By SKY MUNDELL Reporter
Lock up your bikes!
On March 13 at about 1:15 p.m., a WSUPD officer observed an unattended bicycle without a lock parked at a bike rack located at Wildcat Village. Due to the recent wave of bike thefts that have been happening on and around campus, the officer left a note on the bike advising the owner of the bike to lock it up in the future.
Dry campus?
On March 14 at around 9 p.m., WSUPD conducted a traffic stop near the Dee Events Center after the offending vehicle was observed to have nonfunctioning brake lights. Upon approaching the vehicle, the responding WSUPD officer noticed the smell of burning marijuana emanating from the vehicle. A search of the vehicle yielded drug paraphernalia which was then confiscated. The driver of the vehicle was then given a warning and released.
Forgetful fury
On March 16 at about 3 p.m., Layton PD responded to reports of an irate individual at a testing center located on WSU’s Davis campus. The individual, who was there to take a test, had forgotten to bring the required ID needed to take the test. Upon discovering this, the individual became extremely agitat-
ed and began kicking a trash can, proceeding then to hang around the premises. Layton PD escorted the individual off the premises.
WSU skatepark
On March 16 at about 5:45 p.m., a WSUPD officer responded to complaints of a group of individuals skateboarding inside Tracy Hall and the Noorda Engineering, Applied Science, and Technology Building. The four individuals, who were identified as being juveniles, were informed of the campus’ policy prohibiting skating. The officer then asked them to stop immediately and requested that they go somewhere else, the four indi-
viduals complied with the officer’s request without further incident.
Random yoga
On the evening of March 16, WSUPD received reports of an individual jumping on couches and doing yoga at the Shepherd Union. Upon responding to the reports at around 6:45 p.m., the responding officer was able to identify the individual and informed them that their behavior was inappropriate, asking them to cease immediately. The individual complied with the officer’s request with no further incident.
Midnight encounters
On March 16 just before 11:30 p.m., a WSUPD officer on patrol observed two individuals being intimate with each other in the backseat of a car parked in the W3 parking lot. As the responding officer approached the vehicle, the two individuals discontinued their actions and were spoken to separately by the responding officer. After confirming that all actions taking place were consensual on the part of both parties, the couple was warned of possible repercussions before being released.
By GRETEL MONJAR Reporter
Weber State University’s Centers for Belonging and Cultural Engagement held the first two meetings of their Listening Tour on March 20 and 21. Progress in implementing the centers is continuing since its start in January.
“It’s been a very frustrating process,” Genesis Vargas, a WSU student, said. “It’s just the lack of consistency with communication and transparency more than anything.”
Tammy Nguyen, senior diversity officer and executive director, said the administration sees the students’ frustrations, and they are working as fast as possible.
“I understand the students’ frustration … I 100% understand that,” Nguyen said. “It’s really unfortunate because as much as I would love to move the process much faster, we just can’t at this time.”
The CBCE was announced in November 2022 to replace the Center for Multicultural Excellence with five individual centers based
on cultural identity: Black or African American; Hispanic or Latino; Native American; Pacific Islander; and Pan-Asian.
“This new structural arrangement, scheduled to take effect Jan. 3, 2023, will establish cultural centers to support students who self-identify with specific affinity groups,” Adrienne Andrews, vice president for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, wrote in the email announcement.
Some of the current confusion and frustration may have stemmed from that announcement. Jan. 3 was the start of the transitional phase, but not the immediate implementation of CBCE or the dissolution of the CME, according to Nguyen.
“While the centers are still in development, resources for students have not gone away,” Nguyen said. “Nothing has gone away from the prior CME resources for students … And so if students still need help, please, we’re still open and we’re still available.”
Students can still go to the old CME location in Student Services room 150 for
assistance. Scholarships and waivers are also open for application until April 30.
Finding physical locations for the centers has been another hot topic and logistical hurdle. Currently, the only group with a definite location and opening date is the Black Cultural Center, which will be in the Shepherd Union and set to open in the fall semester.
At the first meeting of the Listening Tour, WSU President Brad Mortensen said he is actively looking for space for the four unhoused affinity groups. When asked when that would happen, Mortensen said, “As soon as we can.”
Affinity groups do not need to wait for a location to start forming committees that will shape the individual goals for their center.
