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student fees going? Apply to serve on the Student Fee Recommendation Committee to make recommendations for the distribution of your student fees. To apply, pick up an application at the Shepherd Union Information Desk or online at www.weber.edu/studentaffairs. Submit completed applications to Student Involvement & Leadership in Shepherd Union 326 or email to jenniferbrustad@weber.edu. Questions: Call (801)626-8904
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By JENNIFER GREENLEE Section Editor
1. Hurricane Dorian moved North up the American coast and hit North Carolina at 9 a.m. on Sept. 6. What category was Hurricane Dorian as of Sept. 6? a. Category 2 b. Category 3
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b. Meth Lab c. Crystal Pepsi d. A collection of Shakespeare’s original works 3. In Utah, there was an outbreak of lung damage that has been linked to vaping. How many confirmed cases have there been?
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d. Alaska Airlines 18-year-old Adam Hergenreder sleeps in his room in the intensive care unit on Sept. 4, at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. Hergenreder was admitted to the hospital with ‘vaping-induced acute lung injury’ according to Dr. Stephen Amesbury, a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the hospital.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
On Sept. 11, the Shepherd Union will be holding an Open House for the new locations of the LGBT Resource Center, Veterans Services, and the Nontraditional Student Center. Refreshments will be served during the Open House, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Women’s Center will host “Sister Circle.” This is a discussion on the definition of feminism. The event will be held in Shepherd Union Room 322 at 11:30 a.m.
CAREER CAFE Q&A Wednesday, Sept. 11 Student Services Center Room 230 Noon–1 p.m. WELCOME TO EAST NEW STUDENT ROOTBEER FLOAT SOCIAL Wednesday, Sept. 11 In front of Engineering Technology Building Noon–1 p.m. PACIFIC ISLANDER COLLEGE PREP NIGHT Wednesday, Sept. 11 WSU Davis Ballrooms D3 6–8:30 p.m.
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LOOK TO NEW SEASON By IAN SYME Reporter
The fall semester is two weeks in and the Weber State University volleyball and soccer teams are a few games into their season after both were picked to finish second in their respective Big Sky Conference preseason coaches’ polls. The soccer team finished with 67 total points in the poll with three first-place votes. Only Northern Colorado placed higher than the Wildcats, with 76 points and six first-place votes. The soccer team’s 2018 season ended with a regular season Big Sky title. WSU entered the tournament with a first round bye and surprisingly exited in the tournament’s semifinals to Montana. Junior defender Haley Thomas believes that the preseason polls will provide a catalyst for the team as they prepare for conference play. “I think that our team will use it as motivation,” Thomas said. “And it will just make
us want to come out and beat those teams that maybe did beat us last year even more and make us work harder.” The biggest change for the Wildcats on the pitch comes at the head coach position. With former head coach Tim Crompton being named interim athletic director, longtime assistant Meagan Thunell takes the reins after 15 seasons on the sidelines with Crompton. The Wildcats return several of their starters from last season, although the team did lose six seniors to graduation. Despite this, Thunell expects players like Thomas and senior goalkeeper Nikki Pittman to again anchor the defense after their efforts last season. Thunell added that although certain players stand out, she has been pleased with how the team has come together as a whole. As a result, the Wildcats will not need to rely on a single standout player to anchor their success. WSU is currently 0-4 after playing Cal, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah State. The
Wildcats will hit the road for games against Nevada and Boise State before their home opener on September 15 when they take on the Fresno State Bulldogs at noon. The volleyball team received 89 points and one first-place vote to finish second in their preseason poll. Northern Arizona finished first with 100 points and 10 firstplace votes. Even with the preseason praise, volleyball head coach Jeremiah Larsen doesn’t think the final tallies will affect his team’s play this season. “It doesn’t do anything in terms of our motivation. It doesn’t mean anything, to be honest,” Larsen said. “It’s just nice that other coaches think we’re going to be pretty good.” The Wildcat volleyball team finished third in the conference last season before falling in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament in a three-game sweep by Northern Colorado. The Wildcats lost only one senior from last year’s squad. Most of the team’s start-
