The Signpost: ON TRUTH AND JOURNALISM: FORMER “60 MINUTES” PRODUCER SPEAKS AT WSU

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Dummies using dummies Two kids were in Stewart Stadium on Feb. 21 using training dummies with no other supervision. They walked away from the officer when they began to approach and left. The officer did not see them after they exited.

Shady business On the Davis Campus, a vehicle was observed parked next to several trees on Feb. 19. Two women got out of the back seat and were asked for identification and why they were there. The two mentioned that they were listening to music and eating candy after converting the back of the vehicle into a bed.

They consented to a search of the vehicle, and nothing illegal was found. The women left when they were asked to leave the campus.

Abandonment issues An abandoned vehicle was reported near the Facilities Management building on Feb. 19. The vehicle identification was run, and it had been reported stolen in Weber County.

The Weber County Sheriff responded and took over the investigation.

Paying to slip In the pay lot, a female employee fell and hit her right leg on Feb. 19. She stated she did not need medical treatment, and the officer transported her to the building she worked at and told her to report the fall.

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“There is no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the event of that day.”

MITCH MCCONNELL Senate Minority Leader voted to acquit President Trump

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REBECCA GONZALES Columnist

“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends,” George Washington said in his farewell address, given Sept.

17, 1796, “they are likely in the course of time and things to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”

Today, we are seeing Washington’s prediction come true: the legacy of a cunning, ambitious and unprincipled former president who has worked to subvert the power of the people and pose a significant threat to democracy and its systems as we know them.

This is not the future the Founding Fathers envisioned for our nation. They completely omitted political parties in the Constitution, fearing the United States would meet the same fate as 17th-century England — bloody civil wars that ripped the country apart.

However, this did not stop early Americans from rallying behind either Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton after Washington had left office, creating the two-party system we’ve been stuck with ever since.

Political parties are a significant threat to

democracy, as evidenced by Donald Trump’s recent second impeachment trial, where he faced a single charge: incitement of insurrection by encouraging his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

On Feb. 13, the Senate voted 57–43 to acquit Trump, falling short of the necessary twothirds vote necessary to convict. In a nation where two parties dominate politics, with each claiming about half of the population, reaching a two-thirds majority on an issue so partisan and divisive as impeachment may never happen.

Although it was the most bipartisan impeachment vote in U.S. history, with seven Republicans voting to convict along with all 50 Democrats, 43 GOP senators defended the former president despite overwhelming evidence that the attack was encouraged by Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud and his call to prevent Congress from verifying the votes that elected Joe Biden as 46th president of the United States.

The American people aren’t happy with the way the impeachment trial turned out. According to a poll released on Feb. 15 by ABC News/ Ipsos, 77% of American adults believe senators voted based on partisan politics rather than facts.

Why did these same senators, who were among the targets of the insurrection, still defend the man whose name was emblazoned on the flags the insurrectionists waved as they violated one of our most sacred national institutions? The answer lies in the complicated issue of party loyalty.

One of the most interesting cases of loyalty to a fault can be found in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who voted to acquit but still believes Trump is guilty. In his speech

following the trial, he said, “There is no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the event of that day.”

His rationale for voting to acquit is that he believes impeaching a former president is unconstitutional, a view many Republican officials claim to share. However, if that were the only factor at play, he and other GOP senators could have abstained from voting.

The New York Times presents an alternative explanation for his behavior. Reporters Carl Hulse and Nicholas Fandos point out that McConnell is effectively the reason the trial was delayed until after Trump had left office, refusing to call the Senate into session and claiming he didn’t want to rush the process.

This behavior isn’t exclusive to McConnell.

Hulse and Fandos explain, “Most [Republican senators] privately acknowledge Mr. Trump was to blame,” yet they couldn’t bring themselves to risk offending Trump supporters within the Republican party and potentially lose re-election in 2022, which would hinder the chances of the GOP winning back the Senate.

The Times claims the excuse of unconstitutionality is just one of several justifications GOP senators cited as their reason to acquit: Trump’s language was merely typical of politicians, the timeline was too vague, the matter should instead be dealt with in criminal courts, Trump wasn’t the only one who contributed to the violence, Democrats were using impeachment as a ploy to attack the Republican party, they feared setting bad precedents.

In other words, the Republicans used various excuses to cover their own hypocrisy and cowardice when faced with the decision of whether they would put their party over truth

and morality.

