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FROM THEN TO NOW: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF WSU FOOTBALL

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MARCHING AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

By ASHLYND GREENWOOD Assistant Section Editor

Across the world, 4 million youth marched out of classrooms and onto the streets Sept. 20 to show that politicians had failed to begin to act on climate change.

Organized by Greta Thunberg, the Global Climate Strike sprawled across 150 countries.

Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist. Thunberg is passionate about raising awareness of climate change and the ways in which it affects the lives of not only her generation, but all generations to come.

“Our house is on fire. According to the IPCC, we are less than 12 years away from not being able to undo our mistakes,” Thunberg said in an interview at the World Economic

Forum. “Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope, but I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day, and then I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis, as if your house was on fire, because it is.”

In Utah, protests were organized in Ogden and Salt Lake City, filled with an energy of change. In Ogden, DaVinci Student President Rachel Love, and her fellow students stormed out of class, ignoring the downpour of rain, to protest on 25th Street.

Weber State University marched alongside the DaVinci Academy, local high schools and community members. Students then gathered in front of the Federal Building, chanting,

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“Two, four, six, eight, save the earth, it’s not too late,” and, “Its raining, it’s pouring, our politicians are snoring.”

Students see and feel the effects of climate change every day. It is often seen in the depleting snow pack. It threatens the heavy winter recreation economy in Utah and the fragile water supply. These students show they are powerful enough to make sure denial is not a policy in their government.

“I am tired of the burden being placed on our generation for a crisis we didn’t cause,” Love said. “We have taken care of this planet for thousands of years, the teaching and technology for a sustainable future already exists, this information needs to be implemented now.”

The youth-organized Global

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Climate Strike was one of the largest youth-led demonstrations in history and was the largest climate protest.

Thunberg gave a speech on Sept. 23, addressing world leaders about their lack of action on climate change. Thunberg cried as she said that world leaders had “stolen my dreams and my childhood.

And yet, I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering.

People are dying and dying ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth.

How dare you?”

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By EMILY MILLER Reporter

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It’s a highly anticipated matchup. On Sept. 28, the Weber State University Wildcats’ football team will take the field at 6 p.m. against the seventh ranked University of Northern Iowa Panthers at Stewart Stadium.

It’s the first top 10 showdown in Ogden this fall and sure to be a game of inches with weather calling for 56 degrees and 65 percent chance of thunderstorms.

“We’ve played good opponents already, we played tight with them. We beat a really good Cal Poly team on our own field,” head coach Jay Hill said. “We’ve had to play a great defense at times, and the offense has looked well.”

Over the course of 40 years, the two FCS teams have competed three times.

The Wildcats are currently 1-2 against the Panthers. Their one and only win came in 1978 at the UNI Dome with a score of 35–9. Since then, the ’Cats have gone 0–2 in Cedar Falls, IA. UNI will be facing their third-straight Big Sky opponent this season, previously playing Southern Utah and Idaho State.

WSU is coming in at an overall record of 1–2, beating the one FCS team they played, Cal Poly, and falling to two FBS programs San Diego State and Nevada.

The quarterback decision is still not set.

Junior Jake Constantine is coming off an apparent knee injury sustained in the Cal Poly game. During the bye week, Constantine had doctors clean up the inside of his knee and it’s unclear who will be starting Saturday evening.

“Bottom line, whoever the quarterback is, is going to have to go in and win the game,” Hill said. “They don’t have to win it by themselves; they just have to do their job.”

The ’Cats’ offense has faced difficult opponents thus far, but sophomore running back Josh Davis and junior wide receiver Rashid Shaheed will look to lead the ’Cats on the offensive side Davis has rushed for 183 yards, and Shaheed leads the receiving core with two touchdowns and 90 yards receiving.

