1.2.
Which North African country faced a devastating earthquake this past week?
A.Morocco
B.Egypt
C.Tunisia
D.Libya
Which Big Ten football team’s coach was suspended for sexual harassment allegations?
A.Nebraska Cornhuskers
B.Ohio State Buckeyes
C.Michigan State Spartans
D.Purdue Boilermakers
3.
Ruby Franke, a popular LDS family youtuber, was arrested this week in Washington County on charges of child abuse. What is the name of her family’s youtube channel?
A.The LaBrant Fam
B.The ACE Family
C.The Bucket List Family
D.8 Passengers
4.
A co-owner of which popular streaming service has invested in Utah Ski resort, Powder Mountain?
A.Hulu
B.Disney+
C.Netflix
D.Peacock
Because Weber State University has a senate, student government and an official university constitution, WSU also has a supreme court in order to uphold the values that are part of the constitution.
WSU’s supreme court, which is a branch of the Weber State University Student Association, is made up of a chief justice, two associ-
United States Supreme Court… I went to this lunch, I met senators, I met the vice president, and they were really interesting,” Rohbock said. “So I started to look into forms on the website, and then I found the judicial branch. So I applied. I went through an interview process. After the interview, I went through a second review process. I went to a meeting with the advisor and then I got appointed.”
The purpose of this supreme court, much like the United State’s supreme court, is to uphold the values that are outlined in the constitution and to override any decisions that have
“We have a supreme court so we can actually have a student government because when we just have leaders that are being elected and appointed, there’s no checks and balances… We can have a president that would only be there for tuition waiver, or any other reason and nobody will be able to remove them from
office… we can actually make people accountable…we are what holds everybody accountable to actually do their duties,” Rohbock said.
The WSU supreme court works through appeals, just as SCOTUS does. Students who feel that they were not given justice by the WSU senate are able to submit an appeal that can be viewed by the supreme court. After which, a decision on whether or not the decision was justified can be made.
Students who feel the need to make an appeal can do so in a few ways. Firstly, they can meet with their academic advisor who can send the supreme court an email. Secondly, they themselves can email the supreme court with an appeal. Or, they can file an in-person appeal during their weekly office hours on Thursday’s from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Finally, they can contact WSU’s student body president, Ashley Potokar.
Though WSU’s supreme court has been
around for a long time, but this year they’ve introduced a new position: the parliamentarian. This position, currently held by Zachary Oveson, acts as a liaison between WSUSA and the supreme court in order to avoid any potential biases that could be held between the two groups. This position was created in order for a more just justice system to be in place. WSU’s supreme court can be contacted for appeals or other interests through supremecourt@weber.edu.
“[Students] can come to us anytime. We’re here to serve them. We’re here to help them. And I can’t wait to get more people to be involved with leadership and lift the supreme court,” Rohbock said. “I’m just very excited for what the future holds on the supreme court.”
Puesto que Weber State University tiene un senado, un gobierno estudiantil y una constitución universitaria oficial, WSU también tiene una corte suprema para defender los valores que forman parte de esta constitución.
La corte suprema de WSU, la cual es un rama de la Asociación de Estudiantes de Weber State University, está compuesta por la presidenta del tribunal supremo, dos jueces asociados y un parlamentario.
Para el curso escolar 2023-24, la Presidenta de la Corte Suprema es Raissa Rohbock, una estudiante de justicia penal que se involucró a través de conexiones en su departamento. Tras reuniones con anteriores miembros de la corte suprema de WSU y un proceso de entrevistas, Rohbock fue finalmente nombrada presidenta de la Corte Suprema de WSU.
“Este es un cargo designado. Igual que en
la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos… Fui a este almuerzo, conocí senadores, conocí al vicepresidente, y eran muy interesantes,” dijo Rohbock. “Así que comencé a mirar los formularios en la web, y entonces encontré el poder judicial. Así que apliqué. Pasé por un proceso de entrevistas. Tras esto, pasé por un segundo proceso de revisión. Fui a una reunión con el asesor y entonces se me asignó el puesto.”
