WSUPD ANNOUNCEMENT
There have been multiple vehicle burglaries in University Village. The suspect is seen on camera footage breaking into dozens of cars in the UV parking lots. The subject is also believed to drive a red four-door sedan. WSUPD suggests that everyone parking on campus property should keep their doors locked and to report any sight of the suspect and their vehicle.
Lit at the Ice Sheet
Campus police located a twenty-year-old individual in possession of alcohol while attending a WSU hockey game at the Ice Sheet on Oct. 8. The subject was verbally warned and released to a sober friend.
Hit and run
Officers responded to a hit and run at the Dee Event Center parking lot on Oct. 8. The officers spoke with the complainant and completed an accident report. The case is still open to find more info on the suspect.
Awkward traffic stop
WSUPD observed a suspicious vehicle driving out of the UTA OGX bus-only lane on Oct. 8. Officers initiated a traffic stop on the south side of the Dee Event Center parking lot. They found that the individuals inside the vehicle were WSU students and on the basketball team. While the officer was retrieving information from the subjects, a WSU basketball coach approached to check on the teammates.
The coach was advised that the subjects were alright and that he needed to stand to the side, away from the traffic stop. The coach reportedly walked away slowly from the officer and stood in the middle of the roadway. The officer allowed this to avoid making a scene and because there were no vehicles coming as the traffic stop was wrapping up. WSUPD returned to the vehicle, where the
subjects were laughing and not taking the matter seriously. The students were advised they would be let off with a warning but with no exception next time this happens.
Another hit and run…
WSU officers responded to a hit and run call for service on Oct. 7. The complainant advised they had parked their vehicle in the WSU LDS Institute parking lot when an unknown vehicle struck theirs. There is no suspect information at this time and the case is still open for a further follow up.
Stay back, man
Campus police received a call to assist at the campus Women’s Center on Oct. 6. An individual spoke with an officer regarding a letter that was sent from a male individual.
It is believed he sent the letter in an effort to contact the complainant. An assistant to a department received the letter and forwarded it on, inside an envelope with a WSU address. The complainant was concerned that the male had come to campus and retrieved the WSU envelope. A protective order against the subject is pending.
Do you go here?
Officers responded to a call about a suspicious individual on Oct. 5. After arriving on scene, officers could not locate the suspect. WSU staff has been noticing the individual come around more often, usually sitting in areas that are mainly for students waiting for professors in their office area. Each time the subject has been approached, he acts like he does not know English. He will speak to staff in English until he recognizes he is doing so and switches to Spanish.
The suspect has not been aggressive or violating any laws. Campus buildings are open to the community, as explained to questioning staff members. The suspect is a tall, thin white male with white hair and is typically seen wearing t-shirts, jeans and a red backpack.
What are you going to use that for?
WSUPD were advised by email of a theft that occurred prior at the WSU Disc Golf course on Oct. 5. One of the disc golf baskets was removed from its fixed location. There is no suspect information or cameras in the area to determine who stole the basket. The case will be closed and reopened if more information is brought forward.
These kids are wildin’
WSU officers were informed of an assault that happened in the D13 parking lot at the WSU Davis campus on Oct. 5. Campus cameras show an individual get out of a vehicle and approach another individual in the parking lot. The first subject reached out and jabbed a taser into the other subject’s back. The two individuals then took off running around the vehicles in the parking lot.
Once they broke away from each other, the second individual pointed a toy gun at the first as he collected his belongings off the ground. All involved parties were identified as underaged and the “weapons” were confiscated.
NUAMES incident
Campus police were informed on Oct. 5 by the Northern Utah Academy of Math, Engineering and Science that a complainant
had reported someone inappropriately touching them. Officers spoke with NUAMES admins and looked at security footage of the area. WSUPD have not talked to the individuals involved at this time.
You play too much
Officers responded to Wildcat Village on a report of harassment on Oct. 4. After speaking with the parties involved, officers found that multiple WSU students took part in a prank that involved knocking on another student’s dorm room door and asking them a question. WSUPD spoke with the suspects and warned them of their actions. WSU housing will be meeting with the complainant to conduct a follow up.