Utah Senator Mike Lee, like McConnell, used unconstitutionality to justify his vote to acquit.

Conversely, our other senator, Mitt Romney, joined six other Republicans in voting to convict Trump. Romney was also the only GOP senator who voted to convict in Trump’s first impeachment trial back in early 2020.

In some states, like Louisiana and Nebraska, the GOP chose to censure senators who stood against Trump. That is not the case in Utah. On Feb. 15, the Utah GOP released a statement saying, “Our senators have both been criticized for their vote. The differences between our own Utah Republicans showcase a diversity of thought, in contrast to the danger of a party fixated on ‘unanimity of thought.’ There is power in our differences as a political party, and we look forward to each senator explaining their votes to the people of Utah.”

This is a step in the right direction. Instead of censuring leaders who dare to put their personal convictions over partisan politics, the Utah GOP is embracing diverse opinions, which is essential to the overall health of democracy.

But we still have a long way to go. “As strong as the indictment of Donald Trump, it is also an indictment of Republicans,” Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, said in the same Times article. “Neither has been convicted in a legal sense, but in a moral and political sense they have. How they can try to walk away and look the other way is beyond me.”

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‘CATS SET TO KICK OFF FIRST SPRING FOOTBALL SEASON IN POCATELLO

WSU ATHLETICS

The long-awaited kickoff to the 2021 season will take place in Pocatello on Feb. 27, where the Wildcats take on the Idaho State Bengals.

By EMILY MILLER

Reporter

The long-awaited kickoff to the 2021 season will take place in Pocatello on Feb. 27 where the Wildcats take on the Idaho State Bengals.

The last time the Weber State Wildcats football team played in a game, the team took a loss in the FCS semifinals against James Madison University on Dec. 21, 2019. WSU will have been on the bench for over 400 days since last time they saw game action.

“I feel like we’re there,” Jay Hill, Wildcats head coach, said. “Players are ready to go, they’re sick of practicing against each other.

They’re ready for an opponent.”

The Big Sky Conference released the preseason poll in July 2020 that dubbed the Wildcats as the preseason favorite at No. 1 in the

conference, with the Bengals landing at 11th.

“Rob Pehnicie is a fabulous coach. He has done a great job on both sides of the ball,” said Hill. “They’re [ISU] better right now offensively and defensively than in years past.”

Preparing for Feb. 27, there is a toss-up between who will start at QB for the Wildcats.

On Feb. 22, the depth chart for the game was released, with two players in the quarterback slot: Freshman Bronson Barron, a Utah native out of American Fork, and junior Randall Johnson, a transfer from Middle Tennessee State.

“Randall is a strong-armed guy, he can chuck it a mile,” said Hill. “He’s big, he’ll be hard to tackle, he’s competitive and will take a hit.”

Josh Davis, WSU’s two-time all-Big Sky running back is returning to the field for his third season with the Wildcats. Davis had a total of

88 rushing yards in 2019 in addition to 128 rushing yards and one touch down in 2018 against ISU. In the 2019 match-up, Davis tallied his 1,000 rushing yards for the season and moved up Weber State’s all-time rushing list.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve prepared for a game week,” Davis said. “We’re doing the best we can to prepare for this game.”

In the Wildcats’ most recent matchup against the Bengals on Nov. 23, 2019, Weber State defeated ISU 38–10.

WSU’s quarterback, Jake Constantine, recorded three season highs. He went for 16–23 and had 289 passing yards, his longest longest pass of 69 yards and four passing touchdowns.

The win secured the Wildcats’ third straight Big Sky Championship title. Idaho State has

not won a title since 2002.

Both teams have belonged to the Big Sky Conference since 1963, and this will be the 60th game played between the two schools.

Overall, the Wildcats hold a record of 44–15 over Idaho State. This is a 23–5 home record and a 21–10 record in Pocatello. WSU has won their last five games against the Bengals and their last loss was in 2014 in Hill’s debut season as head coach.

The rivalry will also take place in Ogden this year. The Wildcats will still close out the regular season play with their final game also being against ISU where they will host the Bengals at Stewart Stadium on April 10.

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WSU ATHLETICS

WSU ATHLETICS

Preparing for Feb. 27, there is a toss-up between who will start at QB for the WSU has won their last five games against the Bengals, and their last loss was in 2014 in Hill’s debut season as head coach.

