Homecoming history: The Signpost 10/11/22

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Weber State University students gathered in the ballrooms of the Shepherd Union building on Oct. 7 to participate in a silent disco as part of the “True Wildcat Night” tradition during the 2022 Homecoming Week festivities.

Instead of having a traditional dance with speakers playing the music, students were given headphones to listen to music of their choosing. This allowed for participants to take off their headphones and talk rather than trying to yell over the music at a traditional disco, and gave them freedom to find their style of music to dance to.

The room was dark, but the light of the headphones lit up the room with green, red and blue to show

what music the participants were listening to. Friends could easily tell what music their group was listening to based on the color their headphones were lighting up.

The event, hosted by Weber State University Student Association, took place in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms from 9 p.m. to midnight. Entry was free to Weber students and $5 for non-students. The event featured a red carpet, photo station and refreshments.

As the night concluded, attendees headed out to the Stewart Bell Tower Plaza shortly before midnight to partake in the “True Wildcat Night” tradition of kissing underneath the Stewart Bell Tower. The event also provided mints and chapstick to help aid partici-

pants in this tradition.

Sam Schow, a first-year student at WSU, attended the event with friends. The group dressed up and headed out to “dance the night away.”

“My favorite part of the night was dancing with my group of friends. It was really fun to be able to switch through the music on the headphones and freaking out when we found a good song,” Schow said. “I definitely made some good memories.”

Students were able to use photo stations in order to capture the memories of the night. The red carpet was the photo opportunity of the night, with attendees lining up to take pictures in front of the backdrop.

A portion of the crowd listening to hip-hop music, as indicated by the red station.

Having multiple options for music was a part of the event that attendees enjoyed. It gave way for dances and other events involving music to have an option that will please almost anyone, rather than having everyone listen to the same songs.

“It was fun having the option of three different music choices so you could dance to whatever vibe you were feeling,” Savannah Coleman, another attendee of the event

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By RAYSHAUN BAKER-LYNCH Reporter

Homecoming has come and gone, and Weber State’s football finished the week strong at 5–0, beating Eastern Washington University 45–21.

The Wildcats are 5–0 for the second time ever in program history and accomplished this infront of over 10,000 fans at Stewart Stadium.

In the true fashion of Weber State’s new offense, Bronson Barron was quick to add points on the board after launching a 65-yard touchdown to receiver Ty MacPherson only 14 seconds into the game. Eastern Washing ton then responded in an 11-play drive to tie the game 7–7.

The Wildcats took to the field again, cap ping off a 10-play 76-yard possession ending with running back Dontae McMillan scoring on a 22-yard rush.

Later in the quarter, cornerback Maxwell

Anderson collected their fifth interception of the season, but the Wildcat offense failed to capitalize on it, getting stopped at the 1-yard line.

Going into the second quarter, Eastern Washington started with the ball and scored on a 27-yard pass to tie the game 14–14. On the kickoff, Wildcat returner and Big Sky Play er of the Week Abraham Williams returned a 100-yard touchdown putting the Wildcats back up 21–14.

The Wildcats ended the half up by a touch down, 21–14.

When asked about how the team makes adjustments during half time, Anderson said that the coaching staff is great at mak ing them on the fly. Head coach Jay Hill ex plained that on the defensive side of the ball, they added a couple of zones and different pressures to throw Eastern Washington’s quarterback off.

Going into the third quarter, Barron dropped a snap, leading Eastern Washington to score on the recovery, making the score

21–21.

Late in the third quarter, Kyle Thompson kicked a season-high 49-yard field goal and took back the Wildcats’ lead by three, bring ing the score to 24–21.

With a momentum shift following Thomp son’s field goal, Kalisi Moli forced a fumble that was recovered by the ‘Cats and brought the Wildcat offense back on the field. McMil lan collected their second touchdown of the night off of a 7-yard rush, the ‘Cats were up 31–21.

With tensions high and comeback hopes slowly dwindling, EWU’s Jakobie James let their anger get the best of them after shov ing Maxwell Anderson, resulting in a flagrant foul that ejected them from the game.

In the fourth quarter, the Cats’ defense stepped up, not allowing Eastern Washing ton to score on offense. The Wildcats scored two more touchdowns capping off the win, both coming from running backs Damon Bankston and Kris Jackson.