Spare change?
WSUPD were dispatched to a suspicious circumstance where an unknown individual asked another student for money on Oct. 4. The complainant clarified that the individual stated he owed him money, persisted to ask for money and appeared to be homeless. Officers searched the area and checked surveillance footage for the suspect, but found nothing. No further action has been taken at this time.
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The student senate meeting on Oct. 10 be gan with a presentation from Xitlalli Villanue va, WSU’s vice president of diversity and unity.
Villaneuva gave the presentation from her position as the Utah Board of Higher Educa tion’s sitting student board member.
Villaneuva highlighted the work she’s been doing with the board which is helping to en sure important decisions about higher educa tion involve the students themselves.
The Utah Board of Higher Education is com posed of 16 students from higher education institutions across the state.
The committee meets regularly to discuss safety and equity initiatives as they relate to college campuses in Utah.
Villaneuva emphasized the importance of committees like this because they represent Utah’s willingness to let students be a part of big decisions.
“This shows us that the system does care about the student perspective,” Villaneuva said. “Not everything needs to happen from the bottom down.”
Next, Finau Tauteoli, WSUSA Pacific Islander senator and president of The Ohana Associa tion, gave a presentation requesting funding for TOA’s fourth annual Pacific Islander college prep night.
“The purpose of our Pacific Islander college prep night is to connect with students, from the seventh grade through twelfth, to help them get a feel for what college is like and to have a mentor,” Taueteoli said.
Tauteoli said the funding requested from the student senate would go towards pay ing the Dakine Grindz food truck to cater the event taking place on Nov. 8.
The final presentation was given by athlet ics and club sports senator Kayden Houser. Houser’s presentation concerned a funding request made on behalf of WSU’s model UN club.
The model UN club’s funding request for $4,000 is meant to help cover expenses to send WSU model UN members to Kobe, Ja pan, for an international model UN confer ence in November.
Houser said the model UN club has raised $5,000 from its members, around $4,000 from the Provost’s office to cover the club’s ho tel expenses and approximately $1,000 from other WSU departments.
No issues were brought forth by the meet ing’s attendees during the issues forum por tion of the meeting.
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Republican Rep. Blake Moore and Demo cratic candidate Rick Jones came to Weber State University on Oct. 10 to debate. This was part of their campaigns for the District 1 House of Representatives seat for the state of Utah.
The event took place inside the Val A. Browning Center at 6 p.m. and was put on by the Utah Debate Commission. This debate was free to the public and open to both WSU students and anyone else wanting to watch the debate.
The candidates answered questions deal ing with inflation, healthcare, infrastructure and many other high-interest topics that will likely affect their term if elected. Questions were asked by the Utah Debate Commission, news outlets and WSU students.
Inflation and economy were big topics of
the night, with most of the questions asking about the candidates’ plans to lower infla tion rates if elected.
“In 2017, there was a Republican approach to make taxes globally competitive and grow the economy,” Moore said. “And in 2021, there has been President Biden’s approach, and there has been an enormous amount of federal spending. And one has led to in flation, and one has led to better economic growth. I want to be somebody who can re verse this trend, and I want the opportunity to do that.”
Jones said the media has promoted a myth, and the main idea is that inflation is caused by national debt.
“I’m old enough to remember when I repeatedly heard that 40 years ago in the Carter administration, and actually, Reagan came in and pretty much quadrupled the debt deficits,” Jones said. “And then, every subsequent president, with the exception of
Bill Clinton, had astronomical deficits, and so we’ve basically had astronomical deficits for about 40 years, and there has been very little inflation.”
The debate questioned both candidates on their beliefs, leading to disagreements and agreements between the two candi dates. The topic of abortion was something that both candidates agreed was necessary in some cases but disagreed upon whether or not abortion was healthcare.
Healthcare, in general, was also a big topic of the night. When asked about how to help students find affordable healthcare, the two candidates had differing opinions.
