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The Intermountain Sustainability Summit is an annual event hosted by SPARC for sustainability professionals as well as emerging leaders.

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Weber State University’s Sustainability Practices and Research Center is a resource designed to educate students, faculty, staff, alumni and the broader community on the environment and sustainability both on and off campus.

The center works closely with the Energy and Sustainability Office under the arm of Facilities Management by putting on community events to raise awareness, such as the upcoming Empower Northern Utah event that will be focused on LED lightbulbs and smart thermostats.

Alice Mulder, associate professor of geography and director of SPARC, explained the importance of understanding what is happening across campus revolving around sustainability.

While SPARC is a resource that wears many hats, Mulder’s focus has been on encouraging faculty to include some aspect of sustainability education in their classes.

“Every fall for the last few years, I have organized a speaker series focused on sustainability,” Mulder said. “The last few years, we had a series that was focused on climate change.”

This fall, the series is titled Sustainability Snapshots, Stories of Sustainability Teaching, Application and Research.

The next event in the speaker series will feature Matt Gnagey, associate professor of eco-

nomics at WSU. The Sept. 7 presentation, titled “The Economics of Secondary Water — What’s it Worth?” is in Lindquist Hall room 395 and is also accessible via Zoom at 1:30 p.m.

The series will be centered around faculty.

Many faculty members who will be involved, Mulder explained, are award-winning members of WSU in their respective fields. These faculty members will speak to different viewpoints around sustainability, such as achievements in the research they have completed and how that can relate to sustainability.

Bonnie Christiansen, academic sustainability coordinator at WSU, works to promote sustainability because it comes down to a basis of how we interact and connect with each other.

“The future starts now,” Christiansen said.

“The choices we make every day impacts our tomorrow and the days that follow.”

Christiansen said by choosing more sustainable habits and behaviors today, we get to decide the world we want to live in, and tomorrow starts with an individual relationship with sustainability awareness today.

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By DALTON GALLEGOS Reporter

The Ogden City Council voted to enter into a new program with other communities to procure utility-scale renewable energy for both residents and businesses. The program, called The Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Community Renewable Energy Program, passed in March 2019 by the Utah Legislature, required each participating council to pass a resolution to establish a goal of using renewable energy for 100% of the city’s annual electrical supply.

Following the legislation in 2019, the Ogden City Council reviewed the CREP to decide if they would participate, and they officially adopted the resolution to make the switch to electrical supply to renewable energy by 2030.

Janene Eller-Smith, executive director of the Ogden City Council, gave the presentation to the city council in July and said the program is the first of its kind in the nation.

“This was to serve as a model for local governments to partner with a major utility to deliver a customer choice model,” Eller-Smith said. “Ultimately, the goal is to get renewable energy by 2030.”

Currently, the program only targets converting the electricity supply to renewable energy

and only Rocky Mountain Power is working with the agreement or is affected by the legislation passed regarding the agreement.

“There are other utility companies in Utah, but those companies are through an organization called UM, so the program only applies to Rocky Mountain Power,” Christiansen said.

Finalized participation must be approved by ordinance by September 2022, and after that point, renewable energy will be the default source of electricity for customers in participating communities, though individuals can opt-out for their services. The first renewable resources produced by the CREP project are anticipated to be online in 2025 or 2026.

Both Eller-Smith and Christiansen feel the Ogden’s renewable energy program is exploring whethprogram is going to help Ogden residents and er the city will commit to moving towards 100% renewable energy. are excited for the program.

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LEADING IN DIVERSITY WITH PASSION AND EXPERIENCE

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every day each of us can have an impact on the world.”

Griffin also fights to make change outside of her classroom. During only her second year at WSU, Griffin was elected chair of the communication department’s diversity committee where she dedicated herself to creating a space where faculty, staff and students feel accepted.

While she will have to step down as the committee chair, Griffin believes this is the perfect time to be taking on a larger role for the university.

“I am excited to jump on at a time where things like critical race theory are being pushed against because this is where I can really highlight some of that lobbying work that I have behind me,” Griffin said.

But Griffin’s passion for inclusiveness doesn’t just come from her lobbying work.

Coming from an East Indian family, Griffin experienced bullying throughout middle

and high school following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

“From work to school, it was a very isolating experience, and it’s even prevalent in higher education,” Griffin said. “This is why I love when schools create programs like this, because we can no longer let students struggle through it by themselves.”

Griffin will continue teaching an online Mass Media and Society course for the fall semester, but will likely switch her focus to her new role after winter break.