El propósito de esta corte suprema, al igual que el de la corte suprema de los Estados Unidos, es el de defender los valores descritos en la constitución y anular cualquier decisión que no esté alineada con la constitución de WSU.
“Tenemos una corte suprema para que así podamos realmente tener un gobierno estudiantil porque cuando simplemente tenemos líderes que han sido elegidos y designados, no hay ningún control ni equilibrio… Podemos tener un presidente que solo estuviera allí para la exención de matrícula, ocualquier otra razón y nadie podría sacarlos de su cargo… Nosotros podemos real-
mente responsabilizar a las personas por sus hechos… Somos lo que hace que todos rindan cuentas para que estos hagan sus labores.” dijo Rohbock.
La Corte Suprema de WSU trabaja a través de apelaciones, al igual que la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos. Los estudiantes que sientan que el senado de WSU no les hizo justicia pueden presentar una apelación que puede ser revisada por la corte suprema. Tras esto, se puede llegar a un veredicto sobre si la decisión estaba justificada o no.
Los estudiantes que quieran apelar pueden hacerlo de varias maneras. En primer lugar, pueden reunirse con su asesor académico, quien puede enviar un correo electrónico a la corte suprema. En segundo lugar, ellos mismos pueden enviar un correo electrónico a la corte suprema con una apelación. Incluso pueden presentar una apelación en persona durante su horario de oficina semanal los jueves de 8 a.m. a 9 a.m. Finalmente, también pueden comunicarse con la presidenta del cuerpo estudiantil de WSU, Ashley Poto-
kar.
Aunque la corte suprema de WSU ha existido durante mucho tiempo, este año han introducido un nuevo cargo: el parlamentario. Este cargo, actualmente en manos de Zachary Oveson, actúa como intermediario entre WSUSA y la corte suprema con el fin de evitar posibles sesgos que pudieran ocurrir entre los dos grupos. Este cargo fue creado con el fin de establecer un sistema de justicia más justo.
Puede contactar con la corte suprema de WSU para apelaciones u otros intereses escribiendo a supremecourt@weber.edu.
“[Los estudiantes] pueden acudir a nosotros en cualquier momento. Estamos aquí para servirles. Estamos aquí para ayudarles. Y tengo muchas ganas de que más personas se involucren con la directiva y ayuden a mejorar la corte suprema”, dijo Rohbock. “Estoy muy emocionada con lo que el futuro depara para la corte suprema.”
Since Weber State University presented their new Water Action Plan, Facilities Management has taken a new approach to landscaping on campus.
Xeriscaping, a landscaping style that prioritizes low water usage, has been the answer to lowering campus water use outside.
“Over the next several years, we’ve marked a significant amount of money to go toward xeriscaping, especially with new construction,” Drew Hodge, a water conservationist and sustainability specialist at WSU, said.
Some campus spaces that previously featured traditional landscaping will also be undergoing a switch to the low-water option.
This more sustainable landscaping style
features plants that require less water and grass using rocks and bark as ground cover.
In areas like sports fields and recreational student areas, the grass will be left alone.
Spaces designated for aesthetics, however, are being converted to this new style.
Hodge’s team has worked with some students and professors to collect data about some of the best plants for the xeriscaping approach.
“We’ve done some experiments with different professors on campus like Dr. Dan Bedford. We’ve done some work with him and his students to look at different types of xeriscaping…and we’ve taken that data and really tried to implement that in our planning of our buildings,” Hodge said.
Not only has the new landscaping approach moved WSU towards its sustainability goals, it’s also saved the university money.
While water has always been fairly cheap in the state of Utah, prolonged drought situations and steep increases in the population have led officials to consider new pricing for water use. The preemptive landscaping measures Weber State is taking in sustainability has prepared campus this possible reality.
