10.22.18 The Signpost Weber State University

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WSU AND OGDEN EVENTS

SPOOKS AND SPIDERS

By DARYN STEED A&E Editor

Eccles Community Art Center will host the Spooks and Spider’s class on Oct. 24, an opportunity for Ogden residents to create art and craft projects that can be used as Halloween decorations. The class will cost $8, and supplies for the decorations will be provided.

Pre-register for the class online at www.ogden4arts.org or call the center at (801) 392-6935.

BREWVIES AND BATCAVE CULT MOVIE NIGHT Batcave SLC and Brewvies Ogden are coming together to launch a monthly cult horror movie night on Oct. 25. Brewvies will host the films, which will begin at 9:30 p.m. Come enjoy tasty food and a brew to get yourself in the Halloween spirit.

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Jennifer Plumb, University of Utah physician, and Peter Sadler, Utah Naloxone program manager, will discuss Utah’s opioid epidemic. Utah has the seventh-highest drug overdose rate in the U.S., and six Utahns die every week from opioid overdoses. The event will take place on Oct. 26 in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms at 1 p.m., free to the public.

NESTS, NOOKS AND STORYBOOKS Every Tuesday afternoon, Ogden Nature Center will be hosting story time. Ogden residents can join in for a deep-dive exploration into the themes of a story while exploring the Nature Center.

No reservations are needed.

Check in at the Visitor Center. Storytime is included with the cost of admission to the Nature Center, which is $5 for adults and $3 for children.

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WSU-Davis will host the annual Halloween Carnival on Oct. 27. The family-friendly event will take place in the D3 ballroom, atrium and parking lot from noon to 4 p.m. The carnival will be free to the public. Costumes are welcome. Games, candy, prizes and trickor-treating will be available. Non-perishable food donations will be accepted at the door, and all donations will go to the Weber Cares Pantry program. pixabay.com

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By JAPHETH PLEASANT Sports Reporter

Oct. 12 men’s soccer game.

KELLY WATKINS | The Signpost

In their fourth game this season, the Weber State University men’s soccer team dominated Southern Utah in route with a 4–0 victory.

Getting off to a fast start, Weber State got out to a quick 2–0 lead, which allowed them to play in their forte by dropping back more and playing defensively.

Even though the Wildcats dropped back from the attack, they still controlled possession of the ball for the majority of the 90 minutes as part of their strategy.

“We’re playing to keep possession, be patient and strike when the time is right,” junior Jaiden Marriott said.

Marriott, who contributed two goals to the win, put on a striking clinic. Showing patience and choosing his shots wisely, Marriott launched two laser shots into the back of the net from over 30 yards out.

“The offense is built to get me the ball, play it to someone else, then get it right back to me,” Marriott said. “This game the defense was setting back, and I took advantage of it and ripped a couple long ones.”

The Wildcat chemistry on the pitch was unmatched throughout the entire game, seeming as if this team had been playing together for years, when, in fact, this is almost a completely new team.

“This year is kind of a rebuild year, and we’ve improved a lot. We’re continuing to build chemistry, and it’s coming together really nice,” Marriott said.

In the post-game team huddle, head coach Blake Barnes, who is in his second year in charge of the Wildcats, explained to his team why he wasn’t totally pleased by their performance and why they should have easily scored six or seven goals in this game.

“We need to do a better job of finishing, and that comes with always being confident and patient in the final third,” Barnes said.

“We’ve got to make the right decision, and put that shot where it needs to be.”

The Wildcats get to play on their home field for their next two matches and look to build on this commanding victory as they get ready to face Boise State and Utah State.

“We’ve had to start over from scratch, go back to the basics and get the team jelling again because we have a lot of new players,” Barnes said.

Despite being at home, these are not easy matches, so the Wildcats will definitely have to touch up a few tactical errors in preparation.

“Consistency is what we want and getting the players to be more patient but confident with the ball,” Barnes said. “Moving it back and forth across the field more and finishing when the time is there.”

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PREPARE FOR BATTLE: WATER WAR 2018 PITS UTAH SCHOOLS AGAINST EACH OTHER

By KAINOA NUNEZ S&T Reporter

The Utah Division of Water Resources (DWRe) began their third annual “H2Oath: Water-Wise Pledge” on Oct. 3. The school that wins will receive a $5,000 grant to the department or program that relates to water conservation on campus.

