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WSU AND OGDEN EVENTS

STEVEN HAHN LECTURE

KUNDALINI YOGA CLASSES

By DARYN STEED A&E Editor

On Oct. 16, Professor Steven Hahn will hold an educational lecture about reconstruction and the American political tradition. One of his publications is “A Nation Without Borders: The United States and its World in an Age of Civil Wars.” Hahn is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in History, among other scholarly distinctions. The free event will be held at Weber and the public is encouraged to attend.

Also on Oct. 17, Tim Irwin and Sat Mandir Khalsa will guide Kundalini Yoga classes at the Eccles Community Art Center from 6:15-7:30 p.m. Class tuition will cost $45 for an eightweek session or $10 per night. Kundalini Yoga incorporates movement, dynamic breathing techniques, meditation and the chanting of mantras to build physical vitality.

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From Oct. 18 to 21, WSU’s Outdoor Program will host an overnight canoe trip to Labyrinth Canyon in Green River, Utah. The group will paddle 60 miles down the waters of Green River with the help of Outdoor Program equipment. Beginners are welcome and transportation will be provided with the cost of registration. The trip will cost $160 for non-WSU students and $117 for students.

MIKEL VAUSE LECTURE On Oct. 17, Weber State University’s Teaching and Learning Forum will The Last Lecture, “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Righter of Wrongs.” WSU professor Mikel Vause will host the lecture at 1:30 p.m. in the Hurst Center Dumke Legacy Hall. Vause’s presentation will be based on his publication, “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Righter of Wrongs or Exposing the Crimes of the Mormons.” Vause previously presented this work at a conference in Salt Lake City on the 75th anniversary of Doyle’s visit to Utah. The essay has been placed in the BSI Official Archive at Harvard University.

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On Oct. 20, WSU football will take the field against Montana State for “Tackle Cancer Day.” The game will be at 4 p.m. in Stewart Stadium. Students can go to games for free with an additional four guests free. Montana State has improved their record from previous seasons and the Bobcats are coming in to the game with a second-place ranking in Big Sky. The Wildcats are currently ranked in the top 25, and are coming off of a victory over Eastern Washington University. pixabay.com

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A scenic overlook of a Rocky Mountain alpine ecozone. By PAIGE ROBERTSON A&E Correspondent

Ogden has hundreds of mountain trails and hikes available, and Weber State University is close to the action. The campus is surrounded by trails spanning every direction, and with so many options, it can be overwhelming to decide where to hike. WSU students offered their favorite trails and why hikers, amateur and professional, should visit them. Hidden Valley Trail This trail offers an array of wildflowers, trees and a drastic environment change. It’s long, steep and doesn’t usually get a lot of visitors, allowing hikers some tranquility. It can be accessed at the 22nd St. trail head by following the Indian Trail for one mile, then turning at the fork marked Hidden Valley. Sarah McDonald, student manager of the Adventure Program for campus recreation, recommends this hike because of the variety in flora. “I like it particularly because you start at a lower elevation,” McDonald said. “You start with lots of scrub oaks, grass weed and cactus, and then you get up in the Alpine environment where it’s more evergreens and quaking aspens.”

Maples Trail This trail offers a view of the trees changing colors from green to vibrant yellows, reds and oranges. It can be accessed at Snow Basin near the parking lot. Follow signs for Trail 13 or reference the summer map provided on their website. “Something I really like about it is that it’s not too steep, and it’s really windy,” said student Brycen Cluster. “As you’re going along, there are nice spots where it opens up. The trees clear out, and it’s kind of grassy, so if you like picnics, it’s great.” Beus Canyon Trail The Beus Canyon Trail takes time to complete. It begins in a desert environment and follows a creek through a tight canyon where it opens up at higher elevations. This trail can be accessed at the Forest Service trail head on 46th St. “There are great views the whole time, and you really feel like you’re away from the city,” said Campus Recreation staff member Jamie Bernstein. WSU’s Outdoor Program also offers a hiking series for students. The next hike is to the summit of Ben Lomond on Oct. 27. “It’s a great way to connect with the local community and local area,” Bernstein said. “It doesn’t matter if you got a good job or a bad job. You can always go hiking, and I think that’s important.” Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com