“When you go to the store, when you choose car insurance, when you do any type of consumer activity, you get to see ‘oh, this is $20, this is $28. I’m gonna choose this,’” Moore said. “Have you ever done that with your x-rays? No you haven’t, because we don’t encourage transparency and competi
tion enough in our healthcare.”
Jones followed up Moore’s statement by saying he agrees with the lack of transparen cy in healthcare and the Biden Administra tion has done well by reducing pharmaceu tical costs.
“Well, I completely agree with that, and I cannot applaud the Biden Administration strong enough for reducing drug prices, and I think it should be that way for everyone,” Jones said. “A key reason we are so com pletely out of hand is we have a lot of phar maceutical executives that are making in the vicinity of $25 million … If you go to Europe, there’s no pharmaceutical executives mak ing $25 million, and I think we should take a good look at that.”
This debate was in preparation for the 2022 midterm election, which will take place on Nov. 8. Utah’s First Congressional District encom passes Northern Share this story at thesignpostwsu.com
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Kaitlyn Beckett, an assistant from the Attorney General’s office, will be speaking at the symposium. Beckett will be a keynote speaker at the event.
Ashley Daniels, from YCC of Ogden, will also be speaking at the symposium. Daniels is an Ogden resident and has served domestic violence victims in Weber County.
Photos courtesy of the Weber State College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
By BRISA ODENTHAL ReporterAs part of Domestic Violence Awareness month, Weber State University will be hosting its first-ever Human Trafficking Symposium in the Shephard Union Ballrooms on Oct. 27.
The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with speakers from the Attorney General’s Office, YCC of Ogden, the Sheriff’s Office, the WSU Women’s Center, the Department of Social Work and the Division of Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah.
Professor Julee Smith is a big part of planning this event. Smith became part of the Utah Trafficking Intervention Coalition after learning that girls in her own neighborhood were being trafficked.
Smith helped to create the symposium in order to teach about this big issue after learning that both Brigham Young University and the University of Utah had been hosting this event for years.
“We said, ‘let’s make sure people are aware,’ because it’s amazing how naive people are,” Smith said. “So, we got key people, key departments and got it going.”
Molly Sween, WSU professor and Department of Criminal Justice Chair, is also part of the planning committee for this symposium. She was asked to assist with the planning of this event af-
ter Smith came forward with the idea.
Sween said there would be a focus on resources provided to Weber State students, and they were looking forward to teaching about resources or concerns about human trafficking with students’ friends or family.
“We want to make sure that the students feel safe, they know the resources if there’s a problem going on, they know who they can go to, and that’s the big emphasis on this symposium is the resources are going to be there,” Smith said.
Sween and Smith have been working to create this event for months, and on Oct. 27, the event will take place. It is free to the public, and the first 175 people to register will receive a free lunch.
“This is something that is important for anybody at any age and we need to educate ourselves and then share that with others,” Smith said. “Let’s spread the word because to me knowledge and skills are empowerment and we want to empower everybody, not just a select few … Weber State is an amazing place and we want to continue to be an amazing place. [We want students to be] succeeding and safe.”
Registration for the event is available at https:// www.weber.edu/socialscience/human-trafficking-symposium.html.
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Detective Dustin Stewart from the Weber County Sheriff’s Office will be a speaker at the symposium. Stewart is currently apart of the Weber County Homicide Task Force, the Child Exploitation Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Two weeks have gone by since the last power ranking, and a lot has happened across the Big Sky Conference for football. Sacramento State made bold statements with their offense, and Portland State seems to be recovering well from their loss of quar terback Davis Alexander. Rather than a true power ranking, this list shows which teams to look out for and which teams might be strug gling this season.
Tier 1: Contenders
Weber State University
A strong argument can be made that the Wildcats deserve their own tier after their recent homecoming victory. Weber State is dominating the conference with a powerful offense and a great defense. With stars on both ends, the Wildcats will have multiple players on the All-Big Sky teams at the end of the season. Weber State struggled last sea son, but they look poised to return to their conference championship winning days.