Wildcats.

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ON TRUTH AND JOURNALISM:

FORMER “60 MINUTES” PRODUCER SPEAKS AT WSU

By CAITLYN NICHOLS Section Editor

Nearly a year after she was first scheduled to come and speak at Weber State University, nationally-renowned journalist Mary Mapes presented on her story and about modern journalism over Zoom on Feb. 23.

Mapes was originally scheduled to present at WSU in March of 2020, but the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a change of plans, and she was finally able to present virtually Feb. 23. However, the Zoom presentation suffered periods of speakers freezing and their words being broken up due to poor internet connection – some of the downsides to virtual presentations.

Mapes is a former “60 Minutes” producer for CBS. In 2004, she broke two life-changing stories: one on Middle Eastern prisoner abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and the other on former President George W. Bush’s spotty service record in the National Guard during the Vietnam War. The former won her the Peabody Award, the highest honor in broadcast journalism; the latter got her fired from CBS and ended her broadcast journalism career.

Mapes wrote about her story in her book “Truth and Duty: The Press, the President and the Privilege of Power.” The book was later dramatized into the 2015 movie “Truth” starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford.

Despite being fired from CBS, Mapes continues to write for various publications.

Mapes began the presentation introducing herself, her history and her reporting experiences. She grew up on a farm in Washington.

Growing up, access to media was really important for her and her family, and she wanted to be able to see the world and keep up with events. Her love for the news, reading and writing were what got her almost immediately involved in the news.

She described how journalists have always faced opposition because of people disliking what they report, briefly mentioning how she

went to jail once in 1999 for not revealing a source. She also talked more in depth about her Abu Ghraib and Bush record stories and how they were attacked by people on the internet. She talked about invasive cameras and receiving threats from people who disliked her stories, which also made her fear for her family.

Despite all of this, Mapes encouraged journalists and aspiring journalists listening to the webinar to not let the hardships and struggles stop them from wanting to be journalists. She talked about how news jobs are so important, and they’re the only job mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. She said journalism is a mix of light and dark, good and bad, celebration and sadness, and that it’s important and worth doing.

Mapes also talks about this in the preface of her book.

“I hope ‘Truth’ encourages, in even a small way, the next generation of journalists to love their work,” Mapes wrote. “I hope it reminds working reporters everywhere that they have the best jobs in the world – they get to tell the truth.”

Mapes said that journalism is a good career for curious people who get bored easily because every day is different and interesting and it allows one opportunities to see the world.

Mapes’ presentation included many pieces of advice to those in the profession and those on their way to becoming journalists, such as how to handle seeing a lot of tragedy, negative parts of life and growing a thick skin.

She also mentioned that journalists, despite popular belief, don’t have to choose between family and journalism. She joked about the skills she acquired in journalism that helped her in parenthood, such as interviewing or “grilling” a child to get information and problem solving skills. She also talked about how her career and connections introduced an aspect of diversity to her son’s life early-on.

Mapes talked about how diversity is im-

portant in the newsroom but also about how this diversity needs to be more than just race – diversity includes geography, gender, life experiences and more. For example, her upbringing on a farm allowed her to better understand what victims of natural weather disasters go through when their farming properties are destroyed.

She said the country needs more reporters “outside of D.C., New York and LA” — in other words, more reporters who understand aspects and feelings of smaller communities in addition to reporters from big cities.

“You guys have insights into life that other people don’t have, and if you stick with journalism you’re going to figure out ways to use them,” Mapes said.

Mapes specifically encouraged listening journalists to get involved in local news since it’s very important for informing the public in their daily lives and communities.

Mapes’ presentation ended with a panel Q&A session, with questions from both the Signpost editors on the panel as well as questions submitted from audience members. One common theme was about the current national focus on “fake news.”

Mapes said that money and political loyalties ruin modern journalism. For example, CBS had to fire Mapes for the sake of approval and to avoid being boycotted after her coverage of Bush’s spotty military service record.

There will always be people who dislike what the reporters report.

After an audience member asked, “Do you think unbiased journalism exists?” Mapes discussed the inevitable presence of inherent “bias” due to the fact that everyone’s life experiences and views are different. Everyone will write differently because everyone is unique.

