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The Weber State University hockey team opened up their season with games against Utah Valley University and Utah State University.

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The Weber State University club hockey team opened their season hosting the Utah Valley Wolverines and the Utah State Aggies on Sept. 17 and 18, respectively.

The Wildcats kicked off their two-game weekend with a 15–1 win against UVU. The ‘Cats established a two-goal lead after both Carson Abercrombie and Cole VanOrman found the back of the net in the first period.

Weber State collected eight penalties in the first 20 minutes of play.

The Wildcats headed into the second period with the same momentum and went on a 7-point run. Three of the 7 points were scored in the first 90 seconds of the period.

In the third and final period, the Wildcats were able to put 6 additional points on the board.

Utah Valley scored in the final minutes of the third period when Joel Clark got one on the board for the Wolverines.

VanOrman, Jakob Besnilian and Jacob Schneider scored two goals each.

“It was a good start,” Ryan Brown said. “Every game won’t be a 15–1 win, but it is a good result for the start of the season.”

“I thought we played a pretty good game,” Keaton Morrison, Wildcats goaltender, said.

“Definitely a good way to start out the season.

I’m happy with where things are going. There’s definitely a lot more to come.”

Abercrombie, Brown, Osman Cholak, Will Fobair, Austin Chesworth, Louis Staffieri, Bryon Fobair, Kody Goodwin and Jaden Hewes all collected a goal for the ‘Cats.

“It was a good game,” assistant Coach Jonathan Cosman said. “We wanted these guys to come out strong. We wanted them to finish hits and execute on minor details. We felt in the first period we did pretty well, but we took a lot of penalties.”

Cosman went on to say there was some nervousness before the game since the team had a two-game season last year as well as the addition of some new players.

The following night, the ‘Cats were able to collect their second dub of the weekend after a 4–3 overtime win against in-state rival Utah State. The game winner was scored by Will Fobair.

The first three Wildcats to get a point up on the board were Cholak, Hewes and Besnilian.

“As the season goes along, we’re really just going to take it game by game,” said Brown.

“We’re going to go for nationals this year.”

The Wildcats hit the road for the Boise Showcase Sept. 23-26.

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The Biennial Faculty Art Showcase opened in the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery on Sept. 17, showcasing artwork from 25 different Weber State University faculty members, the first physical show held there since the pandemic began.

Usually occurring once every two years, this faculty show in particular was delayed last year due to COVID-19. Free and open to the public, the show will run until Nov. 13, with gallery hours running from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

Shaw Gallery Director Lydia Gravis said the exhibit is a valuable opportunity for the faculty as they share their own work and present themselves not just as teachers, but as artists.

Gravis said the faculty responded to current

events and issues through their various visual languages, from abstraction to visual meditation.

“This is an example of an exhibition that is truly diverse in content, in style and medium, so it’s a great chance for people to come out and see a huge variety of working artists who are also teachers and staff,” Gravis said.

Professor Jason Manley said his classroom teaching material influenced his work for the show. ”There are things that I teach that inspire what I do in my own work, and my own research comes out in my teaching,” Manley said. “It’s good for students to see what we do, what the faculty does and that we are practicing artists and not just teachers.”

Gravis said research is a big part of a professor’s professional career, and the visual arts seen in the exhibit are like research presenta-

tions — rather than being published in a paper or article, the research is presented in an exhibition of artwork.

Manley’s favorite part of exhibitions is showing off his hard work.

“I don’t make work to just go in my basement; I want people to see it,” Manley said.

“You present it, and it’s a moment to reflect on what you’ve done.”

Cassie Smith, marketing and public relations manager for Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities, said it was exciting to see what the faculty has been working on as well as finally hosting another in-person event.

“Our faculty are incredible artists, so it’s cool to see not only what they are doing in the classroom, but outside of the classroom,” Smith said. “This is what they are working on and this is what they are getting involved in.”

Smith said she is excited for everything this

exhibition represents, especially getting back to normal.

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A distorted portrait is on display alongside many other pieces within the exhibit.

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Weber State’s Marque Collins, 2, misses the tackle against James Madison’s Kris Thornton, 8.

Weber State’s Randal Grimes, 14, and James Madison’s Greg Ross, 9, exchange words following an aggressive play between the teams.

Though tensions were high between the Dukes and the Wildcats, JMU’s Scott Bracey, 1, and WSU’s Rasheed Shaheed, 22, find time to exchange a friendly embrace, embodying true sportsmanship.