“We battled it out; we had a good game,”

MacPherson said. “We made some plays, made some mistakes, but overall, a win is a win.”

The Wildcats’ offense had a total of 460 yards, with 223 rushing and 237 passing.

Barron threw 16 for 22 with one touchdown for the game. Bankston rushed 96 yards with one touchdown and Mcmillian rushed 93 yards with two touchdowns. MacPherson led the receivers with nine receptions of 128 yards and one touchdown.

“We just got to get better at being us, and that will continue to be our focus,” Hill said.

“I like where the offense is at. I like where the defense is at. Both sides of the ball are show ing they can be dominant.”

The Wildcats have now won their third home game of the season and improve to fourth in the Big Sky. The ‘Cats take on Port land State on Oct. 15, looking to make history by scoring 6–0 for the first time.

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By HUNTER LINDSEY

Wildcats gathered at the Swenson Pool on Oct. 5 to celebrate homecoming and kick off Spooktober with the “Jaws” dive-in movie. Hundreds of students showed up in what turned out to be a large event.

Attendees were greeted with a festive purple pool and the movie “Jaws” projected onto the wall of the building. There was an upbeat energy present with students talking, watching the movie and showing their

school spirit.

Event volunteers Alicia Sarnowski and Rebecca Mabile mentioned that a lot more students showed up than they were anticipating. Shortly after opening the event, students were notified that the pool space was full, and additional seating for watching the movie was available on the sides of the pool and the balcony above.

“I was excited to get in the pool, but it was super full,” Gabe Lewis, WSU student, said.

His friend and fellow student Marius Devries expressed similar feelings and was

also hopeful to join those in the pool.

The event went from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and admission was free for students after they registered with their W number on the GivePulse app or website. QR codes were available at the check-in desk to guide students to the proper site.

The dive-in movie marked the second event of the day for homecoming week. Other homecoming events included the 24th annual Diversity Conference Oct. 7 at 5 p.m., the Silent Disco Dance Party and “True Wildcat Night” Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. in the Stewart

Union Ballrooms.

Oct. 8 featured the Homecoming Fan Fest and a tailgate party at Stewart Stadium. Students could enter to win a grand prize of four tickets to an upcoming Lizzo concert.

Following the tailgate and fan fest, the football team went head-to-head with the Eastern Washington Eagles and won 45–21.

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Weber State University’s 24th annual Diversity Conference was held on Oct. 6 and 7. The theme was religious diversity. WSU wanted to encourage people to be open and accepting of others’ religions and beliefs.

The conference included a student panel from multiple belief systems. Students spoke about different issues, including how to engage in respectful discussions on the topic of religious beliefs, the importance of having a belief system and how we can assist those in our community that do not have the same beliefs as us.

Khadija Abdninasir, a panel member, brought up that Muslim students like herself have no prayer room just for them. There is the international prayer room, but it’s shared by multiple religions, which makes it hard to focus on praying.

Fellow panel members and audience members found ways to try to help fix this

problem.

“Everyone believes in something, that’s beautiful,” Colin Espindola, panel member, said.

During the “Understanding Internal Religious Diversity” segment, speaker Garin Savage, spoke on the diversity inside of a single denomination of a religion and how the heretics, or those with minority beliefs, can be important.

“Instead of focusing in on those differences, keep in mind all of the similarities, all the points of commonality,” Savage said.

Ian Harvey, an author on theological books, spoke on the doctrine found in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during his lecture, “Was God Just Kidding?”

His focus was on how a religion with the idea of agency being so important is a religion that could not be pro-choice. Harvey also spoke about his challenges with living in the church, having a gay son and being judged for accepting his son.

Kathleen Paco Cadman, speaker at the conference, spoke on the impact of religion and

belief on those who are affected by death. Cadman covered the practices surrounding death in multiple religions and how clergy in hospitals can be both beneficial and detrimental to the mental and physical health of patients.

Rev. Deforest B. Saories Jr, a retired senior pastor, was the keynote speaker. He told a story about how one of the members of his congregation was from Ghana and became a king. Years after this member left, Saories got a letter from this member asking him to help improve his community. After some deliberation, Saories agreed and was able to assist in building libraries, health clinics and cafeterias.