“Nobody, unless you were in the meeting yesterday [March 20], is going to know that there are committees happening,” Vargas said. “So it would be nice for CBCE to put some more focus on maybe we don’t have physical buildings yet, but let’s start with
committees.”
Both students and the administration said they will continue to fight for equity, despite the time it takes.
“Sometimes something happens that requires us to maybe take a little bit more time to do things,” Nguyen said. “But it doesn’t mean that we’re ever going to stop. We’re going to always continue to move forward with this plan.”
Hughes said she will never give up her fight.
“As Black people, we’ve always had to be resilient people … even when they cut us, when they beat us, when they whipped us, when they bruised us, when they abused us, we still got up and fought for our freedom,” Hughes said. “So no matter what, I may be a little disappointed, but I’m not going to stop fighting for the freedom of myself and other Black students.”
Los centros de pertenencia y participación cultural de la universidad Weber State realizaron las primeras dos reuniones de su tour de escuchar el 20 y 21 de marzo. El progreso de implementación de los centros que empezó en enero ahora continúa.
“Ha sido un proceso frustrante”, dijo Genesis Vargas, un estudiante de WSU. “Es la falta de consistencia con la comunicación y la transparencia más que nada”.
Tammy Nguyen, la oficial de diversidad mayor y directora ejecutiva del Equity, Diversity and Inclusion de WSU, dijo que la administración sabe las frustraciones de los estudiantes y están trabajando tan rápido como posible.
“Entiendo la frustración de los estudiantes, cien por ciento entiendo”, dijo Nguyen. “Es desafortunado porque me encantaría hacer el proceso más rápido, pero no podemos hacerlo ahora”.
El CBCE fue anunciado el noviembre pasado para reemplazar el centro para excelencia multicultural con cinco centros individuales basados en varias identidades culturales: Negro y Africano Americano, Latino y Hispano, Americano Nativo, Isleño del pacifico, y Pan-asiano.
“Este nuevo arreglo structural, programado para empezar el tres de enero, 2023, establecerá centros culturales para apoyar a los estudiantes que se identifican con grupos de afinidad específica”, escribió Adrienne Andrews, el vicepresidente del Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, en su anuncio por correo electrónico.
Parte de la confusión y frustración actual tal vez tiene raíz en este anuncio. El tres de enero fue el principio del período de transición, pero no la implementación del CBCE ni la disolución del CME, según Nguyen.
“Aunque los centros todavía están desarrollándose, los recursos para los estudiantes no han desaparecido”, dijo Nguyen. “Nada ha sido eliminado de los recursos anteriores del CME para los estudiantes, así que si los estudiantes aún necesitan ayuda, por favor, todavía está abierto y disponible”.
Los estudiantes pueden ir al antiguo ubicación del CME en salón 150 del centro Student Services para ayuda. Las becas y despensas están disponibles para aplicación hasta el 30 de abril.
Encontrar ubicaciones físicas para los centros ha sido otra tema y obstáculo logístico. Actualmente, el único grupo con una ubicación definitiva y fecha de abrir es el centro de cultura negra, que estará en el Shepherd Union y abrirá durante el semestre de otoño.
Durante la primera reunión del tour de escuchar, el presidente de WSU Brad Mortensen dijo que está buscando espacio para los cuatro grupos de afinidad sin casa activamente. Cuando se le preguntó cuándo ocurriría, Mortensen dijo “tan pronto como podamos”.
Los grupos de afinidad no necesitan esperar por una ubicación para crear comités que formarán las metas individuales para cada centro.
“Nadie, a menos que estuviera en la reunión de ayer (el 20 de marzo), sabrá que van a ser comités”, dijo Vargas. “Sería bueno si el CBCE se enfocara más en el hecho de
la falta de edificios físicos, pero debemos empezar con los comités.”
Tanto los estudiantes como la administración dijeron que continuarán luchando por la equidad, a pesar de cuánto dura. “A veces algo pasa que requiere que tomemos un poco más de tiempo para hacer todo”, dijo Nguyen. “Pero no significa que vayamos a parar. Siempre continuamos con este plan”.
Hughes dijo que nunca se rendiría en su lucha.