“They have a veteran defense, very well The Panthers are located in Cedar Falls, IA, Weber State encourages fans in attendisciplined,” Shaheed said. “They are a where the approximate elevation is 877 ft dance to wear purple in what they are very physical defense, good at disguising above sea level. Coming out west, they will calling a “Purple Out.” The ’Cats on the their coverages, and they play very smart.” have to adjust to WSU’s location at 4,298 ft field will be in all purple for the first time in some time with the “Flying W” helmet On the defensive side, the Wildcats above sea level. are led by junior linebacker Conner “The home field advantage should help, decal.

Mortensen, with 20 tackles, senior defen- but once the ball is kicked off, it doesn’t resive end Adam Rodriguez with four tackles ally matter where you’re at,” Hill said. “We and 1.5 sacks, junior safety Preston Smith are in front of our own crowd. I’m hoping Comment on this story at with seven tackles and one interception that will be a big time crowd.” signpost.mywebermedia.com and senior linebacker Auston Tesch with 11 tackles.

UNI is currently 2–1 in their 2019 season, playing in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

The Panthers’ two wins came against Big Sky opponents, including last weeks 13–6 win over Idaho State.

Northern Iowa’s only loss came to a FBS school, losing 29–26 in triple overtime to the 23 ranked Iowa State Cyclones on Aug 31st.

Jake Constantine #8 “Their offensive line is big and Will McElvain #13 38-54 for 356 yards and 1 TD tall,” senior defensive end Kaw57-93 for 621 yards and 5 TDs Kaden Jenks #11 ika Tupuola said. “We’ve been 11-28 for 147 yards and 1 TD working on drills to face them.

We are looking forward to try and contain Deion McShane; he’s fast and fluid.”

McShane leads the Panthers Josh Davis #20 Trevor Allen #25 in receptions with 20 for 106 31 attempts for 183 yards 45 attempts for 170 yards yards and one touchdown.

Like WSU, the Panthers have found a majority of their success from a strongly rooted defense.

Redshirt sophomore Spencer Isaiah Weston #80 Rashid Shaheed #22 Cuvelier leads the team with 11 receptions for 189 yards and 2 TDs 12 receptions for 90 yards and 2 TDs 14 tackles, redshirt junior ElerDeion McShane #4 Devon Cooley #3 son G. Smith leads with 5 sacks, 20 receptions for 166 yards and 1 TD 8 receptions for 112 yards freshman defensive back Omar Brown has two interceptions and Matthew Cook, freshman kicker, has gone 8 for 8 for his kicks, the longest being 50 yards.

Matthew Cook #97 Trey Tuttle #47 Sept. 28 will be the first time 8-8 including 1-1 of 50+ yards 4-4 field goals 6-6 PATs UNI is making their way into Ogden to face WSU. “We have a very successful record at home; we use home field to our advantage,” Shaheed said.

16 points per game 345 yards 16 Points per game 297 yards WSU’s physicality isn’t going per game per game to be the only thing UNI will face.

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BRINGING A NEW

VISION TO WSU

By CAITLYN LARSEN Reporter

After four years of service, Provost Madonne Miner is stepping down from her position. With this announcement, a national search for a new provost started and has brought four candidates to campus to speak about their ideas for the WSU's success.

Two of these four candidates spoke at Lindquist Hall the week of Sept. 16.

The Provost is the chief academic officer of a university, who collaborates with the President in academic affairs and budgets.

They create and implement academic priorities for the institution and allocate the funds necessary for its goals. The Deans of the schools and colleges at the university report to the Provost.

Wanda Costen was the first candidate to speak, giving her address on Sept. 18.

Costen is coming from MacEwan University, in Edmonton, Alberta, where she is the Dean of their School of Business.

Costen described herself as an “army

brat” due to her upbringing in a military family and attributed her openness to other cultures and ways of doing things to her growing up around the world. She also described herself as an “off-the-chart extrovert” who was all about getting things done.

“I’m always wondering what we’re doing, how long it’s going to take, and let’s get there,” Costen said.

Costen emphasized the importance of honesty, integrity and giving back. She believes in choosing the harder right over the easier wrong and ensuring hard work, accountability and equality.

An audience member, who wished to remain anonymous, complemented Costen’s efficient military style and getthings-done attitude, saying that Costen would make a great Provost.