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“IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU GOT A GOOD JOB OR A BAD JOB. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO HIKING, AND I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT.” JAMIE BERNSTEIN

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By DEBORAH WILBER News Reporter

One in six Americans go to bed hungry, according to USDA Economic Research Service. At Weber State University, it’s no different. “A lot of students are hurting and embarrassed to ask for help,” Honors/BIS Senator

Sultan Ayubi said. Weber Cares Food Pantry opened its door in 2011. Since its inception, it has provided food-insecure students, faculty and staff with nonperishable food items. Among the items available, however, there is little offered in the way of culturally-diverse foods. It was the absence of culturally-diverse items that encouraged Ayubi to bring a resolution to the Weber State University Student Association Senate. The resolution suggested moving the food pantry to a higher-traffic location, as well as the addition of refrigerated/frozen items and a wider variety of ethnic foods. The resolution was introduced to the Senate Sept. 17. It later passed with 17 yeas, 1 nae and 1 abstention. Coordinator of Leadership Programs Sheldon Cheshire said resolutions are conversation starters. Ayubi reached out to him to determine what steps should be taken to improve the food pantry’s resources. Initially, they planned to bring more familiar foods to Weber’s more culturally diverse students. However, Ayubi saw the resolution as an opportunity to address another needed improvements. Food Pantry Chair Andrea Hernandez

mentioned the designated Meditation/ Lactation room in Shepherd Union (SU 214) as a space to which the food pantry could move. SU 214 is in the back corner of the food court dining area, which would place the pantry in a more visible location. On the other hand, Hernandez is wary of moving the food pantry from its currently-secluded location in SU 402. “Students won’t have that much privacy,” Hernandez said. For Ayubi, discretion is of little importance. His proposal to move the pantry to a centralized location is to make student’s aware of this resource. Sophomore volunteer Giovanni Frias said most of those he helps at the pantry are residential students because they are aware of it. Currently, Hernandez and fellow volunteers promote the pantry’s existence via social media and counseling services. Cheshire fears moving the pantry out in the open will attract others to abuse its purpose. “We don’t want it to become a convenience store,” Cheshire said. Any Weber State student is eligible to receive help; there are no financial requirements to use the food pantry’s resources. Signing in on the pantry’s iPad, however,

is required. According to the sign-in data, 45 students used the pantry from Sept. 17 through Oct. 5 (excluding weekends). Weber Cares Food Pantry distributed 4,297 pounds of food during the 20172018 academic year. On average, each user received 12 pounds of food. A large part of the donations come from fellow students. However, Hernandez finds other outlets to supplement the pantry’s resources. Recently, Catholic Community Services Food Pantry donated items in response to Hernandez’s outreach. In her off time, she also makes connections with Clubs and Organizations on campus to aid her in donations through events. C&O Casino Night, on Oct. 9, was one such event. Entry required a canned food donation for the food pantry. Ayubi specifically named Hernandez, Cheshire and Program Coordinator of the Center of Community Engaged Learning Teresa Martinez as a few supporters of the food pantry resolution. “They go the extra mile,” he said. For Ayubi, they are the real heroes, helping starving students. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com