“I will miss teaching, but I am glad that I still get to have those relationships with students where I can help them feel safe,” Griffin said.

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Kayla Griffin wears many hats at Weber State University: professor, volunteer coach, committee chair and more. This summer, she added another title: the Diversity and Inclusive Programs Coordinator.

While the office might be new for Griffin, she already has a long history of striving to create welcoming environments for students.

After working for the federal government, and even zoos and aquariums, in Idaho, Griffin moved to Utah in 2019 to teach at WSU. As a communication instructor, she taught classes such as Intercultural Communication and Mass Media and Society, which helps to teach students to incorporate diverse viewpoints into their communication styles.

“Kayla fiercely defends diversity and inclusion,” said Kyle Housley, a digital media

student at WSU who took Interpersonal and Small Group Communication under Griffin during her first semester teaching.

Housley went on to describe how Griffin made it abundantly clear that any form of discrimination would not be tolerated in her classroom and that she would actively speak out against any type of injustice.

On top of teaching, Griffin served as a volunteer coach for the university’s speech team alongside her husband, Mark Galaviz. As a previous speech competitor herself, Griffin has helped students write pieces that embrace both social justice and personal issues.

Rebecca Baggett, speech team captain and a senior at WSU, is just one student Griffin has helped find their voice while in a difficult environment.

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By NOAH LUTMAN Reporter

Weber State University has added 12 new degree and certificate options this semester to tailor to specialized fields. The degrees include one new master’s program, three new bachelor’s degrees, three new associate degrees and five new certificate programs.

The new Master of Social Work is the fourth master’s program in social work in the Utah public university system.

Mark Bigler, professor and chair for the Department of Social Work & Gerontology, said the program will have a clinical focus that gives it an advantage over aspects of the other masters’ degrees available in the field.

“The program will have an explicitly clinical course study as opposed to an advanced generalist program,” Bigler said. “Currently, three graduate programs exist in the Utah higher ed. system, and BYU is the only one with a clinical focus.”

Advanced standing also allows students

with undergraduate degrees in social work to complete their master’s degree in one year rather than two, Bigler said, also expressing that a local commitment to community well-being is an integral part of the mission for the new master’s program.

The college of engineering also added to its breadth of degree offerings with a new Bachelor of Science in Energy Engineering as well as certification in sustainable engineering and systems engineering. Systems engineering includes the analysis, development, implementation or retirement of systems in any variety of fields.

Nicole Batty, an instructor in systems engineering, said the school’s programs prepare students for a global view when addressing concerns related to the field. Batty said all students are prepared through the content curriculum for the career systems engineering professional exam.

“Industry relevance translates to additional career advancement opportunities,” Batty said.

Justin Owen, the energy manager for the

Department of Energy Services on campus, said the new programs will also help students gain experiential knowledge.

“The advent of the new program gives the opportunity to show students the campus as a sort of laboratory,” Owen said.

He cited the university’s carbon neutrality goal as part of the mission in the curriculum for students and how the benefits of students participating in that goal are applicable to life after college.

The new degree options at Weber State started this semester and span across multiple departments and programs of study. A release from the college in early August cites the wide new array of options as increasing employability for graduates in fields ranging from STEM to the social sciences.

Certifications for those with a bachelor’s degree offer a competitive edge with specialized instruction on skill sets attractive to employers. Students are encouraged to continue and explore options throughout their time at Weber and wherever their academic and career aspirations may take them.

Four of the certification programs are for students who already hold a bachelor’s degree. Post-bachelor’s certificates have become popular as employers think of new ways to find employees with needed skill sets.

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KICKING OFF

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THE FOOTBALL SEASON WITH BIG SKY CHAMPS

The Wildcats scrimmaged at Stewart Stadium on Aug. 20 to prepare for the upcoming season.

By MILES SHAW Section Editor

Weber State football is back. Wildcat fans can see the reigning Big Sky Champions return to the gridiron after a fall 2020 with no games played in the autumn months, and the Wildcats claimed another Big Sky title in the six-game spring season.

“The energy’s high. Everybody’s ready to get going and start working and pick up where we left off in the spring,” senior linebacker Conner Mortensen said.

On the sidelines, the Wildcats added Gary Andersen, former head coach for Utah State University, Southern Utah University, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon State University.

Between the lines, the team has almost all of their players returning.

“Today was different because we returned 15 fifth-year seniors,” head coach Jay Hill said after the first day of fall camp.