“Como personas negras, siempre hemos tenido que ser resistentes, aun cuando nos cortaban, nos golpeaban, nos azotaban, nos daban moretones, nos maltrataban, todavía nos levantábamos y luchábamos por nuestra libertad”, dijo Hughes. “Así que sea lo que pase, tal vez estaré decepcionado, pero no voy a dejar de luchar para la libertad mía y de los otros estudiantes negros”.
After last year’s season ended with the Houston Astros winning the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball is returning this spring with a few changes.
With both organizations making it to the World Series, Houston knocked out the Phillies in six games, beating them 4–2 out of a seven-game series. This highly anticipated game will see the best of the best fight for the World Series title.
With 30 MLB teams waiting to kick off the 2023 season, this year’s opening day will be on March 30. At the end of last season MLB made a few rule changes. The competition committee this past October implemented a pitch timer, restrictions on defensive shifts and larger bases. These three main rule changes are designed to help improve the game’s play pace and increase the action of play on the field.
These three changes were tested throughout 8,000 Minor League games and the independent Atlantic League before the MLB implemented these rules and regulations.
Pitch timer
There is a 15-second timer for pitchers to get the ball off their fingers. If there is at least one runner on base, the timer will gain five more seconds to give the pitcher 20 seconds to release the ball. The complication with this is when the batter rotation comes into play. There will also be a 30-second timer for the pitchers between each batter rotation. Each pitcher will be permitted to step off the rubber plate at least twice per plate appearance without receiving a penalty. As for the batter, a hitter must be in the batter’s box with at least eight seconds remaining and they will receive at least one timeout per bat.
Shift restrictions
When the pitch is released, two infielders must be positioned on each side of the second base. All four infielders need to have both feet within the outer boundary of the infield before the pitcher releases the ball.
The defense can only be switched if there is a substitution. The MLB stated that the goal of the new shift change is to encourage more balls in play and give players more opportunities to showcase their athleticism, and offset the trend of alignments featuring outfielders.
Some MLB players and organizations could see this rule change as a problem for the sport. Previously, MLB teams could shift their infielders depending on who was hitting the ball on the opposite end. Now, MLB teams must rely on their infielder’s athleticism to make the play.
Larger bases
The initial size of the first, second and third bases is increasing from the standard 15” square to an 18” square. This boosts the hope of increasing player safety, and it encourages teams to steal the base more often. A bigger base gives the base runner three more inches to get to the bag before the opposing play-
er beats them to it.
These rule changes will change the game of baseball as we see it now. With football and basketball, you see the athleticism of their players. These rule changes will help baseball become a more athletic sport.
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Traveling back from the Snow College Rodeo in Salina, Utah, Weber State University’s rodeo team will compete at the Golden Spike Event Center from March 24-25.
“If you’re going to this school, you should at least try to show up and see what the whole deal is about for a Weber State team,” Wildcat rodeo club president Caleb Montgomery said. “It’s really important if you’ve never been to anything like that — you might want to show up and just see what it’s all about.”
Coached by Nathan Wycherley, the Wildcats will participate in five rodeos this spring and five in fall. Weber State is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and competes in the Rocky Mountain region.
While at Golden Spike, Montgomery said Weber State will compete against the Col-
lege of Southern Idaho, Idaho State University, Snow College, Colorado Mesa University, Utah Tech University, Southern Utah University, Utah Valley University, Utah State University and Colorado Northwestern Community College.
The rodeo will consist of bareback riding, tie down roping, breakaway roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, goat tying, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding.
A club with six juniors and one senior, the Wildcats’ men’s team currently sits at No. 5 in the region with 1,695.00.
Looking at tie down roping, Weber State’s standouts include Drake Wycherley, who’s No. 2 in the region with 485 points, and Jed Archibald, who’s ninth with 170 points. Competing in team roping as well, Archibald is No. 5 in the region with 270 points, and Garrett Hershberger sits at No. 15 with 95 points.
After winning at Southern Idaho’s rodeo on March 10-11, Wildcat Cooper Stokes leads
the Rocky Mountain region in the steer wrestling event with 535 points.
A sport that requires years of practice, Montgomery said he’s been involved with rodeos since he was 5 years old.
