Being cautious
Just after 1 p.m. on Sept. 27, a Weber State University Police Department officer was dispatched to a Code Purple complaint about pieces of broken glass found near a vehicle on campus.
Upon arriving at the scene, the complainant
explained to the officer that they believed the broken glass could be part of a human trafficking scheme.
The officer did not see evidence that the glass, which was from a broken bottle, had been intentionally placed.
WSUPD documented the incident and offered the complainant safety resources, including safety escort in case they ever felt like they needed one.
In the knick of time
On Sept. 28, South Ogden Police Department sent out a dispatch asking WSUPD for assistance in opening a locked vehicle with a 6-year-old child inside.
According to SOPD, the guardians of the child had accidentally locked the keys in the car. The distressed child was sweating while kicking and screaming. A WSUPD officer was able to open the vehicle.
The child was checked for injuries, but no
medical attention was needed.
Reckless Driving
Between 5 and 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 1, WSUPD stopped five different vehicles for driving at dangerously high speeds traveling north on Harrison Boulevard near 3900 S. Each vehicle was exceeding 50 mph in a 40 mph zone. No citations were given out.
On Oct. 5, Weber State University was informed of a crossed-out swastika etched next to a Star of David found on a table on the Davis Campus.
After receiving knowledge of the etching, WSU sent an email out to students on Oct. 6, and the Weber State University Police Department began an investigation into who etched the symbols.
The marking was found on a table on the third floor of the Stewart Center, a little more than a week after another swastika was found in the Shepherd Union on WSU’s Ogden Campus. Currently, WSUPD does not have evidence to suggest that the two events were connected.
Jessica Oyler, WSU vice president for Student Access and Success, said that the campus
police will continue to look into the etching.
This is the third example of discriminatory graffiti at WSU since June when the words “white power” were etched into an elevator in the Shepherd Union.
According to Fox News 13, on the morning of Oct. 8 multiple synagogues in the Salt Lake City area received bomb threats via email. SLCPD swept the buildings and found no evidence of any bombs.
In March, NPR reported that antisemitic crime in the United States is at an all-time high. Though the antisemitic crime statistics are not as high in Utah as they are in other places, these incidents are still troubling to the community.
Weber State University’s annual Purple Paw Parade raised the ‘ruff’ by bringing the community together over two common interests: dogs and bleeding purple.
The parade began on 25th Street during the Ogden farmer’s market on Oct. 7. Cassidy Miller, alumni marketing coordinator for WSU, planned the event to unite the community with college students.
The annual parade has continued for three years since Amber Robson founded the event in hopes of growing a college town atmo-
sphere in Ogden. Miller has continued the event to increase awareness of community service and its potential.
“I wanted to not only make it bigger and better, but also to leverage the event to be able to promote other developing components of the Alumni Relations’ strategic goals alongside it.” Miller said.
Community members of Ogden and current and past WSU students come together to walk dogs and share their sense of community in a fun stroll across Ogden.
Tim and Wendy Nagaw, Ogden community members, saw the event passing through the farmers market with their furry friend and
came to show their support.
“I registered online and said, ‘We’re doing it,’” Wendy Nagaw said. “Our neighbor three doors up is a professor at Weber State, and so we are supporting Weber.”
Developing a close community in a college environment helps promote events like the parade. Celecia Peterson, a WSU student, expresses how they want to make Ogden more of a tight-knit community and more intertwined with WSU.
“I am on this personal quest to make Ogden more of a college town,” Peterson said. “I don’t understand because enrollment’s like 27,000 — that’s comparable to Utah State.”
The parade creates relationships with businesses in Ogden for WSU and the Alumni Association by encouraging communication opportunities.
“It’s so great to see how many organizations and individuals in the Ogden community are so willing to, and already consistently, bleed purple,” Miller said.
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WSU falls to NAU
27–10:
The Weber State University’s football team recently lost 27–10 to Northern Arizona University on Oct. 7 at Stewart Stadium, marking Weber’s second loss in the Big Sky Conference. The game was the third annual Red Rock Rivalry game after Weber State secured last year’s game 33–31. After the defeat the Wildcats fall to a 3–3 overall record and are 1–2 in Big Sky play.
