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1. U.S. fast-food workers went on strike this week in 15 cities to force action on what issue? a. Minimum wage b. Workplace safety c. Workplace equality d. Healthcare

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By LUCAS MOORE Reporter

The Weber State University Student Association (WSUSA) is bringing Weber’s Got Talent to the stage once again despite the challenges presented by COVID-19.

In past years, the talent show was held in person and had at least eight performers and a crowd of people. This year, COVID-19 protocols have been put in place, and the event will only have 50 people attend in person. Social distancing and masks will be required, but performers will be allowed to take their masks off while performing from a safe distance.

Anna Johnson, a junior at WSU, plays violin and competes in pageants. Johnson auditioned in person and said she wasn’t too worried about auditioning in person and had no problem following COVID-19 protocols.

Johnson said she doesn’t like playing her violin with her mask on but was able to take it off during her audition since she was spaced far enough away from the judges. Johnson

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had the option to either send a video recording for her submission or to go in person.

Leslie Davis, assistant to the activities vice president and organizer of Weber’s Got Talent, explained that the show will also be livestreamed on social media platforms for those at home.

“Money prizes will be given out to the top three placing contestants, with $700 being the first-place prize,” Davis said. The money prizes have actually been increased this year to give everyone at Weber incentive to participate in this event.

Those selected from the auditions will be performing on March 5 at the Wildcat Theatre in the Shepherd Union building at 6 p.m.

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This year’s Weber’s Got Talent is very different from past years. Some auditions were turned in virtually, while others were still done in person.

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By ADAM RUBIN Senior Reporter

Ogden Contemporary Arts (OCA) held the grand opening of their new center on Feb. 12 in the Monarch building at 2444 Washington Blvd.

Venessa Castagnoli, executive director at OCA, has been working with many other art-invested individuals in the Ogden community to bring globally-recognized artists to what her and many others consider to be the blooming artistic community of Ogden.

“Our vision is to create and share culturally diverse and globally influenced technology advanced arts programming,” Castagnoli said.

“We want to bring in artists from all over the world who are recognized in the art world — not only that, however, we want these artists coming in to work with our local creatives.”

After COVID-19 threw a wrench in their gears — as it did for so many others — OCA had to shut its doors for a while and regroup. The grand opening was held after a successful soft-open exhibition in January.

OCA featured the art of world-renowned artist Lauren Lee McCarthy to kick off the grand opening. The interactive piece is called “The Changing Room.”

“The Changing Room” — one space, one piece — is a multi-medium technological exploration of humankind’s relationship with technology emotionally, sensorially and spatially, as well as what it all means to each of us subjectively and collectively.

A lot of the things that McCarthy has been thinking about during the COVID-19 pandemic made it into the piece.

Upon recommendation from a fellow board member, Castagnoli reached out to McCarthy about bringing her piece to the OCA center.

McCarthy worked her creative vision off-site for much of the process during the shutdown, working with photos, floor plans and 3D prints of the OCA building.

While the installation, by the same name, was also shown in Brisbane, Australia, McCarthy made adaptations to “The Changing Room” specifically unique to the OCA center and Ogden.

McCarthy said that, in “The Changing Room,”

guests go to one of the rooms and are asked, “How do you want to feel?” They are then given 200 different emotions to choose from and then the room reacts accordingly.

“The whole space you are in tries to — through light, sound, images, text — make you feel,” McCarthy said.

There were lots of laughs from next-door business neighbors Amy and Vivi Wanderley-Britt, owners of WB’s Eatery, as they both described the environment of the OCA’s space and the types of technologies shown in the installation.

“We thought it was interactive,” Amy Wanderley-Britt said. “We sat down on the seats and actually thought that we were controlling the panels. There was a point that it seemed like it was being impacted by the amount of pressure you were putting on it or something.”

They laughed as they recounted how they thought the tablets in the installation were either measuring the tone of your voice, which point on the screen you touch or the temperature of your hands.