“It does make financial sense to go xeriscape… it’s maybe a little bit more expensive upfront, but over the life of your property, it saves money,” Hodge said. “And then when you look at the cost of water increasing, I think that that is where it really comes into play.”
While Weber State University isn’t the only campus trying to prioritize sustainability, it has saved more water during the drought than other schools in Utah.
Additionally, thanks to initiatives like xeriscaping, WSU met its goals to reduce
water usage by 2025 just last year. This means sustainability teams have a chance to challenge themselves once again, and set new goals.
Hodge encourages readers to look into Weber State’s sustainability practices for themselves. The Weber State Sustainability map, for example, gives viewers information on all the different actions taken around campus to be more eco-friendly, beyond the xeriscaping initiatives.
Hodge also emphasized that xeriscaping isn’t the only more sustainable landscaping option. Zeroscaping, for example, is a better known option that uses no water. Matrix landscaping is another low-use option that can elevate the aesthetic of an outdoor space.
To kick off the 2023 fall season, the Weber State men’s golf team faced off against Utah State University in the annual WSU-USU Cup on Sept. 3. Heading to Logan, the Wildcats have won this tournament outright in the first two years of the competition.
On the first day of the tournament, the Wildcats lost three out of four matches in both sessions of play at the Logan Country Club. Utah State came out swinging, taking a 3–1 advantage after the first session. After matching that score for the second session, Utah State had a 6–2 lead over the Wildcats heading into singles action.
The second day of the WSU-USU Cup, the Wildcats had to take six and a half of eight points available that day to tie the match and retain the Cup. The Wildcats were able to defeat the Aggies in the singles format but were unable to recover from the deficit from doubles to fall 9–6 in the WSU-USU Cup.
The Wildcats finished singles with a 4–3 advantage and threatened a come-frombehind win, but the Aggies responded late to end Weber State’s rally. This marks Utah State’s first time winning this tournament.
After the WSU-USU Cup, the Big Sky
Conference released its first Golfer of the Week award for the 2023-24 season on Sept 6. Weber State’s Hayden Banz received the honor after an exceptional tournament against Utah State University. Banz went 2–1 to tie for a team-high two points as Weber State fell to Utah State.
Banz teamed up with Brendan Thomas in the doubles meet against Utah State and secured the team’s lone win of the session as Utah State took the 3–1 lead. The pair of Banz and Thomas took down Ashton McArthur and John Cook in their match. The senior from Salt Lake City followed up on singles play to score a 4–3 win over John Cook.
“Utah State is kind of a rival to us, we play a match against them every single year and it’s always fun, the last two years we beat them pretty good, and we always want to bring the fire and we always want to take it to them,” Hayden Banz said.
Throughout Banz’s four years at Weber State University, he has been named All-Big Sky Second team in 2022 and All-Big Sky Honorable Mention in 2021. Throughout his 2022 season, Banz tied for eighth place overall with rounds of 73, 70 and 74 to help the Wildcats lift the 2022 Big Sky Conference Championship title.
“I just think overall I’m a good golfer, I hit the driver well, putt well, so yeah I think we have a really good team and I think we have the capabilities of taking home the Big Sky Championship once again,” Banz said.
Weber State travels to Falcon Invitational:
Weber State’s men’s golf team will swing off their 2023 fall tournament schedule with the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, hosted by the Air Force Academy on Sept 10-12. The team competition will be held on the Blue Course, each representing University will have five members and the tournament will keep scores of the top four of the day.
The 24-team tournament includes the host Air Force, California Polytechnic, Colorado State, California State University Northridge, Idaho, Incarnate Word, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, George Washington, Gonzaga, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Southern Utah, Utah State, Utah Tech, University of California Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, Valparaiso, Wofford, and Wyoming.
Competing for the Wildcats will be seniors Isaac Buerger, Hayden Banz, Brendan Thomas, Oliver Gothe, and sophomore Ty Anderson.