The competition will test which of ten Utah schools can acquire the most water conservation pledges from students and faculty.

The schools include Brigham Young University, Salt Lake Community College, Snow College, Southern Utah University, University of Utah, Dixie State University, Utah State University, Utah Valley University, Weber State University, and Westminster College.

WSU won last year by acquiring more pledges than USU at the last minute. WSU directed their grant toward further water conservation studies.

Marcie Larson, Utah Division of Water Resources public information officer, said the point of the competition is to commit to the little things that can make a difference.

“The purpose is to get people to be more aware what they’re able to do,” Larson said. “We tend to forget about the importance of preserving Utah’s most precious resource, which is water.”

The commitments include not watering landscapes on a hot day, after or during a thunderstorm and adjusting sprinklers to avoid spraying sidewalks and driveways. They also include watering no more than what the division’s Weekly Lawn Watering Guide recommends.

The guide is updated weekly

and is available at slowtheflow. org.

Todd Adams, deputy director of the Utah Division of Water Resources said the name of the competition is meant to evoke the excitement of summer water fights.

“We are interested to see which school is the most dedicated to water conservation, and this is a fun way to find out,” Adams said.

Faye Rutishauser, Utah state water conservation coordinator, said the division wants to see school leaders take the pledge to show they are committed to being good “water-stewards.”

“We encourage schools to get the information into their school newspapers, department newsletters, social media posts, billboards (electronic or otherwise) and going one step further and have announcements during their sporting events,” Rutishauser said.

Larson said that Drew Hodge, one of the WSU event’s organizers, provided a winning strategy that helped WSU win the competition last year.

“He understands the importance of being water efficient. He wanted to see students really start making a difference,” Larson said.

“Weber State is starting to be one of the most water efficient campuses in the state. He saw this as an opportunity to continue to grow and develop those initiatives.”

Between now and Oct. 20, DWRe hopes to collect as many pledges as possible in order to progress moving forward towards water conservation. The pledge can be found at water.utah.gov/H2Oath.

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By ALEXA NIELSON News Reporter

When Americans talk about WWII, they don’t often refer to the Japanese-American incarceration camps that spanned the country in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

These camps, created to hold Japanese-Americans suspected of being spies, began in 1942 and lasted until 1945.

Ted Nagata, who spoke at Weber State University on Oct. 15, was held in an incarceration camp called Topaz at a location very close to Delta, Utah. There were so many people in the camp that it was considered to be the fifth-largest city in Utah.

“It’s a complex story,” Nagata said.

“But I’ll break it down into two simple sentences: most people think the Japanese were punished for something they did, and they’re not sure what they did, but they knew they were punished. They were punished for something they did not do.”

Nagata said if one were to go back 100 years to understand how white Americans felt toward “Orientals,” they would see that it’s a history fraught with conflict and dissent. Chinese-Americans provided the bulk of the work for cross-country railways and were paid half of what white men were paid, often for more

dangerous jobs. However, when the railways were completed, Chinese-Americans were not invited to the celebration.

“Yellow Peril,” a term that implied the people’s of East Asia were a danger to the West, was common during WWII. Americans feared Asian immigrants coming to the U.S. would take employment opportunities from them because they’d work all day for less compensation.

In 1924, the U.S. passed an immigration act banning Japanese immigrants from coming into America. Forty years prior, there was a similar ban on Chinese immigrants.

Nagata noted that there were many hate groups directed toward Japanese immigrants before Pearl Harbor, but, after Pearl Harbor, the hate and anger reached a crescendo as wartime hysteria spread.

At this time, President Roosevelt was under intense pressure to act on the suspicions of Japanese spies. Nagata said a U.S. general went to Roosevelt with 13,000 arrested Japanese generals and suggested that they round up Japanese people and put them in camps to watch over them.

While there was no evidence of espionage, in 1942, executive order

9066 was signed, and 120,000 Japanese people were immediately put into camps, 68 percent of whom were U.S. citizens.