She said she doesn’t think any human is incapable of doing anything that doesn’t in some way reflect their life.

Mapes said the best thing reporters can do to fight bias is to try to at least get both sides of the story.

“What you can do is be true to the facts of the story,” Mapes said. “You can be true to what you saw, you can be true to what the people told you, and that’s not bias.”

She said that journalists can counter accusations of being “brats” and “creators of false news” by trying to help people understand that journalists are also just real people. Journalists are there to give short-hand of the important news. A critic also can’t assume that they know everything about someone’s politics and life just because they’re a reporter.

Mapes also told listeners to just accept that not everyone will agree or be willing to change their minds.

Mapes writes about this concept of freedom of press and news being run by imperfect people who make mistakes in the preface of her book.

“I hope it reminds people that the press may not be perfect, but it beats the hell out of the alternative,” Mapes wrote.

When another audience member asked about the future of journalism, Mapes speculated about a possible rise in non-profit journalism. She talked about how the lack of monetary incentive would allow journalists to simply report the truth and also eliminate click-bait stories. Lack of monetary concern could also allow non-profit news to continue growing and hiring journalists.

Mapes said that the changing medium of news will be handled and embraced just as change has been in the past, such as the shift from radio to TV. She also reiterated that there will always be a place for local news.

Mapes encouraged listeners to “read promiscuously” or to include several different news publications in their news intake to get a good variety of information and views.

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“You guys have insight into life that other people don’t have, and if you stick with journalism you’re going to figure out ways to use them.”

NIKKI DORBER | The Signpost

MARY MAPES Former “60 Minutes” producer

Mary Mapes, an American journalist who is responsible for breaking the story that exposed abuses of prisoners at a CIA-run prison in Abu Ghraib, is the guest on Tuesday evening’s webinar. Mapes offered a question and answer session after the webinar where she offers advice and shares her thoughts in today’s journalistic world.

Mary Mapes makes a long-awaited visit to Weber State University.

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Weber State University has proposed a tuition increase of 2–3%. WSU’s administration is waiting on feedback to pass university policy to officially raise the tuition.

The first virtual “Truth in Tuition” hearing took place via Zoom on Feb. 22. This meeting was open to the student body, but only 50 students attended, despite a steady enrollment of 28,247 at Weber State University.

President Mortensen commenced the hearing by stating that WSU is dedicated to the responsibility of WSU as a higher education institution, which is highly concerned with its quality, affordability and student return on investment after students graduate.

Affordabilityschools.net conducted a study of 2,000 nationwide universities based on the schools’ quality and affordability attributes. In the rankings, WSU was placed at number 19 of the announced top 50 most affordable and qualified universities across the nation.

“WSU is the only school in Utah to make it on that Top 50 list,” Mortensen said.

The aim of hosting forums for students to give

live feedback and have their questions answered is to ensure tuition increases and fund allocations are as transparent as possible.

Open collaboration and tuition transparency are student-influenced processes, which provide the opportunity to make decisions and deliberate on WSU’s plans for the future and the institution’s financial aims.

This open communication allows for WSU to hear the students’ needs and visions, while allowing the students to hear the university’s needs and visions and work together for a joint cause.

Adrienne Andrews, assistant vice president for diversity and chief diversity officer, encourages all students to get involved with WSU’s community.

Andrews compared being involved on campus to a hallway of doors with endless opportunities for networking experiences, educational growth and to make their voices heard at WSU. “Step out of your comfort zone to go to a lecture, to show up and decide to run for office as student leader,” Andrews said, “It just takes that first step; we want to do everything we can to get students to succeed.”

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WSU LOOKS TO CHANGE POLICY TO INCREASE TUITION

By ADAM RUBIN

Senior Reporter

WSU has proposed an increase of tuition by about 2-3% and is now waiting on university policy.

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PERSEVERANCE FINDS A HOME ON MARS

This is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance.

By MACKENZIE DESSIN Reporter

The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, the most technologically advanced rover spacecraft landed on Mars on Feb. 18.

It launched from Cape Canaveral on July 30, traveled 293 million miles and landed in the Jezero Crater. Its mission is to reconnoiter and to pursue signs of ancient life and gather regolith (broken rock and soil) and rock samples.

John Armstrong, a physics professor at Weber State University, described the technological machine as a very capable rover. Like the Curiosity rover, Perseverance will analyze and sample the surface, but it will also collect specimens for a later sample-return mission, allowing more detailed studies in laboratories on Earth.