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Despite drawing first blood with a 3–0 lead, No. 2-ranked James Madison University put No. 8-ranked Weber State University in their place early on in the game and took a 37–24 victory.

By the second-and-goal with 6:38 on the clock, the Dukes held a 10–3 lead when ‘Cats junior quarterback Randall Johnson stumbled backward and attempted to hand the ball off to sophomore running back Kris Jackson and lost control of the ball, putting it on the turf.

JMU’s sophomore safety Josh Sarratt scooped up the ball and ran untouched for an 88-yard touchdown, knocking the air out of the 11,222 Weber State fans at Stewart Stadium. Sarratt’s touchdown put the Dukes up 17–3 going into half, and JMU never slowed down on the way to their victory.

“That was a huge swing in momentum,”

Wildcats head coach Jay Hill said. “It was like a bomb went off. The level of like, what the heck just happened. We’ve got to do a better job handling adversity.”

Johnson was under center for the Wildcats in place of freshman Bronson Barron, who sat out with an injury. Although Johnson struggled, he orchestrated Weber State’s opening eight-play drive highlighted by a 23-yard pass to senior wide receiver Rashid Shaheed, who made a man miss and took off up the sideline picking up more yards-after-catch.

The momentous shift squandered efforts of the WSU defense that forced JMU to punt from their seven-yard line, and the ‘Cats took over at the Dukes’ 37 with a 12-play drive that took 4:52 off the clock.

Following his costly fumble, Johnson struck back against the Duke’s defense, leading Weber State on a seven-play drive where Josh Davis rushed three times for 13 yards and snagged an 8-yard pass, but on second-and-3 from the Duke’s 40, Johnson bombed a pass

to wideout Ty MacPherson, but it was underthrown and picked off by JMU cornerback Greg Ross.

Johnson was 6-of-13 passing for 69 yards with an interception in his one-half of play before sophomore Kylan Weisser took over the ‘Cats’ signal calling duties to start the third quarter after Hill swapped him out.

The Dukes started the second half with a burst of energy when JMU’s quarterback Cole Johnson completed five passes in a row for 25 yards followed by freshman running back Austin Douglas who took advantage of a Wildcat defensive breakdown and bolted through the Weber State Defensive line for a 45-yard gain before being pulled down by ‘Cats senior safety Preston Smith at Weber State’s 5-yard line.

“The effort was there, but we have to find a way to create some turnovers,” Wildcats’ junior defensive end George Tarlas said. “Get threeand-outs and put our offense back on the field.”

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The Wildcat cheer team lines up for kickoff with their “W’s” up high.

After limiting the Dukes’ attack in the opening half, the ‘Cats defense gave up 225 yards in the second.

Johnson facilitated the Dukes’ offense seamlessly all night, throwing for 177 yards, tossing two touchdowns and running for another.

“The quarterback, he’s very poised,” Hill said. “Bottom line, they executed very well.”

JMU wide receivers Kris Thornton and Antwane Wells Jr. each pulled down eight receptions with Wells Jr. going for 76 yards and two touchdowns.

The Dukes’ kicker, Ethan Ratke, knocked through JMU’s first points of the game — a 44yard field goal, the 78th of his career, which set the all-time FCS record for field goals made.

After multiple turnovers and game-shifting

plays backed Weber State against a wall, the ‘Cats clawed two touchdowns midway through the fourth quarter. Weisser hit Shaheed running free into the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown, capping off a 12-play drive with Davis carrying ball twice and catching a 24yard pass.

Davis ran in Weber State’s final points of the night from 2 yards out with under two min-

utes left.

“They are a top-two team in the country,” Hill said. “They acted like it. They looked like it.

They’re physical, and they execute very well.”

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By LISSETE LANDAVERDE Asst. Section Editor

Hispanic Heritage Month has begun, and in celebration, Weber State University has a month full of events planned starting Sept.

15 and continuing until Oct. 15. The theme of this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month is “Esperanza.”

The celebratory month was kicked off with David Romero, a spoken word artist and performer, on Sept. 15 over Zoom.

Romero presented his spoken poems and Latinx, Hispanic and Mexican-American histo-

ry in his keynote speech. The poems focused on a range of topics, including identity, immigration status, border conflict and cheese enchiladas.

He also gave the audience a look at his family’s history in the United States and the ways in which he internalized it.

Romero’s family has deep roots in the United States. His great-great grandparents lived through the Mexican-American War. Because they were living in an area of Mexico that was absorbed by the United States, they abruptly gained American citizenship.

