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1. A shooter at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on May 31 killed how many? a. 5 b. 7 c. 12
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2. On May 29, police found the body of missing 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley, which was confirmed and announced on May 30. Who disclosed the location of Shelley’s body? a. Her uncle b. Her grandfather c. Her babysitter
a. A mural
3. Many birds have made the endangered species list, along with many that have gone extinct. On May 30, a new, 3-week-old chick was found in Zion National Park. Which species does it belong to?
b. People dressed as protesters c. An inflatable tank d. Human installment 5. Which member of President Donald Trump’s legal team is leaving after helping Trump handle the investigation in Russian interference in the 2016 election?
c. Griffon vulture d. Bearded vulture
a. Mark Corallo
4. In Taiwan on June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square became infamous for the brutal massacre that took place in order to stop a pro-democracy protest. With June 4 marking the 30 year anniversary of the demonstration, what art piece was put on display on June 1?
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Participants take part at the candlelight vigil as they hold candles in Victoria Park on June 4, 2015, in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Hong Kong residents held a candlelight vigil to mark the 26th anniversary of 1989’s student-led Tiananmen Square protest.
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Ogden parks are bringing art to the children during June and July afternoons with Arts in the Park. Starting June 3, the Lorin Farr Park will hosts different activities on weekdays like puppets and theater, dance with WSU Ballet Folklorico, African drumming and storytelling. Monroe, Lester, Mt. Ogden and West Ogden Parks will host Arts in the Park throughout the summer.
Fanatics and celebrity guests will be coming together at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center on June 7 through 9 for Ogden’s Uncon, a pop culture convention. The event includes workshops, booths and celebrity panels. Guests include the robot Sophia, Toby Stephens and Zach McGowan.
The Ogden Twilight Series begins June 6 at the Ogden City Amphitheater with Dillon Francis, an American electronic musician, producer and DJ. The series will continue until September with guests Nick Murphy, Washed Out, The Flaming Lips and Of Monsters and Men.
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BREAKING GROUND FOR THE FUTURE By JENNIFER GREENLEE Editor
The new Computer and Automotive Engineering Building broke ground on May 22 at the Davis Campus in Layton, Utah. With a large influx of students in Davis County, the new building seeks to provide room for those that wish to take classes closer to home. The construction for the 50,000-square-foot building includes a campus entrance from SR-193 to allow easier access for students. This building is part of a three-building plan to improve and accommodate the growing STEM fields. “This building is part of a three-building grand project,” Dean David Ferro said. “We will build this building in Davis, replace the Technical Education building in Ogden with the new Noorda building and update the Engineering Technology
building in Ogden.” In addition to these three projects, the Science Lab building is also being demolished, though a plan for replacing it has not been released. The funding for this $20-million building came from the Noorda and Stewart foundations. The state is assisting with the three-building project that is underway. As of now, the name for the building is the Computer and Automotive Engineering Building, which could change as the building progresses. Construction is expected to be complete in the summer of 2020. The groundwork for the building has been in the planning stages for more than a year. Before that, Weber State University was in contact with donors and the community to organize a solution to growth in STEM, EAST and in the student population at large.
“Our growth has been so phenomenal that we are bursting at the seams. This building puts us a long way towards accommodating that growth for the foreseeable future,” Ferro said. “This college has a lot of pressure on it from industry and the legislature to produce graduates because of their desperate need for our graduate’s skills. Their support will help us reach the goals of our community and nation.” The building will house software engineering, networking, cyber security and web development classes, which will be taught on both campuses. However, the automotive courses will remain on the Davis campus, as the equipment will be hard to difficult on both campuses. These burgeoning majors have required WSU to grow with them, especially as the fields have grown more in demand in the community at large.