“Most of us are like, ‘We’ve been doing it throughout high school and even before that,’” Montgomery said. “Most of us know what we’re doing.”
While the athletes have gone through extensive training, Montgomery said that one thing new rodeo spectators have a hard time getting used to is the amount of injuries.
“People get hurt a lot easier in this than a lot of other sports,” Montgomery said. “By the end of the season, you’re all bruised up and everything hurts. You’ve got to just realize things can go wrong really fast if you don’t keep your body healthy.”
Montgomery is currently dealing with knee issues. His previous injuries have included concussions, a bruised quad and rope
burn on his hands.
Outside of personal wear, Montgomery said riders have to consider the health of their horses during a season.
“By the end of the season, you’ve got to kind of give your horses a break,” Montgomery said. “It’s like, I guess, any human being — if you got that many back-to-back, you get beat up and bruised.”
The Golden Spike rodeo will mark the third competition of 2023 for the Rocky Mountain region. The competitions will be on March 24 at 7 p.m. and March 25 at 6 p.m. Adult tickets are priced at $6 with student’s and children’s priced at $3.
“You’ve got to take a chance on the lifestyle,” Montgomery said. “You’ve got to see what we’ve been working at just like any other sport.”
Bertha Benz, a German inventor and wife and partner of automobile inventor Karl Benz, decided on Aug. 5, 1888, to take her two sons, Richard and Eugen, and traveled 105 km across unpaved roads without her husband knowing.
During her journey, Benz had to become creative. She needed to find ligroin, the petroleum solvent used as fuel, because her vehicle had no fuel tank and only 4.5 liters in the carburetor.
Benz also used her garter as insulation around the engine to avoid overheating and used her hatpin to remove a clog in the fuel line. When the wooden brakes failed, she visited a cobbler to add leather, making the first brake pads.
This was the first successful long-distance journey in an automobile. Benz used her dowry money to fund her and her husband’s automobile company, which became part of Mercedes-Benz.
Bertha Benz’s was one of the stories shared by the Women’s Center at a luncheon on March 15. The event was a place for women to gather and tell stories, as well as learn about other influential women.
“I’m a bit of a history nerd in that way, and
so tying into that, I just love learning about women in history and their accomplishments that so often go unrecognized, and by honoring them and recognizing them today, we really can find our own power,” Annabell Durham, an employee of the Women’s Center who led the event activity, said.
At the luncheon, there were photos of women throughout history who have been somewhat forgotten. People at the event split into groups and did brief research on these women and why they should be remembered and presented what they found to the room.
Jerrie Mock
Jerrie Mock was the first woman to successfully fly around the world solo. In 1964, Mock left to follow Amelia Earhart’s flight path in a Cessna 180.
Mock gained the nickname The Flying Housewife, since every time she landed to refuel, Mock would put on a pair of heels and a pearl necklace to appeal to gender norms at the time. When she got back into her cockpit, though, it all came off.
In 1965, Mock was awarded the Louis Blériot medal for setting a new aviation record. Her plane is on display in the Smithsonian aerospace museum in Washington D.C.
“I knew one thing: I wanted to see the world.” Mock said in 1996 about her flight.
Mock passed in 2014 and was taken up in the Cessna 180 she flew around the world in after she was cremated.
Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran
Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran is the first woman in Saudi Arabia to be issued a law license. Mahmoud Al-Zahran first represented a client in front of the General Court in Jeddah in 2013, and in 2014, she opened up Saudi Arabia’s first all-woman law firm.
Mahmoud Al-Zahran was featured in Arabian business as the seventh-most powerful Arab woman in 2015.
Mahmoud Al-Zahran’s intention when she started practicing law was to bring women’s issues to court and represent them in hopes of improving women’s lives in Arabia and started by studying domestic violence.
Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 19651977 and again from 1990 until her death in 2002. She is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress.
Mink sued the Environmental Protection Agency to get documents that had been hidden by then-President Richard Nixon regarding nuclear testing on Amchitka Island. Mink believed that under the Freedom of Information Act, the information about the testing should have been made public.
The documents were labeled as sensitive documents and could not be released in their entirety.
MInk also co-authored the Title IX amendment of the Higher Education Act.
Title IX prohibited discrimination based on gender in federally-funded places of higher education such as colleges and universities. The bill was signed into law by Nixon in 1972. In 2002, Title IX was renamed to Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in her honor.