ers return, including senior middle blocker Hannah DeYoung, who finished 15th in the nation in hitting percentage last season. DeYoung said that as the season approaches, the team’s preparation consists of treating each practice like a game and not overlooking any team on their schedule. Her teammates plan to play each game with consistent intensity and focus. WSU is coming off an impressive first week winning the Wildcat Invitational at the Swenson Gym. The ’Cats took down the UNLV Rebels and Cal State University Northridge Matadors. WSU’s only loss came at the hands of the Portland Pilots. The Wildcats hit the road for the next two weekends competing in the BYU Tournament and the Missouri State Tournament before returning home September 21 to take on inß-state rival the Utah State Aggies. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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WARNER BROS. REBOOTS 'MATRIX' FRANCHISE By NIC MURANAKA Columnist
Even if you're not familiar with the film, you're probably familiar with its most iconic scene: Neo dodging bullets in exaggerated slow motion. Twenty years later, the scene may have moved from awe-inspiring to campy, but I contend "The Matrix" still stands as the best kung-fu movie about the Bible there is. "But why are we talking about 'The Matrix?'" the concerned reader asks. Well, this year is the twentieth anniversary of the original film, and the trilogy just became whatever you call something with four installments (a quadlogy?). Toby Emmerich, Warner Bros. Picture Group chairman, has confirmed a fourth Matrix movie is in the works, according to The AV Club. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will reprise their roles as Neo and Trin-
ity, respectively; however, Laurence Fishburne will not return as Morpheus. According to Variety, the rumor mill has it that Morpheus will instead return as a younger man. A speculative Donald Glover, anyone? Of course, fans of "The Matrix" should be excited for a return; as any true fan knows, despite being sold as a trilogy, there's only one Matrix movie. In fairness, there may be two, but definitely not three. Returning to the franchise two decades later allows the Wachowski siblings a chance to expand on their vision and perhaps redeem the later films. The return allows one Wachowski back in as writer, producer and director: Lana has returned while Lilly is apparently out, according to The AV Club. Meanwhile, in classic Wachowski movies-should-be-about-real-world-problems fashion, Lana issued an official
statement arguing the relevance of a 20-year-delayed return. “Many of the ideas Lilly and I explored 20 years ago about our reality are even more relevant now. I’m very happy to have these characters back in my life and grateful for another chance to work with my brilliant friends,” she said. She's right; the relevance of "The Matrix" in today's world really can't be understated, but it might not be relevant for the reasons the Wachowskis intended when they crafted a movie originally about belief. People like Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley tech geniuses actually think there's a significant chance the world is a computer simulation. I'll let that sink in. At a June 2016 California Code conference, Musk famously remarked that there's a "billion to one chance" we live in a simulated reality, according to The
Guardian. For the statistically-illiterate out there, that's really high. Musk, though, isn't even the person most worried about the possibility. In the same year, The New Yorker profiled Sam Altman, chairman of Y Combinator, a company that helps launch other companies, like Reddit, Dropbox and Airbnb. In the interview, Altman suggested that the simulation hypothesis isn't as strange as it seems, arguing that we're basically enslaved by our phones already. The profile also claimed two unnamed tech billionaires are worried enough about the simulation hypothesis to fund scientists in secret to break us out of the simulation. Whether we actually live in a simulation or not, we're going back to a movie franchise in which the characters do. Despite being so full of evil technology, though, at their core "The Matrix"
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movies are about faith. Arguably, they can be taken as a triumph of the power of the human spirit over technology. In order to become "The One" in the first installment, Neo has to suspend his disbelief and accept that the simulated world he sees is not the one he actually lives in. Biblical references run rampant in the films as well. Neo comes back from the dead, Morpheus' ship is called the Nebuchadnezzar and Carrie-Anne Moss's name in the series is Trinity. As if that weren't on the nose enough, the only safe human city in the world is named Zion. Then, the action in the movies is delivered through fight scenes reminiscent of "Enter the Dragon," only Neo's enemies usually begin the fights by shooting at him. All three of these seemingly disparate elements — evil robots, belief and kung-fu fights — still somehow combine into, in most critics' opinion, a great movie. As one New Yorker reviewer put it in a 2013 review, "The movie is nonsense, but it does achieve a brazenly chic high style — black-on-black, airborne, spasmodic." The franchise may be nonsense. I wish I could have been at the pitch meeting for the movie — yeah, um, it's about people living in a false reality and they all fight