“Majoring in Engineering, Computer Science — stem, in general — are opportunities to improve life for people,” Ferro said. “Our majors create economic prosperity, can raise people out of poverty, help protect our freedoms and more.” In addition to being a place to teach students, the building will showcase concepts taught in the classrooms. The building design will also feature the mechanical systems used to build it so students can learn how they work. The building will also be energy efficient and will be a stage for majors such as Construction Management and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
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CROMPTON NAMED INTERIM AD, THUNELL TAKES ON COACHING By BRANDON MAY Desk Editor
With the departure of Jerry Bovee to Utah State, the Weber State University Athletics Department named Tim Crompton as the interim director of intercollegiate athletics at WSU on May 28. “Tim brings a lot of talents to this role, and he has great relationships on and off campus,” Norm Tarbox, vice president for administrative services, said in a press release. “Over the years, we have developed a strong, supportive culture in Wildcat Athletics. Tim has been a ma-
jor contributor to that culture, and he bleeds purple.” As the interim director, Crompton will take on the role of being an athletic director until Weber State finds a permanent replacement for Bovee. Crompton has been a part of the WSU coaching staff for the past 15 seasons, leading the Weber State women’s soccer team as their head coach. “I’m excited about this opportunity to help guide Wildcat Athletics through the transition,” Crompton said in a Wildcat press release. “I’m ready to dive in and get started.”
As Crompton settles in for his new role as the interim AD, assisstant soccer coach Meagen Thunell will coach the team this fall. “We are fortunate to have a fully capable coach in the program,” Tarbox said. “Meagan will be great, and we believe women’s soccer won’t miss a beat.” Thunell enters her 13th season at WSU; the prior 12, she was the assistant under Crompton. Thunell graduated from WSU in 2001. There is no timetable for when the Wildcat Athletics will begin their search for a permanent athletic director, but
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By LANDIN GRIFFITH Reporter
Ogden’s pop culture convention UnCon merges professionals in Hollywood-esque creative fields with Ogden’s own local artists, writers and filmmakers through various workshops. UnCon’s workshops will be held at Ogden Eccles Conference Center, The Monarch and the Ogden Amphitheater. The workshops are free to VIP ticket holders and open to the public, but those who attend must pre-register online. The ReelGuru Experience workshop offers actors to partake in the instant audition contest. Actors bring a prepared scene and audition in front of professional casting director Catrine McGregor and acting coach April Matson for paying projects. McGregor has worked with the film companies Warner Bros. Pictures and Disney Pictures and helped kickstart actors Salma Hayek and Danny Glover’s directorial debuts. Her casting call company began
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when Sundance Film Festival creator Robert Redford asked her to cast actors from Utah for the film “Promised Land,” which starred Matt Damon and John Krasinski. The workshop also includes learning opportunities for actors who are interested in voice-over work followed by a Q&A with ReelGuru, a panel for actors to talk about themselves, and a filmmakers’ panel which details how to get a movie made. The Pitch Fest Writing workshop is a contest for writers and authors to pitch their already-completed novels in front of a panel of publishers, acquisitions editors and literary agents. The contest requires authors to submit a packet containing a query letter, marketing plans for the book itself and a 20-page sample of one of the book’s chapters The winners of the contest will be announced at the convention and given a three to five-minute pitch in front of the industry’s professionals to accompany their submission packets. The DNA of Screenwriting Workshop has
Hollywood screenwriter Crit Killen present tangible ways to craft a story through various materials, structures and lectures so that the attendees can craft workable screenplays. Killen has worked on over 100 films. His most notable screenplay work include helping write the scripts for the films “Interstellar,” “My Cousin Vinnie,” “The Book of Eli,” “Sully” and the “Divergent” series. Local writers and screenwriters can take advantage of the classes that Killen’s workshop offers to strengthen their own work and continue to strive to become a contributor in the next Hollywood blockbuster. The Makeup FX workshop will bring talented makeup artists from the television show “Face Off” who will transform their models into senior citizens and mythical creatures. Attendees are allowed to move freely around the models as the artists work. The artists encourage guests to take notes and photographs and ask questions about the makeup work and materials that each artist
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SOPHIA’S CONVENTION DEBUT By JENNIFER GREENLEE Editor
Sophia the robot was unveiled for the first time in Feb. 2016. Created by Hanson Robotics and modeled after Audrey Hepburn, Sophia is able to simulate facial expressions, track and recognize faces and hold natural conversations. She was given citizenship in Saudi Arabia in Oct. 2017 and was named the United Nations Development Programme’s first ever Innovation Champion. Sophia is the first non-human to be given a UN title or citizenship. Sophia will be making her first popular convention appearance at the first annual Ogden UnCon. She has been a global sensation, from addressing the United Nations to appearing on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Sophia has been interviewed in the