University of Montana
University of Montana’steam was tied with Weber State on previous power rankings. Since then, the Grizzlies stopped a winless Idaho State University team from making a comeback. Beating teams by an average of nearly 29 points, Montana is a force to be reckoned with. There’s not a quarterback in the Big Sky who isn’t worried about lineback ers Patrick O’Connell, Marcus Welnel and Tyler Flink, nor a defense who’s expecting an easy game against quarterback Lucas John son and wide receiver Mitch Roberts.
Montana State University
The Bobcats are coming off a dominant win against Idaho State, beating the Bengals 37–6. For what they might lack on defense, Montana State makes up for in offensive dominance. Running back Sean Chambers currently leads the conference in total rush ing yards, averaging 96.8 per game (No. 3 in the Big Sky Conference). They may be the only team with a loss in this tier, but keep in mind that the loss was to Oregon State Uni versity. A case can be made that they’ve han dled their Big Sky opponents better than any other teams have.
Sacramento State University
Coupling the Hornet’s high-scoring of fense with an efficient defense has made Sacramento State look like a juggernaut in the Big Sky. What stops them from being unanimously considered the most powerful team in the conference is their ease of sched ule. The Hornet’s had a dominant win against an FBS Colorado State University team. How ever, Sacramento State’s opponents in the Big Sky thus far have not been of that caliber. The Hornets are a threat to once again be crowned Big Sky Champions in this decade and it’ll be interesting to watch them play a Montana team that’s at their level on Oct. 22.
Tier 2: Good University of Idaho
Coming off of a bye week following a 55–35 win against UNC, the Vandals will hit the road and take on the University of Montana. The No. 2 Griz have a notorious home-field advantage and look to use that in their favor. The Vandals will rely on Gevani McCoy, who was named the Stats Perform FedEx Ground National Freshman Player of the Week. In conference play, McCoy has a completion percentage of 85.1% with five touchdowns.
The Vandals season looks like it will become more difficult down the road, but have wins against both Big Sky opponents in NAU and UNC. Outside of the conference, UofI fell to Washington State University and In diana, but closed out preseason play with a win against Drake University. It might be a stretch to say Idaho will finish higher than fifth in the conference this year, but it looks to be a possibility in the following years.
University of California Davis
It wouldn’t be fair to say UCD doesn’t have a chance to be in the contenders tier, but the Aggies can’t catch a break considering the strength of their schedule. Currently sitting at 1–4 overall and 0–2 in conference play, the Aggies’ only win came against the Uni versity of San Diego in a dominant 43–13 performance. If we were to evaluate their loss against Weber State on paper, it would look like the Aggies should’ve won. They out gained the ‘Cats in both rushing and passing yards, they won the turnover battle and time of possession. Miles Hastings is powerful in the pocket and during that performance completed 39 of 57 attempts for 68.4%. If there is anything that needs to be cleaned up, it looks like it should be field goals.
Overall, the team has completed six of their twelve attempts on the season. Looking to host NAU, we’ll have to see if this is the break they are looking for.
Tier 3: Okay Northern Arizona University
The Lumberjacks looked to have a hopeful season with RJ Martinez, reigning Big Sky Freshman of the Year, but have had a lack luster start thus far. Currently 2–4 overall and 1–2 in conference play, NAU has struggled to find their groove. The Lumberjacks’ offense will be tested against the Davis defense, but Martinez is headed into the game with an Offensive Play of the Week accolade in the Big Sky. Although it wasn’t against the most difficult of opponents, Martinez threw for 359 yards and had four touchdowns against the Mustangs.