“I thought it was going to be an ever-changing story depending on which word you touched,” Amy Wanderley-Britt said. “But Venessa Castagnoli came down and told me that there is someone controlling it upstairs, and I was like, ‘Oh, okay....’ Isn’t that sort of how life feels anyways?”

McCarthy expressed that the team of collaborators she worked with on “The Changing Room” who helped to make her exhibition a successful and welcoming show and the OCA’s support were all she could have hoped for.

“I realized I appreciate a setting like OCA’s,” McCarthy said. “I appreciate this atmosphere so much more - like, the city is rather small here, but the space to work with is big. I get a chance to hear people’s comments and we can share thoughts on the piece.”

“The Changing Room” will be displayed at the center through May 31.

The OCA’s art center can be accessed through the first door to the west of the Monarch building’s main entrance. Admittance is free to all.

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Ogden’s historical Monarch Building welcomes its newest attraction, Ogden Contemporary Arts. OCA opened their doors on Feb. 12. Words, how words are used and when they are used is the focus of this experience.

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The OCA has been working with art-invested individuals in the community to bring globally-recognized artists to Ogden.

Artist Lauren Lee McCarthy’s interactive piece “The Changing Room” will be displayed at the OCA through May 31.

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Kate Standifird continues the streak on Feb. 12 against Southern Utah University, claiming victory for the second game in two days.

By JACE COOK Reporter

The Weber State Wildcats swept their short series against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, winning 3–0 on both Feb. 12 and 13 at the Swenson Gym. The Wildcats were efficient in the first match and won every set by a large margin: the first set went 25–13, the second went 25–10 and the final set went 25–14, winning each set with double digits.

“When we’re clicking, we’re pretty tough to stop,” Jeremiah Larsen, head coach for the Wildcats, said.

The Wildcats had 35 kills throughout the match, and the Thunderbirds only had 19.

WSU also served 10 aces compared to SUU’s

3. The Thunderbirds did not successfully block any returns, while the Wildcats had 8 successful blocks.

Weber State loaded the assist category with 35 assists, and SUU ended with 17. The Wildcats ended with 43 digs compared to the Thunderbirds’ 27.

Southern Utah had a lot of trouble with committing errors, ending with a total of 26 while the Wildcats only had 8.

Dani Nay had an impactful night with 15 kills, one ace and three blocks; Rylin Adams ended with 8 kills, 5 aces and 12 digs; Makayla Sorensen contributed 12 digs; and Ashlyn Power assisted 27 times and got 9 digs for her team.

Southern Utah’s leader in kills was Elisa Lago with 5; Corrin Peterson led her team in

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The Lady Wildcats sweep Southern Utah University’s Thunderbirds on Feb. 13 during their second game.

assists with 17; Sarah Gasper led in digs for SUU with 8.

After a commanding first match, it was time for the Wildcats to repeat their success, and once again, they swept their opponent on Feb. 13.

WSU won all three of the sets 25–16, 25–16 and 25–10.

“We jumped on them early and didn’t let them out of our hands,” Larsen said.

Weber State hammered out 37 kills to SUU’s 27. The Wildcats dominated with 17 aces, and the Thunderbirds had 2.

Both teams were even in the block category, as they each took 4 of them. WSU had 33 assists compared to SUU’s 25. The Wildcats also had slightly more digs than the Thunderbirds with 38 to their 34. Lastly, SUU had 14 errors,

while WSU only had 9.

The Wildcats’ Nay ended the night with 17 kills, 6 aces and 7 digs. Adams contributed with 12 kills, 2 aces, 1 block and 9 digs. Power assisted 22 times for her team.

Southern Utah’s Andreanna McKee helped her team with 9 kills and 1 ace. Peterson had 25 assists to go along with 3 blocks and 4 digs.

The Wildcats have played 6 matches so far and remain undefeated.

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By ALEC CIPOLLINI Reporter

Former Weber State and NFL player Wade Davis II discussed discrimination and diversity in connection to athletics at the seventh annual Allen Holmes Diversity Symposium Conference on Feb. 9.

