estados Unidos en cada métrica posible”.
Muchos individuos tienen distintos niveles de preocupación sobre los resultados de la elección.
Una foto del candidato presidencial republicano de los EE.UU. y anterior presidente Donald Trump en una fiesta para ver la noche de elecciones en el centro de convenciones de Palm Beach County.
“Estas personas necesitan tranquilizarse y aceptar el hecho de que Kamala fue una candidata terrible e intentar de nuevo en 2028 con quienquiera deciden elegir”. dijo Caldwell. “Al fin, Trump va a hacer a los Estados Unidos grande otra vez para todos nosotros, incluyendo a ellos, sin importar si se dan cuenta de eso”.
Algunos de los ciudadanos no están completamente convencidos de las habilidades de Trump, pero no se oponen a él.
“Espero que los precios de gasolina bajen, pero no voy a creer a Trump hasta que empiece a actuar”, dijo el ciudadano Adam Wallin.
Uno de los factores principales en la elección de 2024 fue votantes latinos. Se estima que Trump tenía entre 45-55% de votantes latinos a su lado.
“Latinos están hartos de la inundación de personas de todo el tercer mundo a sus comunidades que están aquí ilegalmente con
tinuarán utilizando sus derechos de la Primera Enmienda y dejarán que sus opiniones polarizadores choquen. Muchos todavía se preguntan si el resultado de la elección de 2024 será un futuro radiante y optimista o cuatro años oscuros y difíciles.
WSU CLUB COMMUNITY SPIRIT
By HAMPUS IVARSSON Reporter
Weber State University’s Zoology Club hosted its Halloween event on Oct. 27. They were offering everything from pizza to bone jewelry to pumpkin painting.
Rose Chen, president of the Zoology club, was inspired to do this event by her love of Halloween coupled with her interest in bone jewelry.
“I wanted to do a bone jewelry craft event for a year now and thought Halloween would be the perfect timing,” Chen said.
The Zoology Club collaborated with other clubs to bring this event to a larger group of people. The Stewart Library even offered to host, giving attendees a
bigger space to mingle.
“I also love it when a lot of clubs are involved,” Chen said. “I think I brought up the idea with Erich [Goeckeritz, administrative associate for the Stewart Library] during tea time about wanting to do a big event. He said the library would love to join and host the event. The science clubs do events together all the time, but Erich suggested more clubs being involved, like the Art [Guild].”
Many individuals aside from Chen shared similar feelings about being able to collaborate with other clubs.
“It was great to mix with folks that I see around Tracy Hall all the time and meet some cool people from the Art [Guild] which is a group I haven’t been able to interact with all that much,” Jinni Messenger, president of the Botany
Club, said.
The event aimed to appeal to everyone, regardless of club membership, with the goal of helping students find a place on campus.
“When I first started at Weber, I was one of the students that just came for class and left immediately after, but since joining clubs on campus, I have met my people, and it has given me a sense of belonging and a WSU Wildcat pride I hadn’t experienced before,” Messenger said. “I just hope to help other students feel like they have a place here because they do; it is just about taking that risk and looking for your niche!”
The large turnout of the event spoke to its success.
“Well it was a most excellent evening, and it would not have been possi-
ble without Rose and Erich,” Messenger said. “I was very excited to participate and have our club members see what other great club options they have on campus.”
It was a celebration of Halloween, but also of the WSU on-campus experience and friendship between clubs. The individuals of each club worked together to create an experience that would not have been possible without collaboration.
LEFT: Attendees talking and doing crafts at the Halloween mixer. MIDDLE: Attendees painting pumpkins at the Halloween mixer. RIGHT: Pizza for the Halloween mixer.
THE DOWNFALL OF WSU FOOTBALL: WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE TEAM I LOVE?
By GAVIN NELSON Reporter
The past few weeks, I’ve wondered what has happened to the Weber State University football team.
I remember a few weeks ago, jumping up and down in my living room after senior linebacker Garrett Beck strip-sacked University of Montana quarterback Logan Fife to seal the overtime victory for the Wildcats. I thought to myself, “If we can beat Montana (the defending Big Sky Conference Champions), we can beat anyone — the rest of our conference slate.”
After taking down the top of the Big Sky, the Wildcats returned home the following week to face the bottom of the Big Sky, the University of Northern Colorado Bears. The Bears had not won a game in 700 days, and hadn’t beaten Weber since 2012. However, during that week, I had a bad feeling about the game: a voice in the back of my head, a sick feeling in my stomach.