Mink also introduced the Women’s Education Equity Act, which allocated funds to promote equality in schools.
“As awesome as it is to highlight these powerful badass ladies, I think there is also a lot of power in the women we meet in our day-to-day lives,” Durham said. “Think of our moms — they might not be historic, but they have an impact on our lives. And think of honoring and respecting women and their choices regarding whether they want to follow their dreams and do these amazing life-changing things — that’s great — but if they just want to live a quiet simple life, that doesn’t make them any less important ”
Bertha Benz, inventora alemana y esposa y compañera del inventor de automóviles Karl Benz, decidió el 5 de agosto de 1888 coger a sus dos hijos, Richard y Eugen, y recorrió 105 km por carreteras sin asfaltar sin que su marido lo supiera. Durante el viaje, Benz tuvo que ser creativa. Necesitaba encontrar ligroína, el disolvente de petróleo utilizado como combustible, porque su vehículo no tenía depósito y sólo 4,5 litros en el carburador. Benz también utilizó su liga como aislante alrededor del motor para evitar el sobrecalentamiento y utilizó su alfiler de sombrero para eliminar un atasco en el conducto de combustible. Cuando los frenos de madera fallaron, visitó a un zapatero para que le añadiera cuero y fabricara las primeras pastillas de freno.
Fue el primer viaje de larga distancia realizado con éxito en automóvil. Benz utilizó el dinero de su dote para financiar su empresa de automóviles y la de su marido, que pasó a formar parte de Mercedes-Benz.
La de Bertha Benz fue una de las historias compartidas por el Centro de la Mujer en un almuerzo celebrado el 15 de marzo. El acto sirvió para que las mujeres se reunieran y contaran sus historias, además de conocer a
otras mujeres influyentes.
“Soy un poco friki de la historia en ese sentido, y en relación con eso, me encanta aprender sobre las mujeres en la historia y sus logros que tan a menudo pasan desapercibidos, y honrándolos y reconociéndolos hoy, realmente podemos encontrar nues-tro propio poder”, dijo Annabell Durham, una estudiante del equipo del Centro de la Mujer que dirigió la actividad del evento.
En el almuerzo había fotos de mujeres a lo largo de la historia que han sido un tanto olvidadas. Los asistentes se dividieron en grupos e investigaron brevemente sobre esas mujeres y por qué debían ser recordadas, y expusieron sus conclusiones a la sala.
Jerrie Mock
Jerrie Mock fue la primera mujer que consiguió dar la vuelta al mundo en solitario. En 1964, Mock partió para seguir la ruta de vuelo de Amelia Earhart en un Cessna 180.
Mock se ganó el apodo de El ama de casa voladora, ya que cada vez que aterrizaba para repostar, Mock se ponía un par de tacones y un collar de perlas para apelar a las normas de género de la época. Pero cuando volvía a la cabina, se quitaba todo.
En 1965, Mock recibió la medalla Louis Blériot por establecer un nuevo récord de aviación. Su avión está expuesto en el museo aeroespacial Smithsonian de Washington D.C.
“Tenía una cosa clara: quería ver mundo”. dijo Mock en 1996 sobre su vuelo.
Mock falleció en 2014 y fue subida al Cessna 180 en el que dio la vuelta al mundo tras ser incinerada.
Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran
Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran es la primera mujer de Arabia Saudí a la que se expidió una licencia de abogado. Mahmoud Al-Zahran representó por primera vez a un cliente ante el Tribunal General de Yeda en 2013, y en 2014 abrió el primer bufete de abogados de Arabia Saudí formado exclusivamente por mujeres.
Mahmoud Al-Zahran apareció en Arabian business como la séptima mujer árabe más poderosa en 2015.
La intención de Mahmoud Al-Zahran cuando empezó a ejercer la abogacía era llevar los problemas de las mujeres a los tribunales y representarlas con la esperanza de mejorar la vida de las mujeres en Arabia y empezó estudiando la violencia doméstica.
Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink fue miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos de 1965 a 1977 y de nuevo desde 1990 hasta su muerte en 2002. Es la primera mujer de color elegida al Congreso.