Nagata argued that this violated at least six constitutional violations: denial of a fair trial; denial of property rights; denial of life, liberty, and freedom; denial of voting rights; denial of religious freedom; and denial of equal protection.

In the camps, communicating in Japanese was banned. Americans worried that allowing written or spoken Japanese would lead to espionage. However, no Japanese-American was ever convicted of espionage before, during or after the war.

When the camps began, the government put up posters stating that Japanese-Americans had to evacuate and bring only what they could carry. Infamously, fine print at the bottom of the posters read the evacuations would occur on April 7. The posters were posted on April 1.

Nagata said Japanese-Americans had excelled in farming and had over 200,000 acres of farmland in California and supplied 40 percent of the produce there. The tension between Japa-

nese and white farmers was competitive, but when the camps were put in place, it eliminated the competition completely. Most homes and farms were lost to foreclosure while the owners were held in camps.

Nagata said everyone tried to make the best out of a bad situation, but three and a half years of their lives had been taken from them. When they came back to the real world, they were broken. They took menial jobs and faced overwhelming racism and bigotry.

Nagata’s family moved to Salt Lake City, and Nagata’s mother faced deep depression and mental hardship. She was in and out of hospitals for years after the closure and never recovered. He considers her to be a true victim of the camps.

His father was unemployed after the camps, and the family was on welfare.

His father did what he thought was best and put him and his sister into an orphanage. He said that was one of the better times in his young life because there was actually structure and a schedule he had to adhere to.

Nagata maintains that his story is one among hundreds, and the incarceration camps are simply a chapter in American history that goes unspoken.

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The monument at the Manzanar Internment Camp cemetery in Owen’s Valley, California.

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’CATS CUDDLE UP TO BACKSEAT LOVERS

By ALYSON JOHNSON A&E Reporter

The Backseat Lovers performed at Weber State University for the first time on Oct. 13, as part of the festivities leading up to the homecoming football game.

Though the rising indie-rock band has only been together for less than six months, they are quickly finding success and have gained a following throughout Utah.

The band, which is from the Salt Lake area, consists of lead singer and guitarist Josh Harmon, drummer and background vocalist Juice Welch, bass player Ethan Christensen and guitarist Jonas Swanson.

The band comes from diverse musical backgrounds. Harmon describes their music as a mix between indie, rock, folk and a little pop.

“Pretty much all of our songs have a different feel to them, which we love,” Welch said. “It makes it more interesting for us.”

After briefly forming about a year and a half ago, the band reconnected in June to compete at the Velour’s Battle of the Bands in Provo. The band exceeded their own expectations by winning both nights’ competitions.

“We played our first show on the first night and we said, ‘wow, we actually have some pretty good stage chemistry, this is a

lot of fun,’” Harmon said.

Their success at the Battle of the Bands competitions changed their attitude from being a band that practiced occasionally to a band that wanted to be full-time.

Since reconnecting as a band, The Backseat Lovers released their first 5 song EP, Elevator Days, in early June. In October, the band released their first single, Maple Syrup, which the band performed at the Weber State concert.

The band’s energy was hard to miss, as the crowd clapped and cheered throughout the entire performance.

WSU student Madsen Wessman, who attended the performance, said their music was catchy and entertaining.

“Their songs were music that I definitely could see myself jamming out to in the car, and the whole crowd seemed to be getting into it and having a good time as well,” Wessman said.

Harmon and Swanson agreed the energy and enthusiasm from their performances comes easy because of the friendship and chemistry they have together.

“Without even talking to each other, we’re just four or five steps ahead of the game, and we know what each other’s thinking,” Welch said.

Welch described the

band’s ability to work together in the song writing process as cohesive and positive. The majority of the time, either Harmon or Swanson will come up with an idea or part of a song, and the band will get together to finish writing the song as a group.

“We all put our heads together and build off of each other,” Welch said.

“It’s always a great day when a new song pops up.”

Harmon does the majority of the songwriting.

“I like to write music that’s rewarding for me to play and makes me feel satisfied and feel like I’m creating something that’s part of me,” Harmon said.

The band is constantly looking for new ways to get their music known and grow their fan base, with the goal of their music being played from coast to coast.