“My relationship with the country of Ghana is really the result of immersion at all having diversity in my community.” Saories said.

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La 24ª conferencia anual sobre diversidad de Weber State University se celebró los días 6 y 7 de octubre. El tema fue la diversidad religiosa. WSU quería animar a la gente a ser receptiva y aceptar las religiones y creencias de los demás.

La conferencia incluyó un panel de estudiantes de múltiples sistemas de creencias. Los estudiantes hablaron sobre diferentes temas, incluyendo cómo participar en discusiones respetuosas sobre el tema de las creencias religiosas, la importancia de tener un sistema de creencias y cómo podemos ayudar a aquellos en nuestra comunidad

que no tienen las mismas creencias que nosotros.

Khadija Abdninasir, miembro del panel, planteó que los estudiantes musulmanes como ella no tienen una sala de oración sólo para ellos. Existe la sala de oración internacional, pero es compartida por múltiples religiones, lo que hace difícil concentrarse en la oración.

Los miembros del panel y el público encontraron formas de ayudar a solucionar este problema.

“Todo el mundo cree en algo, eso es hermoso”. dijo Colin Espíndola, miembro del panel.

Durante el segmento “Comprender la diversidad religiosa interna”, el orador Garin Savage, habló sobre la diversidad dentro de una misma denominación de una religión y cómo los herejes, o aquellos con creencias minoritarias, pueden ser importantes.

“En lugar de centrarse en esas diferencias, hay que tener en cuenta todas las similitudes, todos los puntos en común”, dijo Savage.

Ian Harvey, autor de libros de teología, habló sobre la doctrina que se encuentra en la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días durante su conferencia, “¿Estaba Dios bromeando?”. Se centró en cómo una religión con la idea de que el albedrío es tan importante es una religión que no puede ser pro-elección. Harvey también habló de sus retos al vivir en la iglesia, tener un hijo gay y ser juzgado por aceptar a su hijo.

Kathleen Paco Cadman, ponente de la conferencia, habló sobre el impacto de la religión y las creencias en los afectados por la muerte. Cadman abordó las prácticas que rodean a la muerte en múltiples religiones y cómo el clero en los hospitales puede ser

tanto beneficioso como perjudicial para la salud mental y física de los pacientes.

El reverendo Deforest B. Saories Jr, pastor jubilado, fue el orador principal. Contó una historia sobre cómo uno de los miembros de su congregación era de Ghana y se convirtió en rey. Años después de que este miembro se marchara, Saories recibió una carta de este miembro pidiéndole que le ayudara a mejorar su comunidad. Tras algunas deliberaciones, Saories aceptó y pudo colaborar en la construcción de bibliotecas, clínicas de salud y cafeterías.

“Mi relación con el país de Ghana es realmente el resultado de la inmersión en toda la diversidad que tiene mi comunidad”. dijo Saories.

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To start off the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Weber State University’s Ogden campus was covered with dancers sharing their own cultures with students through flash mobs.

Over the summer and leading up to the month of October, the Center for Multicul tural Excellence met multiple times to plan for this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month.

“I was thinking along the lines of dancing and what we could do with a dance,” WSU SA Hispanic Senator, Rachel Asencio, said. “I wanted to do something with a flash mob because if we just started dancing, people would turn around and look.”

On Sept. 29, Graciela Duenaz represented

her Mexican culture by dancing Ballet Folk lorico on a red wooden block.

Duenaz wore jewelry and hair accessories in colors that represented Mexico, her dress was completely white with a black apron wrapped around her waist and she used a red scarf in her dances.

For Duenaz’s flash mob performance, she started her ballet folklorico dance in the Shepherd Union building at 12:30 p.m. and then moved to the Tracy Hall building, where things did not go exactly as planned.

The original idea was for Duenaz to dance in front of Tracy Hall after the Shepherd Union, however, there was not an outlet found outside the building to plug the speaker into for music, according to Weber State University Multicultural Counselor Monica Rodriguez.

Rodriguez then made the decision to move the second part of Duenaz’s flash mob, as well as the second part of the rest of the upcoming flash mobs, to an area outside of the Shepherd Union building in front of the Utah Transit Authority bus stop.