Eastern Washington University
Expectations may have been too high for the Eagles after their beloved quarterback, Eric Barrier, graduated. EWU is a difficult puzzle to piece together and looking at their offense, Gunner Talkington looks to be doing
well considering the shoes he’s expected to fill. Talkington was picked apart by We ber State but walked away with 198 yards. Tuna Altahir may really be what the Eagles’ offense is looking for. The freshman collect ed 81 yards through 19 carries. Looking at their strength of schedule, EWU has had to go against the University of Oregon and University of Florida, and then two of the top four teams in the Big Sky: Montana State and Weber State. Things won’t settle down for the Eagles until after they face Sac. State on Oct 15.
Portland State University
It might be a fair state to say the Viks’ are in a league of their own. They currently sit in the middle of the conference standings at 1–1 and 2–3 overall. Like EWU, Portland State has had to make the adjustment of los ing a quarterback that held them together. Although Barrier stood alone at the top, Da vis Alexander made a name for themselves at PSU. Coming off of a dominant 48–6 win against Lincoln University, the Vikings will have to face the Weber State team that is no toriously successful on the road.
Tier 4: Struggling University of Northern Colorado
Without sounding too harsh, the Bears ha ven’t made a name for themselves in a dom inant Big Sky Conference. In comparison to other schools across the conference, UNC didn’t necessarily have the most difficult preseason, with losses against Houston Bap tist and Wyoming and a win against Lamar. Elijah Anderson-Taylor led the Bears with 13 tackles against Sac State. If Northern Colora do wants to move up in standings, changes will have to be made to the offense. Quarter back Dylan McCaffrey had 16 completions for 103 yards and one interception.
Cal Poly SLO
Despite Northern Arizona’s RJ Martinez throwing for 359 yards and four touchdowns, the Mustangs kept things competitive during their 31–29 loss. Cal Poly typically los es by roughly 15 points per game. Quarter back Spencer Brasch and wide receiver Chris Coleman aren’t a duo to be overlooked. The Mustangs won a game in the preseason, and there’s a strong possibility they’ll beat Idaho State during their matchup on Oct. 15 to give them their first in-conference win.
Idaho State University
The Bengals gave a valiant effort against the Grizzlies, but it wasn’t enough to have fans question whether Idaho State would be able to pull off an upset. Losing every game by an average of nearly 23 points, the Ben gals have pieces for a successful offense like quarterback Hunter Hays, running back Raid en Hunter and wide receiver Xavier Guillory but not enough experience to complement their abilities. Idaho State probably won’t fin ish the season in another tier, but after what they did to Montana, there’s a good chance they can win a game or two.
Conclusion
For Big Sky action in Ogden, Weber State will be on the road for a game against Port land State on Oct. 15 and a game against Montana State on Oct. 22. The Wildcats will return home to take on the Grizzlies on Oct. 29 at Stewart Stadium. Share this story at thesignpostwsu.com
In a violent match for their first home game of the month, Weber State University’s hockey team held off the University of Utah in a 4–1 victory on Oct. 7.
The physicality was at an all-time high. In the first period alone, Weber State had a total of nine penalties. The penalty that stood out the most was a fight between Weber State forward Osmn Cholak and Utah defender Otto Chao. As a result of the brawl, Cholak was ejected from the game.
Yegor Khomyakov scored first for the Wildcats on a two-vs.-one fast break. Khomyakov split the legs of the defender and chipped it into the top-right corner.
“When the defender moved towards me, I
already knew what move I was going to do and I had to get it in,” Yegor said.
Khomyakov’s intense play continued after the goal as he maneuvered around a defender to have a puck hit the top of the crossbar and drop. The officials initially didn’t recognize the shot as a goal but later determined it crossed the line, giving Khomyakov his second goal of the night.
Nearing the end of the second period, forward Jaden Hewes fed forward Cole VanOrman the puck on a give-and-go play, giving Weber State another goal. The Utes answered back thirty seconds before the end of the second period with a goal from forward Jovial Milich, making the score 3–1.
Utah decided to pull their goalie in the third period, giving the Wildcats an opportunity to take advantage of an open net. Weber
State scored during the transition for the final goal of the game.
“We wanted to get out in front first and make them chase the game,” Wildcat coach Yosh Ryujin said. “It’s important for us to come out strong and get that win.”