As I stood in the student section, I witnessed our quarterback Richie Muñoz, coming off throwing six touchdown passes in the toughest stadium to play in the Football Championship
Subdivision, struggling to hold on to the ball against arguably the worst team in the FCS. I knew something was wrong.
As the final interception was thrown to seal the game for the Bears, I sat on the bleacher with my face in my hands. Any chance we had at the playoffs was most likely gone.
What happened next ruined my sanity. A near comeback against Sacramento State University, in which the Wildcats had three chances to score from the one yard line and only could muster a field goal, mixed with a missed field goal to lose the game.
A game against Northern Arizona University, where the Lumberjacks had a 21–0 lead against the Wildcats with nine minutes left in the first quarter.
A game against Idaho State University, where the Bengals defeated the Wildcats in Ogden for the first time since 1984, to take the rivalry trophy that hadn’t been played for since 1975.
Prior to the Northern Arizona game, the combined score of Weber’s FCS losses was 10 points.
There is so much talent on this team.
The running back room is arguably the best in the FCS, with star junior Damon Bankston rushing for 1,000 yards this season, along with the emergence of true freshman Davion Godley, who has produced a 500-yard season himself.
The same goes for the wide receiver room, led by senior Jacob Sharp, who is third in the conference in receiving yards and second in receiving touchdowns.
It seems as though the offense and defense can never be on the same page. We saw in the game against NAU, the defense only allowed six points after the first five minutes of the game, but the offense could only get 6 points. However, the following week against Idaho State, where Muñoz threw for over 300 yards and four touchdowns, along with Godley’s first 100-yard rushing game, but the defense allowed 340-passing-yards from the Bengals.
Some like to think coaching is the problem. Calls to fire second-year head coach Mickey Mental increase by the week.
Is it injuries? The Wildcats have dealt with a myriad of injuries, from linebackers Jayden Ah You and Beck, to of-
fensive linemen Vai Soifua and Lavaka Taukeiaho and even, just recently, star running back Damon Bankston.
Or is it the players? Or maybe the execution? Have the players given up?
As I sat in a student section that was outnumbered by an opposing student section in our own stadium, my mind was running with questions.
How can a team who won four straight conference titles and just last year was ranked No. 9 in the country fall to this level so quickly?
I do not know the answer to those questions. What I do know is there is a great team, somewhere in there. It is a young team. It’s a team that, if they stick together after this season, should see success in the future, whether that be next year, in my final year at Weber, or after I leave.
Weber State University freshman running back Adrian Cormier (35) tries to keep balance after dodging tackles during a Big Sky Conference football game against Northern Arizona University at the Findlay Toyota Field in Flagstaff, Arizona. on Nov. 19, 2022
By TRISTIN RAMAGE Reporter
NARROW DEFEAT FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
After coming off their first loss of the season against the University of Utah on Nov. 11, Weber State University’s women’s basketball team took a devastating loss against the University of San Diego Toreros, 66–63. This loss places them 1–2 this season.
“We had to lock in on defense,” junior forward Antoinette Emma-Nnopu said. “That was our main goal to improve from the Utah game to this game.”
down 9–16 if it wasn’t for the foul at the shot clock giving sophomore forward Taylor Smith three free throws.
Junior guard Lanae Billy, took the first three of the game followed by another nice three after an offensive rebound to bring Weber within 1 point, 25–26. To end the half, San Diego’s junior guard, Jayden Rhodes, hit a 3-pointer giving the Toreros a double-digit lead, 40–28.
“In the beginning, I was a little nervous, but I feel like once my team needed me, I locked in,” Billy said.
Weber, playing from behind, tried to close the gap by taking their chances at the 3-point line. A total of nine 3-pointers were attempted during the third quarter which is equal to the total number of 3-pointers that they shot during the first half. Despite the many attempts, they were only able to sink three of
Weber tried a new strategy going into the
fourth quarter which resulted in them going on a 13–0 run starting at 7:28 and lasting until there was 0:36 left on the clock. Despite Weber holding San Diego to eight points during the fourth quarter, they were unable to take the lead. The Toreros walked away with the win, 66–63.
“I thought we did some things that were very controllable on our end that we need to be better at moving forward,” head coach Jenteal Jackson said. “I was proud of the way they responded in the second half, their bounce back, their fight to never quit, and you know we nearly pulled that thing off when being down double digits for a good chunk of the game. So, I think our fight’s always gonna be there.”
The Wildcats will travel to Saint George to face off against Utah Tech University on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Weber State women’s basketball player Jadyn Matthews going for a shot at a past game against University of Utah.
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