Mink demandó a la Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente para obtener documentos que habían sido ocultados por el entonces Presidente Richard Nixon en relación con las pruebas nucleares en la isla de Amchitka. Mink creía que, en virtud de la Ley
de Libertad de Información, la información sobre las pruebas debería haberse hecho pública. Los documentos fueron etiquetados como documentos sensibles y no pudieron hacerse públicos en su totalidad.
Mink también fue coautor de la enmienda del Título IX de la Ley de Educación Superior.
El Título IX prohibía la discriminación por razón de sexo en los centros de enseñanza superior financiados con fondos federales, como las universidades. La ley fue promulgada por Nixon en 1972. En 2002, el Título IX pasó a llamarse Ley de Igualdad de Oportunidades en la Educación de Patsy T. Mink en su honor.
MInk también presentó la Ley de Igualdad Educativa de las Mujeres, que asignaba fondos para promover la igualdad en las escuelas.
“A pesar de lo increíble que es destacar a estas poderosas mujeres, creo que también hay mucho poder en las mujeres que conocemos en nuestra vida cotidiana”, afirma Durham. “Pensemos en nuestras madres: puede que no sean históricas, pero influyen en nuestras vidas. Y pensemos en honrar y respetar a las mujeres y sus decisiones en cuanto a si quieren seguir sus sueños y hacer esas cosas increíbles que cambian la vida -eso está muy bien-, pero si sólo quieren vivir una vida sencilla y tranquila, eso no las hace menos importantes”.
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Campus Planning and Construction
has been busy over the past several years creating a modern appeal to Weber State University campuses. This includes updating the parking situation and bringing some of the older buildings on both Ogden and Davis campuses up to speed, both infrastructurally and design-wise.
Over the past dozen years, Chad Downs, senior project manager with campus planning and construction, has had the chance to collaborate and see many of the construction projects on campus come to fruition. Downs provided an update about what students can expect to see happening construction-wise on WSU’s campuses.
West Campus Drive, located just outside the Kimball Visual Arts Center, is closed from March 18 to 23 to wrap up a few
adjustments. Downs hopes it will not be too much of a trouble for students, faculty and staff on campus.
While Downs knows the construction can be frustrating to some of those who attend the campus regularly, he assures that these plans have been in-the-making for years, and points toward some of the projects that have been happening.
“Birch Avenue will be closed to create much-needed parking space on WSU’s campus, and we will be set to tear down two homes which have been owned by WSU for years,” Downs said. “First, they will tear down two homes on the west side of Birch Creek Avenue, and then we will plan on tearing down the two additional homes on the east side.”
These demolitions are of houses that the WSU has owned for years. To accommodate for the increasing parking demands on campus, they will eventually get around
to tearing down a total of four houses, or annexes, on the avenue.
One of the major changes Downs said he was happy to see from planning stages was the creation of the BRT — or the Ogden Express bus system — which connects one side of campus to the other.
“With the BRT, or OGX system as we call it, we connected the Dee Center and Main Campus, which was something that we were trying to do for years,” Downs said. “That was good, how we were able to connect the dots just recently with this project and have the new bus route connect from the Dee and the Main Campus on our own property and not cut through Taylor Avenue. So, that was a good stroke where we did expand and that was just infilling with our campus.”
Downs described the Davis Campus as where the most expansion is happening. While he is not over the Davis Campus, construction on that campus has been
something that he still is excited about.
As for WSU’s main campus, Downs said the most of the building renovations we see are done using the old footprint of the WSU campus.
Downs and his boss, Travis Hogge, campus planning and construction director, who had been involved with Campus Planning and Construction for a dozen years and in the role of director for the past three, are both heavily involved with the changes to the WSU’s Ogden campus.
Hogge oversees all of the campus construction and planning projects, according to Downs.
“The frontage branding along Harrison is coming along well,” Hogge said. “This project has been in the works for a while now involving many across campus. The new signage project is set to be completed in May.”
Downs said he has enjoyed working on
the renovation they have primarily done.
“There were a lot of successful renovations that were able to breathe life to the ‘60s era buildings on the campus,” Downs said. “It has been a satisfying job all around, getting to work on new buildings, giving them a facelift, giving them a remodel.”
