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ART FACULTY DISPLAY PERSONAL WORK IN BIENNIAL EXHIBITION
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LATIN-AMERICAN CULTURES UNITE IN COMMON HERITAGE
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SEPT. 24 The office of access and diversity will be hosting a Know Your Rights workshop for students who understand their rights, both within federal law and Weber State University. Topics such as disability, sex and gender civil rights and race will be discussed. The event will take place in Shepherd Union room 321 and will go from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.
SEPT. 25 Dolores Huerta, Chicano civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Famers Association, will visit Weber State to speak to students, faculty and community members.
By JENNIFER GREENLEE Assistant News Editor
1. How many acres have the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires burned so far? a. 60,000
b. Sept. 21 c. Sept. 20 3. How many chickens — yes, chickens — have died from the flooding from Hurricane Florence?
b. 85,000
a. 600,000
c. 90,000
b.1.1 million
d. 115,000
c.1.5 million
2. When will Supreme Court d. 1.7 million Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh next appear in front of the 4. Thieves snatched a purse Senate Judiciary Committee? from a couple in Millcreek when they were grocery shopping. a. Sept. 24 Where were they grocery shopping?
a. Walmart b. Costco c. Smith’s d. Kent’s 5. Who hosted the Emmys on Sept. 16? a. Colin Jost and Michael Che b. Jimmy Kimmel c. Neil Patrick Harris d. Stephen Colbert
The theme be “Hispanics: one endless voice to enhance out traditions” and will fall in line with Hispanic Heritage Month. She will speak in the Shepherd Union ballroom from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.
SEPT. 26 Students who are interested in graduate school and wanting to look for more information are able to do so at the graduate fair. The fair will provide a networking opportunity so that students may see graduate programs that are offered around the country, and not just at WSU. The fair will take place in the ballrooms beginning at 10 a.m.
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Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.
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By COLTON PACK
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Sports Reporter
The women’s soccer team kicked off a busy Weber State University sports home weekend with their first home win of the season, 3—2, over the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos last Friday night at the Wildcat Soccer Field. Senior forward Morgan Quarnberg scored two goals and led the offense to their most impressive outing this season. The Wildcats entered the match not having scored more than one goal a game for their first seven matches. “I felt like we kept possession really well during the entire game,” Quarnberg said. “We’ve been working on it all season, and this past week, we’ve been focusing on finishing. Finishing was our focus tonight, and we came out and got the job done.” For the ’Cats first home goal of the season, sophomore Mylee Broad found an opening when sending it to freshman Olivia Barton who then found Quarnberg with a lone breakaway, sneaking the ball past the Gauchos’ goalie. “A good win for the team tonight,” head coach Tim Crompton said. “The first half we played well and had couple of nice goals in the run of play.” Fourteen minutes later redshirt senior Chansi Crompton led the odd-man rush, dishing the ball to sophomore Kinsley Napoli who added the second goal of the game. Crompton’s assist tied the Big Sky All-Time Career record for assists. “In the second half, we give UCSB credit for their ability to climb back into the game, but in the end we were able to stay focused and create the game winner,” Crompton said. “Morgan was outstanding with her finishing tonight and her teammates slipped her some nice balls.” The Gauchos scored two goals in the second half to tie the game at two apiece. Quarnberg came up big with another breakaway in the 84th minute of the game with her second goal. Barton and Broad both added assist on the game winning goal. UC Santa Barbara entered the match as the number three team in the western region. Barton assisted both goals scored by Quarnberg. Crompton added two assists of her own on Napoli’s goal and Quarnberg’s second. After a three goal game against the Gauchos the ’Cats were shut out in a 1—0 loss. The Wildcats are now 2–3–3 on the year. The soccer team begins their Big Sky schedule on Sept. 21 against Southern Utah University. They continue playing until the end of September when they play Northern Arizona University, Portland State University and Sacramento State University. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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IT TAKES A
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By ALYSON JOHNSON A&E Reporter