Playing back-to-back, Weber State secured another win, beating Montana State 3–2 on Oct. 8.
Forwards Cory Mater, Jakob Besnilian and Andrei Shmakov all came away from their matchup against the Bobcats with goals, boosting the team’s season record to 6–3.
The Wildcats’ next home game will be against Boise State University on Oct. 28. The puck will drop at 7:15 p.m.
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Players celebrating a goal giving Weber State the lead. WSU went up against the U of U on Oct. 7 and walked away with a 4–1 win.
On Oct. 5, Weber State University’s Sus tainable Clubs, landscapers and the Center for Community Engaged Learning hosted a xeriscaping service project. This project fo cused on inviting students, faculty and com munity members to help convert WSU into a greener campus. It was conducted in the spirit of Homecoming Week and each partic ipant received a Homecoming 2022 T-Shirt, pizza and snacks for lending a helping hand.
Xeriscaping is landscaping that requires little to no irrigation and is most popular in the Western United States’ dry regions. Many colleges and universities across the United States are working on converting their cam puses into xeriscape.
Participants gathered at the east side of parking lot W7 to plant different kinds of water-wise vegetation, succulents and to pour mulch to transition the parking lot’s landscape while maintaining an aesthetic appearance. Volunteers learned landscaping skills, more about water conservation efforts and what efforts are being made on WSU’s campus.
This project is not the first of its kind. There are many projects hosted on campus each year aiming to decrease WSU’s water usage as a whole. Celina Patino, administrator of the garden club, organized the xeriscaping project that occurred during homecoming week and let those involved know there are more projects are to come.
“The Energy & Sustainability Office, Fa cilities Managements landscapers, and the Environmental Ambassadors coordinate a xe riscaping project each semester to increase the amount of xeriscaped landscape at WSU,” Analeah Vaughn, the sustainability coordina tor, said. “A xeriscape plan was recently creat ed that maps out about 750,000 square feet of areas we hope to transition.”
WSU is not the only university in Utah con
verting to a xeriscape lifestyle. Many other universities are making the switch as a part of the water conservation efforts state-wide. Campuses making the change include the University of Utah, Snow College, Southern Utah University, Utah Tech University, Utah Valley University and Salt Lake Community College.
“WSU is a leader in the community and it’s important to set the standard for more water-wise landscaping moving forward,” Vaughn said. “WSU has committed $2 mil lion to campus xeriscaping projects.”
This project is part of the greater WSU Wa ter Action Plan.
WSU’s Water Action Plan aims to decrease campus water use by 30% by 2025. It is not only xeriscaping; WSU has also replaced toi lets to be water-wise toilets approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. They also have installed weather-sensitive irrigation systems to reduce water waste alongside many more projects.
“When we switch from traditional turf to a xeriscaped landscape, we automatically save 1/3 of the water,” Larry Collinwood, WSU’s head landscaper, said. “More water can be saved depending on the sprinkler type, the vegetation if there are trees.”
WSU’s initiatives toward a sustainable cam pus hope to improve the planet and preserve the natural wonders for future generations to see. Students have expressed appreciation over WSU’s efforts to be more sustainable.
“I think it’s great that Weber is making ac tive efforts to conserve water and improve our planet.” Ma’ilei Muti, a WSU student, said. “I absolutely would participate in xeriscaping projects on campus. Everyone should cele brate and work towards a healthier planet.”
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Hispanic and Latino vendors shared their craftsmanship and a look into their culture and heritage at el Mercadito. El Mercadito was on Oct. 4 and 5 at Weber State Univer sity.
Monica Rodriguez, a multicultural coun selor for Hispanic and Latino heritage, said that on the first day, they had 11 vendors with WSU students participating all day. The last day they had less vendors but students still participated. Rodriguez loved seeing the students support these vendors.
Vendors sold handcrafted bags, wallets and shoes, along with panchos, jewelry and more. There was also a Venzualan musician group that played for students near the end of the market.