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WSU PREPARES

FOR DEBATE By CAMERON GIFFORD Correspondent

Oct. 17 marks a historic night for Weber State University: from 6-7 p.m., WSU will be hosting a live fact check event of the debate for Utah’s First Congressional District. Republican incumbent, Rob Bishop, is seeking his ninth term in Congress. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Bishop said this would be his last term in office if re-elected. Bishop is opposed by Lee Castillo, a democrat and WSU alumnus, and Eric Eliason, who is representing the United Utah Party. As the candidates answer questions about their political inclinations and policies, WSU students will be checking each statement for accuracy and truthfulness in real time. Statements will be rated on a scale: true, mostly true, partly true, mostly false, false, not verifiable and pure opinion. The fact-checking event is the brainchild of Teresa Holt Martinez, the program coordinator for the WSU Center for Community Engaged Learning. As part of CCEL’s “Matter of Fact” theme for 2018, Martinez wanted WSU to be the first school in Utah to attempt a real-time fact checking of a major political event. The event itself has support from both faculty and students in the Signpost, Studio 76, the Weber State debate team, student-run PR firm Ogden Peak Communications, an independent study investigative journalism group and the American Democracy Project at WSU. Dr. Leah Murray is a professor of political science and the faculty adviser to the ADP. Murray said that for years the ADP has provided programming on campus to try to introduce students to politically engaged op-

portunities. Those opportunities will then, hopefully, educate and mobilize students to vote. Murray believes a debate is a unique opportunity for students, and the community at large, to become better informed about the beliefs of the candidates before casting a ballot. “Instead of hearing interest group ads or the spin that you get in politics that’s really loud in election time, a debate is a nice, reasonable, quiet hour, to an hour and a half, of just listening to people talk about policy,” Murray said. “Any voter should get a good idea of where the candidates stand and where the voter stands in relation to those candidates.” For over a month, students have been doing research in preparation for the event. Tanne Murdock, the student director of the ADP, said she thinks it’s important for students to challenge what they’re hearing in an era of “fake news.” The event, she said, will be an excellent way to show students how to verify the veracity of each candidate’s claims and will inspire students to vote. “College students vote at such an alarmingly low rate. If every college student were to vote…how things would change, how elections would be different,” Murdock said. “Even more so on a local level, if every Weber State student voted, and if they voted being educated on who the candidates are and what their beliefs are.” Students and community members are encouraged to post comments or questions of their own during the event using #WeberFactCheck and #JustTheFacts. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com

Republican candidate Rob Bishop, Democrat Lee Castillo and United Utah Party candidate Eric Eliason will debate on Oct. 17.

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By TIANA PACK A&E Reporter

Metaphor, Weber State University’s literary journal, is holding its annual flash fiction contest. Cash prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place, and the winning submission will be published in the spring issue of Metaphor. Submissions should be 250 to 1,000 words, and students can submit up to three pieces. The theme for this year’s contest is “Matter of Fact,” though students are not required to include this theme in their submissions. Metaphor is also now accepting general submissions in the areas of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, music, visual arts and film for the spring publication. “Anyone who is interested in writing and future publi-

cation of their work, I would encourage to enter the contest and submit to the journal,” said Kelly Hart, editor-in-chief of Metaphor. “It’s a great way to get your work out there.” Hart has been on the Metaphor staff for more than a year and loves the experience. She believes a common misconception students have is that they must be involved in the English program to submit to Metaphor or be on the staff. “To be on the staff, you don’t need to be an English major,” Hart said. “We’ve had people from computer science. We have one student this semester who I believe is a botany student. That goes with submissions as well. I’m sure there are many students out there who love to write, and you’re welcome

to submit. “ Hart encouraged anyone who has a passion for writing to submit and share their creativity. She understands students may feel anxious to share, but believes it can be a

great opportunity. “I know it’s scary to put yourself and your writing out there, but I feel like it can also be a very good life experience and perhaps even a bit liberating to share a

part of your work,” Hart said. The deadline for the contest is Oct. 19. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com

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BLACK SCHOLARS UNITED

REFLECTS ON THE PAST, LOOKS TO THE FUTURE

By DANYA GIL

Diversity Reporter

Members of Black Scholars United, past, present and future, gathered at the Hurst Center on Oct.11 to reflect and celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary. The social and dinner involved an audience rendition of “Lift Every Voice,” written by activist James Weldon Johnson in 1900, a song often referred to as the “Black National Anthem,” according to NPR. A moment of silence was held for deceased members of BSU. Awards were presented after. BSU was established during the Civil Rights Movement in 1968. At the time, rioting broke out in over 100 cities after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who advocated peaceful, nonviolent protest. Citizens took to the streets to wage war in response to discriminatory housing