The Eisenhower Blue Course, a par-72 layout spanning 7,541 yards, will be the battleground for the teams. Each group will play 18 holes every day from Sept 10-12, totaling 54 holes over the course of the tournament.
Following the first day of action, the men’s golf team started their tournament with a score of 11-over par 299, placing them in
a tie for 13th out of the 24 participating schools. Valparaiso seized the lead with an impressive 3-under par 285, while New Mexico State followed closely in second place at even-par 288.
Weber State’s Brendan Thomas performed exceptionally well, carding a 3-under par 69 during the first round, positioning himself in fourth place after 18 holes. Thomas started the back nine with three consecutive birdies after a 1-over 37 on the front and added a fourth birdie on the 16th hole to reach 3-under. After the first day, Thomas trails the leader, Colorado State’s Christoph Bleier, by four shots.
“I definitely wanted to do better than last year, my goal was to shoot under par in one of the rounds and I’d like to finish under par overall in this tournament but at least one round under par is my main goal,” Brendan Thomas said.
Ty Anderson, with a score of 75, is tied for 46th, Hayden Banz, scoring 76, is tied for 58th, Isaac Buerger, with a score of 79, is tied for 98th and Oliver Gothe, carding 81, is tied for 111th.
The Wildcats will resume their tournament on Monday, Sept 11, with the second round teeing off at 10 AM, the competition will conclude on Tuesday, Sept 12.
Para empezar la temporada del otoño de 2023, el equipo de golf masculino de la universidad Weber State enfrentó a la universidad Utah State en el campeonato anual entre WSU y USU el tres de septiembre. Este campeonato tiene lugar en Logan, Utah, y los Wildcats han ganado los campeonatos de los primeros dos años.
Durante el primer día, los Wildcats perdieron tres de los cuatro partidos de ambas sesiones de juego en el Logan Country Club.
Utah State empezó con fervor, ganando una ventaja de 3–1 después de la primera sesión. Después de un empate durante la segunda sesión, el Utah State tenía una ventaja de 6–2 contra los Wildcats al empezar los partidos individuales.
Durante el segundo día del campeonato, los Wildcats tenían que ganar seis y medio de los ocho puntos disponibles para tener un empate. Los Wildcats pudieron ganar contra los Aggies durante los juegos individuales, pero no pudieron recuperarse de la falta de puntos de los juegos de dobles y terminó con 6–9 contra USU en el campeonato. Aunque los Wildcats tuvo la ventaja durante los individuales con 4–3 con la amenaza de regresar y ganar, los Aggies al final respondieron y terminó el esfuerzo de Weber. Este marca la primera vez que Utah State ha
ganado este campeonato.
Hayden Banz Gana Big Sky Golfer de la Semana
Después de la universidad de Weber State y Utah State University Cup, Big Sky Conference sacó su primer golfist de la semana para la temporada 2023-24 el 6 de septiembre. Hayden Benz, un estudiante de la universidad de Weber State recibió el honor después de un torneo excepcional contra la universidad Utah State. Banz ganó 2-1 por un empate para el puntaje más grande del equipo, aunque sea que perdieron. Banz participó con Brendan Thomas en el doubles meet contra la universidad Utah State y seguro la única gana de sesión mientras Utah State agarro la ventaja 3-1. Banz y Thomas ganaron contra Ashton McArthur y
John Cook. Banz siguió con juegos solo para ganar 4-3 contra John Cook.
“Utah State casi es como un rival contra nosotros, jugamos contra ellos cada año y es divertido, los últimos dos años ganamos contra ellos muy bien, siempre traemos el fuego y siempre le queremos darle a ellos,” dice Hayden Banz.
Durante Banz’s cuatro años en la universidad de Weber State, el se ha llevado All-Big Sky Second Team en 2022 y All-Big Sky Honorable Mention en 2021. Durante su temporada de 2022, Banz empató por el octavo lugar con rondas de 73, 70 y 74 para ayudar los Wildcats levantar el 2022 Big Sky Conference Championship título.
