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“They are a non-profit here in Ogden that works with youth, kind of like an after-school type program, where they teach them skills like writing and podcasting and photography and videography and all sorts of things they can use in their daily lives,” Cahoon said.

Cahoon encouraged students to come and browse the downtown location, even after the fair has ended. The store offers a cafe, Weber State University merch and two gaming consoles to play in-store. It is located near some of Ogden’s favorite small businesses.

“If you haven’t checked out the downtown location, you should always come down here,” Cahoon said. “We have lots of fun things going on. We love to have people just come down and check it out.”

Overall, the event has been a success for the Wildcat Store so far.

“It’s been fun,” Cahoon said. “Our goal down here is just to bring the community together, it’s kind of what the purpose of this building is, it’s kind of a bridge between campus and downtown, so we try to have as many community-oriented events down here as we can.”

By MEGAN SWANN Reporter

The Department of Student Affairs has funded a renovation in the Shepherd Union Fireplace Lounge, replacing the older fireplace with a newer, larger one. Renovations began at the end of last semester, and will likely continue until the end of spring.

The lounge is located between the Wildcat Store and the bridge connecting Shepherd Union to the Student Services Center.

Daniel Kilcrease, executive director of student affairs auxiliaries, explained that funds are granted to Shepherd Union each year to go towards building renovations and proj- ects. While normally, these funds go to carpeting or furniture replacement, they’re occasionally used for aesthetic projects like this.

“It’s a normal-size fireplace in a large, gigantic room,” Kilcrease said. “One of our hopes is that we can get a bigger fireplace footprint.”

The lounge has remained relatively unchanged since a major renovation to the entire Shepherd Union building in the mid2000s.

Kilcrease said Student Affairs hired an architect from VCBO Architecture, a firm based in Salt Lake City. While it is currently unknown what the next fireplace will look like, Kilcrease is hopeful that the architect’s concept pictures will come in soon.

It’s common to see students studying, eating or even taking a nap in the Fireplace Lounge, but some students were unaware or oblivious to this renovation.

Tirzah Davis and Rebecca Packer, both students, were surprised to hear these changes had even occurred.

“The last time I was there, I didn’t even notice that there was a fireplace,” Packer said.

One reason for this is that there are many other study spaces on campus that students can choose from.

Braxton Higgs, an economics and legal studies major, said he prefers to study in the library, but he’d be interested to see what the new fireplace looks like once it’s complete.

The hope is that the renovation will be completed by the end of the semester. However, Kilcrease explained it could be later than that.

The renovations would cause interference for students who use the space to study and do homework. When this project began in the fall 2022 semester, the lounge was closed off to students, with the entrances covered by large plastic tarps.

“The fireplace is coming back,” Kilcrease said. “We’re excited.”

El departamento de asuntos estudiantiles ha financiado una renovación del salón de chimenea del edificio Shepherd Union, reemplazando la antigua chimenea con una que es más grande. Las renovaciones empezaron al fin del último semestre y van a continuar hasta el fin de la primavera.

El salón se encuentra entre la tienda Wildcat y el puente que conecta el edificio Shepherd Union con el centro de servicios estudiantiles.

El director jefe de asuntos estudiantiles auxiliares Daniel Kilcrease explicó que algunos fondos son dados al Shepherd union cada año para las renovaciones y proyectos. Aunque mayormente los fondos se usan para reemplazar los muebles o las alfombras, ocasionalmente se usan para proyectos estéticos así.

“Es una chimenea de tamaño normal en una sala grande, casi gigante,” dijo Kilcrease. “Una de nuestras expectativas es que la chimenea da calor por más área del espacio.”

El salón ha quedado relativamente sin cambios desde una renovación mayor por todo el edificio Shepherd Unión hace más de diez años.

Kilcrease dijo que el departamento de asuntos estudiantiles contrató un arquitecto de Arquitectura VCBO, una empresa de la ci- udad Salt Lake. Aunque no se conoce la apariencia futura, Kilcrease tiene esperanza que las fotos conceptuales vengan pronto.

Es común ver a los estudiantes estudiando, comiendo o hasta tomando la siesta en el salón de la chimenea, pero algunos estudiantes no sabían de la renovación.

Los estudiantes Tirzah Davis y Rebecca Packer estaban sorprendidos al escuchar que estos cambios habían ocurrido.

“La última vez que estaba ahí, no me di cuenta que había una chimenea,” dijo Packer.

Una razón por esta falta de conocimiento es que hay numerosos espacios de estudio en campus entre los que pueden elegir los estudiantes.

Braxton Higgs, un estudiante que estudia la ley y la economía, dijo que prefiere estudi- ar en la biblioteca, pero le interesaría ver el aspecto de la nueva chimenea cuando esté completa.

Se espera que la renovación se complete para el fin del semestre. Sin embargo, Kilcrease explicó que puede durar más.

Las renovaciones causaría interferencia para los estudiantes que usan el espacio para estudiar y hacer la tarea. Cuando se empezó el proyecto en el semestre del otoño 2022, el salón estaba cerrado para los estudiantes, con lonas plásticas grandes bloqueando las entradas.

“La chimenea regresará,” aseguró Kilcrease. “Estamos emocionados.”

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By ANNA KUGLAR Photographer

Not even the cold winter weather can get the best of Farmers Market Ogden, as they kicked off the new Winter Market season on Jan. 28 with a variety of local vendors and artisans, food trucks, community yoga, live music and highlighted artwork by some of Ogden’s own artists.

The current 2023 winter season lasts from Jan. 28 to Feb. 25 and is located inside of the Union Station with food truck options parked outside the entrance running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Despite the recent dropping temperatures, current in-season produce can still be found throughout the indoor booths such as mushrooms, beets, winter squash, etc. Other commonly-found winter goods, such as salsas, fresh-baked pastries and breads, canned goods and so many other homemade goodies created by local vendors and small businesses around Ogden, can be found on display at the variety of booths located at the market.

Beginning in 2000, Farmers Market

Ogden has taken place every Saturday throughout the fall, winter and summer seasons for over two decades, and continues to take place down either Historic 25th Street or lining the rooms of the Union Station, depending on the seasons.

Farmers Market Ogden has an open registration for vendors to apply to have a booth in the area, giving many different vendors the opportunity to apply to have their products on display for people to come and discover for themselves during the market season.

Providing an already excellent sense of community, the market brings shoppers, artists, vendors and small businesses alike to support each other during the event. There are new booths, live music and performers to discover each weekend, guaranteeing something new to explore or possibly even your go-tos.

With fresh produce, baked goods, many different food truck options, live music, handcrafted jewelry and other artwork, there is no shortage of things for people to come out and enjoy throughout the Saturday morning markets.

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