Angie Cowan worked at one of the booths and said her products come from people in Guatemala, and each has a story. Cowan said
PHOTOS BY KENNEDY CAMARENATRANSLATION BY MARIANNA LOPEZ-LURITTAit’s not fast fashion; each piece took time and is quality work that will stand through out time.
The goal for el Mercadito and Hispanic Heritage month was to highlight the His panic and Latino community and culture on and off campus.
Rodriguez said that, this month, they wanted to share Hispanic and Latino culture with WSU students and also show that WSU is becoming an emerging university.
An emerging university means the uni versity is going to try and retain the Hispanic and Latino students until graduation. To help those students get to graduation.
Rodriguez wanted students to know it does not mean that they have to learn Span ish and make it a part of their degree, just that the university welcomes all Hispanic and Latino students and will try to help them
to graduation.
The month also brings people from the community together to celebrate and shows Hispanic and Latino people they are wel come on campus.
“Inviting the community outside of the school is important because we have high schools that are all almost hispanic stu dents,” Rachel Asencio, WSU Hispanic sena tor, said. “So inviting the Hispanic communi ty outside kind of shows them it’s a welcome place for the Hispanic community to come to college.”
Students and the community can see the culture the Hispanic and Latino community is sharing with them. The lively energy they have. When music is playing, they celebrate and dance and get loud to try and bring even more people together and with them.
El Mercadito and Hispanic Heritage
Month is also a time to celebrate the ances tors that brought them here.
“For the individuals that you’re celebrat ing their culture, I think it’s not just for the people here but for them to honor their an cestors,” Cowan said.
Their ancestors each went through differ ent trials to get to where they’re family is today. Hispanic Heritage month is a time to celebrate their culture but also honor their ancestors who brought them to where they are today.
Cowan said students should look into their roots to see their history because someone brought their family to the United States, and it’s important to recognize the sacrifices that person might have had to make.
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Vendedores hispanos y latinos compart ieron su artesanía y una mirada a su cultura y herencia en el Mercadito. El Mercadito fue el 4 y 5 de octubre en la Universidad Estatal de Weber.
Mónica Rodríguez, consejera multicul tural para la herencia hispana y latina, dijo que el primer día, tuvieron 11 vendedores con estudiantes de WSU participando todo el día. El último día tuvieron menos vende dores pero los estudiantes todavía participa ron. A Rodríguez le encantó ver a los estudi antes apoyar a estos vendedores.
Los vendedores vendieron bolsos, carteras y zapatos hechos a mano, junto con panchos, joyas y más. También hubo un grupo de músicos venzualenses que tocaron para los estudiantes cerca del final del mercado.
Angie Cowan trabajó en uno de los pues tos y dijo que sus productos provienen de gente de Guatemala, y cada uno tiene una
historia. Cowan dijo que no se trata de moda rápida; cada pieza lleva tiempo y es un tra bajo de calidad que perdurará en el tiempo.
El objetivo del Mercadito y del mes de la Herencia Hispana era destacar la comunidad y la cultura hispana y latina dentro y fuera del campus.
Rodríguez dijo que, este mes, querían compartir la cultura hispana y latina con los estudiantes de la WSU y también mostrar que la WSU se está convirtiendo en una uni versidad emergente.
Una universidad emergente significa que la universidad va a tratar de retener a los estudiantes hispanos y latinos hasta la graduación. Para ayudar a esos estudiantes a llegar a la graduación.
Rodríguez quiere que los estudiantes se pan que no significa que tengan que apren der español y hacerlo parte de su grado, sólo que la universidad da la bienvenida a todos
los estudiantes hispanos y latinos y tratará de ayudarlos a graduarse.
El mes también reúne a personas de la comunidad para celebrar y muestra a los hispanos y latinos que son bienvenidos en el campus.
“Invitar a la comunidad fuera de la escuela es importante porque tenemos escuelas se cundarias que son casi todas de estudiantes hispanos”, dijo Rachel Asencio, senadora hispana de la WSU. “Así que invitar a la co munidad hispana fuera les muestra que es un lugar de bienvenida para que la comuni dad hispana venga a la universidad”.