In the spring, the band will be moving into a house together to put full time energy into making music and saving money.

“We want to be sustainable as a fulltime gig,” Christensen said. “Not just make tons of money and hit it huge, but to be able to play and support ourselves and do what we love.”

The Backseat Lover’s music can be found on iTunes and Spotify.

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The Backseat Lovers performed at Weber State University Oct. 13.

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Local artist Brek Townsend’s temporary murals blur the line between street and gallery art. His work can be seen across downtown Ogden, appearing and disappearing overnight.

Street artist Banksy once said, “Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked, where every street was awash with a million colors and little phrases,” Auction Director Martin Nolan told Broadway World in 2013.

Long before the Banksy film “Exit Through The Gift Shop,” Brek Townsend had been, quite literally, painting the town. Today, he is becoming well-known for his large-scale, thought-provoking paper murals.

His installations often feature anti-establishment and propaganda themes.

“I force people to look at my artwork and hope that it makes them question things going on around them,” Townsend said. “I’m essentially throwing negative American ethos back in their faces.”

Each piece can take up to 35 hours to complete and is typically crafted from weather resistant paper or cardboard. Townsend currently has two installations in the city, “Nine Clowns in Cobalt and American Dream,” but they may not be around for long.

“Since they are installed pieces, my work does not stay around for long,” Townsend said. “They’re either removed by the city or stolen by the public.”

Murals and art installations are becoming commonplace in Ogden. The city’s art scene is on the rise, due to the contributions of artists like Jane Kim and Townsend.

“Brek brings a fresh but local face to Ogden’s street art scene,” said Brent Atwood, Nurture The Creative Mind’s Local Artist of 2017. “I see his movement becoming a sort of status quo for other artists making their mark in Ogden.”

The “American Dream” instillation, located at 234 25th St. was placed on Sept. 8 for Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll. The piece features vintage-style portraits of 12 white men and one white woman.

Individual letters spell “american dream” across their foreheads.

“The country has been in a severe state of distress,” Townsend said of the piece’s inspiration, “and I feel that people are still hanging onto this vintage ‘American Dream’ way of life.”

Townsend went on to discuss how the American Dream isn’t created equally, noting how many citizens still face adversity, racism, classism, sexism and under-representation.

“This is why I left out people of other races and only painted one female,” Townsend continued.

“This American Dream that is preached, ultimately by white Americans, is so wrong. I’m basically throwing that back in this country’s face. It’s a mirror.”

The second piece, “Nine Clowns in Cobalt,” located at 2262 Washington Blvd., is comprised of nine individual clown portraits. Townsend said he’s been drawn to clowns since a young age and admittedly uses them because most people don’t like them.

“I’ve enjoyed clowns as long as I can remember.

Clowns originated from mythological characters called tricksters,” Townsend said. “They create coherence through confusion and, in a way, add disorder to the world in order to expose its lies and speak the truth.”

In addition to creating artwork, Townsend runs an art collective called PALE. The group offers a platform with no censorship or restraints for artists and individuals. Those interested in the collective can get more information by visiting @peopleartlifeetcetera on Instagram.

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S T N E D D N U O T P S S RE

FIN AID RESTRUCTURING

THREATENS

STUDENT RETURNS

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By JENNIFER GREENLEE Assistant News Editor

Weber State University plans to modifiy its Financial Aid standards, the majority of which will impact current students. Naturally, many students have strong opinions about the changes.

One of the areas of deepest concern is a change lowering the tuition caps from 150 percent to 125 percent. This loss of income for current students can have detrimental effects.

Many students, especially those who participate in student government, on the Weber State Debate team or in other co-curriculars supported by the school, will be heavily impacted by the lower cap.

Traditionally, the extra 50 percent refund served as supplemental income to buy school supplies and living expenses.

“I have a negative opinion about the changes because it negatively affects students who earned scholarships to pay for their schooling,” one sophomore who requested anonymity said. “I do agree that it would be a secure way to not overpay students, but since they earned it, I feel they should still be refunded their scholarship award amount.”

Students who participate in university-sponsored clubs and organizations often receive activity waivers or scholarships as incentives. For those students, that money helped provide the means to work fewer hours, so they could actively participate in extracurriculars.