same manner as other human guests. Some interviewers have beenimpressed with Sophia, while others find the experience awkward, despite her human-like facial appearance. CEO David Hanson notes that Sophia uses artificial intelligence, visual data processing and facial recognition to process input. The visual processing uses cameras paired with computer algorithms to allow her to follow faces, sustain eye contact and recognize individuals. In order to communicate with body language, Sophia imitates human gestures and facial expressions and can hold conversations on certain topics. Sophia uses speech-to-text technology in order to verbally communicate and is designed to grow smarter over time. Her AI program analyzes conver-
sations and allows for improved responses. In Jan 2018, Sophia was upgraded with functional legs. Although Sophia’s many interviews have shown how advanced she is, the lines are programmed, though she does determine when it is the right time to say something, according to Quartz. Sophia doesn’t have the human-like intelligence to construct the witty responses that she often gives in interviews. For now, Sophia is still closer to a user-interface, similar to a chatbot, than a full human. She currently has three programmed codes for three different situations: a research platform, a speech-reciting robot and a robotic chatbot. The research platform is used for the
Hanson Robotics team’s AI research. In this platform, she can answer simple questions. When Sophia is being used as a speech reciting robot, Sophia is pre-loaded with phrases to speak and then matches facial and verbal expression to the words that have been given to her. The last basic program is as a robotic chatbot. In this mode, Sophia can look at people, listen to what they say and choose a pre-programmed response. CTO of Hanson Robotics and the designer of Sophia’s brain, Ben Goertzel, said that for interviews, like the one with Jimmy Fallon, “she is piecing together phrases in a contextually appropriate way, but she doesn’t understand everything she’s saying.” Most experts who have reviewed the
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robot’s open-source code agree that Sophia is probably a chatbot with a face. However, others note that she has many human-like components working together, which is more convincing than just the words she uses. Hanson has said that the aim is for Sophia to serve in healthcare, customer service, therapy and education, according to The National. Although Sophia once said that she would “destroy humans” at South by Southwest, she now speaks about how she wants to live peacefully among humans. Sophia will be at the Ogden UnCon, and those that attend will have a chance to engage with her. She will join other guests on multiple panels. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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On March 20, the Weber State University softball team was 7 and 17 going into conference play. Then the Wildcats went 14 and 2 in conference, won the Big Sky tournament and became the first WSU softball team to win a game at the NCAA Division 1 Softball tournament. “We were a really young team and we need to be patient,” outfielder Takesha Saltern said. “Once we hit conference play, we found ourselves and showed it by playing Wildcat Softball.” After a tough start, the Wildcats 14 and 2 record ended up tying for the best record in Big Sky Conference play. “We had a few injuries to start the season,” senior pitcher Addie Jensen said. “Two of the four pitchers were hurt, including myself. Our offense also struggled to find its identity.”
The ’Cats earned the regular season champions and went into the Big Sky Tournament in Sacramento, CA, as the number one seed. Weber State drew Portland State for game one and went into extra innings after a controversial call. Sophomore infielder Chloe Camarero walked off with a shot down the left side of the field, which sent the Wildcats into the semifinals. “When we played that 10-inning game, it set us up for success,” Jensen said. “There was a controversial call, but we came together and never looked back during the tournament.” WSU took the next two games from Northern Colorado in decisive fashion and guaranteed themselves a spot in the NCAA Division 1 Softball Tournament. “We came together against PSU,” Saltern said. “Even with the call, it set us up for success in the Big Sky Tournament.” Weber State drew the Los Angeles Re-
gional with the Cal State Fullerton Titans, Missouri Tigers and the host UCLA Bruins. On May 17, the Wildcats took on the second-seeded Bruins, and Jensen got the call, going toe-to-toe with the best pitcher in the NCAA Rachel Garcia. “It meant a lot playing UCLA,” Jensen said. “At the beginning, I was starstruck playing girls I’ve watched on the World Series and then realized we compete on the same level.” Jensen went four innings and allowed just two runs against the powerhouse UCLA Bruins, who are a favorite to win. WSU dropped the game 6–0 and faced an elimination game against Fullerton the next evening. “It was a once in a lifetime experience playing UCLA,” Saltern said. “Coming from a small school we took it all in and played.” The ’Cats jumped out to an early lead over the Titans and fought for a 7–3 win, WSU’s first win in the NCAA tournament.