Perseverance has been on Mars for five sols, which is comparable to about five earth days.

The difference is that sols are approximately 40 minutes longer than a standard earth day.

However, one year on Mars is about 687 Earth days, which is the expected duration of the mission.

Perseverance weighs over a ton and is roughly ten feet long and 9 feet wide — not including its seven-foot arm. It uses a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator that uses radiation from the decay of Plutonium-238 to provide a continuous power supply. It also possesses two rechargeable lithium batteries that can withstand the rover’s activities and be recharged by the MMRTG while inactive.

According to NASA, Perseverance is just the beginning. It’s the first rover to carry a sample-catching capability that can procure promising samples and be returned to Earth by upcoming voyages.

The state-of-the-art instruments and tech-

nology carried by Perseverance are a vital step for further exploration. Its unique ability to be autonomous will allow more terrain to be covered and explored. In addition, this innovative technology will lead space exploration in a highly efficient direction.

The rover bears technology that demonstrates MOXIE, or Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment. Essentially, MOXIE produces oxygen from the carbon dioxide of Mars’ atmosphere, and presents solutions as to how scientists and future explorers may manufacture oxygen for rocket fuel and breathing.

Along with MOXIE, the NASA engineering team has developed two other experimental instruments called Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Instrument 2and Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer. There are seven instruments in total, making those alone a 130-pound payload.

Moreover, NASA built a helicopter named Ingenuity to accompany Perseverance on its mission. “While this will help the rover scout locations for further analysis, it’s also just cool,” Armstrong says. Ingenuity or “Ginny” may not have the same sample-collecting capabilities, but the data it gathers will be crucial to any future explorations.

As mentioned before, Ingenuity will help scout locations, meaning it will chart areas of interest and help draft prime driving routes for future rovers. The helicopter alone cost 80 million dollars to build and another five just to operate it. This adds up to a grand total of two billion dollars to build and operate the entire Mars 2020 mission.

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The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have dramatically affected the performing arts.

By MAYKEL VALLADARES

Correspondent

Even though concerts have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Utah Symphony has made it possible to access classical music concerts from the comfort of home.

With their newest on-demand streaming service, viewers can pay a fee to access a streamed performance.

One of the newest performances available to stream is called “Encore: Mozart & Mendelssohn String Quartets.” In order to promote the performance, the Utah Symphony hosted a virtual Q&A session on Feb. 2 with associate conductor Conner Gray Covington, violinist Yuki MacQueen and cellist John Eckstein.

MacQueen and Eckstein are both part of

the quartet, along with fellow Utah Symphony members violinist Alex Martin and violist Joel Gibbs. They have been playing as a quartet for over five years.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, they have limited rehearsal time at Abravanel Hall. The group decided to play selections from Mozart and Mendelssohn quartets, since they had done them for a previous concert.

“It would have been really hard to start something from scratch in an hour of rehearsal,” MacQueen said. “It was nice to dig up something familiar and change it up by covering our faces and distancing ourselves.”

After the discussion on the newest stream, fans were able to submit questions they had for the symphony members.

One of the questions asked was what the

hardest part of being a symphony member was. MacQueen said, during the pandemic, each orchestra member has grown used to playing by themselves. The orchestra needed more practice playing as a group.

When asked what the most memorable part of being a Utah Symphony member was, Eckstein and MacQueen agreed that it was the first day back after months of lockdown.

“Finally seeing our colleagues and playing together, that was extremely moving to me,” MacQueen said.

Covington agreed and added that though they have still been able to listen to music through their computers at home, hearing music in person again was a special experience.

“Being back in the hall and hearing the

physical sensation of the first Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, it was really overwhelming because it was like I had forgotten what it not only sounded like but felt like,” Covington said.

The Utah Symphony hopes to have live performances at Abravanel Hall by the next season. Audience members were invited to sign up on a wait list for information on next season’s performances.

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The 9/11 Memorial has been placed for all to see within the Newgate Mall.

By REBECCA GONZALES

Copy Editor

The Newgate Mall in Ogden recently welcomed a traveling 9/11 exhibit courtesy of nonprofit organization Honor365.

The exhibit commemorates the upcoming 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. It was first shown in Provo, Utah and will travel to 20 cities around the country, ending in New York on Sept. 12.