However, it’s not just students in university-sponsored organizations who may feel the effects of the change. A large percentage of students attending WSU are non-traditional students — that is, students who are married, have children or are 25 and older. Nontraditional students often rely on scholarships or grants like Pell Grants to help cover tuition.

“My husband and I are both in school, and we depend on Pell Grants and scholarships to pay for our tuition,” nontraditional student Emily Rich said. “Pell Grants cover the tuition adequately, but I rely wholly on scholarships in order to pay for the other expenses that come with college, like textbooks and parking.”

Students who come from struggling families and who have a hard time paying for college often rely on Pell Grants and leftover funds from the school and the government to pay for their education, especially when their families can’t help pay for college. Lowering the cap restricts their ability to make a difficult situation work.

“The only reason I am able to attend college is because of my Pell Grant,” student Sophia Cole said. “My mom is struggling to make ends meet while she goes to school, works and cares for my brother, sister and I. This semester, I had leftover funds, which I am saving for next semester to use them for my classes.”

Rich noted that with the lowered cap and corresponding lowered reimbursement check, it may simply dissuade students from applying for scholarships.

According to 2015 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 65.7 percent of Utah students already work while attending college, the third-highest percentage in the U.S. Public university students also tend to work more than private university students.

Mother of four Lindsay Reed said she has to work as many hours as she can while still attending school full time to maintain grant and scholarship requirements, which has placed a large financial burden on her family. She feels like there are no other options.

“The schedules for classes at Weber are not very flexible in their options as students get farther in their upper-division courses. I have to cut my hours down at work in order to accommodate and graduate timely,” Reed said.

Reed said under no circumstances does she feel like students are abusing the over-capping system.

“I can buy all of my school supplies and be able to make a month’s house payment, electric bill, etc.,” Reed said. “It is not a case of abusing this money — it is what makes it possible to get a degree and make my life better for myself and my children.”

Of course, with such a high working population in the student body, all working students could feel the extra financial burden.

“Lowered caps will limit my ability to go to school full-time,” student Mikaela Call said. “With the new scholarship stacking plan, I may have to get a full-time job and cut back on my credits at school, ultimately lengthening my college career. I need my leftover FAFSA money in order to continue to live in Ogden and further my education.”

Many of the students who told their stories to The Signpost questioned the benefits of the policy change and who the change would benefit.

“As someone who lives below the poverty line, the importance of that check I receive each semester is significant to my success as a student and the burden it re-

lieves for my family,” said one student who holds a staff position in the university and asked to remain anonymous. “Because I filled out all the documentation needed and was awarded a Federal Pell Grant, explain to me how Weber State University has the right to redistribute these funds granted to me and my children?”

The Board of Trustees and the President’s Council have all supported the restructuring, as has the Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Chair Dr. Doris Geide-Stevenson shared her thoughts on and support of the restructuring.

“Based on the presentation by the Provost’s office to the Executive Committee of the faculty senate, the goal of a new scholarship structure is to make sure that new, incoming students feel more confident in being able to pay for four years of college,” Geide-Stevenson said Geide-Stevenson said the proposed changes would apply to new, incoming students only, and as far as she knew, the changes should not have any impact on students who are currently at Weber State.

As mentioned in the a previous Signpost article on these changes, the University enlisted Ruffalo Noel Levitz as a consultant company on how to improve enrollment numbers. These changes were implemented based on their suggestions.

Part of the impetus for the changes comes from legislative funding, which is based on enrollment numbers.

“We have realized over the last couple of years that our funding model for the institution is not keeping up,” Provost Madonne Miner said. “The legislature does try to reward us when we are able to graduate students in certain areas that they think of as particularly needy with respect to jobs.”

Miner noted that, as of late, WSU has been flat or on the decline regarding enrollment.

Remaining competitive with other institutions is important for WSU, and with stagnating enrollment rates, students need to be brought in and retained for the school to keep its funding. Part of the changes include extending scholarships to four-year awards, which ideally will boost retention.

Miner said for the four-year scholarships, they had to determine a hard start, which was set fall 2018. This means current students will not have access to the four-year awards but continue to have access to the old scholarships, grants and waivers.