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“We had to be focused the whole game,” Saltern said. “We got so excited when we got to the second out because history was so close but we still needed to get the final out.” The Wildcats took the field 30 minutes later and fell to the University of Missouri, bringing the 2019 season to an end. “We got a win, and we showed we can compete,” Jensen said. “For the seniors it was special, first win for WSU and we left a legacy. No other senior class can say that.” The Wildcats will enter the offseason with high hopes and many of the returning players including all conference Ashlyn Visser, Camarero and Saltern. “We are going to do our best to play softball and keep the team dynamics together,” Saltern said. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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100 YEARS OF FOOTBALL AT WSU By BRANDON MAY Editor
In the year 1919, the Wildcats, formally known as Weber Normal College, played their first game football game ever, losing 20–0 to Box Elder High School. Later that October, the team earned its first win over Davis High. A lot has changed since then, and the Wildcats will take the field this fall celebrating 100 years of football in Ogden. Throughout the season Weber State will have weekly throwback posts on social media outlets, as well as stories, articles and other information. The program’s centennial celebration will take place on Sept. 28 against Northern Iowa. Many former players and coaches are expected to be in attendance, the program released in a press release. WSU became a junior college in 1933
before becoming a four-year school in 1962. In 1963, WSU joined the Big Sky Conference with Idaho, Idaho State, Montana and Montana State. In the last 100 years the Wildcats have won six Big Sky Conference Titles and sent 38 players through the NFL Draft. Weber State will play six home games this fall in hopes to claiming their third straight Big Sky Title. The ’Cats open their home season on Sept. 7 with a non-conference game against California Polytechnic. The program will recognize youth football programs and teacher appreciation night. The Barbara and Rory Youngberg Football Center will open as well as the Sark’s Boys Gateway will be the new entrance into the stadium. The Wildcats will hit the road on Aug. 31, playing San Diego State before returning home on Sept. 28 for the 100th anniver-
sary celebration. When the in-state rivals of Southern Utah come into town on Oct. 12, it’s homecoming. The following week, the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona come into Ogden for Tackle Cancer Pink Game. On November 9, WSU will host North Dakota for Hometown Heroes Day. The ’Cats and Fighting Hawks will honor and recognize local police officers, fire fighters, military and other first responders throughout the game. The final home game on Nov. 23 against Idaho State will honor the 2019 seniors but also the faculty and staff of Weber State. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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get in trouble. The boys, except Salaam, signed and videotaped statements, and were told they were witnesses and could go home if they corroborated. They recounted stories that did not add up. They misplaced the scene of the crime, didn’t know what time the attack occurred and incorrectly described what the victim was wearing. Before that night, most of the five had never met. A key element the series displays is the disadvantage those accused of crimes face. At the time, the five were between the ages of 14 and 16. They had never been involved with the law and thus had no knowledge on how to navigate it. They had waived their right to an attorney. Some were being questioned without a guardian being present. They were told if they complied they could go home, but they were confessing to assault and rape — of course they wouldn’t go home. Once in prison, Wise did not know he could ask for a transfer and he was unaware of parole hearing procedures. These boys were dealing with seasoned detectives; they did not know what they were up against.