The defense, which was ranked No. 1 in the Big Sky Conference, returns a group of senior leadership led by Mortensen, who earned the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year Award in the 2021 spring season along with a spot on the All-Big Sky First Team.

Mortensen ended the regular season with 44 total tackles, 9.5 tackles for a loss, an interception and a sack.

Senior linebacker Sherwin Lavaka finished the season third on the team in two categories, recording 26 total tackles and two sacks.

The Kearns, Utah, native earned a spot at inside linebacker on the All-Big Sky Second

Team following the spring season.

Anchoring the defense up front is 300-pound senior D-lineman Jared Schiess, who grabbed 1.5 sacks and 17 total tackles in the spring.

“There’s guys on the defense I’ve been with for five, almost six years. We’re so close; we’re like brothers out there,” Mortensen said. “We know everybody’s going to do their job, and we’re going to hold each other accountable.”

Roaming the defensive backfield for the Wildcats is senior safety Preston Smith, who led the Wildcats with three interceptions roaring around the secondary in the spring, and ripped the quarterback to the ground for a sack.

The Mesquite High School graduate registered 21 total tackles — 16 of them solo. He was named First Team All-Big Sky along with

fellow defensive backs sophomore Eddie Heckard and junior Desmond Williams.

Leading the way with five players on the Big Sky Conference First Team Defense, the Wildcats look to be even better this fall with all of them returning with wisdom and experience.

“The expectations get higher every year.

We’re confident that every year our team has been better and better,” Mortensen said.

“Unfortunately we couldn’t get as far as we would’ve liked in the spring, but we have the expectations to win a national championship.”

Championship expectations have been a yearly occurrence under coach Hill.

The reigning Big Sky Coach of the Year has turned the Wildcats into a perennial FCS powerhouse, and the team reached its highest FCS ranking ever when Weber State was No. 2 in the nation this past spring.

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Transfer junior receiver Randal Grimes from USC and junior transfer tight end Jordan Allen out of Tennessee join the Wildcats and add depth and playmaking ability.

“Both of those guys are both good dudes.

Randall brings a lot of joy and happiness in the locker room, and Jordan’s a hard worker,” Barron said.

The running back group, which plowed through blockers and moved the chains for the Wildcats last season, includes First Team All-Big Sky Josh Davis, Second Team All-Big Sky Dontae McMillan and senior Dave Jones.

Last season, Davis rushed for 386 yards while averaging 5.8 yards per carry and scored a touchdown, while McMillan ran for 376 yards and put the ball into the end zone five times.

“We have the potential to be really good, great actually, so we just got to come out and play 11-man football,” Barron said. “Once we get all of us executing together, we’re going to be dangerous.”

Weber State was selected to finish first place in the Big Sky with seven first place votes in the Preseason Coaches Poll. Montana and Eastern Washington each had two first-place

votes that secured them at the No. 2 spot.

The Wildcats aren’t buying into the hype, and instead look back at the spring as motivation for what they can do in the upcoming season.

“It’s like an itch we can’t quite scratch until we get to that point again, but it’s just fuel for the fire,” Mortensen said.

The team will take a short bus ride to open the season at Rice-Eccles Stadium in a showdown with the Utah Utes on Sept. 2, before heading to St. George on Sept. 1 to face Dixie State.

The Wildcats return to Ogden for the home-opening battle of FCS powerhouses against James Madison on Sept. 18.

“We’ve got a great schedule combined.

We get to open at the University of Utah, and then we’ve got James Madison, who’s one of the top one or two teams in the country,” Hill said. “This is a really good schedule for us and a great home schedule.”

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Tight end Jordan Allen, 97, battles a defender clinging to his waist in 1-on-1 drills at Stewart Stadium during fall camp.

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ern Arizona, but won the game 28–23 on a last-second Hail Mary.

“We’d get leads, then we didn’t step on the pedal, and we need to do that,” Barron said.

In the first round of the FCS Playoffs the Wildcats built a 14–0 lead, but the game got away from them and they fell 34–31.

“Offensively we have to score points in the red zone. That playoff game really helped us understand that we can’t let teams hang around with us,” Barron said.

Weber State’s wide-receiving core will pose threats to opposing defenses and no doubt put points on the board.

All-Big Sky First Team kick and punt returner Rashid Shaheed, along with Ty MacPherson, David Ames and Devon Cooley, returns this fall.

MacPherson led the team with 395 receiving yards, while Shaheed and tight end Justin Malone caught three touchdowns each and made dynamic plays all over the field.