Weber State University’s Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) welcomed new Interim Executive Director Becky Jo Gesteland to the team. A Salt Lake City native, Gesteland received her Ph.D from the University of Utah in American Studies, an interdisciplinary course which included English, Women’s Studies and Western History. Gesteland first came to Weber State University in 2000 to teach technical writing in the English Department, which she will continue to do along with her new position. Aside from teaching multiple classes, Gesteland is also the Associate Dean in the Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities. While Gasteland is fulfilling her duties as CCEL director, dance professor Amanda Sowerby will takae on the assosicate dean position. “I have always been interested in CCEL, so after I had 10 years here at Weber State, I felt like I needed to do something to in-
vigorate my teaching,” Gesteland said. From there, Gesteland held multiple administrative positions, including FYE coordinator, assistant chair and the Engaged Series coordinator. Gesteland expressed her excitement for her new position. “The people here are amazing,” Gesteland said. The faculty and staff at CCEL look forward to the change as well. “Becky is a person who makes connections,” said Mike Moon, assistant director of the CCEL. “She is well in tune with our academic side of the house of academic affairs, she has good relationships with administration and she totally understands the student affairs side of the house. She is uniquely poised to make really great connections, and as a result, some really cool things will happen.” Gesteland described CCEL as a way Weber State is able to set itself apart from other universities by providing an outreach center available on campus. “There are so many options to choose from to get involved,” Gesteland said. “You meet these people, and they are an incred-
ible network for you.” The main goal of CCEL is to not only create community connections but to teach students to be involved elsewhere. “We absolutely want (students) to graduate not only with a diploma but with a resume,” Moon said. “CCEL is building their resume. We want them to graduate with skills that make them marketable in the job field. That makes graduate school and other higher education an option.” In addition to offering service opportunities for students, CCEL oversees the service team on campus, which is part of the WSU Student Association. Patrick Luo, sophomore at Weber State, is the service team vice president this year. Luo said his involvement with CCEL has not only helped him be involved but has helped him build new relationships and work on his problem-solving skills, which in turn have helped him in other areas of his life. “I really enjoy engaging with all the students and just seeing how once they realize there’s some issues within the community and know that one simple and small
act of kindness has a huge ripple effect,” Luo said. “It really helps me and empowers me to boost my morale to try to have more of a difference out there.” Luo related his love of encouraging others, from engaging in volunteer opportunities to teaching a child to ride a bike for the first time. “You just see this spark light up in their face, and it’s something that I really enjoy when engaging other students into these types of opportunities,” Luo said. Students interested in volunteering on campus or with the community can visit CCEL and pick up a calendar of monthly events or log onto Weber Connect to check out the service team’s calendar of upcoming events. “A student who is just focused in the classroom will have a much different graduating portfolio than do the students who are graduating from CCEL because they have been so involved in the community and with other people,” Moon said. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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S&T Reporter
There has been an ongoing debate over the definitions of the word “meat” recently. Through litigation, bills, and industry petitions, the future of “meat” is at stake. Tempeh, texturized vegetable protein (TVP), jackfruit, seitan, mushrooms, legumes and tofu are all plant-based alternatives to meat. Through a combination of other plant-based sources, they can be crafted into a product that can be mistaken for the actual flesh-based products. The near-realness of some products, such as the “bleeding” Impossible and Beyond burgers, Gardein’s Beefless Tips, and BOCA’s Vegan Turkey Burger, may cause concern today for the meat lobby based on the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) recent petition in February to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FCIS) and Missouri’s recently passed bill that administers restrictions on what is considered “meat.” “The labels of ‘beef’ or ‘meat’ should inform customers that the product is derived naturally from animals as opposed to alternative proteins such as plants,” the petition read. This means that certain products could face legal and financial consequences for potentially misleading consumers toward a product that is not actually meat. Small business owner Jake Herren, in Springfield, Missouri, has found the new law to be an inconvenience, as reported by the Springfield News-Leader. “Right now it’s a bummer. It’s an inconvenience for me as a small business owner,” said Herron. Some of the latest nutritional research available suggests humans don’t need to eat meat, and, according to the American Dietetic Association, an appropriately planned vegan diet can be healthy for all stages of life, including pregnancy, lacta-