practices and income disparity. Byron Warfield-Graham, founding member of BSU and current benefactor, recalled the organization’s origins at WSU. “We were in a college, at the time, that was very conservative. We needed to let them understand that the people in our BSU were not about violence,” Warfield-Graham said. BSU, at its core, is a community aiming to unite black students through cultural understanding, community involvement, student engagement and leadership. BSU is a part of programs with the NAACP, Ogden-area community action agencies, Project Success Coalition and local schools. The organization assists local students with, among other things, the inclusion of Black History Month programs — and other events concerning Martin Luther King Jr. — for schools that don’t typically participate, according to BSU adviser Betty Sawyer.

Sawyer said this is not an organization students are a part of and then forget once their university career is over. Warfield-Graham established an essay contest in honor of the 50th anniversary of BSU and sponsored a scholarship at WSU. Sawyer wants current students to see Warfield-Graham’s contributions and follow in his footsteps. “Mr. Byron Warfield-Graham has definitely been an example of what true stewardship is, a true alumni, someone who has put his money where his mouth is. He has not left us,” Sawyer said. For the inaugural essay contest, students had the chance to submit an essay that addressed the prompt, “Is Black Scholars United a valued and necessary organization at Weber State University today?” The top three essays received money awards funded by Warfield-Graham. Sophomore Ryan Perkins

wrote in her essay submission, “Without this bond, students, we become isolated islands of black excellence that may potentially sink without the necessary support and fuel to continue.” Warfield-Graham teased the addition of a new fund for BSU, stressing the importance of helping each other. “It’s very important that we reach out to those among us that we are able to help along the way. Because you never know. This might be the next great scientist. This might be the next great cardiac specialist,” Warfield-Graham said of the importance of giving back. Sawyer said BSU’s largest impact comes from the organization being a home away from home for many WSU students. She said it’s a place black students can

find others with whom to connect and gain a sense of belonging, pride, unity — a place where black students do not feel they have to be something they are not. BSU distinguishes itself with their sense of community and family during dinners and awards ceremonies, according to some in attendance. With the WSU jazz ensemble in the background, current and former members bounced from table to table, generating a familial ambiance, rather than a formal function. The dinner and social kicked off the celebration of BSU’s 50th Anniversary, with more events to come. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com

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By BRANDON MAY & CALEB HINTZ Sports Editor & Sports Reporter

Amidst oppressive winds, the No. 13 Weber State University football team went head to head with the No. 3 Eastern Washington University Eagles at Stewart Stadium, winning their fourth homecoming game in a row. The Wildcats took a 14–6 win in front of 8,211 fans and improved their record to 4–2 on the season. “It was a great team win,” head coach Jay Hill said. “The defense played great. The offense got the critical first downs we needed in the fourth quarter.” EWU came into the contest averaging 45.3 points per game through six contests. Before a majority of the crowd found their seats, the Wildcat defense forced the Eagles into a game-opening three and out. Staring into the wind, Eastern Washington punted the ball to WSU freshman redshirt running back Josh Davis, who was backed up to the 25-yard line. Davis ran it back 75 yards untouched to put the ’Cats up 7–0 less than two minutes into the game. Davis was recently one of 15 players named to the STATS FCS Jerry Rice watchlist, which honors the nation’s top freshman. The award will be announced after the season. Davis carried much of the workload in the first half with 11 carries for 52 yards but was sidelined the second half due to an illness. The rest of WSU’s backfield proved they were capable of picking up the slack, as senior running back Treshawn Garrett plowed through defenders and the clock with reckless abandon. Garrett finished with 71 yards on 19 carries, most of which came in the final minutes of the game. On the Eagles’ third possession, WSU senior safety Jawian Harrison Jr. made a statement — flattening Eastern Washington backup sophomore quarterback Eric Barriere to force their third three and out in as many drives. Through the first three possessions, the Wildcats held the Eagles offense to -7 yards.