Eventually, the university plans to remove over-capping entirely and cap at

100 percent. Originally, the plan was set for next year to implement the 100 percent cap, but they recently walked back on that decision.

“I know that it’s going to hurt some of those students because this year we capped at 125, and we did decide that next year we are going to cap at 125 again,” Miner said. “Doing the cap at 125 next year will cost the institution about 100 million dollars.”

However, Miner said ultimately the math shakes out, and the system is meant to save the institution dollars. She noted that there are still ways to get over that 100 percent.

“This allows students to get above 100 percent if the Academic Award and Pell Grant combined go over the cap,” Miner said. “It is still possible for students to get other funds from the institution to get to 100 percent of tuition.”

Pushing back the start of the 100 percent cap gives the university time to address the concerns of students and organizations, especially those concerning to student government.

“The NCAA governs all athletic waivers, and those will not change at all,” Miner said. “Fortunately, or unfortunately, the NCAA does not govern other activity waivers, so right now, we have a system where activity waivers have been awarded via an application to the scholarship committee.”

Miner said the activity waivers are folded into the system, which may make it more difficult for students with waivers to find support in the future.

“The students may be nominated for institutionally-controlled funds, but it is not guaranteed like how it used to be,” Miner said.

The restructuring looms ahead, with lowered caps and a new stacking order.

New students do receive the benefit of four-year scholarships, and Miner said the university wasn’t trying to single out any one group to be adversely impacted.

“How do you decide which group of students deserves not to work?” Miner said.

“Should those waivers being going to student government or others who feel like they’re working too? I think everyone appreciates that there are pain points when you change.”

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‘Cats rack up weekly awards

BELLA TORRES | The Signpost

By JOE TRAUB Assistant Sports Editor

There has been no shortage of individual awards handed out to members of the Weber State University football team this season.

Redshirt freshman running back Josh Davis, senior linebacker Landon Stice, sophomore wide receiver and return specialist Rashid Shaheed and senior safety Jawian Harrison Jr. have all garnered weekly awards.

Davis, who played in only one game before suffering a season-ending injury in 2017, was named STATS FCS National Freshman of the Week after the second game of the season. In that Sept. 8 contest, Davis ran for 177 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Wildcats to a 24– 17 win at Cal Poly.

Davis was also named to the Jerry Rice Award watch list, which will honor the top freshman in the nation after the season. However, he said team success is more important to him than individual accomplishments.

“Nothing is individual in this game,” Davis said. “It is the whole offense, defense and special teams combined.

It is a good award, but it is a team award.”

Davis has gained momentum, racking up four rushing touchdowns through five games. He has also gained 206 punt return yards, including a 75-yard runback for a touchdown in a 14–6 victory over Eastern Washington University on Oct. 13.

“It definitely set the tone,” Davis said. “If you watch the replay, there were big blocks. You had (freshman offensive lineman) Noah (Atagi) laying out a guy. (Senior cornerback) Parker Preator made the final block.”

Stice was awarded Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week after his efforts in a 27–10 triumph over South Dakota on Sept. 15 when Stice recorded a fumble recovery and return for a touchdown, an interception and six tackles.

“I was definitely in the perfect position at the right time,” Stice said. “We had a bunch of guys making plays around me.”

Stice said he and his teammates view the accolades as motivation.

“We don’t look at it as patting ourselves on the back,” Stice said. “You can do it for a bit, but you have to think,

‘What more can we get?’”

Through the first six games of the season, Stice has the fumble recovery for a touchdown as well as three interceptions.

Shaheed earned Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week following a Sept. 22 performance, scoring two touchdowns, one in the air and the other on a 100-yard kickoff return. The runback marked the second time in 11 months that Shaheed ran the length of the field for a score.

Shaheed scored a total of four touchdowns through six games to start the season, including a 46-yard reception in the win over Eastern Washington.

Harrison Jr. was a wrecking crew against EWU, as he picked up nine tackles and a game-sealing interception with under two minutes left. He was named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts.

Overall, Harrison Jr. has played a role in three turnovers, as he forced fumbles in the first two games of the season.