Costen shared her personal mission statement, which reads, “To combine love and enthusiasm with passion, honesty and integrity to positively impact human development.”

Finally, Costen talked about her plan

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for student recruitment, retention and success: helping the faculty grow and become more enthusiastic about teaching, and providing them with the tools and training needed and allowing students positive experiences, life-long learning, growth and career success in any field they choose. She also expressed that a lot of success will come from collaboration campus-wide.

“I will do anything for the students,” Costen said.

Candidate David Ferro gave his address Sept. 20. Ferro has been the Dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at WSU since 2011. Entering the room, he was among many friends and colleagues who came to support him.

Ferro has done a lot for the University.

He knows the events on campus and the students, and through experience, he knows what already works at WSU. Pat Shaw, Chair of the Department of Health Administrative services at WSU, said Ferro was very collaborative, and a good Dean.

“He certainly knows Weber. He knows us,” Shaw said.

Ferro emphasized the importance of collaborative work across campus and group thinking.

“There’s nothing that happens without

‘we,’” Ferro said.

Ferro presented numerous statistics and studies for focusing on what needs help at WSU and what possible and affordable options are available. He also presented ideas that other colleges and universities have tried and proven that could be tried at WSU as well.

Finally, Ferro talked about the need to accommodate for all students and provide them with the education and experience, especially internships, that employers look for — no matter what career path they take. He also discussed the need to enable the faculty with the resources they need to be successful and therefore enable their students.

Justin Owen, University Energy Manager, said that though he has already worked with Ferro before, it was interesting to see his bigger vision for the University.

The final two Provost candidates, Ravi Krovi and Kelly Ryan, will make their address during the week of Sept. 23.

Biographies and recordings of the candidates’ speeches are available at www. weber.edu/provostsearch/candidates. html. There is an available link there for submitting comments about the candidates.

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By IAN SYME Reporter

Weber State University students supported their football team at their first home game of 2019.

Weber State has a long-running tradition of students supporting its athletic teams. When opposing teams step on to the football field at Stewart Stadium, they not only have to face the Wildcats’ imposing defense, but they must deal with the loud and daunting Weber State student

section, the Destruction Zone.

The student section officially renamed itself as the Destruction Zone three years ago. The section gets its name from the official term for a group of wildcats.

“We’re there for every sport,” Destruction Zone president Nate Arrington said.

“It’s something fun at Weber. It’s a big part of the college experience anywhere.

It’s fun to be there and to be a part of the crowd.”

The Wildcats’ first home game against Cal Poly proved to be a success both on

and off the field. Arrington praised the student involvement at the game and the passion of those in attendance, saying that the number of students who attended the game was the biggest he has seen during his time at Weber State.

In the Destruction Zone's efforts to increase attendance, Arrington said that multiple promotions took place before and during the game, including a pregame tailgate on the north end of the stadium and a paddleboard giveaway, which Arrington said will take place at every

home football game this season.

Although there were other promotions involved, Arrington said that the Destruction’s leadership tried to invite incoming freshmen to attend the game, which he said played a huge role in achieving the numbers the section had during the first home game of the year.

Players on the team credit the Destruction Zone’s size and noise level as a huge factor in their 41-24 win over the Mustangs.

“I think the student section is a big part

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in the game,” sophomore defensive end Jordan Lutui said. “They can really change the atmosphere and tempo of the game.

They have a big impact.”

Junior linebacker Breckin Gunter said that last season, the Destruction Zone did not have a large number of students participate, but the support given at the first home game was very noticeable.

“It brought us a lot of energy with us out there, having that many fans,” Gunter said. “They’re always hooting and hollering and you can hear them when you get on the field.”

Head coach Jay Hill praised the students who attended the game against Cal Poly, saying that the student section was as good of a group as has ever been at a game.

“The atmosphere at the stadium is relative to how many people are in there,” head coach Jay Hill said. “If we want to have a great atmosphere and win a lot of football games, we have got to more people in the stands.

Hill's desire is to build on last game's showing and have more students attend future games.