Shaheed has antagonized Wildcat opponents and the Big Sky Conference for years with his lightning speed. His five career kickoff return touchdowns nears an all-time FCS record.

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The spring season proved valuable to the offense, especially freshman quarterback Bronson Barron who was returning from a two-year religious mission.

His time off didn’t seem to be an issue as he hit the gridiron throwing in his first game wearing the purple and white, leading the Wildcats to a 49–21 win over Idaho State with four touchdowns and 312 yards through the air this past March.

“Bronson grew a ton in the spring, and the sky’s the limit for him,” Mortensen said of the freshman signal-caller.

Although he broke his wrist in the second game, he returned in just eight days and ended his season with seven touchdowns, two interceptions and 1,071 yards passing.

“To not play football for a couple years and to come back and get six games of experience,” Barron said. “You can’t emulate that in another way.”

The offense will be in its first fall season with offensive coordinator Matt Hammer calling the plays. Hammer led the Wildcats offense in the spring to an average of 27.5 points per game.

The Wildcats were up 14–0 against North-

Quarterbacks Bronson Barron, 10, Randall Johnson, 9, and Cooper Creyton, 8, drop back to pass during drills at Stewart Stadium on Aug. 18.

Weber State’s 2021 Block Party was Willy Wonka themed, shown by the balloon arches at the entrance of the event.

By JOSHUA KAMP Section Editor

The Block Party was a day to celebrate, doubly so, after a year hiatus from in-person interaction due to COVID-19 on Sept. 3. It was a day was a chance for clubs, academic departments, fraternities, sororities and organizations of all kind to connect with students on campus and make themselves known.

The Block Party had a hint of sugar sprinkled on top with an inkling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, complete with a chocolate fountain and plenty of candy. “Weber is Your Winning Ticket” read a flyer for the event.

The day began with a longtime Weber State tradition: purple pancakes for breakfast at 8 a.m., just outside of the Shepherd Union in the Waterfall Plaza. As the day continued, more and more organizations set up shop in the union, plaza, grass and sidewalks stretch-

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The plaza was filled with Block Party booths, food trucks and other student activities.

ing all the way down to the statue of Louis Moench at the main entrance to campus.

Ben Ferney, WSUSA Student Body President, stressed the importance of the Block Party as a chance for students to be social and feel a sense of belonging on campus.

“I think it is such an exciting opportunity, really,” Ferney said. “Being shut out, being on Zoom calls and all of the social distancing we’ve done. I think that has really affected student’s emotional health.”

Several tents at Block Party stood for the many student organizations focused on supporting diversity and minorities on campus.

“The Men of Color Initiative is a new tool for males because males are not staying in college, so we are hoping to help people become more connected,” said Monica Rodriguez, a representative for the Center of Multicultural Excellence. “We provide scholarships, academic guidance and help to develop leadership skills so men of color can navigate the

higher education system.”

Tia Nero is diversity, equity and inclusion program coordinator, and wants all students to know that they belong at Weber.

“We have really good opportunities for everybody, including caucasians, that want to develop skills or get to know more about what is the meaning and the component of diversity,” Nero said.

At WSU, some organizations that focus on specific ethnicities to offer support, but none of them exclude students who need help.

“Our organization is mainly for Pacific Islanders, but anyone is welcome to join,” Finau Tauteoli, president of The Ohana Association, or TOA, said. “We focus on just connecting back to like our roots, whatever Pacific Island you are from. We want to help students trying reach a higher education.”

Race and ethnicity is just one form of diversity on campus. Politics is another. Between a life-size cardboard Trump on one side and

Biden on the other sat the tent for the Walker Institute of Politics and Public Service, symbolizing a sometimes harsh divide the Institute aims to bridge.

“The political world has become very contentious,” said Becky Stromberg, an administrative specialist for the Walker Institute. “We are all about promoting being nice to one another. We are promoting having civil conversations with one another across the political spectrum.”

The university marching band and cheer squad ended the afternoon with fanfare, as the band marched through the sidewalks and plaza into the union. “It’s a fresh year, a new experience, and students should be excited for what’s coming,” Ferney said.

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Ashlyn Power, 19, Emma Mangum, 9, and Dani Nay, 12, huddle up in Swenson Gym.

The Wildcats prepare for action behind the net.

By EMILY MILLER Section Editor

The Weber State volleyball team co-hosted the Northern Utah Classic this past weekend with the Utah State Aggies and walked away 3-0.