“Nomas creo que soy un golfer bueno, comienzo bien y termino bien, entonces si yo creo que tenemos un buen equipo y
creo que somos capaz de llevar el Big Sky Championship de nuevo,” dice Banz.
Weber State viaja a Falcon Invitational:
El equipo de golf masculino de Weber State comenzará el torneo de otoño de 2023 con el Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, acogido por Air Force Academy del 10 al 12 de septiembre. La competición en equipos tendrá lugar en la Cancha Blue, cada Universidad tendrá cinco miembros y el torneo mantendrá la puntuación de los primeros cuatro del día.
El torneo de 24 equipos incluye al anfitrión Air Force, California Polytechnic, Colorado State, California State University Northridge, Idaho, Incarnate Word, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, George Washington, Gonzaga, Missouri State, Northern Iowa,
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South Dakota, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Southern Utah, Utah State, Utah Tech, University of California Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, Valparaiso, Wofford, y Wyoming.
Los estudiantes de último año Isaac Buerger, Hayden Banz, Brendan Thomas, Oliver Gothe, y el estudiante de segundo año Ty Anderson serán quienes compitan como los Wildcats.
La cancha Eisenhower Blue, con un terreno par 72 de 7,541 yardas, será el campo de batalla de los equipos. Cada equipo jugará 18 hoyos cada día del 10 al 12 de septiembre, con un total de 54 hoyos a lo largo del campeonato.
Tras el primer día de acción, el equipo de golf masculino comenzó el torneo con una puntuación de 11 arriba de par 299, poniéndoles en un empate para la posición 13 de
los 24 universidades participantes. Valparaiso se puso en cabeza con un impresionante 3 bajo par 285, mientras que New Mexico State los siguió de cerca con un uniforme par 288.
El jugador de Weber State Brenda Thomas jugó excepcionalmente bien, obteniendo un 3 bajo par 69 durante la primera ronda, posicionándose en cuarto lugar tras 18 hoyos. Thomas comenzó haciendo tres hoyos bajo par consecutivos tras un 1 sobre 37 en el frente y añadió un cuarto hoyo bajo par en el hoyo número 16 para así conseguir 3 bajo. Tras el primer día, Thomas sigue al líder Christoph Bleier, de Colorado State, por cuatro golpes.
“Definitivamente quería jugar mejor que hice el año pasado, y mi meta fue tener una ronda con un punto bajo del par y me gustaría terminar bajo del par sobre todo
en este torneo, pero al menos tener una ronda bajo del par es mi primera meta”, dijo Brendan Thomas.
Ty Anderson, con puntaje de 75, tiene un empate de la posición 46, Hayden Banz, con puntaje de 76, tiene un empate de la posición 58, Issac Buerger, con 79 puntos, tiene un empate de la posición 98 y Oliver Gothe, con 81 puntos, tiene un empate de la posición 111.
Los Wildcats continuarán su torneo el lunes, el once de septiembre, con la segunda ronda empezando a las diez de la mañana. La competencia terminará el martes, el doce de septiembre.
Walking into Elizabeth Hall, one may notice a purple gumball machine, but this machine is not fi lled with gumballs. Instead, this machine holds small, round plastic balls that each contain a poem.
Students, faculty and any other visitors of Weber State University can pay a quarter and receive a ball that contains a poem inside.
Laura Stott, an instructor of English at WSU, is in charge of this poemball machine. Stott says she got the inspiration to create the poemball machine from Trish Hopkinson,a longtime poet, who created a similar poemball machine in Provo.
When Stott learned about Hopkinson’s creation, she thought it was a fun idea and wanted to recreate it at WSU.
Stott brought the idea to Metaphor, the campus student literary journal, and Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society. Both groups agreed that it would be a good addition to campus and they wanted to make it happen, but it remained an idea for a couple of years.
“It was one of those things where you said, ‘oh that’s really cool,’ but it seemed kind of daunting to get the actual machine,” Stott said.