The exhibit opened Feb. 20 following a procession of local police and firefighters. Local law enforcement and Honor365 volunteers spoke to mall patrons in an opening event.

“This exhibit is intended to help heal. It’s intended to help unite our nation, and it’s intended to educate the rising generation,” said a representative from Honor365.

Melissa Sullivan, director of operations of Honor365, invited local first responders and community leaders to speak about their personal experiences regarding 9/11.

“We believe that the healing process can

come with sharing your story,” she said.

Unity was a common theme among the event’s speakers. Ogden Councilman Richard Hyer spoke about the sense of togetherness he felt following the infamous terrorist attacks.

“We came together with such unity, with such patriotism as a country, with a common feeling of goodwill towards each other,” he said.

Attendees of the event left with a renewed sense of patriotism and remembrance of the attack’s victims.

“It was very moving, and it made all of us who were standing there go back to remember exactly where we were when the first plane hit on 9/11,” Robin Smith, a mall employee who attended the event, said.

Captain Timothy Scott of the Ogden Police Department describes “the greatest loss of life in law enforcement in the history of the United States” as a time of change and renewal.

Scott was six years into his career in law

enforcement that fateful day in 2001. He described the change in law enforcement he witnessed as a pivotal point for the United States.

Prior to 9/11, there wasn’t as much interconnectivity between law enforcement agencies, and police personnel weren’t as watchful for domestic or foreign terrorists as they are now, according to Scott. In the past 20 years, everything has fundamentally changed, including how law enforcement works and how it investigates and looks out for potential threats.

Scott said the memorial is particularly poignant today, since the country is facing another crisis. The current wave of support for public safety officials reminds him of the massive amount of community support he and other officers experienced following 9/11.

“With COVID-19 and [the events of] 2020, there’s a lot of people that are just thanking and appreciating public safety and expressing that appreciation,” he said.

The exhibit was created by Daan van der

Steijn, a 19-year-old from the Netherlands.

According to Honor365’s website, he was inspired to create the exhibit after watching a documentary on Dutch television. He spent four years researching and replicating the World Trade Center and surrounding buildings in miniature.

Honor365 is an organization that serves veterans, first responders and their families.

They focus on providing resources such as education, healthcare, employment and housing to achieve their goal of fewer suicides.

The exhibit will be available to visit at the Newgate Mall, located at 3651 Wall Avenue in Ogden, during regular mall hours through March 10.

To support Honor365 and the traveling exhibit, visit their website, honor365.org.

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DO YOU KNOW YOUR NEWS? QUIZ ANSWERS FROM PAGE 2

1. The correct answer is A, Denver.

According to USA Today, air safety officials are investigating United Airlines Flight 328 after an engine caught fire and began to disintegrate, sending engine parts raining down into suburban Denver. No one aboard the flight or in the neighborhoods below were reported to be harmed.

3. The correct answer is B, New Jersey. According to ABC News, New Jersey has become the fourteenth state, along with the District of Columbia to legalize cannabis for recreational use.

Joint North Dakota bills that will legalize and restrict recreational marijuana were approved by state representatives and sent to the senate on Feb. 23.

4. The correct answer is D, 14.

According to the Standard-Examiner, the Ogden Police Department will be ramping up speeding enforcement citywide, due to the surprising rise in traffic deaths.

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2. The correct answer is D, Department of the Interior. According to the Associated Press, Haaland has served as a representative for New Mexico’s First Congressional District since 2019 and was questioned Feb. 23 by GOP lawmakers regarding her stance on oil drilling and energy development.

Air safety officials are investigating United Airlines after an engine caught fire on Flight 328 earlier this week.

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STRESSED? WE CAN HELP!

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Wildcat Chat College life can be stressful and sometimes you need someone who understands these stressors to chat with or even just vent to. Your fellow Wildcats are here and ready to listen!

Learn more and see the complete schedule at: weber.edu/CounselingCenter/wildcat-chat.html

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Anxiety Toolbox Group Most of us have some level of anxiety, but we still have to know how to manage it and keep living life. Anxiety Toolbox is a virtual group where you can learn about anxiety. It is not a counseling or therapy group, it is an educational group.

Learn more about the group at: weber.edu/CounselingCenter/virtual-anxiety-toolbox.html