The Wildcats were the first to score with a 13-play, 73-yard drive that capped it with a 1-yard touchdown run by Kylan Weisser. To finish off the first quarter the Lumberjacks scored on a 56-yard drive, but missed the extra point to make it 7–6.
NAU then scored on an 85-yard punt return touchdown by Coleman Owen to give the
Lumberjacks a 13–7 lead with 11:13 to play in the first half.
Wildcat kicker Kyle Thompson then made a career-long 52-yard field goal to make it 13–10. Thompson scored the final points for the Wildcats. On the next possession, NAU scored on a 12-play, 75-yard drive to lead 20–10 at halftime.
Neither team scored in the third quarter, but the Lumberjacks added a 16-yard touchdown run with 2:35 left to play in the fourth quarter to secure their victory.
“I thought we started the game off really well, played really well in the first quarter, and from there we let it slip away from a special team standpoint, then obviously in the second half, we couldn’t generate much on offense, and we have to do a better job at that, but congratulations to Northern Arizona on the win,” head coach Mickey Mental said.
The Lumberjacks finished the game with a total of 321 total yards and held Weber State to only 180 yards through the entire game.
Weber had 119 passing yards with 61 yards rushing.
Defensively for Weber State, senior Winston Reid had a career-high 16 tackles during the game. Reid had 10 solo tackles and six assisted tackles with two of the 16 being tackles for a loss. Redshirt freshman Keahnist Thompson had two sacks during the game for a loss of 18 yards for NAU. Senior safety Naseme Colvin finished the game with 13 total tackles.
“With Keahnist and Bronson, I thought that they came in and are obviously getting better every game with experience and to do that back-to-back games I’ve thought they’ve played very well,” Mental said.
Offensively, junior quarterback Kylan Weisser went 19 for 30 passing with a total of 119 yards. Senior wide receiver Haze Hadley had a total of six receptions for 43 yards, and junior wide receiver Jacob Sharp had four receptions for 25 yards. With junior Damon Bankston missing the game to a foot injury,
the Wildcats’ run game was held to only 55 total gained yards. Redshirt freshman Adrian Cormier had seven carries for a total of 30 yards and Senior Kris Jackson had six carries for 25 total yards.
The Wildcats will be back home to host the University of California, Davis, on Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. at Stewart Stadium in the annual Homecoming game at Weber State University.
Homecoming game against UC Davis: UC Davis has a 3–3 overall record and has a 1–2 record in Big Sky Conference games. The Aggies have wins over Texas A&M-Comm, Southern Utah and Cal Poly. The Aggies have losses to No. 16-ranked Oregon State, Eastern Washington and the University of Montana.
With last year’s matchup between Weber State and UC Davis, the Wildcats won 17–12. Weber has a total of seven wins in the 10 total games played between the two uni-
versities, with a 4–2 home record and a 3–1 away record. UC Davis took the first matchup between the two schools back on Sept. 18, 2004, the Aggies won 31–29.
The largest margin of victory was back in 2017 with a 41–3 victory for the Wildcats. The smallest margin of victory for this matchup was back in 2016, the Wildcats won 38–35. With a total of 249 total points scored and an average of 25 points in the history of UC Davis vs Weber State, this matchup is one to look forward to.
WSU football adds three FCS homeand-home series:
The Wildcats have scheduled three future Football Championship Subdivision homeand-home football series starting in the 2024 season. Weber State added future games with Lamar University, Northwestern State University and McNeese State University. All these schools are a part of the Southland Conference.
The ‘Cats will play at Lamar next season and will host the Cardinals in 2028. The first meeting is scheduled for Sept. 14, 2024, in Beaumont, Texas and will be the first matchup between the two schools. Next season, the Wildcats will host McNeese on Sept. 28, 2024, at Stewart Stadium and will play the Cowboys on Lake Charles Louisiana on Sept. 13, 2025. McNeese and Weber State have met a total of four times with a series in 2012 and 2013 with the Cowboys holding a 3–1 lead in the series including a 2–0 overall record in Ogden.