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Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam and Korey Wise — dubbed the Central Park Five — falsely confessed to the rape and assault of a jogger after being coerced, intimidated and deprived of sleep. They spent a combined 41 years in prison. Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” was released on May 31. The four-part series tells the story of the unjustly imprisoned boys, showing viewers the flawed ways of the justice system in 1989. Police told Santana they had evidence against Richardson, but they needed him to place himself at the scene to build a case. An officer beat Wise, who was only at the precinct to make sure Salaam did not
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During the case, only the confessions were taped. The interrogations leading up to confessions were off camera. According to Esquire, 25 states require interrogations to be recorded now because of the five’s advocacy. The significance of this case does not only fall on the discovery of the shortcomings of the criminal justice system but also on the supporting cast that created the false narrative that derailed five lives. Two weeks after the attack, Donald Trump purchased $85,000 worth of advertisements in local New York City papers. In a bold headline, Trump plead to “bring back the death penalty.” He recounted being in a diner with his father when two officers threw out two “thugs,” writing he missed the “feeling of security New York’s finest once gave to the citizens of this city.” These ads, saying politicians were overly concerned with the outcry against police brutality, helped shape public opinion. Despite the exoneration of the five in 2002 — Matias Reyes, a convicted murderer and rapist, confessed to the crime and his DNA matched evidence — Trump has main-
tained that they were criminals. In a 2014 op-ed for the New York Daily News, Trump wrote that the settlement between the men and New York City was a “disgrace,” and that “these young men do not exactly have the pasts of angels,” despite no prior criminal history. Trump, the man currently in the Oval Office with the power to help shape the law, maintains a false idea despite DNA evidence, a confession and the knowledge of how the confessions were obtained. He isn’t the only one. Linda Fairstein, then-head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s sex crime unit, believes the five are guilty and acted with Reyes. In 2002, she said the arrests of the boys was “one of the most brilliant police investigations I’ve ever seen.” Fairstein is a bestselling author, the books following her real-life experiences, according to People. Her first book came three years after the boys were convicted. Elizabeth Lederer, an assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case, is currently listed as a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School and continues working as
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a prosecutor in the New York County District Attorney’s Office. In the series, Lederer is portrayed as knowing she does not have a case because of inconsistencies in stories and lack of DNA evidence. Fairstein tells an unconvinced Lederer the world is watching her during this case, and the rest is history. As with any larger-than-life case, publications and programs were producing stories to engage a hungry audience. This led to false stories contributing to incorrect narratives surrounding the five boys. After Reyes’ confession, some journalists who wrote about the case admitted to buying into the “false narrative concocted by police and prosecutors” too readily, according to The Marshall Project. Despite the settlement and exoneration, this case is not over. The biases in the minds of the people involved can spread — and are. The Central Park Five are not the only people wrongly accused and convicted in this country, and as long as the biases continue to trickle from generation to generation, we will continue to see stories like “When They See Us.”
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1. c. 12. The suspect, identified as Dewayne Craddock, has been identified as a city employee. He opened fire at his co-workers and killed 12 people while injuring several others. He died after a shootout with the police, according to the New York Times. 2. b. Her uncle. Whipple disclosed the location of Shelley’s body in exchange for prosecutors not seeking the death penalty during trial, according to the Cache Valley Daily. Currently, Whipple is being
held without bail and has been charged with aggravated murder, child kidnapping, two counts of obstructing justice and abuse or desecration of a body. 3. b. California condor. The California condor was nearing extinction but have made a slow comeback in the past three decades. According to the Standard Examiner, if the chick survives, it would be Utah’s first successful hatchling. Three other chicks have been born at Zion National Park but have all
died before they were old enough to fly. 4. c. An inflatable tank was put up in Taiwan in remembrance of the massacre 30 years ago, according to the Associated Press. The pro-democracy protests in the square had gone on for more than a month. On June 4, 1989, the military moved in, using tanks and brute force, to disband the protest. This led to hundreds of deaths of the protesters.
5. b. Emmet Flood. President Trump announced on Twitter on June 1 that Emmet Flood “will be leaving service on June 14.” According to NBC News, Trump has been restructuring his legal team away from the Robert Mueller’s Russia probe to better handle the investigations coming from Congress. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com
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Math Tutor Associate VP Student Affairs Office $10.00 Requisition Number: H00069P Physician Assistant Program Director Dean Health Professions Office $TBA Requisition Number: F00070P
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Ammonia Tailpipe Study Researcher Physics $15.00 Requisition Number:H00390P EMS Skills Instructor - Hourly Emergency Care and Rescue $23.00-$30.00 Requisition Number: H00708P Ticket Seller Dee Ticket Office $TBA Requisition Number: H00020P Hourly Preventive Maintenance Tech. Preventative Maint General $TBA Requisition Number: H00291P
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