On Oct. 3, Victor Muñoz and his daughter, Adriana Muñoz, represented their Peruvi an culture by dancing the national dance of Peru called “Marinera” to a song called “Soñando el Cuero del Tambor.”

“Peru lost a hero during a war in the nine teenth century who was a Navy Marine,” Victor Muñoz said. “In honor of him and our Navy, we call this dance ‘Marinera.’”

According to Victor Muñoz, “Marinera” is about a man trying to conquer a woman. Tra ditionally, at the end of the dance the man realizes he cannot conquer the woman, so

he kneels in front of the woman to say he is thankful for her and for all she is able to do. Peru has more than 1,500 documented dances, and every part of Peru has its own kind of “Marinera.” The dance Victor and Adriana Muñoz danced was from the North ern part of Peru.

“Every dress represents different parts of Peru,” Adriana Muñoz said. “The dress I am wearing today is from Huanchaco.”

Adriana Muñoz’s dress was purple to rep resent WSU colors and had designs to rep resent the ocean. Dancers who dance “Mari nera” usually don’t wear shoes, but Adirana decided to wear shoes due to the heat and to keep her feet from getting hurt.

Victor Muñoz’s poncho was also purple, the two dancers used white handkerchiefs in their dance, which represents love and

peace in Peru.

On Oct. 4, live music played by Jaime Chaparro could be heard all throughout the Shepherd Union building. Chaparro played an accordion, while others would occasionally join in with bongos and other percussion instruments.

Later that day, Graciela Duenaz’s daugh ter, Jennifer Duenaz, performed Ballet Folklrico in the Shepherd Union building.

“My mom got me into Ballet Folklori co. I have been dancing Ballet Folklorico since I was five or six years old,” Jennifer Duenaz said. “My mom studied to be a dance teacher in Mexico, when she came to the United States she joined a commu nity group and got me involved as well. It showed me to appreciate not only my

own culture, but other cultures as well, it’s something I’m very thankful for.”

Jennifer Duenaz’s dance represented Jalisco, Mexico. The people in Jalisco are known for the mariachis and the jarabe tapatio, also known as the Mexican hat dance. Jennifer wore a pink dress with green, blue, purple, white and orange stripes that represented her culture.

Hispanic Heritage Month events contin ue until Oct. 15, although these dancers will continue to celebrate their cultures for months to come.

Graciela Duenaz smiling while performing in front of students walking by.

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Making her scarf flare, Jennifer Duenaz dances around the Shepherd Union.

Graciela Duenaz playing the bongos, Jaime Chaparro playing the accordian and Weber State Multicultural Counselor Monica Rodriguez play ing on an instument for percussion.

Adriana Muñoz dancing in front of her father as he raises his hat.

Jennifer Duenaz uses her free time to practice for fun after her performances.

Jaime Chaparro playing his accordion.

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At the Student Senate meeting on Sept. 26, interim vice president and Dean of Stu dents Jeff Hurst and executive director of counseling, health and wellness Dianna Abel confirmed to Weber State University’s stu dent body that WSU is considering outside proposals for student healthcare. It’s been made clear that if the university decides to outsource student healthcare, it would come with the trade-off of losing the SHC on cam pus.

According to Hurst and Abel, the chief rea son behind WSU’s reason to begin consid ering alternative options for student health care is the purported decrease in the SHC’s visitation numbers in recent years and the possibility of expanding the suite of health care services that students have access to.

According to Dr. Benjamin Heaton, phy sician and executive medical director of the SHC, they’ve been aware that the university has been considering this change since July.

To their understanding, reasons for the clin ic’s endangerment originate in an inability to hire the proper staff and to establish a consistent passage of communication with university administration.

Currently, the SHC has one physician, one medical assistant, one pharmacist and one administrative specialist. According to SHC staff, the clinic should at least have another medical assistant and mid-level provider in order to most effectively see students.

As of last week, Abel allowed for the pub lishing of two temporary employment job listings on the university’s employment page: one for a medical assistant and one for a mid-level provider. The listings stipulate that both positions are to be filled through April 2023.