Davis was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.

He played three seasons at Weber State after one year at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado.

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Science of Business Administration at WSU, the retired cornerback went undrafted in 2000 and signed with the Tennessee Titans, but he was cut after training camp.

In 2001, he went overseas to play in Germany for the Berlin Thunder in the now-defunct NFL Europe. Davis played corner for all 10 games that season and had a team-high of 57 tackles leading the Thunder on its way to being World Bowl IX champions. He would sign for the Seattle Seahawks soon after, only participating in their preseason.

Davis would return to Europe, as he was drafted by the Barcelona Dragons in the Wildcats celebrate their victory over the Eagles.

2002 NFL Europe allocation draft. After making 41 tackles for the Dragons that sea- the LGBT community, diversity and equality that identifies themselves as gay, they aren’t son, he would return to the Tennessee Titans while also being a book author. the person who you should be addressing. You in 2002 for preseason and training camp but “If you are trying to be a leader, you got to be need to be addressing the culture that is bewas cut again before the regular season start- comfortable with the nuance,” Davis said. “You ing created on your team,” Davis said. “You got ed. got to come out of the black or white, male or to make sure your coaches have a certain level His last stop in the NFL was with the Wash- female, straight or gay. Leaders and coaches of fluency and that you are addressing these ington Redskins, now known as the Washing- should be disinterested in getting it right and issues and speaking about them — not only on ton Football Team in 2003. Davis would par- be more interested in getting better.” the first day of practice, but the next week, and ticipate in Washington’s training camp and Davis talked about how anybody should the next week, and the next week.” preseason but retired due to a leg injury. handle a situation if there is an issue while Davis said to trust that your athletes are Davis came out as gay in 2012. He is one of playing for or coaching a team. competent enough that you can teach them the few openly gay NFL players in the league’s “Don’t think that you need to address the how to be more understanding of these ishistory. individual. If there is somebody on your team sues. Then, they can make said issues personal Now, he is a public speaker who talks about

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and speak out about them with more fluency and confidence.

Davis said what coaches and athletes are saying on and off the playing field nowadays might not be acceptable in the not-too-distant future.

“I don’t believe that there will be a time where sports will be a utopian place where anyone across identity will 100% feel accepted because life changes too quickly and the language we use now will not be used in 10 years,” Davis said. “What was safe to say on Monday is not going to be safe on Friday, but I

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slander and discrimination that others had faced, which made him cautious if he wanted to share the news when he was playing professional football.

“I kept this secret because the world told me that it would’ve hated me. When I was a kid, the language that was used in every story on the television was a heterosexual story. Every time they talked about athletes or sports, it was a heterosexual story. I didn’t think I was possible,” Davis said.

Davis said the reason why people may not tell you they are LGBT has nothing to do with that person’s love for themselves. Often

times, it’s hard to trust that people like coaches, teammates, teachers or friends will all still love you.

If he could go back in time and give his younger self some advice, Davis said he should have gotten out of his own head and stopped creating stories about his teammates that were mostly untrue.

“I wish that I would have trusted my teammates and knew that they loved me and me identifying as gay would not have changed all of them. I wish I could have told one or two of them. It would have made me a better player, a better teammate and a better friend,” Davis

said. “I don’t want to be defined as a gay athlete. I want to be defined as an athlete who happens to be gay.”

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have to keep learning and stay engaged.”

Movements fighting for equality are growing bigger and bigger across the country, and Davis emphasized about schools and teams embracing students and athletes who want their voices heard.

“Sports teams or institutions can think about signage like Black Lives Matter or LGBT flags. Whatever it is, something that signals you as an organization or institution is thinking about these people that exist and that their lives are precarious,” Davis said.

Coming out as gay was very difficult for Davis to do because he thought about the

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By ADAM RUBIN Reporter

The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy hosted a Zoom-accessible event on Feb. 10.