As far as the carbon neutral goal that WSU has been steadily aiming for, Hogge shared his thoughts on how the different departments have collaborated and worked as a team to achieve this goal.
“Our Sustainability and energy department could speak to this question better,” Hogge said. “CPC (Campus Planning and Construction) does work closely with our sustainability staff in planning construction projects to be sure they align with the carbon neutral goals.”
CPC plans to continue to renovate and work on the campus, doing most of their obstructing work during the summer semes-
ters while most of the student-body is not on campus.
“We have a lot of Construction coming up in future projects,” Hogge said. “Many of those projects are in efforts to meet our campus carbon neutral goals and bring our building infrastructure up to current standards. To continue to beautify our campus and make it a great experience for all who come to WSU.”
Both Downs and Hogge said it can be a challenging balance to keep when it comes to getting these construction plans off the ground and to the point of being finished without disrupting those who visit campus regularly.
“Be patient,” Hogge said, “Sorry for the inconvenience construction can sometimes bring. I know we have a lot of construction on campus at this time, but know that projects have been discussed and planned for the betterment of our campus.”
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La planificación y construcción del campus ha estado ocupada durante los últimos años creando una apariencia moderna para los campus de Weber State University. Esto incluye actualizar la situación del parqueadero y actualizar algunos de los edificios más antiguos en los campus de Ogden y Davis, tanto en términos de infraestructura como de diseño.
Durante los últimos doce años, Chad Downs, gerente sénior de proyectos de planificación y construcción del campus, ha tenido la oportunidad de colaborar y ver cómo muchos de los proyectos de construcción en el campus se concretan. Downs proporcionó una actualización sobre lo que los estudiantes pueden esperar que suceda
en cuanto a la construcción en los campus de WSU.
West Campus Drive, ubicado a las afueras del Centro de Artes Visuales Kimball, está cerrado del 18 de marzo al 23 para concluir algunos ajustes. Downs espera que no sea un gran problema para los estudi-antes, profesores y personal del campus.
Si bien Downs sabe que la construcción puede ser frustrante para algunos de los que asisten al campus con regularidad, asegura que estos planes se han estado elaborando durante años y señala algunos de los proyectos que se han estado realizando.
“Birch Avenue se cerrará para crear un espacio de estacionamiento muy necesario en el campus de WSU, y estaremos listos para derribar dos casas que han sido propiedad de WSU durante años”, dijo Downs. “Primero, derribarán dos casas en el lado oeste de Birch Creek Avenue, y luego planearemos
derribar las dos casas adicionales en el lado este”.
Estas demoliciones son de casas que la WSU ha tenido durante años. Para adaptarse a las crecientes demandas de estacionamiento en el campus, eventualmente derribarán un total de cuatro casas, o anexos, en la avenida.
Uno de los principales cambios que Downs dijo que estaba feliz de ver en las etapas de planificación fue la creación del BRT, o el sistema de autobuses Ogden Express, que conecta un lado del campus con el otro.
“Con el sistema BRT, u OGX, como lo llamamos, conectamos el Centro Dee y el Campus Principal, que era algo que estábamos tratando de hacer durante años”, dijo Downs. “Eso fue bueno, cómo pudimos conectar los puntos recientemente con este proyecto y hacer que la nueva ruta de autobús se conecte desde Dee y el campus
principal en nuestra propiedad y no atraviese Taylor Avenue. Entonces, esa fue una buena idea en la que nos expandimos y que solo estaba rellenando nuestro campus”. Downs describió el campus de Davis como el lugar donde se está produciendo la mayor expansión. Si bien no ha terminado el campus de Davis, la construcción en ese campus ha sido algo que todavía le entusiasma.
En cuanto al campus principal de WSU, Downs dijo que la mayoría de las renovaciones de edificios que vemos se realizan utilizando la antigua huella del campus de WSU.
Downs y su jefe, Travis Hogge, director de planificación y construcción del campus, que estuvo involucrado en la planificación y construcción del campus durante una docena de años y en el cargo de director durante los últimos tres, ambos están muy involucrados en los cambios en el campus
de Ogden de WSU.
Hogge supervisa todos los proyectos de planificación y construcción del campus, según Downs.