The final matchup that the Wildcats have added for the 2024 season will be a matchup against Northwestern State. The Wildcats will play at Northwestern State on Sept. 21, 2024, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Wildcats will then host the Demons on Sept. 19, 2026, at Stewart Stadium. This will be the first matchup between Northwestern State and the Wildcats.
A mechanical engineering fall social was hosted in the Noorda Engineering, Applied Science and Technology Building on Oct. 3, for engineering majors to learn about the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
ASME is a worldwide club that offers a variety of benefits for its members, with additional benefits for participating in competitions.
Being a member of ASME can aid in getting scholarships and internship opportunities, as well as provide a space for study groups and student involvement. Membership can also help students improve their resume and is academically profitable.
Randy Hurd, associate dean and assistant professor of the mechanical engineering department, stayed to answer questions from students about mechanical engineering or ASME. Hurd and some other professors are willing to give extra credit for joining the club and offer full points on one assignment if one of his students participates in an ASME competition.
Maria Rios Cabrera, president of ASME and WSU senior, said the greatest benefit of joining ASME is the networking opportunities that become available.
“As a mechanical engineering major, it’s really hard to have any sort of network, especially because Weber State is a non-traditional school,” Rios said.
Rios also said that her participation in ASME has allowed her to network with professors and other members and has increased her involvement. CJ Pantle and Kyle Addison, both WSU juniors and mechanical engineering majors, also feel this way.
One way that ASME helps students gain a vast network is through competitions. These contests are often held at other universities and cover things like Ant Battle Bot competitions, pinewood derbies, pumpkin catapulting and water propulsion rockets.
Pantle said ASME is a great fit for mechanical engineering majors because of its low time commitment.
“It’s really relaxed,” Pantle said. “As mechanical engineers, we’re busy with all of our schoolwork, but there’s competitions to do and activities like this where we just hang out and eat.”
On the second floor of Lind Lecture Hall, Weber State University students, faculty and community members can find the Ott Planetarium.
“When we had the science lab up there, students would go up to their science classes, and they would say, ‘Oh, look, a planetarium,’’ John Armstrong, Ott Planetarium director, said. “Now that it’s on the corner of campus, people don’t know about it.”
Ott Planetarium is open 2-5 p.m. Monday through Friday for anyone who is interested in space or has questions they want answered. The planetarium is also open to school groups from kindergarten through 12th grade for field trips.
Ott Planetarium’s main attraction is a
viewing room with a dome screen that displays films about space. They occasionally use the viewing deck on the fourth floor of Tracy Hall, which is a worthwhile place if the dome screen isn’t good enough.
At Tracy Hall’s viewing deck, star parties are held the first Friday of every month from 1011 p.m. Star parties are events where casual astronomers and stargazers can get together and observe astral bodies with like-minded folks. The viewing deck is available to rent out throughout the year for those who want to observe the stars privately.
During finals week, the planetarium offers relaxation shows where students can go to the dome theater to listen to music and look at interesting visuals.
“Normally you think of planetariums as something that do star shows, but we can show pretty much anything that we want to put on the dome because it’s all digital,”
Armstrong said. “We’ve had shows about environmental sciences, shows about chemistry, shows about math, stuff like that, so I just think it’s fun to have that projector.”
Before COVID-19, the planetarium room put on lightshow concerts, and Armstrong hopes to see another put on.
Next semester, the projector for the dome screen will be brighter and higher definition.
On Oct. 6, the various science departments held a small fair called Physics and Friends with booths and displays for their fields. The astronomers projected presentations on the dome about parts of space or stargazing.
“One thing we’re trying to do with the open hours is just encourage people to come up and hang out. We want people to come out and enjoy the planetarium,” Armstrong said.
En el segundo piso de Lind Lecture Hall, los estudiantes, profesores y miembros de la comunidad de Weber State University pueden encontrar el Planetario Ott.
“Cuando teníamos el laboratorio de ciencias allí, los estudiantes iban a sus clases de ciencias y decían: ‘Oh, mira, un planetario’”, dijo John Armstrong, director del Planetario Ott. “Ahora que está en la esquina del campus, la gente no lo sabe”.