Los estudiantes y la comunidad pueden ver la cultura que la comunidad hispana y latina comparte con ellos. La energía viva que tienen. Cuando suena la música, cele bran y bailan y se ponen a gritar para inten tar reunir a más gente y con ellos.
El Mercadito y el Mes de la Herencia
Hispana es también un momento para cel ebrar a los ancestros que los trajeron aquí.
“Para los individuos que están celebrando su cultura, creo que no es sólo para la gente de aquí sino para que honren a sus ances tros”, dijo Cowan.
Cada uno de sus antepasados pasó por diferentes pruebas para llegar a donde su familia está hoy. El mes de la Herencia Hispana es un momento para celebrar su cultura pero también para honrar a sus an cestros que los llevaron a donde están hoy.
Cowan dijo que los estudiantes deben buscar en sus raíces para ver su historia porque alguien trajo a su familia a los Esta dos Unidos, y es importante reconocer los sacrificios que esa persona pudo haber teni do que hacer.
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On Oct. 5, attendees gathered as professors from the University of Utah dove into a seminar, titled “Charging Infrastructure for Electrified Transportation,” to discuss a future of clean, sustainable and resilient energy.
The seminar was led by Masood Parvania, associate professor at the University of Utah, associate chair for research and advancement
at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the U of U’s Smart Energy Laboratory.
Parvania began by explaining how modern-day power grids and energy often find themselves in a state of transformation. Currently, the power infrastructure of bulk generation is transmitted multiple times until it is finally distributed to its final location.
Alongside innovation and growth comes new and present threats, such as hurricanes,
climate change and other natural disasters that can potentially damage these sources of energy. With this crisis comes a new push for not only creating renewable and clean sources of energy, but resilient and reliable ones.
Parvania then went on to express three goals for the improved power grids and energy systems.
The first goal is to improve reliability; to minimize power outages and losses in energy. The second has to do with the economic aspect of energy; keeping it affordable and not too expensive to pay for. The third goal is to bring the environment into consideration and ensure it is protected and not harmed by these new systems.
To support such a large-scale effort, planning and preparation is not only important, but key to preventing further disasters. Parvania brought up how a lack of planning can result in a problematic situation.
Parvania divides preparation and planning into four different areas. Long-term planning is the beginning; focusing on generation resources and transmission planning, which can take multiple years. Next is mid-term operation planning; centered on maintenance scheduling and fuel and emission planning
taking up months.
Then, there is short-term operation centered on security-constrained unit commitment and optimal power flow. Lastly, there is the real-time operation of these new systems, which now need system monitoring and contingency analysis.
Going back to the idea of resilience, Parvania explains in more detail what it means for a power grid to be resilient. A reliant power grid is able to withstand and adapt to rising weather events and quickly recover.
Parvania then brought up multi-stage resilient operation and planning, beginning with a focus on long term analysis and planning, preparatory operation, damage location and isolation and service restoration.
The operation of resilient power systems has evolved as well, with initial responses to outages and issues being manual and all resolved by human interaction. New iterations have seen implementation of AI and other remote interactions with less of a human hand needed to solve new issues.
Parvania then introduced U-Smart’s newest project in collaboration with PacifiCorp called Automated Resilience Management System. ARMS focuses on using new inno-
A fallen power line in the road blocking traffic. In his seminar, Masood Parvania mentioned that a reliant power grid is one that is able to withstand and adapt to rising weather events and quickly recover.
vative technologies to help solve issues and problems encountered at distribution centers. Parvania expresses how advancements for automated grid operations is a “double edged sword.” Automation is wonderful for approaching new issues, but it allows for easier cyber-attacks against the system.
“So while we are making sure that they (Power grids) are resilient, we want to make sure our resilience technologies are secure.” Parvania said.
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Masood Parvania, associate chair for research and advancement at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and associate professor at the University of Utah, led the seminar on Oct. 5.
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