Regarding his upbringing, Romero said his father’s side of the family believed in assimilating to American culture and leaving their

own language and culture behind.

This changed one day when Romero’s father sat him down and said he needed to learn to be Latinx due to how much the world was changing.

Romero said in his keynote presentation that the U.S. will have more citizens of minority groups than white people by the year 2044.

Additionally, a quarter of the minority population will be composed of Hispanic or Latinx people, mainly of Mexican descent.

According to WSU’s strategic plan, they anticipate becoming an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution, an institution which serves at least 15% of students who come from Hispanic or Latinx descent, by the fall of 2025.

As of fall 2020, 11% of WSU’s students were Hispanic or Latinx.

In addition to the keynote, there were two other events in the community on Sept. 15.

One was the Bicentenario Celebration in Salt Lake City with the Mexican Consulate. The event included a “Grito de Independencia,” or “Cry of Independence,” in honor of Mexico’s Independence Day. The Davis Applied Technology College cafeteria served Latin American food on Sept. 15.

This will happen again on Sept. 22 and 29 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The food will cost between $4-10.

There are many other events planned throughout the rest of the heritage month on

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Romeo gives the audience a lesson on how Latin America came to be.

campus and in the community, including diversity meetings, art galleries, cultural performances and community service and resource events.

WSU’s Ballet Folklórico will hold a photo booth event in the Bell Tower plaza on Sept.

30 at 5 p.m. There will be live music by Carlos Eligio Garcia, and attendees will be able to take photos with the dancers.

The Ogden Contemporary Art and Shaw Gallery Project Space at WSU will be opening the “Vida, Muerte, Justicia” exhibit of 21st century Latin American and Latinx art on Oct. 1.

There will be an Agustín Casasola art exhibit displayed in the bridge between Shepherd Union and the Student Services Center throughout the month of October, backed by Access and Diversity and the Center for Multi-

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cultural Excellence.

The Hispanic Area Council will be hosting a family-friendly puppet show titled “La Conquista de América | Yo Sé Quién Sabe, Lo Que Usted No Sabe” over Zoom on Oct. 9 at 11 a.m.

WSU states on their Strategic Plan web page that one of their values is “embracing all identities through the promotion ofbelonging, creativity, uniqueness and self-expression.”

Another one of their core themes has to do with access, in which they aim to provide an affordable and quality education for all students, regardless of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

This sentiment is felt throughout the student body, specifically with WSU’s 2021-22 Hispanic Senator Stefanie Vazquez.

Despite the small size of the Hispanic and Latinx community at WSU, Vazquez still feels like the university makes sure the students feel like they have a place on campus.

However, there are still many steps the university can take to make its students feel more welcome, as Leticia Mata Rodriguez, one of WSU Ballet Folklórico’s leaders, said.

Rodriguez, Vazquez and Guadalupe Garcia, another WSU Ballet Folklórico leader, shared Romeo performs his poem “Undocumented Football” about a high school their experiences of trying to promote the football player on DACA. Hispanic Heritage Month events by post-

ing on social media and putting posters up around campus.

The three noticed the lack of promotion from the university and other departments.

They said the only ones putting effort into promoting the events were the Center for Multicultural Excellence and the people involved in the events.

Recommendations for improvement they gave included showing the promotional poster on TVs and computers around campus and also sharing it on WSU’s main social media accounts.

“I feel like we don’t get so much support from the university itself, and I know it’s slowly growing, but we still need the support from different departments on campus making sure that students are involved in these events that we are creating for them,” Rodriguez said.

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Romeo explains the difference between the Hispanic and Latinx identities.

By MARIANNA LUCIA LOPEZ LURITTA Translator

El Mes de la Herencia Hispana ha comenzado, y para celebrarlo Weber State University tiene planeado un mes lleno de eventos que comienzan el 15 de sept. y continúan hasta el 15 de oct. El tema del Mes de la Herencia Hispana de este año es “Esperanza”.

El mes de celebración se inició con David Romero, un artista de la palabra hablada e intérprete, el 15 de sept. sobre Zoom.

Romero presentó sus poemas hablados y la historia latina, hispana y mexicanoamericana en su discurso de apertura. Los poemas se centraron en una serie de temas, como la identidad, la situación de la inmigración, el conflicto fronterizo y las enchiladas de queso.

También ofreció a la audiencia una mirada a la historia de su familia en Estados Unidos y la forma en que la interiorizó.