El Planetario Ott está abierto de 2 a 5 p. m. De lunes a viernes para cualquier persona interesada en el espacio o que tenga pre-
guntas que desee responder. El planetario también está abierto a grupos escolares desde jardín de infantes hasta el grado 12 para excursiones.
La principal atracción del Ott Planetarium es una sala de visualización con una pantalla en forma de cúpula que proyecta películas sobre el espacio. De vez en cuando utilizan la plataforma de observación en el cuarto piso de Tracy Hall, que es un lugar que vale la pena si la pantalla del domo no es lo suficientemente buena.
En el mirador de Tracy Hall, se llevan a cabo fiestas de estrellas el primer viernes de cada mes de 10 a 11 p. m. Las fiestas de estrellas son eventos en los que astrónomos y observadores de estrellas ocasionales pueden reunirse y observar cuerpos astrales con personas de ideas afines. El mirador
se puede alquilar durante todo el año para aquellos que quieran observar las estrellas de forma privada.
Durante la semana de exámenes finales, el planetario ofrece espectáculos de relajación donde los estudiantes pueden ir al teatro del domo para escuchar música y contemplar imágenes interesantes.
“Normalmente se piensa en los planetarios como algo que hace espectáculos de estrellas, pero podemos mostrar prácticamente cualquier cosa que queramos poner en la cúpula porque es todo digital”, dijo Armstrong. “Hemos tenido programas sobre ciencias ambientales, programas sobre química, programas sobre matemáticas, cosas así, así que creo que es divertido tener ese proyector”.
Antes de COVID-19, la sala del planetario
organizaba conciertos de espectáculos de luces y Armstrong espera ver otro. El próximo semestre, el proyector de la pantalla del domo será más brillante y de mayor definición.
El 6 de octubre, los distintos departamentos de ciencias celebraron una pequeña feria llamada Física y Amigos con stands y exhibiciones para sus campos. Los astrónomos proyectaron presentaciones en la cúpula sobre partes del espacio o la observación de estrellas.
“Una cosa que estamos tratando de hacer con el horario de atención es simplemente alentar a la gente a que venga y pase el rato. Queremos que la gente salga y disfrute del planetario”, dijo Armstrong.
Lavender Vinyl, located on Ogden’s Historic 25th Street, is a record store that many community members have gathered at for several years. Lavender Vinyl was established in 2016 by Blake Lundell and Kye Hallows. Customers can find thousands of records both new and used from every genre and decade.
Lundell and Hallows shared a passion for music from a young age. Lundell was a longtime customer at Graywhale Entertainment, Utah’s largest independent record store with locations in Riverdale and Taylorsville. Lundell started working at Graywhale in 2007, where he met Hallows.
“I was mostly buying CDs at that point, but
once I started working there, really both of us got into vinyl,” Lundell said. “I just couldn’t stop buying records.”
After working at Graywhale, Lundell and Hallows decided it was time for them to open their own independent record store.
“It had always been a dream of ours to have our own shop,” Lundell said.
Hallows and Lundell buy collections of records from anyone who is looking to sell. The duo will also travel, if possible, to find collections of records.
“Listening to vinyl is a ritual,” Lundell said. While face-to-face interactions are important for keeping Lavender Vinyl in business, the store also has online ordering. Shoppers can order records through Lavender Vinyl’s website, but the bulk of orders come through
messages over Instagram and Facebook. Lavender Vinyl has $6 flat-rate shipping. The store has sent records all across the nation, not just Utah.
“Through the pandemic, that is what kind of helped us survive,” Lundell said.
Lavender Vinyl receives new releases every friday. They feature these and other used albums in Instagram posts.
If customers are interested in any of the records that are shown in an Instagram post, they can leave a comment on the post or message the store’s Instagram to either set up a two day hold or a payment method with the business.
Earlier this year Lavender Vinyl opened a satellite location inside of Split Leaf Coffee in Bountiful. They hope to open a larger satel-
lite location in a new Grounds for Coffee in Logan.
Hallows and Lundell connect with their community through more than just records. Lavender Vinyl makes an effort to be closer with the community by supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Lavender Vinyl has a section of their store dedicated to the records of queer musicians and bands.