tion, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood and for athletes. “... total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases,” the ADA report read. Dr. David Aguilar-Alvarez, assistant professor of nutrition at Weber State University, considers meat too well loved yet easily over-consumed to the potential detriment of health. “Meat is not something that is going to add a lot to our diet,” said Aguilar-Alvarez. “It doesn’t provide many nutrients that we are actually going to benefit substantially from. We have iron, B12 and other vitamins in meat, but there is still no reason to encourage consumption. Americans consume double the amount of protein required, and it can be taxing for the kidneys.” He then added, “Meat consumption is on the rise and there are very few things that we can do about it. I don’t think it is necessary to legislate new food products that are plant-based. It may be hard for them to overcome this.” It’s not just meat that’s trying to push out competition from plant-based alternatives. The dairy industry is going through similar processes to prevent plant-based products from using words such as milk and cheese. The USDA recommended guidelines also lean heavily towards dairy when there are other high-quality plant-based sources of nutrition. Since his recorded lecture during the summer semester, Aguilar-Alvarez noticed some non-dairy alternatives have been removed from a section of the main page of myplate.gov/dairy, the website for the United States Department of Agriculture’s nutrition guide. On the webpage, dairy remains the primary recommendation for calcium.
“Twenty percent of the population in the United States is lactose intolerant,” said Aguilar-Alvarez. “Some populations have even higher levels of lactose intolerance.” The agricultural battle continues between meat, dairy and plant-based industries. At least for now, in Missouri, meat is flesh, and the plant-based meat’s entire branding could be up in the air pending litigation. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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NO. 1 TOO STRONG FOR ’CATS
By KAYLA WINN
Correspondent
In front of a sold-out, standing room-only crowd, the Weber State University volleyball team took on the top-ranked BYU Cougars last Saturday at the Swenson Gym, failing in a three-set sweep. Head coach Jeremiah Larson looked at the loss as a great team effort and has a positive outlook on the upcoming season. “The goal was to control as much as we knew we could control,” Larsen said. “I think we competed very well against a highly ranked team.” The Wildcats competed with BYU in each set, staying close behind and fighting until each set was over. During the first set, the Wildcats started strong with a 4—1 lead but shortly lost the lead after a 4–0 run by BYU. The first set ended with a score of 25–18, in favor of BYU. Like the first set, Weber State started off forceful and competitive, beginning the set with a 4—4 tie. The Cougars managed to gain a lead and had a set point at 24—11. With the help of a loud crowd, the Wildcats fought for seven more points before the Cougars ended the set 25–18. Weber State remained close behind in the third set, tying the game at 12–12 with a kill by junior outside hitter Megan Gneiting followed by a block by sophomore blocker Sam Schiess. The top team in the nation was
too much for the Wildcats and finished the sweep with a 25–16 victory. “I thought today was really competitive and fun. I love my teammates. They always play super hard,” senior outside hitter Andrea Hale said. “I think this puts us in a great position going into conference.” Despite the loss, the Wildcats are confident for the upcoming season. Having two wins against Utah State and Utah Valley University, they are focused on the games ahead. Hale, the only senior on the team, is ready for a successful season with her young team. “This game helped us realize we can compete with good teams.” Hale said. “We’re excited.” Weber State begins the Big Sky Conference against in-state and conference rival Southern Utah Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in Cedar City. “We gotta prepare our side of the court. Our defense is solid,” Larsen said. “Our blocking is great, and we need to go and get better every play, every day.” The Wildcats finished the afternoon with 24 kills, led by Gneiting with eight and Hale with seven. Weber State is now 5–4 overall and looking forward to starting their conference against Southern Utah and Northern Arizona.