To kickoff the weekend, the Wildcats hosted the Seton Hall Pirates on Aug. 27 and rallied past the blue and gray 3-0.

The starting lineup against all three opponents included the familiar faces of outside hitters Rylin Adams & Dani Nay, libero Mikayla Sorensen, opposite hitter Emma Mangum, middle blockers Sam Schiess and Liana Woodley, and setter Ashlyn Power.

Nay led the squad with seven service aces, Power tallied 39 assists, Mangum led the squad in kills with14 while Schiess and Adams each had 10.

The Wildcats closed out the match 20-25, 17-25 and 20-25.

Following the win against Seton Hall, the Wildcats also hosted the North Dakota Fighting Hawks and similarly went 3-0 like the day prior.

North Dakota opened the contest with six points against a slower Weber State who tallied one point before the ‘Cats picked up the pace.

“It’s the beginning of the season, there’s obviously a lot of things we’re working on,” said Nay. “I like where we’re at, I like that there’s a lot that we can get better at.”

Schiess, Adams and Nay all held over 10 kills while Nay also collected 13 digs for a double-double and Power tallied 28 assists.

The ‘Cats scratched past the Fighting Hawks 16-25, 13-25 and 14-25.

After collecting the two wins, the Wildcats were able to extend their winning streak at

home to a record breaking 18 wins.

The Aggies opened the Northern Utah Classic and their season against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks in a four set match. The Aggies went 19-25, 25-23, 20-25 and 9-25 on Aug 27. This was the first time in three years that the Aggies were able to secure a season-opening win.

Their double header came on Aug. 28, when USU started the day in a 3-0 win against Seton Hall, 11-25, 24-26, and 19-25.

On the evening of Aug. 28, the ‘Cats hit the road for an in-state matchup against the Aggies.

This hour drive brought the Wildcat faithful to an already packed Wayne Estes Center full of USU fans.

USU opened the contest in a close 23-25 victory but didn’t have a chance to catch their breath before the Wildcats responded with a 25-14 victory for the second set.

Both with a win under their belt, the Wildcats were ready to establish their lead and answered with the third set 21-25.

The Aggies weren’t done yet and rallied in the fourth set 25-20. The efforts weren’t enough to pass the Wildcats after Weber secured the fifth set 10-15.

Adams led the squad with 23 kills, three aces and one block, Nay secured her second double-double after tallying 15 kills and five aces, Emma Mangum collected 15 kills and three blocks, and Sam Schiess finished out with seven kills.

After their performance, Adams won the Big Sky Offensive Player of the week and Mangum was named MVP of the Northern Utah Classic.

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The LGBTQ community in Ogden may not seem prominent looking in, but there are many members and allies around the city.

One of the communities in Ogden is the LQ Zine, a self-published magazine run by Lisa Hallows as editor and Kye Hallows as collaborator with the help of Ogden Arts, which was created in hopes of bringing more attention to the community and their talents.

According to Kye Hallows, the zine was created with the LGBTQ population of Ogden in mind, given how large yet underrepresented they are.

Right now, the Hallows are offering the opportunity for any artistic LGBTQ members and allies in the Ogden community to submit their works for the possibility of having them printed in the LQ Zine, and artists whose submissions are chosen will be gifted $100.

Any medium of art that can be printed, like photographs, paintings, poems, tattoos and original recipes are welcome to be submitted.

Whether someone lives in, works in or has any other connection with the city of Ogden, they are welcome to submit their work. This zine is a way to feel more connected with the city and its supportive community.

“We just really wanted to highlight how queer this city really is and how safe it is for queer people,” Kye Hallows said.

Artists should send in their submissions through the link on the LQ Zine’s Instagram account and email. Fliers will also include a QR code that links to the Google Forms submission page.

The submission deadline for artwork is Sept. 12 and the issue is scheduled to publish in October. Art submitted after the deadline will be considered for the second printing of the zine.

Kye Hallows said he wants to bring attention to both members and allies, saying they are all contributing members of society.

“We are creative and rare cogs in making this machine — which is the city — go. We’re making it diverse and painting it rainbow, in a way,” Kye said.

As a transgender man, Kye found support

in the Ogden community throughout his transition, which has been one of the inspirations for this project. Because of the support he received, he feels the need to put it back out in the world to help others who may need it.

The LQ Zine will be available for purchase at local shops such as Lavender Vinyl and different pop-up events that will be announced through their Instagram account.

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