Hallows started an inhouse queer magazine that releases two issues a year, called the LQ.
“We love Ogden, that’s why we chose it here. We could have chosen Salt Lake, but we have been rooted in this community for a long time. We love the people, and they really support us,” Lundell said.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and the Weber State University Women’s Center is hosting a few events to raise awareness. One such event is the Clothesline Project.
According to the Clothesline official website, the purpose of the project is “bearing witness to violence against women.” The Clothesline Project is an event hosted at universities all over the United States, at which survivors of domestic and sexual violence can raise awareness by decorating a t-shirt, which will then be put on display.
“They will personalize that shirt to kind of mimic or mirror what that experience felt like to them,” Andrea Hernández, the program coordinator for the Weber State Women’s Center, said.
At Weber State, the Women’s Center provides t-shirts for students to decorate and displays them in the Shepherd Union. The display remains up for the whole month of October.
“The purpose of the Clothesline Project … is to increase awareness on the impact of violence and abuse, and to honor survivors’ strength to continue and to provide another avenue for them to courageously break the silence that often surrounds their experience,” Hernández said.
The Women’s Center has hosted the Clothesline Project in the Shepherd Union for seven years and eventually collaborated with Wildcat Village to bring the project to residents. The event goes hand-in-hand with the Safe @ Weber Violence Prevention initiative.
“This definitely helps with violence prevention efforts to be able to allow us space to be able to have these particular conversations
around consent, around healthy relationships, around boundaries,” Hernández said.
Another goal of the project is to give survivors a chance to use their voice and take a step towards working through their trauma.
“The purpose of the Clothesline Project … is to increase awareness on the impact of violence and abuse, and to honor survivors’ strength to continue and to provide another avenue for them to courageously break the silence that often surrounds their experience,” Hernández said. “That’s their way of being able to kind of like, work through that incident.”
Over the years, the display has proven to be an impactful and positive influence on campus.
“We have seen how powerful this type of event is for a campus community,” Hernández said.
Not only does the project raise awareness
of issues concerning violence against women, it is also an avenue for students to learn about some of the resources available to them on campus. The WSU Women’s Center provides advocates for survivors of violence as well as resources to help survivors get on a path to recovery.
“We also let [students] know that we have an advocate in our area so if they ever want to seek out our resources around talking to an advocate, about maybe like a certain incident that they were going through, around sexual assault, domestic violence, anything under that umbrella, we have that resource available to them,” Hernández said. “There are allies across this campus who are here, willing to listen, willing to help out in any way that we can.”
The Clothesline Project is on display for all students to see on the balcony of the atrium in the Shepherd Union building.
POR NELLY HERNANDEZ TEJADA
Traductor By MCKINNA BAIRD ReporteroEl mes de Octubre es mes de concienciación de violencia doméstica y el Centro de Mujeres de la Universidad de Weber State (Weber State University Women’s Center) va tener eventos para concienciar a la comunidad. Un evento es el Proyecto Clothesline (Clothesline Project).
Según la página web oficial de Clothesline, el propósito del proyecto es “ser testigo de la violencia contra las mujeres.” El Clothesline Project es en evento alojado por universidades por todos los Estados Unidos, donde los sobrevividores de domestica violencia y violencia sexual pueden concienciar por decorando una camisa, que luego lo ponen en exhibicion.
“Ellos personalizan esa camisa para que pueda imitar o reflejar lo que esa experiencia se sentía para ellos,” dice Andrea Hernández, la coordinadora del programa del Weber State Women’s Center.
En Weber State, el Women’s Center tiene camisas para que los estudiantes las decoren
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“El propósito del Clothesline Project.. es de elevar la concienciación del impacto de violencia y abuso, y honrar la fortaleza de sobrevivientes para continuar y darles otra vía para que rompan valientemente el silencio que normalmente rodea su experiencia,” dice Hernández. “Es su forma de casi superar ese incidente.”
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Exhibit and lecture by Robert Righter, author of The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: America’s Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism
Connection to O'Shaughnessy Dam Project