La familia de Romero tiene profundas raíces en Estados Unidos. Sus tatarabuelos vivieron la guerra mexicano-estadounidense. Como

vivían en una zona de México que fue absorbida por Estados Unidos, obtuvieron abruptamente la ciudadanía estadounidense.

En cuanto a su educación, Romero dice que la parte de la familia de su padre creía en la asimilación de la cultura estadounidense y en dejar atrás su propia lengua y cultura. Esto cambió un día cuando el padre de Romero lo sentó y le dijo que tenía que aprender a ser latino debido a lo mucho que estaba cambiando el mundo.

Romero dijo en su presentación principal

que Estados Unidos tendrá más ciudadanos de grupos “minoritarios” que blancos para el año 2044. Además, una cuarta parte de la población minoritaria estará compuesta por personas hispanas o latinas, principalmente de ascendencia mexicana.

Según el plan estratégico de la WSU, prevén convertirse en una institución emergente de servicio a los hispanos, una institución que atiende al menos al 15% de los estudiantes de ascendencia hispana o latina, para el otoño de 2025.

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Romeo explains his family’s history while displaying a photo of his great-great-grandmother.

En el otoño de 2020, el 11% de los estudiantes de la WSU eran hispanos o latinos.

Además del discurso de apertura, hubo otros dos eventos en la comunidad que tuvieron lugar el 15 de sept. Uno fue la celebración del Bicentenario en Salt Lake City con el Consulado de México. El evento incluyó un “Grito de Independencia”, en honor al Día de la Independencia de México.

La cocina latinoamericana también se sirvió en la cafetería del Davis Applied Technology College el 15 de sept. Esto sucederá de nuevo el 22 de sept. y 29 de 11 a.m. a 12:30 p.m. La comida tendrá un costo de $ 4 - $ 10.

Hay muchos otros eventos planeados durante el resto del mes del patrimonio en el campus y en la comunidad, incluyendo reuniones de diversidad, galerías de arte, actuaciones culturales y eventos de servicio y recursos comunitarios.

El Ballet Folklórico de la WSU celebrará un evento de fotomatón en la plaza de la Torre de la Campana el 30 de sept. a las 5 p.m. Habrá música en vivo de Carlos Eligio García y los asistentes podrán tomarse fotos con los bai-

larines.

La Ogden Contemporary Art y la Shaw Gallery Project Space de la WSU inaugurarán la exposición “Vida, Muerte, Justicia / Life, Death, Justice” de arte latinoamericano y latinx del siglo XXI el 1 de oct.

Habrá una exposición de arte de Agustín Casasola en el Shepherd Union Skybridge durante todo el mes de octubre, respaldada por Access and Diversity y el Center for Multicultural Excellence.

El Hispanic Area Council presentará un espectáculo de marionetas para toda la familia titulado “La Conquista de América | Yo Sé Quién Sabe, Lo Que Usted No Sabe” a través de Zoom el 9 de oct. a las 11 de la mañana.

La WSU afirma en su página del Plan Estratégico que uno de sus valores es “abrazar todas las identidades a través de la promoción de la pertenencia, la creatividad, la singularidad y la autoexpresión”.

Otro de sus temas centrales tiene que ver con el acceso, en el que pretenden ofrecer una educación asequible y de calidad a todos los estudiantes, sin importar su origen socioeco-

nómico y cultural.

Este sentimiento se siente en todo el cuerpo estudiantil, específicamente con la senadora hispana de la WSU 2021-22, Stefanie Vázquez.

A pesar del pequeño tamaño de la comunidad hispana y latina en la WSU, Vázquez siente que la universidad se asegura de que los estudiantes sientan que tienen un lugar en el campus.

Sin embargo, todavía hay muchos pasos que la universidad puede tomar para hacer que sus estudiantes se sientan más bienvenidos, como dijo Leticia Mata Rodríguez, una de las líderes del Ballet Folklórico de la WSU. Rodríguez, Vázquez y Guadalupe García, otra líder del Ballet Folklórico de la WSU, compartieron sus experiencias al tratar de promover los eventos del Mes de la Herencia Hispana publicando en las redes sociales y colocando carteles alrededor del campus.

Los tres notaron la falta de promoción por parte de la universidad y otros departamentos. Dijeron que los únicos que se esforzaron en promover los eventos fueron el Centro para la Excelencia Multicultural y las personas invo-

lucradas en los eventos.