However, Heaton has expressed the need to hire an additional medical assistant and possibly another mid-level provider. He explains that without having access to the SHC’s budget, it’s been difficult finding the opportunity to hire additional staff and prop erly advertise for the clinic.

Heaton expressed his frustrations over

the lack of administrative control he has at the SHC despite being its sole physician and medical director.

“I’m the director of a department,” Hea ton said. “How am I supposed to streamline, grow and maximize the services we provide when I don’t even know what capabilities I do or don’t have?”

Even with the job listings up, Heaton and the staff at the SHC worry that, due to them being listed as temporary positions, the posi tions may not be filled. SHC staff also said it’s a hard sell to ask someone to leave their cur rent job for a position that will only remain valid for seven months, at the most.

Heaton and the SHC’s administrative spe cialist, Jami Gillis, said the SHC’s numbers have improved as the pandemic dwindled to a close earlier this year. Gillis explained that if the SHC were allowed to hire the needed staff, visitation numbers could improve.

“If we were able to get staffed, get the sup port we needed and get advertising done, we could 100% get our numbers up,” Gillis said.

Though details aren’t completely clear at

this time, it’s been projected that the earliest change to the SHC could take place toward the end of spring semester 2023.

According to Hurst, due to the “competi tive nature of the procurement process,” it cannot be disclosed at this time what candi dates WSU is currently considering in their current exploration of options concerning the outsourcing of student healthcare.

With the prospect of the SHC closing, con cerns among the student body have been vocalized concerning how the outsourcing of student healthcare to outside contractors could affect students in terms of accessibility to medical services.

The concern is apparent to students who either don’t have insurance or are from out of state and whose insurance plans aren’t accepted in Utah. A significant portion of the SHC’s patients happen to be students in these situations or similar ones.

“We know that there are a variety of differ ent configurations of insurance for students,” Abel said. “We don’t want students, based on their insurance, to have a different experi ence with their healthcare.”

Medical tools are organized on trays in each patient’s room.

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Besides concerns about accessibility con cerning insurance coverage, worries were also vocalized about the potential changes in financial accessibility that could occur in the outsourcing of student healthcare. Students and staff at the SHC worry that this change could result in an increased financial burden on students seeking medical care.

“Our hope is that either we decrease the cost of student medical services, if it worked out to outsource, or that we would get a wider variety of services and availability for a com parable cost,” Hurst said.

Heaton said student fees already cover the care and medical services being offered at the SHC, and worries students will end up paying more out of pocket if services are shifted off campus.

“If you go to IHC or the Ogden clinic, they make their money off billing, whether they bill the individual or the insurance company,” Heaton said.

During the student senate meeting on Sept. 26, Hurst outlined some of the possi bilities for improved student healthcare if the outsourcing did happen, some of which included the possibility of multiple clinics in a variety of locations and improved access to a wider array of specialty care options.

However, based on the information made

publicly available to the student body and through his own experience, Heaton doubts the feasibility of a plan where student health care is outsourced to a variety of locations through an outside provider without increas ing the cost of services to students.

Heaton also commented on what Hurst had previously said about the administration’s in tent to either decrease student cost as it relates to access to healthcare or keep it the same. At the minimum, this would mean maintaining the precedent that WSU students can visit a clinic without needing to pay a copay.

“I don’t see how they could go to an off-cam pus medical provider and not be required to pay a copay, that’s standard everywhere,” Heaton said.

To date, the SHC has existed for over six decades to provide WSU students with acces sible healthcare in order to help ensure that students can remain in good health while fo cusing on their academic careers.

Today, students seeing the SHC are spared the financial burden of paying a copay in ad dition to having access to a variety of services and medications at a reduced price.

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The Student Health Center offers many private rooms for patients.

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The ballrooms of Shepherd Union opened their doors to host Casino Night on Oct 4. The theme of the event was Mardi Gras where students and guests were dressed in their best suits and dresses.

The atmosphere was electric as students stepped through the doors. Mardi Gras beads could be found all over the room and around the necks of the casino goers.

The smell of traditional Louisi

ana cuisine with rich cajun flavors filled the air and the stomachs of everyone gambling. After all, what better way to shake off losing at the gambling table than to make a plate of comfort food?