Dr. Yanzhong Huang, a leader in vaccine diplomacy and global health and the founder of Global Health Governance, explained the Chinese COVID-19 governmental policy both nationally and globally.

“You saw a strong parallel between the SARS outbreak and COVID-19 in the initial mishandling and lack of transparency by China,” Huang said.

Huang expounded on the motivations for China’s vaccine diplomacy. China wants to improve its global image after its response to the outbreaks. Vaccine diplomacy is an opportunity to help reinforce China as a major world power and showcase its medical devel-

opments.

China also wants to reinforce ties with regions of the globe like Southeast Asia and want to enter the market share of the world by earning profit with Chinese vaccines.

“China officially does not like the term ‘vaccine diplomacy,’ because that suggests that their motives are no longer humane, altruistic,” Huang said.

Huang informed attendees on such points as what types of vaccines China is making and how they have promised to distribute these vaccines to countries such as Serbia and Italy.

He compared the United States’ foreign policy and China’s foreign policy regarding vaccines.

“When we talk about vaccine diplomacy, we should look beyond China,” Janicke Stramer-Smith, assistant professor in the political science and philosophy department, said. “I think vaccine diplomacy is something that

everyone should be paying attention to. We need to think of how vaccine diplomacy can be beneficial on a broader scale.”

One thing that struck Stramer-Smith is when Huang pointed out that different geographic locations had different efficacy rates for vaccines, indicating non-universal responses to vaccines.

One aspect of a non-universal response is herd immunity. Herd immunity is when there are enough people in a population who are vaccinated making it difficult for a virus to find those people who are not vaccinated, effectively not allowing it to flourish the population like COVID-19 has.

Stramer-Smith expects that if the majority of people do not vaccinate and gain herd immunity, daily life will change in major ways.

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China’s relationship to the COVID vaccine involves diplomacy and the economy.

One of the challenges when fighting

COVID-19 is that the nations of the world have too many other non-COVID-19 related, profit-making ventures that the chance of them coming together and putting aside their differences to battle COVID-19 together is slim.

“If we are not all in it, then we will be continuously faced with new variants of COVID-19,” Stramer-Smith said.

According to Stramer-Smith, it’s these commercial markets, fueled by the more developed countries, that will keep the global powers from uniting against COVID-19.

Huang explained that China has made promises to under-developed countries, thus over-spreading their resources and making domestic vaccination a real issue.

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The economic struggle small and large businesses faced due to COVID-19 left millions of people out of work. Thirty-four percent of those out of work are still unemployed and actively searching for a new job, and 65% of employees who lost their jobs but continued to look for work have found employment, according to a survey performed by Skynova.

A common question that students have asked themselves is where to go from here.

As juniors and seniors begin to make their preparations for graduation and beyond, it can be hard to imagine starting a career in the world’s current climate.

WSU Career Services is often categorized as the best-kept secret on campus. This office has a variety of services that can help students succeed in their professional lives.

Dr. Winn Stanger, Career Services Director, advises students to visit their office early and often so they can develop the skills they need for this very competitive job market.

Regarding what students can expect when they visit their office, Stanger says, “It’s all about the student’s needs. We provide personalized services that will check all boxes of students’ interests, skills and passions.”

Skills and experience can be hard to illustrate to an employer. Job candidates can first meet with career mentors, who are trained peer advisors that will help students with every step on the way to professional success.

Mentors are available on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for either in-person or virtual walk-in meetings.

“One of the hardest things for students to do is to learn how to sell themselves through a resume and interviewing, and we can teach them that,” Stanger said.

Career mentors are the first stop for entry-level resumes, cover letters, practice interviews and learning how to network. For more specific and advanced help, each college has a career counselor who can help to identify and articulate skills and assist in searching for jobs

or internships and researching career paths.

Students questioning about selecting a major or a career path have resources available to them as well.

“The Major & Career Navigation Program was developed by career services and the Student Success Center to help students in navigating and selecting a major and a career,” says Amelia Williams, the career counselor for the Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities.