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U.S. ATTORNEY
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LAYS DOWN THE LAW By HANNAH OLSEN News Reporter
“Civil — or what I would call uncivil — disobedience,” U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber said, “is a fad.” In a talk that kicked off Constitution Week, Huber stressed that citizens feel the imminent threats to the planet and feel that the law can only go so far. in reality, Huber said, there are countless ways to represent their opinions within what he called the “safe harbor of the rule of law.” Constitution Week celebrations at Weber State University began on the anniversary of the day the final draft of the Constitution was signed. Huber, who works for the Department of Justice, gave the first of two talks, wherein he emphasized the need to advocate changing unjust laws and to do so lawfully. “The impatient choose the unlawful
route,” Huber said. Multiple county commissioners, including Weber County Commissioner James Harvey, attended the opening talks. Huber, a University of Utah
Alumnus, began his career in Weber County after having been raised in Magna. He moved up as a prosecutor from 1994–1996 until he reached the state level. In his current position, he said he has been privileged to have worked under “two President’s Administrations, met both of them and advised two US Attorneys General of two different parties.” Huber was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate. When the elections ended and the turnover to a new president began, Huber handed in his letter of resignation in anticipation of President Trump’s effort to clean out all who advised and worked under President Obama. To his surprise, mentors and friends of his in the Senate and other advisory positions convinced Trump that Huber was someone he wanted to keep. Trump met with Huber and re-confirmed him into the administration. Huber went on to say there is “very little” different about the two administrations and that there are excellent people all the way at the top levels. “Ninety-five percent of the stuff we agree on,” Huber said. In his cur-
rent position, Huber is one of 55 attorneys who look into cases referred to them from all levels of jurisdictions: anywhere from Ogden City Police to the FBI, from Homeland Security to the FDA. “We don’t have an obligation to do street crime,” Huber said with a smile, “We just take the cases we want.” He went on to say that a majority of the cases referred to them from cities are drug and gang cases. In many such cases, they trace evidence back to their origin, which, Huber said, is often Mexico or China. Because of their national ranking, U.S. attourneys have the jurisdiction to follow evidence beyond U.S. borders and to interact with other nations’ law enforcement to resolve such situations. Recently, however, Huber said America is facing a different situation. “America is really suffering from a rise in violent crime,” Huber said, “3–5 percent raise nationally and 14–18 percent raise in Utah.” Huber advised everyone to exercise patience and tolerance when handling laws and when forming opinions about them. Huber cited John Locke, saying, “Where there is no law, there is no freedom.” Huber closed his speech on a high note, however, seeking to remind the audience that they lived in a great nation. “We do live in the greatest nation the Earth has ever seen,” Huber said, “and likely ever will.” Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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Sports Reporter
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After two straight weeks of being on the road, the Weber State University Wildcats returned to Stewart Stadium on Sept. 15 to host an FCS top-25 bout with the University of South Dakota Coyotes. The No. 22 Coyotes were no match for the No. 11 Wildcats, who prevailed 27–10 in their home opener in front of 8,455 fans. The ’Cats emerged from the locker room donning all-black, a uniform combo featured on ESPN’s Gear Up on SportsCenter and matched by all the fans in WSU’s student section, the Destruction Zone. Sophomore quarterback Jake Constantine earned his first start as a Wildcat after an efficient second half against Cal Poly on Sept. 8. Constantine completed 15 passes in 27 attempts for 140 yards, threw a touchdown pass and did not commit a turnover. Freshman running back Josh Davis maintained his momentum with 27 carries for 105 yards, complementing his quarterback. “I think Jake handled himself really good,” Davis said. “He made some throws in the third and fourth. He’s making good reads, so I think he handled himself
very well.” WSU took a quick 3–0 lead on a 43-yard field goal by sophomore kicker Trey Tuttle before defense took over. A crushing hit from senior safety Jawian Harrison Jr. on sophomore tight end Brett Samson stalled any momentum on South Dakota’s second drive, leading to a three and out. On the next Coyote drive, senior cornerback Parker Preator blitzed junior quarterback Austin Simmons, forcing him to fumble. Senior defensive lineman Landon Stice scooped up the ball and ran it in for a touchdown. The Wildcats opted for a trick play 2-point conversion. Freshman defensive end McKade Mitton made his first offensive appearance in 2018 a memorable one, scoring on a direct snap to push the lead to 11–0. South Dakota began the second quarter in the red zone but was stuffed and forced to kick a field goal, which they converted to cut the Wildcat lead to 11–3. During a slow-moving second quarter, the Wildcats secured themselves another turnover. Senior cornerback Keilan Benjamin picked up an interception to set up another scoring opportunity for his team.