“La marcación de fachada a lo largo de Harrison está funcionando bien”, dijo Hogge. “Este proyecto ha estado en proceso durante un tiempo y ahora involucra a muchos en todo el campus. El nuevo proyecto de señalización se completará en mayo”. Downs dijo que ha disfrutado trabajar principalmente en la renovación que han hecho.
“Hubo muchas renovaciones exitosas que pudieron dar vida a los edificios de la era de los años 60 en el campus”, dijo Downs. “Ha sido un trabajo satisfactorio en general, trabajar en nuevos edificios, darles un lavado de cara, darles una remodelación”.
En cuanto al objetivo de carbono neutral que WSU ha estado buscando constantemente, Hogge compartió sus pensamientos
sobre cómo los diferentes departamentos han colaborado y trabajado en equipo para lograr este objetivo.
“Nuestro departamento de Sustentabilidad y energía podría responder mejor a esta pregunta”, dijo Hogge. “CPC (Planificación y construcción del campus) trabaja en estrecha colaboración con nuestro personal de sustentabilidad en la planificación de proyectos de construcción para asegurarse de que se alineen con los objetivos de neutralidad en carbono”.
CPC planea continuar renovando y trabajando en el campus, haciendo la mayor parte de su trabajo de obstrucción durante los semestres de verano mientras la mayoría del alumnado no está en el campus.
“Tenemos mucha construcción por venir en proyectos futuros”, dijo Hogge. “Muchos de esos proyectos son un esfuerzo por cumplir con los objetivos de carbono neutral de nuestro campus y llevar nuestra infraestruc-
tura de edificios a los estándares actuales. Continuar embelleciendo nuestro campus y convertirlo en una gran experiencia para todos los que vienen a WSU”.
Tanto Downs como Hogge dijeron que puede ser un desafío mantener el equilibrio cuando se trata de hacer que estos planes de construcción despeguen y lleguen al punto de terminarse sin interrumpir a quienes visitan el campus con regularidad.
“Sean pacientes”, dijo Hogge, “disculpen las molestias que a veces puede traer la construcción. Sé que tenemos muchas construcciones en el campus en este momento, pero sé que se han discutido y planificado proyectos para mejorar nuestro campus”.
Orchesis DanceTheatre at Weber State University is welcoming spring with their spring dance concert,Primavera,March 30-April 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Allred Theater.
There will be a matinee performance on April 1 at 2 p.m. This performance will be a sensory friendly and ASL performance.
Amanda Sowerby, dance professor , said that during this performance, the house lights will be left on and dimmed, the doors will be open, the music will be more quiet, and it won’t be as formal so audience members can leave their seats if they need to.
“I fi nd it fascinating, the interpreter inter-
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prets the tone and the rhythm of the music so that the audience can get a sense that the music is very percussive or lyrical,” Sowerby said. “They provide that level of awareness in the environment as well.”
This performance will showcase work from students, as well as some from the directors and faculty members in the dance depart-ment.
WSU dance performances have been known to be more modern, however this performance doesn’t rely as heavily on the modern style.
Sowerby explained that there will be modern pieces, however, there are other styles this time as well, along with cultural pieces.
Two of the performances will come from
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student dancers Stacee Perry and Kaya Priest, who will be showcasing their work.
Perry’s project will be exploring the history of jazz dance, not the typical style of jazz dance many see today, but its African roots.
“Over time, due to systemic racism and white culture, jazz dance has changed,”
Perry said. “I’m basically creating movement that creates homage to the roots of jazz dance.”
Priest’s project takes a look at the culture and style of K-pop. In her piece, Priest ex-plains that each of her dancers have their own roles as K-pop idols and will come to-gether to perform like a K-pop group.
“I’m treating it as if I was a choreographer for a K-pop group,” Priest said. “So we’re
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seeing how taking that culture and the whole experience of ‘you have to be doing this and this,’ how that’s going to show up in the end result.”
Joseph “jo” Blake, assistant professor of dance, will have a piece in the performance as well as Juan Carlos Claudio, director of Orchesis. There will also be a Panamanian cultural performance by guest choreographer Karlies Kelly.
“I hope that it’s a new experience for people attending,” Priest said. “I hope that the audience is able to find that there are new things going on in this department and new creations.”
Tickets and more information about Primavera can be found through Weber’s Art homepage.
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