The program has three steps to assist students in their exploration. First, students will take a strong interest inventory and work values self-assessment, then they will schedule and attend a workshop to receive and understand the results, and finally, they will meet with their academic or career advisor.

Career services can also be accessed through the mobile app Handshake. On the app, students can request career counselor appointments, create a profile to apply for jobs and internships and attend career fairs.

“Handshake is a free app in the eWeber portal or on your phone that connects students with jobs, internships and career-related events. It was created specifically with college students in mind,” said Tyler Dingman, one of the career mentors majoring in Interpersonal & Family Communication.

Stanger emphasized preparing now for the next Virtual Career Fair on March 24.

“My advice for all students is to find a purpose and get a mentor as soon as possible,” he said. Students can attend the fairs and meet prospective employers.

According to Stanger, employers are focused on understanding what students can bring to the profession. “The sooner you understand your purpose and get help to showcase your strengths and passions, the most effective and successful you will be.”

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The Weber State Wildcats fell to the University of Montana Grizzlies 58–57 on Feb. 13, after roaring back from a 17-point deficit.

“The comeback was just really about their fight and their fire and what they were saying to each other in the huddles,” Coach Velaida Harris said. “If we go back to the huddle and we feel like they’re talking, and they got high energy, that’s great.”

Weber State’s guard, Aloma Solovi, giving WSU the lead with a layup.

The first quarter ended with each team having scored 15 points. Then, the Grizzlies gained momentum in the second quarter and turned it into a 17-point lead heading into halftime.

Montana’s lead came from their shooting

percentages; they shot 43% from the field compared to the Wildcats’ 28%.

In the third quarter, Weber State sliced the Grizzlies’ lead down to 4 points after scoring 23 points. Throughout the fourth quarter, WSU scored another 12 in the fourth quarter

team brought during their second-half comeback.”I’m very proud of that fight. I’m so disappointed that we lost, but I’m so disappointed for them because they put it all in,” she said.

Harris hopes there is an understanding now amongst the players that the last half of the game is how they must play every game. If that energy is always there, then even if they lose, each player will know they put forth their best effort to get the victory.

This loss drops the Wildcats to 0–15 for the season.

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but could not overcome Montana, losing by one point.

UM overtook the Wildcats in nearly every category, scoring more points off turnovers and piled on more points in the paint. The Grizzlies scored 13 off of turnovers and 24 in the paint while the ‘Cats scored 9 off turnovers and 20 in the paint.

The Wildcat bench outscored Montana’s 14– 13, but WSU was left with one less fast-break point, as they only scored 9 to Montana’s 10.

Montana also shot at a slightly higher percentage, scoring 32% of their looks from the field while WSU connected 31%.

Junior guards Kori Pentzer and Aloma Solovi both scored 11 points each, and sophomore forward Jadyn Matthews and senior forward Dominique Williams both scored 10 points.

Harris was proud of how much energy her

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It is proposed this tuition increase be used for the following: · Compensation: up to $1,500,000 · Retention and Student Support: up to $479,600

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DO YOU KNOW YOUR NEWS? 1. The correct answer is A, Minimum wage. According to the Guardian, workers at some fast-food chains and nursing homes went on strike on Feb. 16 to demand an increase in minimum wage. Some held signs that read, “Fight for $15,” the name of an international movement advocating for higher wages.

2. The correct answer is C, India.

According to the Associated Press, the country is now reporting around 11,000 new cases per day, compared to a peak of nearly 100,000. The reasons for the sharp decline are still unclear.

3. The correct answer is D, Seven.

According to NPR, two of the republicans who voted against Trump are set to retire and only one, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski is up for reelection next year.

received record-breaking snowfall and the coldest temperature in decades in some cities, while suffering widespread power outages.

4. The correct answer is B, Uri. According to weather.com, the storm has had damaging effects nationwide. Texas

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Texas has been hit with a winter storm that has caused record-breaking cold temperatures, snowfall and power outages.

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