After the takeaway, Constantine connected with senior wide receiver Darryl Denby in the end zone from five yards out and pushed the WSU lead to 18–3 with four minutes left in the half. The Wildcats forced South Dakota to punt on the next drive, another three and out. Davis returned the kick 54 yards, but the momentum stalled. The Wildcats got as close as the three yard line but could not convert on fourth and goal. The first half came to an end with WSU leading 18–3, dominating in all three phases of the game. The ’Cats saw production from their offense, defense and special teams to gift them a 15 point lead at the break. Both teams came out of the intermission stagnant with a lull in the action for most of the third quarter. Tuttle did connect on another field goal, this time from 18 yards out to give the Wildcats 21–3 lead. Early in the fourth quarter, Stice delivered again. He picked off Simmons’ pass and returned it 28 yards into South Dakota territory. The Stansbury Park, Utah, native ended the night with a fumble recovery for a touchdown and an interception, giving him a total of three turnovers on the season. His efforts earned him Big Sky Confer-
ence defensive player of the week. “I’m the luckiest guy on this team,” Stice said. The turnover created another scoring opportunity, and Tuttle knocked in a 39-yard field goal. Five minutes later, the ’Cats kicker made it four for five on the evening by adding a kick from 20 yards out. Tuttle’s four successful attempts were the second most in Weber State history, Scott Shields connected on all five tries against Northern Arizona in 1997. The Wildcats led 27–3 after Tuttle’s kicks. After unsuccessfully trying for three hours, the Coyotes found the end zone in garbage time with ten seconds remaining, making the score 27–10, the final tally. WSU head Coach Jay Hill praised his defense for their effort. “We had eight sacks and three turnovers, and that was huge,” Hill said. The ’Cats improved their record to 2–1, and they aim to continue their momentum on Sept. 22. when Weber State hosts the University of Northern Colorado Bears, who are looking for their first win of the season. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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By TIANA PACK A&E Reporter
The Department of Visual Art & Design hosted the opening reception of the Biennial Faculty Exhibition on Sept. 14 from 7-9 p.m. in the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery. Weber State University art student Addison James appreciated seeing the work of her professors. “It helps me reflect on what they’re teaching in their classes,” James said. She enjoyed Department Chair Mathew Choberka’s work espacially. “The painting had great detail and what (Choberka) calls ‘moments,’” James said. “Whenever he critiques someone’s work, he’ll say, ‘I really love this moment.’ I kept thinking of that while looking at his work.” Maddie Hibbert, WSU graphic design student, is starting her third year working at the Shaw Gallery and loves the faculty exhibitions. “You always get a lot of variety of work because everyone is from a different medium,” Hibbert said. “In other shows, it’s usually just one theme. These are funner because you don’t know what you’re going to get.” The exhibition features the work of painters, graphic designers, sculptors and photographers. “Students will see a lot of different ideas represented here, but they’ll also get to see in a real material form all the great things these faculty are doing,” said Paul Crow, associate professor of photography, whose work is featured along with more than 30 of his colleagues in the department. Crow was inspired by the work of Nicholaus Copernicus, the father of heliocentrism, which was a controversial idea at the time. “My piece is sort of a picture about uncertainty and the stories we tell ourselves and each other about how solid and stable things are,” Crow said. “The truth is, we are