Tables of poker, blackjack, casi no war, craps and roulette turned the ballrooms into a bustling ca sino for the night. Every table was crowded with students trying their luck and cheering on those who were striking the hot spot.

If students weren’t betting their chips, they were cashing in what they earned in raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes.

Raffle prizes included Weber State University gear, a WSU jersey signed by Damian Lillard, tickets to Fear Factory, gift cards for various restaurants and $1,000 toward funding for a club of the winners’ choice.

As the night grew later, the stacks of chips collected by gam

blers began to grow. Others were calling it a night and cashing in to get a chance at winning one of the many raffle prizes they had been eyeballing all night.

Once the raffle began, everyone gathered in the front and anxious ly waited for their ticket number to be called.

Ticket strands were sprawled on the ground and across every table so the ticket number called out wouldn’t be missed. Lucky winners

ran to the front to collect their prize as the room erupted in cheers. Those who went home emp ty-handed did not leave unsat isfied. Maybe it was the taste of Kings Cake, the Jambalaya or the mocktails that lingered. Or maybe the Mardi Gras bead necklaces and new memories they carried home with them.

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY KARLI AKI

TOP LEFT: Craps table reeling players in. TOP MIDDLE: The spirit of Mardi Gras is in every detail. TOP RIGHT: Mailyn Lovell in anticipation as husband, Connor Lovell, anxiously awaits

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BOTTOM LEFT: Mardi Gras theme in full effect. BOTTOM MIDDLE: A close game of Blackjack.

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Weber State University students, faculty, local contributors and their families gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony in the forum of the newly unveiled Noorda Engineering, Applied Science and Technology building on Oct. 9.

The new EAST college building is a 159,000-square-foot architectural wonder that will provide a place on campus for future engineers and scientists at WSU to further their academic careers in preparation for their future career paths.

David Ferro, Dean of the college of engineering, applied science and technology, hosted the Noorda building’s ribbon-cutting ceremony and expressed his gratitude to all the parties who made the construction of the building possible. In addition, he commended his fellow faculty and staff at the College of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology for their recent persistence in ensuring that classes continued during the construction of the Noorda building.

Next, contributors and supporters of the Noorda building were invited to speak. The first speaker was Rob Moore, executive chairman of Big-D Construction, the construction company that undertook the task of building the Noorda building.

Moore reflected on the difficulty of taking on such a construction project in the midst of the pandemic, citing difficulties with labor shortages, material prices and delivery costs as obstacles that had to be overcome in the construction of the Noorda building.

“It’s just kind of interesting how people can come together in so many ways when there’s so many obstacles put in front of us,” Moore said.

Scott Nowlin, a chief engineer from BAE systems, represented BAE systems in their status as donors of the Noorda building.

“Weber State has always been completely in with increasing capacity and increasing quality, offering more degrees and wider

programs for creating faculty and pushing more students out the door,” Nowlin said.

Several students and alumni also spoke in the ceremony, relating their excitement for what students will accomplish in the future, both academically and within the WSU community, in the newly-unveiled Noorda building.

“With this new building, I believe all Weber state engineering students will be able to accomplish even more, whether it is robotics, fluid dynamics, original studies or cutting-edge computing,” Matthew Finger, WSU senior in electrical engineering, said.

Brad Mortensen, WSU’s president, was the last to speak before the ribbon was cut and expressed his appreciation for the support that the Utah legislature and the Ray and Tye Noorda foundation provided in the construction of the Noorda building.

Additionally, Mortensen expressed his appreciation that WSU has gotten the chance to collaborate with Hill Air Force base and other defense contractors in order to educate students that will go on to contribute to the safety and security of our national community.

“We’re so fortunate at Weber State to be affiliated with Hill Air Force Base and these defense contractors that are doing such good work to help us and our country be safe in the future,” Mortensen said.

Brad Wilson, speaker of the house for the Utah house of representatives, highlighted how buildings like WSU’s Noorda building are essential in continuing Utah’s recent pattern of growth.

“We know that these investments are the types of investments that are gonna last generations,” Wilson said. “It’s really great to see state dollars, and private dollars, go to work building something beautiful like this and it’s a launchpad for the engineers, the computer scientists and the innovators that are going to make Utah the place it’s going to be in a few years and keep it the best place in the country.”

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