Weber State started off their third possession inside EWU territory after a short punt. Sophomore quarterback Jake Constantine found sophomore wide receiver Rashid Shaheed diving in the end zone from 38 yards out to give the Wildcats a 14–0 lead. The Wildcats wouldn’t score for the remainder of the contest. The Eagles were left without an answer after they found themselves buried beneath a two-score deficit. The Wildcats turned the field into a no-fly zone for Barriere, who struggled to find a rhythm. He completed just 45 percent of his passes and finished the night with 185 yards, two interceptions and no touchdowns. Early in the second quarter, EWU fought back with a drive into WSU territory, but Harrison Jr. and redshirt freshman defensive end George Tarlas combined for a stop on fourth down. Following the stop, the Wildcats marched down the field but were stopped shy of the end zone. They opted for a field goal, but sophomore kicker Trey Tuttle’s 34yard attempt was blocked. The Wildcats found themselves in pristine position for a third touchdown midway through the second quarter, converting a fourth down on a short run by Davis during the drive before they committed their lone turnover of the game. Constantine fumbled the ball away to give the Eagles another opportunity to turn the tide in their favor. After the fumble recovery, Eastern Washington stormed down the field into the red zone. However, the visitors settled for a field goal following the pummeling of an Eagles receiver at the goal line, again from Harrison Jr. “We came in with the goal to hold them under 100 rushing yards,” Harrison Jr. said. “We knew they had a very good passing attack with or without (starting quarterback Gage) Gubrud. We just had to bow up this week and take on the opportunity to play a good team.” The ‘Cats led 14–3 at the half. The Wildcat defense

performed admirably throughout the second half, as the Eagles only mustered a field goal in the game’s final thirty minutes. Several EWU drives were snuffed out, including two fourth-quarter interceptions. With just over 9:30 left in the game, the Eagles offense drove down the field, eventually finding themselves at the 8-yard line and eyeing a game-tying touchdown. On that third down pass by Barriere, it was Harrison Jr. who came up with an interception in the back of the end zone, flipping all momentum back to the Wildcats. “I was actually just supposed to help the receiver to the right side,” Harrison Jr. said. “But I just read the quarterback’s eyes, and I knew No. 5 (senior wide receiver Nsimba Webster) had been having a good season; a backup quarterback is going to look for No. 5. I just felt like that’s where he was going, and I jumped it.” Senior linebacker Landon Stice sealed the victory with an interception on EWU’s final drive of the game, leaving 1:54 left on the clock. Battling the wind all afternoon, junior punter Doug Lloyd was a reliable piece in the Wildcats special teams unit, connecting on eight punts for a total of 320 yards. Lloyd has averaged 39.8 yards per punt this season. The Wildcats converted three third downs in the fourth quarter, after going 1 of 11 through the first three quarters. Garrett ran for all three, helping seal the deal for the ’Cats fourth win of the season. “We went up against a good defense,” Hill said. “We went into the wind the first three quarters. We don’t make excuses, but it was a factor in this game.” Weber State has won two consecutive games against Eastern Washington, after a 28–20 victory in Cheney last November. In the last three matchups between the two Big Sky Conference foes, WSU’s defense has held EWU to a combined 40 points. “The players do a great job preparing for this game. They watched a lot of film. I liked the way they prac-

ticed,” Hill said. “They get up for it, and it’s a big deal to us. I think they flourish under the challenge.” For the first time since 2008, the Eagles were locked out of the end zone. The win marked the first time in 10 years Weber State knocked off an opponent ranked in the top five. The previous occurrence was a victory at No. 3 Cal Poly in the 2008 FCS playoffs. Weber State will take on the Montana State University Comment on this story at Bobcats on Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. signpost.mywebermedia.com at Stewart Stadium.