always in this environment of instability. Right now, we are sitting on this planet that is spinning at about 700 miles per hour, but it feels stable.” Crow went on to talk about his piece featured in the exhibition and how he captured his vision. “I made the piece by taking a picture right at sunset and calculating the length that the exposure would have to be to give me the exposure that I wanted,” Crow said. “I knew in degrees approximately how far the Earth should be moving per minute, so I just moved the camera at that speed to give the illusion that the landscape was actually moving at that speed while the viewer is still.” Another artist whose work is featured in the exhibition is Todd Oberndorfer, the outreach manager for the Department of Visual Art and Design. Oberndorfer, a Weber State University alumnus, has been working in the industry for nearly 20 years. Oberndorfer has two pieces featured in the exhibition, one of which was completed right around legislation time. “At the capitol building, it says ‘Vox populi,’ or ‘Voice of the people’ in Latin,” Oberndorfer said. “When I see it, voice of the people represents a majority of the people but not necessarily all the people.” This idea helped inspire one of his pieces. His other piece was inspired from his time living in Morocco where he became interested in textiles and the storytelling involved in tapestry and rug making. Oberndorfer views himself as an activist artist and focuses much of his work on church/state issues and population growth. The exhibition is free and open to the public. It opened on Sept. 14 and will continue until Nov. 10.
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Sculptures, videos, paintings, drawings and photos comprise this year’s Biennial Faculty Exhibition.
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The Biennial Faculty Exhibition will run until Nov. 10.
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Adjunct Professor Lauren Bennett’s entry, “Cosmological Drift.”
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An untitled mixed media sculpture by adjunct instructor Ya’el Pedrza.
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By JOE TRAUB
Assistant Sports Editor
After seven months of waiting, the Wildcats got back on the ice Sept. 14, but proved a little rusty, falling 4–3 to Utah State to begin their 2018-19 season. The game was a hard-fought battle for WSU, who fell behind 3–0 in the first period before they rallied to tie the contest with 15 minutes remaining. The Aggies ultimately scored the game-winner with 5:17 to play. Wildcats head coach A.J. Kapinos said he enjoyed seeing his squad compete. “It’s exciting, it’s fun,” Kapinos said. “We had a long offseason, and we practiced really hard in training camp. It was good to finally get on the ice.” The main seating bowl was nearly full,
and Weber State sophomore goalie Ryan appreciated the fan support. “I think our fans did a great job of keeping us fired up,” Scheide said. “They got loud whenever we scored a goal or made a big hit.” Scheide was busy throughout the evening, collecting 30 saves in 34 attempts. “All of my intensity honestly feeds off the boys,” Scheide said. “Whenever they’re going, I’m going, and it just fires me up even more.” After spotting Utah State a 3–0 lead in the opening stanza, the Wildcats secured goals from seniors William Fobair and Jonathan Cosman to cut the deficit to 3–2 with 20 minutes remaining. Fellow senior Troy Quarnberg then delivered a clutch game-tying score just over two minutes
into the final period. “It’s always fun to start (the season) up against Utah State,” Quarnberg said. “You know it’s going to be a great game, and everyone is going to be into it.” There were several skirmishes during the contest, including one early in the third period, which led to the ejection of Aggies head coach C.J. Westlake. “It’s always good to get into a little scruff with someone who is an in-state rival,” Quarnberg said. “It builds momentum and gets your heart going.” The Wildcats fought until the final buzzer sounded, when a potential game-tying goal was snuffed out by USU goalie Colter Pritchard. “From our vantage point on the far side bench, a lot of things look in,” Kapinos
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said. “All of the guys on our team told us it was right on the line, and their goalie pulled it out right at the last second.” Scheide said he is not overly concerned about the season-opening defeat. “It’s the first of many,” Scheide said. “This being a close loss and a hard battle, we’re not too upset about it. We know we hurt ourselves in the first quarter with penalties, but after that the game was ours for the most part.” The ‘Cats will be back on the ice on Sept. 21 and 22 when Utah Valley and Brigham Young University visit for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.