“The students, in my opinion, are the

number-one priority for that,” Hill noted.

“We want the students here. The bigger that group is, the better we play.”

With the Destruction Zone positioned behind the opposing team’s bench, students have an opportunity to further support their team and influence the game by yelling and distracting the opponent throughout the game.

“When they’re loud in the game, we can hear them but we want them behind the visiting bench,” Hill said. “That’s where we want them, loud. We want the other team to hear them.”

Lutui said that the Destruction Zone can get pretty loud during games and that the team can hear their noise across the field.

“We can name specific guys in there that lead that section. I think they do a good job of getting into our opponent’s heads.”

The Destruction Zone’s presence extends beyond football games to all Weber State sporting events. Arrington said that the Destruction Zone’s leadership has plans to more heavily promote volleyball and soccer matches to increase student attendance and involvement.

As for football games, Arrington said similar promotions to the first football

Students in the bleachers during a football game

game will continue throughout the season. Every game will include at least one giveaway, including a food, paddleboard and t-shirts. Various theme nights will also take place at different games during the year.

After experiencing many different student sections at schools across the country, members of the football team have nothing but good to say about the Destruction Zone and its supporters.

“They’re few in numbers but you can feel them.” Lutui said. “Apart from other schools, they have more spirit.”

With the increase in numbers from last year, Gunter noted that the increased size of the Destruction Zone adds an element he and others have not seen at other schools.

“They’ve been loud and rowdy and giving us a lot more energy than they do at other schools,” Gunter said. “I really like that and I feel like our team feeds off of that energy.”

Hill says that the best way the Destruction Zone can improve is by having more students attend games to increase its size and noise level. “The more people we get, the better it’s going to be,” Hill said. “The

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atmosphere of those guys and how they handle themselves is awesome. They’re doing their part in the game, we just have to get more of them.”

Arrington offered two ways students can easily participate in the Destruction Zone’s activities. “Our main focus is social media. That’s the easiest and fastest way to get the word out,” Arrington said.

The other suggestion Arrington gave was for students to bring their friends to games, which played a big role in the Destruction’s numbers.

“That’s when it gets fun: when you come with your buddies and just have a good time,” Arrington said.

Students can follow the Destruction Zone and participate in its promotions on its different social media channels. Find them on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat, all under the name WSU Destruction.

Any students who want to become a part of the Destruction Zone’s leadership can send a message to any of the group’s social media accounts to receive more information.

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A HUNDRED YEARS LATER

By CHRISTIAN JOHNSON Reporter

College football has been a part of the United States for 150 years and this fall Weber State University is celebrating 100 years of football.

A lot has changed since 1919, when the Wildcats took the field for the first time.

Gas prices have gone up from $0.25 to $2.79, minimum wage was $0.28 an hour to $7.25, and the game football has also seen many changes.

Not much is known about Weber's football team before their first official season under the NCAA in 1962, back when a single bar across the front of the helmet constituted as a face-mask and there were no rules limiting tackling, so face-mask and horsecollar tackles were legal and abundant.

Before the current emphasis on safety that has players wearing state of the art helmets and rules to enforce safer tackling techniques, football was truly a dangerous sport.

Once upon a time, players wore simple leather helmets that had no face-masks, and the field goal posts were in the middle of the endzone. It wasn't uncommon to watch receivers running headfirst into to field goal posts after a touchdown reception, which is how the post route got its name.

Field management was also very trivial.

To go along with having field goal posts in

the way of players on the field, the field itself was often uneven and full of holes.

Artificial turf didn’t exist yet, and the rain or snow lead to the field being muddy or slick with ice.

The modern day football fan probably wouldn’t even recognize the sport before the seventies. The groovy decade saw the introduction of more modern helmets and pads. Teams began to utilize passing instead of running the ball 60 times a game, which changed the game into the many different offenses we see today.

In the eighties and nineties, players were held to higher standards off the field as well as on the field, and the 2000s saw a focus on player safety, especially regarding concussions. With the focus on players, organizations were led to more advanced safety gear and better safety practices.