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“The players do a great job preparing for this game. They watched a lot of film. I liked the way they practiced. hey get up for it and it’s a big deal to us. I think they flourish under the challenge.” JAY HILL WSU Football Coach

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STEM FAIR

Come and meet the employers that will be shaping your future by hiring you! Prepare to talk to them about internships and career employment while building your network. The employers will be recruiting for positions related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine. Come back on Thursday, October 18th for our more generalized Fall Career and Internship Fair! The Fair will be held in the Shepherd Union Building Ballrooms from 10:00am-2: 00 pm on Wednesday, October 17. Be sure to dress professionally and bring copies of your updated resume. America First Credit Union ARUP Laboratories BAE Systems, Inc. BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. Borsight Inc Cache Valley Electric Canyon Home Care and Hospice Chromalox ClearView Compass Minerals DAKCS Software Systems, Inc. Davis School District Decisely Insurance Services Dell, Inc. Delta Fire Systems, Inc. Dominion Energy Ecolab Employer

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CAREER FAIR

Aerotek - Human Resources Alternative Behavior Strategies Healthcare Amer Sports - Sports & Leisure America First Credit Union Commercial Banking & Credit ARUP Laboratories - Healthcare Associated Food Stores Wholesale Trade Auto-Owners Insurance Company - Insurance Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Automotive BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. Manufacturing - Other BMC - Construction C.H. Robinson - Transportation & Logistics Canyon Home Care and Hospice Healthcare Capstone Nutrition Manufacturing, Other Chrysalis - Healthcare England Logistics - Transportation & Logistics Ensign Services - Healthcare Enterprise Holdings Transportation & Logistics Farm Bureau Financial Services Insurance Fastenal Company - Wholesale Trade FBI: Salt Lake City - Government: Local, State & Federal Gartner - Scientiﬁc and Technical Consulting Guru Technologies - Other HCA - Healthcare HELP International - NGO Intermountain Healthcare Healthcare JR Automation Manufacturing Other KeyBank - Commercial Banking & Credit Lawn Butler - Architecture and Planning Liberty Mutual - Insurance Lucid Software - Internet & Software Marcus & Millichap - Real Estate Maximum Senior Beneﬁts LLC Insurance Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Sector - Aerospace

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THE UPS AND DOWNS OF

FIRST-YEAR TEACHING By HANNAH OLSEN News Reporter

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“I have to pull up my big girl panties and say I got this,” said longtime elementary school teacher Sammie Guzman at the What I Wish I Knew My First Year of Teaching panel on Oct. 9. Guzman discussed the trials and rewards of being an educator, and in her moments of distress, this is her go-to motto. The panel, open to the public but primarily aimed at future educators, fielded questions on anything audience members wanted to know. Topics ranged from broader ideas, like motivation and classroom management strategies, to narrower ones, such as how to manage spending one’s own money on school supplies. Kate Leodardi, a biology teacher at Syracuse High School, explained how she got into teaching in the first place. She took biology twice in her own high school career, first with a teacher she loathed, which, in turn, made her loathe the very idea of teaching and biology itself. She decided to give it another shot and took AP Biology, this time with a different instructor. “Obviously, it changed my life,” she said. She fell in love with biology and decided there would be no other path in life for her but to share her love of biology with others. She said this drove her to become a high school biology teacher. Guzman recommended new educators keep a journal their first year of teaching. She said she did it her first year and still looks back through it often to laugh at her own unease and discomfort. “There were days that sucked,” Guzman said. However, she reassured the audience of soon-to-be-teachers that it’s okay to be confused their first year.

“That is okay, accept it,” she said. Guzman also shared the reason she decides to return to teaching every year. “If I am having a bad day, they can reset that,” Guzman said, “Also, what other job is absolutely different every single day? Every year it is a new puzzle.” Lizette Mikesell, a math teacher at Ben Lomond High School, explained how she ended up in her current position in response to a question from the audience. Mikesell said she could slowly see herself dying in the field of civil engineering. She had come to the point in her career — with one bachelor’s and two master’s degrees — where she had invested a solid chunk of time yet could not advance further unless she got her PhD. That wasn’t something she wanted to do. She decided to pursue teaching. She loves her subject, and her school, though she noted it’s not always perfect. “It’s a hard school to teach at. There are some hard kids,” she said, adding that no matter where one goes, there are going to be students who are more and less difficult. However, Angela Stewart, a science teacher, said no matter what, teaching has great entertainment value. She had some specific advice for first-year teachers. “Steal everything,” Stewart said, referring to lesson plans, curriculum, procedures and everything else. This way, new teachers have much less to manage and are often less overwhelmed. The panel agreed that the first year of teaching was, without a doubt, difficult. However, they wanted to assure the audience and all future educators that it’s still worth it. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com