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HISPANICS
UNITE AT THE UNION By DANYA GIL
Diversity Reporter
A myriad of Latin-American communities came together to kick off Hispanic Heritage month at the Ogden Hispanic Festival on Sept. 15. LUPEC (Latinos United Promoting Education and Civic Engagement), a nonprofit organization, hosted the event. LUPEC’s mission is to empower the Latino community by making them active members of society through education. The theme for this year’s festival was civic engagement and culture, the path to education and success. Held at the Ogden Union Station, the event included booths that provided information on how the community could get more involved. Ogden City diversity, AARP, WSU Community Education Center and the Women League of Voters were among the organizations engaging attendees. “It’s important for the Latinos who live here that we unite ourselves, that we give each other strength,” Ogden resident Cruz Palacios said. The festival was not exclusively intended to educate the community, however. On the north end of the Union, flags from every Hispanic country led guests to a stage where a live band performed. Mariachi Águilas de la Esperanza, a mariachi group run by students and faculty at Esperanza Elementary in West Valley, provided music for the crowds and a front man engaging the audience. Yahaira Cortez, WSU sophomore, volunteer, was interested in what the festival had to offer and said attendees were very united. Sadra Rodriguez brought her daughters Genesis, 11, and Roxana, 8. They had never been to the festival and
wanted to get together with fellow Hispanics to celebrate their culture. It was SARAH CATAN | The Signpost important to Rodriguez to instill a sense of Hispanic pride in her daughters. People attending the Hispanic Festival in downtown Ogden watching In a time when many Latinos feel children perform songs. alienated and targeted by political affairs and the current administration, residents found that it was important to band together and create tradition within the Latino community in Ogden. Veronica Zepeda recently moved to Ogden from New York. She attended the festival with her husband and three daughters to rally with the Ogden Hispanic community. “We Hispanics are worth a lot, and I think we deserve a lot of respect from all people,” Zepeda said. “With a president like this, I think we shouldn’t just Apply to serve on the value Hispanics, but human beings.” STUDENT FEE RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE This is the third Ogden Hispanic Festival. According to Census.gov, 31.8 perto make recommendations for the distribution of your student fees. cent of people in Ogden are of Hispanic or Latino origin as of July 2017. Weber To apply, pick up an application at the Shepherd Union Information County has the second-highest Latino concentration in the state of Utah. Desk or online at www.weber.edu/studentaffairs “(My hope for the future of Ogden is that) they don’t forget about us, APPLICATION DEADLINE: and they keep us in consideration,” Zepeda said. 4 pm, Wednesday, October 3, 2018 Sept. 15 marked the beginning of Hispanic Heritage month, a time to honor Hispanics who have influenced Submit completed applications to and contributed to the U.S. For more Student Involvement & Leadership, Shepherd Union 326 information, visit https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/ or
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QUIZ ANSWERS FROM PAGE 2 1. c. 90,000 acres have burned in Utah County. No Structures have been lost, and there have only been minor crew injuries, according to KUTV News. However, only 23 percent of the fire has been contained so far.
3. d. 1.7 million chickens have reportedly drowned in flooding, according to USA Today. Approximately 6 million more chickens have been trapped by flooding and, unless feed trucks reach them, will also die.
2. a. Sept. 24 is the day Kavanaugh is slated to appear in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kavanaugh will be facing accusations made by Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford regarding sexual misconduct, according to CBS News.
4. b. The couple was grocery shopping at Costco when a black Jeep drove up alongside them, and a woman stuck out her arm and grabbed the purse from the cart. The thieves then broke into their house and ransacked it, stealing some valuables, KSL News reported. The thieves were said to have found their address based on
the ID they found in the purse. 5. a. Colin Jost and Michael Che hosted the Emmys on Sept. 16. During Che’s opening monologue, he said, “The only white people that thank Jesus are the Republicans and the ex-crackheads.” The Emmy’s suffered an all-time-low rating after the statement, according to CBN News.
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