Hugo Weaving using martial arts wearing sunglasses indoors. However, something about the movie has stuck in the cultural consciousness enough that, even without seeing the film, people recognize the phrase The Matrix as describing a computer simulation; moreover, people actually believe the world is a super-advanced computer program. Ultimately, we'll just have to see if Lana and the cast can deliver another film as thought-provoking, visually interesting and culturally impactful as "The Matrix" in a world where the most successful movies at the box office are, more often than not, the latest installment in a superhero franchise. Maybe the production team can just invent new film-making techniques like they did the first time in order to produce as-yet-unseen special effects. But for me, it'll be enough to see Keanu Reeves punch bad guys in slow motion. Sorry John Wick, your action sequences aren't egregious enough — that, and "The Matrix" didn't kill a dog. Comment on this column at signpost.mywebermedia.com MONIKA CLARKE | The Signpost
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By MARISA NELSON Reporter
One pint of blood can save up to three lives, and the summer months is when blood is in short supply. The last week in August, as students returned to Weber State University, the Fall 2019 Blood Battle between Utah State University and WSU began in full swing to help replenish the blood bank. Starting on Aug. 26 and continuing through Aug. 30, Weber State participated in its fifteenth year of the Blood Battle. This battle is a competition between Weber State and Utah State University. Each school urges their students to donate their blood during a week-long blood drive, to see which school can donate the most. At the end of each day the schools tallied up what their percentage of the goal was
and compared the weeks results to determine the winner. This year WSU hit 99 percent of their total goal, 198 units of blood, while USU hit 107 percent. Even though WSU fell to USU, it was “one of the best outcomes we have ever had,” according to WSUSA service team American Red Cross Chair Hannah Wadsworth. The American Red Cross helps host the drive every year and has lots of resources to help students donate. According to the Red Cross, only a threeday supply of most blood types is available, and someone needs blood every two seconds. Kurt Lyman, the account manager for the Red Cross, said “Blood is one of those things that we can’t manufacture, and if we don’t have enough blood … it’s just really important to have blood on the shelves.”
He says that during times of crisis citizens often line up to donate blood, but by the time they donate, the blood gets processed in the lab and gets back to them, it won’t help those people in immediate need from that particular crisis. Wadsworth said that this year she was so pleased with the turn out of donors. After all her advertising about the event, the volunteers and American Red Cross were overwhelmed with so many students wanting to participate that they had to turn some participants away. But Hannah and the Red Cross want to encourage students to donate in other drives as well as participate next year in the Blood Battle. One of the main reasons that people say they donate is to help others who are in need. One major example of that is Weber
State student Taylor Karren, he says that this is his third or fourth time donating to this specific blood drive, but he also donates to other drives in the area and has helped plan a few of his own. “I like to help others and I like to participate, especially in blood drives because it doesn’t cost anything to be able to help people,” he said. Trying to find donors is not always so easy. Many people are afraid of needles. Wadsworth said that it isn’t as scary as it seems, the physical aspect of donating blood only takes about ten minutes. Wadsworth is a student in the medical field and knows that blood drives are a simple way for just one person to help many. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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a few photos. After some research online I found out it was a Cooper’s hawk. I was lucky to get close to the raptor for photos. However, with all the grey feathers on the ground by my fence, it looks like an unlucky sparrow was the hawk’s meal. The hawk was an unexpected surprise that I expected to see in the wilderness, not in my yard, but it goes to show you don’t have to go far to see a variety of birds.