Aside from the physical changes, football has seen more rule changes than probably any other sport since it was founded.

For example, before pass interference was introduced, receivers going up for a catch would often be suplexed back to the ground, way before the ball touched their hands. If a player did that today, he would be ejected and likely face a suspension.

Players like Jack Tatum and Mel Blount were the epitome of this era of football.

Tatum famously hit Patriots tight end Darryl Stingely so hard that it left Stingley a quadriplegic. Blount was one of the players who used to suplex receivers to the

ground. In fact, the NFL passed the Mel Blount rule to specifically limit him from inflicting so much damage.

The NCAA has also changed a few things along the way. Before the NCAA and other organizations dedicated to organize and regulate teams and players, schools were allowed to play whoever they felt like. In some cases, colleges went up against high schools. And those games were closer than one might imagine.

Weber Normal College took the field for the first time on Oct. 8, 1919 and the Weberites lost to Box Elder High School 20–0.

According to the rumors, a game against Mckinley High School also turned out to be a bad day for Weber football players and fans.

WSU became a Division 1 program in 1962 and joined the Big Sky Conference in 1963. Teams like Gonzaga, Boise State and the University of Nevada all competed in the Big Sky Conference over the years.

Out of the current Big Sky teams, Weber holds the fourth most football conference championships.

For most of its existence, Weber has been sub par at football. Since its creation, the Big Sky has been dominated by Montana and Montana State, who have a combined 32 Big Sky titles.

Despite Weber’s history of ineptitude on the field, recently the Wildcats have turned it around. They are the current back to back co-champions of the Big Sky Conference.

Before current head coach Jay Hill took over, Weber had not won the Big Sky since 2008 and had not made a playoff appearance since 2009.

Since Jay Hill took over in 2014, Weber has been in the playoffs three consecutive seasons from 2016 to 2019, reaching the quarter finals twice in that span.

In the past few years, Weber has put the Big Sky on notice. A far cry from their humble beginnings having to play high school teams.

Weber has helped change the narrative about football in Utah. And as football has evolved, so has Weber. From struggling against high schools to becoming one of the best FCS schools in the nation, Weber has been through it all football wise.

From leather helmets and fields full of holes, to state of the art flex helmets and new training facilities, Weber isn’t the biggest or most popular school, but they play with just as much heart as all the larger programs, and the Wildcat faithful cheer just as loud.

In 100 years of Weber football, Weber has clearly saved the best for last. At the rate that Weber has been improving, it’s only a matter of time before the Wildcats bring a national championship to Ogden.

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The football team for Weber State, then known as Weber Normal College, around the time when they took to the field for the first time.

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In 1919, Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States, a gallon of gas was $0.25, Prohibition began, Babe Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees and the Weber Normal College football team took the field for the first time.

Weber Normal College, which later became Weber State University, played its first game on Oct. 8, 1919, falling to Box Elder High School 20–0 in Brigham City.

Weber’s first win came a few weeks later when they defeated Davis High 6–0 on Oct 31, 1919 in Ogden, before Halloween and trick-or-treating was even a thing.

Not much is known about the Wildcats before they competed as a Division 1 program. In 1919, Weber competed as a church school before becoming a junior college in 1933 and became Weber College.

In 1962, Weber became a 4-year college, Weber State College, for the next 28 years before gaining university status and becoming Weber State University.

WSU played one year before joining the Big Sky Conference and went 5-4 in their first year as a four year program.

In the following year of 1963, WSU became a charter member of the Big Sky joining the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, the University of Montana and Montana State University as football playing schools.

WSU’s first head coach at the Division 1 level was Wally Nalder. Nalder led the Wildcats in their first three seasons and the first two seasons as part of the Big Sky. Under Nalder the ’Cats went 13-13 with two fourth place finishes in the Big Sky. For the next eight years, Wildcat great, Sark Arslanian led the Wildcats from 19651972 including two first place finishes in

1965 and 1968. While under Sark Arslanian, WSU went 50-26-2.