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By JOE TRAUB Correspondent

The Weber State University Women’s Center is defining what it means to be a feminist through its “Sister Circle” series, which launched Oct. 15.

Over the course of a two-hour discussion, participants in the inaugural event were encouraged to speak up about topics they wished to share with the group.

Women’s Center Program Specialist Alex Dutro-Maeda said the audience spent nearly the entire time brainstorming their definition of feminism.

“It went great,” Dutro-Maeda said. “It was a great group of people who came.

We had some really interesting discussions around feminism and what it means to different people. We came up with our own individual and group definitions.”

One such definition was that feminists “are a powerful and inclusive group that advocate for equitable rights and opportunities for people of all intersecting identities.”

Women’s Center staff member Mary Jarvis said she was intrigued by the topics that were brought up during the discussion.

“People talked about including others and fighting for rights,” Jarvis said. “Some people felt like it was just more about kindness or advocating for marginalized folks. There were a lot of different ideas being thrown around.”

Jarvis said the event began with an “icebreaker” that included participants putting on crowns.

“We wore (crowns) and told the rules we would make if we were queen tomorrow,” Jarvis said. “It was really fun, and we got started by laughing. I think it helped everyone open up and feel comfortable.”

Jarvis said she believes individuals flocked to the discussion for different reasons.

“Some people came because they were writing a paper, learning about a group that they were unfamiliar with,” Jarvis said. “Some were sitting in the Union.

We ran down and invited them to come up, have a snack and talk about feminism with us.”

Dutro-Maeda appreciated WSU students’ interest in the event.

“We had set up for 15 people. We had to get extra chairs twice, so we were pretty happy with the turnout,” Dutro-Maeda said.

The next “Sister Circle” discussion will be held on Nov. 7, and Dutro-Maeda is looking forward to seeing the progression of the series. “Sister Circle” is intended to help students who identify as women/ female come together and have open conversations with respect to modern-day activism, feminism and student life.

“The subject of (the next event) is positive self-image,” Dutro-Maeda said. “We are going to tackle ideas about what we say to ourselves that we would never say to another person. We are going to support each other in creating a more positive and healthy self-image.”

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STANDS WITH

DIXIE SUN NEWS

By EDITORIAL BOARD

At the time of this writing, the First Amendment is under attack in the state of Utah.

On Oct. 16, the Dixie Sun News produced an editorial detailing struggles they’ve encountered this year.

Dixie State University has ignored state public law requests and excluded them from public meetings. University sources attempted to use the Dixie Sun News as their public relations arm and dictate what the publication should

write and when.

University-affiliated sources have told them after interviews that key points were off-the-record. Generally accepted journalistic practice maintains that if sources want something off the record, that needs to be specified upfront.

In the 2016-17 academic year, The Signpost faced similar challenges with Weber State University’s administration and student government.

After publishing articles detailing then WSUSA president’s spending, WSUSA began excluding journalists from open meetings, and The Signpost faced

attacks against its writers’ journalistic integrity.

In the years since, The Signpost has forged a relationship with WSUSA, including current president Jordan Slater. This year, WSUSA passed a bylaw requiring student government meetings be open to the press and to the public.

Right now, DSUSA is standing in the same place WSUSA stood two years ago.

They stand as a roadblock to honesty and transparency.

The following is intended directly for DSUSA. It’s not too late to change.

When you stand in the way of honest

journalism, it’s a signal of deception to the observer. Those afraid of openness are those who have something to hide.

Learn from Slater and WSUSA. This is not just an attack on our colleagues at the Dixie Sun News. This is an affront by Dixie State University and a direct attack on the First Amendment.

We at The Signpost stand in solidarity with the Dixie Sun News.

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“It’s not too late to change.

When you stand in the way of honest journalism, it’s a signal to the observer of deception.”

WSU Editorial Board

Dixie Sun News

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The Signpost is a student publication, written, edited and drafted by Weber State University students. Student fees fund the printing of this publication. Opinions or positions voiced are not necessarily endorsed by the university. The Signpost reserves the right to edit for reasons of space and libel and to refuse to print any letters. Letters should be submitted online to thesignpost@weber.edu and read letter to the Editor in the subject box. Letters should not exceed 350 words.

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