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Top left: Ducks at Beus Pond Park in Ogden, Utah. Middle left: Robin at Causey Dam in Huntsville, Utah. Bottom left: Ducks at Causey Dam. Center: Yellow Warbler at Glassman Pond in Ogden, Utah. Top right: Cooper’s Hawk in South Ogden, Utah. Middle right: Yellow Throated Warbler at Beus Pond Park in Ogden, Utah. Bottom right: Geese at Beus Pond Park in Ogden Utah.
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ROBERT LEWIS | The Signpost
Lately, I have had an interest in taking photos of birds in and around the city of Ogden. Besides my own backyard feeder in South Ogden, a few of the places I discovered for bird watching are Beus Forest Green Park on Country Hills Drive, Glassman Pond on Oakcrest Drive and Causey Dam in Huntsville. Not every outing results in seeing interesting birds. Nevertheless, rewards await those who have patience and a sharp eye. You don’t need much leisure time, have to travel far or need to be an outdoor enthusiast to catch sight of some really pretty birds.
One evening while fishing at Causey, a bird flew overhead. I thought it was a hawk, so I grabbed my camera and went searching for it. After a few minutes, I saw a white and brown dot in a pine tree by the scout camp. It was an osprey. It flew out of the tree and around the dam looking for a fish. When it spied one, it folded its wings back and dove into the water. It didn’t catch one. However, I did get to witness the raptor make a second attempt before it left the area. This morning, I went out in the yard, and there was a hawk perched on the fence. It took off and flew about 50 feet away into the trees. I ran in the house, grabbed my camera, walked slowly toward the hawk and took
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ROBERT LEWIS | The Signpost
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Behind Kubex and across the street from the U.S. Post Office is Glassman Pond. One evening while walking around the pond, I saw black-capped chickadees, mourning doves, robins and yellow warblers. At Beus Pond Park, there are geese and ducks in addition to local and migratory birds. There I saw black-capped chickadees, a sapsucker, yellow-throated warbler and a variety of ducks and geese all in less than 20 minutes. Causey Dam is a good area for bird watching. I have seen American dippers, blue jays, California gulls, eagles, ospreys, robins and yellow warblers bobbing on logs and rocks looking for insects.
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‘I AM THE FOLKLORE’
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Hear Me Roar
By FRANCISCO RUIZ Reporter
Acclaimed cellist and Weber State University music professor Viktor Uzur organized the annual Bonneville Chamber Music Festival to give Weber faculty and students an opportunity to demonstrate their creative talent. An estimated 150 audience members, including Weber State President Brad Mortensen, arrived at the Browning Center for an evening featuring winds, pianos and cellos. However, this was not a typical classical music concert. The music ranged from contemplative to melancholy. The musicians encouraged the audience to participate, including singing along to a rendition of “What Would You Do with a Drunken Sailor” that ended in applause and laughter. The musical pieces emotionally moved the audience and gave them a chance to see what Weber State musicians are ca-
pable of presenting, which is what Uzur intended. “The purpose of the music festival is to bring the community together, including guest artists and school faculty,” Uzur said, addressing the audience. Uzur organized “I Am the Folklore” to exhibit a uniquely American style of musical storytelling. The concert began with the compositions of Brazilian artist Heitor Villa-Lobos and included soulful collaborations between WSU’s Shijun Wang and Uzur on piano and cello, respectively. Dr. Jennifer Erickson, another WSU faculty member, accompanied Wang and Uzur with her soprano voice talent. Daniel Jonas, professor of jazz at WSU, presented a new take on two popular American folk songs, providing the centerpiece of the concert. For Jonas, it began at a barbecue with Uzur. “Dr. Uzur and I have worked closely on some other things,” Jonas said. “He has always had an open mind towards an idea
of jazz.” Jonas gained inspiration from a book of American folk songs that he purchased from a local thrift store for a dollar. “In a conversation at a barbecue,” Jonas said, “I randomly kicked around the idea of arranging folk songs in a jazz context. He asked if I would be interested in arranging anything for a cello choir.” Jonas took Uzur’s invitation as an opportunity to push himself to try something new. Jonas decided to rearrange and modernize the harmonies of the folk songs “Shenandoah” and “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair.” Adding a surprising jazz-flavored twist, Jonas allowed for sections of cello improvisation within the arrangements of the two pieces. It was not easy. “It’s hard to create a space for improvisation to occur that does not take away from the song, but rather contributes to it,” Jonas said. “Jazz is the ultimate expressive music in that you can play whatever you