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I’m not going to act like I’ve never used Rate My Professors. However, I believe a common perception among students is that instructors are somehow unaware of it. We’re not. It’s a controversial resource but not one without value. It’s not like you can drop a review of a professor on Yelp or Google Reviews, but somehow, you have to get your opinion out there. Where do you go? Rate My Professors. That way, everyone can know whose class to take and whose to avoid. One professor doesn’t take attendance? It’s your responsibility, your literal duty, to let everyone else know. One professor gives a final that includes questions not covered in class lectures? Protect the masses, throw up a review. However, according to the online newspaper Inside Higher Ed, some research suggests that Rate My Professors ratings influence students’ opinions on final evaluations. That

can be bad. Most universities still use final evaluations as a factor in making decisions about keeping personnel around. At most institutions, if your final evals are bad, you’re closer to getting the proverbial ax. A study published in January in “Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education” analyzed 7.9 million Rate My Professors reviews. The study evaluated 190,000 U.S. instructors who had 20 or more reviews. The study looked for correlations between quality of instruction ratings and hotness, easiness and discipline ratings. The results showed the biggest factors in how professors were rated on the site: the gender of the professor, the subject taught and hotness rating. The study showed male instructors were consistently rated higher than female instructors. Instructors in STEM fields consistently received lower ratings than instructors in the arts and humanities while instructors rated as attractive received higher teaching scores. If attractiveness equates to higher ratings, and if higher ratings equate to better evals, it’s in your best interest to be pretty. My plan was set. Be perceived as hot, make tenure, easy. Of course, Rate My Professors threw a wrench in my plan when they cut the chili rating this July.

Honestly, now I’m worried about the future of my instruction. Students have no chance to know ahead of time how I rank in, which messes up my whole plan here. The titan that was the chili didn’t fall for nothing. It’s virtually inarguable that women face a tough time in academia. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine published the results of a two-year study earlier this year that found the most common form of harassment in academia is gender-based. Women deal with sexual harassment and disparaging comments, particularly in STEM fields. Additionally, there’s a real phenomenon that female instructors face tougher evals than male instructors. Often, in open-ended questions on evals, students disparage or otherwise focus on female instructors’ appearance. In July, things came to a head when neurologist BethAnn McLaughlin of Vanderbilt University tweeted at Rate My Professors, “Life is hard enough for female professors. Your ‘chili pepper’ rating of our ‘hotness’ is obnoxious and utterly irrelevant to our teaching. Please remove it because #TimesUP and you need to do better.” McLaughlin’s tweet, which she wrote after reading the National Academies’ study, gained 15,000 retweets and an outpouring of sup-

port. Just two days later, Rate My Professors tweeted it was removing the chili. However, Rate My Professors also offered the parting shot that the chili was representative of a dynamic or interesting teaching style, not hotness, despite evidence from itself that pointed otherwise. Back in 2014, as an April Fools’ Joke, Rate My Professors launched a new site, Date My Professors, which, on its own, damages the “dynamic or interesting teaching” style argument. Regardless of whether it was or wasn’t a hotness rating (it was), the chili fell. You can no longer go check the perceived hotness of instructors since all traces of the chili were erased from the website. For the best. However, I’m still affronted. I have been cheated out of an integral part of my Rate My Professors reviews, leaving me out here without a chili rating. Beyond word of mouth, no one’s going to know whether I’m attractive and a great teacher now. At the very least, I’m still a dude and an instructor in the humanities, so by the studies, I’m still greatly advantaged compared to my female contemporaries, particularly any teaching STEM. Still, I want every advantage I can get. Maybe we can restart Date My Professors. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com

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