Las recomendaciones de mejora que dieron incluyeron mostrar el cartel promocional en las televisiones y ordenadores del campus y también compartirlo en las principales cuentas de medios sociales de la WSU. “Siento que no recibimos mucho apoyo de la propia universidad, y sé que está creciendo lentamente, pero todavía necesitamos el apoyo de diferentes departamentos en el campus asegurándose de que los estudiantes están involucrados en estos eventos que estamos creando para ellos”, dijo Rodríguez.

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team will score 3 points and the other will score 3 points, but the team who wins is the most consistent through the highs and lows,” freshman libero/outside hitter Makayla Sorensen said.

The third set was tied at five when Nay scored three kills and the Mavericks weren’t able to avoid two attack errors as Weber State put 5 points on the board to lead 10–5.

Shortly after, UNO turned the 5-point deficit into a 4-point lead as they strung together an 11–2 run with four kills by Limback.

After numerous kills from Nay, Adams and Mangum, and errors from UNO, the Wildcats powered forward to a 25–20 win and forced a fourth set.

Kansas State University claimed the The fourth set went back-and-fourth as each victory of the Weber State University team traded points until two kills by Limback, during the Omaha Challenge tournaone by Fairbanks and an ace by Shayla McCor- ment. mick brought the Mavericks’ lead to 23–18.

Warner, causing Warner to receive an attack A couple of kills by Adams and an ace by error to give WSU a 1–0 set lead.

Nay would help close the gap to 23–21, but From the second set forward, the next three a service error by Nay and a game-sealing kill sets were very similar with WSU on the losing from Fairbanks ended Weber State’s hope for end all three times. In the second set, KSU a comeback as they lost 25–22. made up ground and won 25–23.

“The teams that we have played so far this “We have to clean up a few things like beseason have been really tough,” Nay said. “You ing more disciplined, but when we continue have to earn your points. We didn’t play as to fight and play as a team, we can compete crisp and didn’t do as well as we could have.” with anyone,” Nay said.

On the second day of the tournament, the The team kept fighting until the end by Wildcats played Kansas State, who had a 9–2 squeezing in 3 points at the end of the third Weber State University went head-to-head with the University of Nebraska at record. and fourth sets to close the lead of KSU’s to Omaha and Kansas State University on Sept. 16-17.

One major change to the starting lineup 24–23, but WSU couldn’t get the 2 points they game,” WSU head coach Jeremiah Larsen said. was redshirt freshman setter Kate Standifird needed.

Nay had 35 kills and 30 digs, and Adams In the first game of the Omaha Challenge, taking the place of Ashlyn Power for the game

By ALEC CIPOLLINI against K-State. would finish the two-game series with 30 kills WSU faced UNO, who had gone 3–7.

The MavReporter The first set of the game was the same as and 21 digs to cap off the Omaha Challenge. ericks started the game up 11–5 after going Standifird had a day to remember against on an 8–2 scoring run thanks to three attack the Omaha game, both teams trading points Weber State University’s volleyball team, errors by WSU and two kills from hitter Sadie between one another and finding it difficult to K-State as she led the team in assists with 41, with a previous record of 5–5, had a chance to Limback. break through. took third in digs with 14 and earned three pick up two wins against the University of NeWSU gained a lead after Mangum kickstart- aces in her first start of the season. Sorensen Weber State responded by tying the game braska at Omaha and Kansas State University at 12 after a 7–1 run of their own as they ed a 3-point run to make the score 23–20 and led in digs throughout both games with 41. on Sept. 16-17 but lost both games 3–1, effec- forced UNO to commit four attack errors, three was closing in on winning the first set, but Weber State begins their Big Sky Confertively setting them back to before the start of from outside hitter Marriah Buss. the game tied again after two attack errors by ence title defense as the 2021 fall season the 2021 Big Sky Conference.

UNO ran away with the set after a tie of 16– Rylin Adams and K-State’s outside hitter Aliyah opens up against Portland State.

“We wanted to regain a better effort phys- 16 when they outscored WSU 9–2 to win the Carter scored a kill.

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Mangum registered another kill, and freshsignpost.mywebermedia.com Limback, middle blocker Lakyn Graves and man middle blocker Baylee Bodily blocked an outside hitter Rachel Fairbanks stole the show attempt by Kansas State’s outside hitter Haley for the Mavericks during the second set as they got 11 kills to win that set 25–17. The Wildcats’ outside hitters Dani Nay and Rylin Adams and middle blocker Emma Mangum combined for WE CAN HELP! 12 out of the 17 points, all by kills.

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