want, whenever you want. What matters is the intention and emotion behind it. It is a complete freedom of expression. I hope my music communicates with the audience on an emotional level.” The resulting arrangements of “Shenandoah” and “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” provided a refreshing take on the classic American folk music. Performing on a flugelhorn with a chorus of four cellos, Jonas transformed “Shenandoah” from a song evocative of the American Midwest into a blues-infused song. “I come to the music festival every year,” said Cara Richardson, a music education major. “It is such a good mix of local and non-local musical talent. Listening to Dr. Uzur play was a spiritual experience. It is unfair to pick one, but my favorite piece of music for tonight was ‘Shenandoah.’” Comment on this story at: signpost.mywebermedia.com
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By MILES SHAW Reporter
On Sept. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Student Job Fair was held in the Shepherd Union Atrium and Waterfall Plaza, where over twenty booths were set up with members of local businesses who wanted to share their opportunities with Weber State University students who may be looking for jobs. Some of the businesses included RC Willey, Home Depot, UPS and the IRS. These companies were offering part time jobs with flexible hours for students. Paola Ramirez of UPS said, “We have great flexible hours that work well for college students, and we offer many different job opportunities. We currently have openings in Human Resources among others.” Many students value the flexibility of their jobs. Being able to make time for life and school without it getting in the way of
school is important to students. Similar opportunities were offered by Karen Peacock from FedEx. “At FedEx you get paid to workout, have flexible hours for your studies, and we have a new weekend only schedule, we also offer tuition reimbursements,” Peacock said. The IRS is also offering a flexible workweek for students where they can work 16-32 hours a week. “For students if they need to switch their schedule to study for a test or anything school related we will give them that time to do so,” Hannah Berrett said. “What other jobs can offer that?” She also talked about the Pathways Program they offer, which is designed for college students. “The IRS hires 1900 workers a year and we have ninety-five Pathway Program positions available,” Berrett said. Law Enforcement and military job opportunities are also available from the
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Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Army. Sergeant Mike Bugby referred to recent changes that have been made to the age requirement for who they can hire at the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office. “Due to recent changes we can start hiring at nineteen instead of twenty-one. This is great for college students who want to eventually work in law enforcement,” said Bugby. Similar to law enforcement are the military jobs available. Eric Mirrors, who is with the U.S. Army said. “There are over 150 jobs in the Army, and you have the opportunity to also get college credits while serving.” Mirrors who has a degree in Public Safety and Emergency Management continued, “Joining the Army as either Active Duty or the Reserves can help a student with college tuition, as the Army will pay up to one-hundred percent of the tuition.” For students more interested in the outdoors or a more laid back work envi-
ronment, Backcountry and Alpine Sports were also sharing their opportunities for students as well. “We have openings in our Gear Head customer service and we are looking for anyone who enjoys the outdoors and wants to help others get prepared to go outdoors and those who enjoy a relaxed work environment,” Julian Alvarez of Backcountry said. These were just some of the many great opportunities made available at the Student Job Fair for students to learn more about and possibly work for these employers. There will be two more fairs coming up this month, with the Fall STEM and Career Fair happening from Sept. 17-18, and the Graduate School Fair taking place on Sept. 23. Both will be located in the Shepherd Union Building. Comment on this story at: signpost.mywebermedia.com
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DO YOU KNOW YOUR NEWS?
1. d. Category 5. According to NBC, Hurricane Dorian moved into North Carolina at 9 a.m. as a category 5 hurricane. 2. a. A body. According to KSL, Ogden Police found a body in a storage unit on Grant Ave. The police
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3. d. According to KSL, there have been 28 confirmed cases of lung damage. Federal health officials have reported at least 215 cases linked to vaping devices in 25 states. Patients
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