Stott worried the machine was too expensive until Weber Book Links, a community organization that plans literary events in Weber County, started the process of putting poemball machines around the state.
Community members can fi nd two additional poemball machines in Ogden; one in the Weber County Library and the other in the Queen Bee Bookstore on Historic 25th Street.
After helping set up those machines, Stott realized the machines weren’t that expensive or involved to set up.
“We decided to run with it,” Stott said. “We went big and got the biggest machine.”
Stott explains that anyone is welcome to submit work to the poemball machine. It doesn’t have to only be poetry, it can also be
prose or short stories.
“I’ve had students submit little micro-flash fiction or nonfiction. Even though it’s called the poemball machine it features prose as well,” Stott said.
Whatever a student decides to submit, must also meet a certain set of criteria to be featured in the machine. Outside of poetry, it should be no more than 200 words and for poetry there should be no more than 10 lines.
Writers can submit their work to sigmatdelta.poemball@gmail.com.
Typically, the machine is relatively full, but recently there has been a small debate going on with those who come across the poemball
machine.
Currently, people must pay one quarter to get a poem, but Stott has received feedback from students that no one carries around coins anymore.
“I like the idea of the process of paying for something. It seems to me like it adds value to getting the poems,” Stott said.
Stott said once they take out the pay mechanisms inside the machine they can’t be put back in. Currently the money from the machine goes towards printing the poems and purchase of the containers, but Stott says she’s going to talk to more students and maybe it will be free in the future.
Another potential future for the machine, Stott mentions, is having it moved to an alternative location on campus so more people can find it. Stott has recommended it be put in the Shepherd Union building so everyone on campus has the chance to see the featured work.
Stott explains that most of the students who know about it are already in Elizabeth Hall the majority of the time and she wants to share it with the rest of campus, who may not know about the twenty five cent student poems.
Entrando Elizabeth Hall, uno se daría cuenta de una máquina de chicle, pero esta máquina no tiene chicle, al contrario, esta máquina tiene bolas de plástico que tienen un poema.
Estudiantes, empleados y visitantes de Weber State University pueden pagar 25 centavos para recibir un poema de esta máquina.
Laura Stott, una instructora aquí en Weber State University, es la encargada de esta máquina. Stott dice que la inspiración de la máquina de poemas viene de Trish Hopkinson, una poeta, que creó una máquina similar en Provo.
Cuando Stott aprendió de la creación máquina de Hopkinson, pensó que sería algo creativo y divertido recrear en Weber State University.
Stott trajo la idea a Metaphor, la revista literaria de estudiantes, y Sigma Tau Delta, la sociedad de honores Inglés. Los dos grupos se hicieron de acuerdos que sería una buena adición a la universidad y quisieron que se haga realidad, pero solo se quedó una idea por unos años.
“Es una de esas cosas que dices, ‘hay eso es genial,’ pero hacer la máquina una realidad fue difícil,” dice Stott.
Stott se preocupaba que la máquina sería muy cara hasta que Weber Book Links, una organización de comunidad que planea cada evento literario en Weber County, empezó el proceso de poner máquinas de poemas por todo el estado.
Hay dos máquinas de poemas en Ogden; uno en la librería Weber County Library y el otro en Queen Bee Bookstore en la calle Historic 25th Street.
Después de ayudar a armar las máquinas, Stott se dio cuenta que las máquinas no eran tan caras.
“Decidimos seguir con la idea,” dijo Stott, “Y decidimos comprar la máquina más grande.”
Stott explica que todos pueden presentar trabajo a la máquina de poemas, no solo necesita ser poemas, sino también prosa o cuentos.
“He hecho que los estudiantes envíen no-ficción. Aunque sea una máquina de poesía también tiene prosa,” dice Stott.
Lo que los estudiantes deciden enviar también necesita cumplir un criterio para ser escogido para la máquina. Si no es un poema necesita ser nada más de 200 palabras y para la poesía no puede ser más de 10 líneas.
Los escritores pueden enviar su poesía o prosa a signmadelta.poemball@gmail.com.
Típicamente, la máquina está llena, pero hay un debate chiquito con los que se encuentran con la máquina de poemas.
Ahorita, la gente necesita pagar 25 centavos por un poema, pero Stott ha recibido comentarios de los estudiantes que casi nadie lleva monedas.
“Me gusta la idea de alguien pagando por algo. Para mi parece que le da valor a recibir los poemas,” dice Stott.
Stott dice que cuando sacan a la forma de pagar de la máquina que ya no se puede meter devuelta. Ahorita el dinero de la máquina va a imprimir los poemas y comprar las bolas, pero Stott dice que va hablar con los estudiantes y quizás en el futuro sería gratis.
Otro futuro potencial para la máquina es moverlo a otro lugar para que más estudiantes puedan verlo, menciona Stott. Stott ha recomendado que lo muevan a Shepherd Unión para que todos podrían tener chance de ver a la máquina.
Stott explica que casi todos los estudiantes saben de la máquina en Elizabeth Hall la mayoría del tiempo y quiere compartirlo con el resto de la universidad, que quizás no sepan de poemas a 25 centavos.
Weber State University’s men’s club soccer team kicked off their season by beating Utah State University 4–0 in Logan on Sept. 6.
A few days later, on Sept. 8, WSU hosted their first home game of the season at the Wildcat Soccer Field against the University of Utah where the Wildcats defeated the Utes 2–1.
“We want to go back to where we were; we felt like it was unfinished. We felt like we should have advanced further. So, the goal is to go a step further than we did last year,” head coach Mike Genta said.
In the 2022 fall season, the Wildcats men’s soccer club had a record of 11–6–2. The team
made it to regionals but was tragically cut short in game two, losing 3–0 to the Utes.
They were then invited to the 2022 National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association nationals in Round Rock, Texas, where they made it to round 16, but unfortunately lost in penalty kicks against the University of Texas.
“Our focus is to show everybody that last season wasn’t a fluke, right? We’re bringing the club back, and we want people to know that we have good quality players in Northern Utah who are proud to represent Weber State University,” Genta said.
On Sept. 8 against the Utes, the men’s team did just that; they proudly represented the Wildcats on their home field. Having a slower start to the game but a strong defense, they
were able to stop the Utes from scoring and opened themselves up to a few shots on goal.
The Wildcats were unlucky until Matt Ferre found teammate Ben Putnam on a corner kick, who beautifully headered the ball into the net. This gave the Wildcats a 1–0 advantage over the Utes heading into the second half.
That goal provided a much-needed spark and was the first collegiate goal for Ben Putnam.
“It’s fantastic, especially to help get ahead in the game where it sets the tone to help us keep going, keep driving,” Putnam said. “Before the game, I said, you know, you just got to go up and get it on corners. So, I saw the cross in, and no one was going for it. I said I gotta make my first play there. I jumped up
and nailed it.”
The Wildcats held onto this spark going into the second half, coming out stronger than before, and Dallin Mauerman drilled the ball into the left bottom corner of the goal within minutes of the half starting. Unfortunately, later in the game, a handball was called in the Wildcat’s penalty area, giving the Utes a penalty kick and making the score 2–1.
The Wildcats fought hard the rest of the game and kept the score in their favor, ultimately ending in a victory.
The men’s club team will play their next game against Utah Valley University on Sept. 12, at the Spence Eccles Sports Complex at 7:30 p.m.
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The answer is D, 8 Passengers; According to KSL, Ruby Franke, the mother of the 8 Passenger’s family on Youtube was arrested in Washington County, Utah along with a colleague on charges of child abuse after one of Franke’s children was found bound after climbing out of a window of the family’s home.
The correct answer is C, Netflix; According to the Standard Examiner, Netflix co-owner Reed Hastings has invested $100 million into the Powder Mountain resort.
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