Between 1973-1980, Dick Gwinn and Pete Riechlman coached the Wildcats to mediocre seasons with a combined record of 25-61-1.

Inside linebacker Danny Rich played football between 1978-81 before playing three seasons for the Los Angeles Express of the Unites States Football League. When asked about a memory at WSU, he talked about the 1978 Utah State week.

“The second to the last game the year, in the linebacker meeting, the starting linebacker was late,” Rich said. “I was named the starting linebacker, but when I walked back into the room, I heard the coach telling the original starting linebacker that I would just play for a few series. So I knew I had to do something great.”

Rich remembers walking out on the field and the USU fans throwing snowballs.

In the game against Utah State, Rich made a diving tackle in the -24 degree weather and WSU beat the Aggies for the one and only time. Rich started the rest of his games at Weber State.

Mike Price took over in 1981 and was the head coach till 1988. During Price’s era, WSU went 46-44, but the 1987 ’Cats went 10-3 and 7-1 in the Big Sky, capturing the conference title for the first time since 1968.

Price’s 1987 team was the first Wildcat team to play in the FCS Playoffs, beating Idaho in the first round but falling at Marshall in the second round.

After Price’s time came to an end, Sark Arslanian’s son Dave Arslanian took the ball till 1997.

Dave Arslanian was a part of the Wildcats for a quarter of the time. Between the time of his dad coaching, him playing and then coaching the Wildcats, Dave Arslanian spent 25 years of his life as part of the WSU foot-

Weber State University’s football team has grown literally and figuratively since its early days in 1919.

ball program.

Dave Arslanian led the ’Cats to a 53-47 record and a first round FCS playoff loss to the University of Northern Iowa in 1991.

“As I thought about a memory at Weber State, something that always came back to my mind was the people,” Dave Arslanian said. “The fans, the players, the supporters, donors and everything involved with Weber State football.”

Jerry Graybeal took over for the Wildcats in 1998-2004. WSU posted a 32-46 record under Graybeal before the Ron McBride era.

“The inaugural event and the ribbon cutting at Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Stadium sky suites complex,” Graybeal said on his memory. “We paid tribute to Elizabeth and Stewart, and their legacy still lives on today.”

McBride coached the ’Cats from 20052011 posting a 43-38 record and leading WSU to two FCS Playoffs.

“My fondest memory is probably the

game at home against Montana, it was such a huge win for us,” McBride said. “Going up to Wyoming and Colorado State, back-to-back weeks. It was two games we should have won … and taking that bus trip up there watching them play the way they played was a thrill.”

Defensive end Brady Fosmark played during 2002-05 for the Wildcats and was one of just four players named to the Big Sky Defensive MVP in WSU history. Fosmark was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2018.

“In 2003, against Idaho State … I missed a defensive stunt,” Fosmark said. “But when they called it again, the ISU quarterback threw me the ball, and I ran it in for a four yard touchdown.”

In 2008, WSU beat Cal Poly in the first round before falling to Montana in the second round. Weber State went back to the playoffs in 2009. For the first time in their 90-year history, the ’Cats went to the playoffs

on back-to-back years.

WSU lost in the 2009 first round to William and Mary.

The next two years for Weber State was forgetful. Jody Sears took over leading Weber State to just four wins and 19 losses.

In 2014, former athletic director Jerry Bovee found Jay Hill, and the Hill era has been everything but a National Championship.

Hill has led WSU to a 37-28 record, three consecutive FCS Playoff berths, two consecutive quarterfinals, WSU home playoff games and back-to-back Big Sky Championships.

Throughout the years of WSU Football, the Wildcats have captured six total Big Sky Conference titles and 38 players have been drafted into the NFL. WSU has had one first round draft pick in 1968 when Lee White was drafted 17 overall to the New York Jets. There has been two Mr. Irrelevant draft picks, last pick of the draft, in WSU’s history. 1998’s Cam Quayle went

to the Baltimore Ravens and Tim Toone in 2010 went to the Detroit Lions.

Wildcat greats have taken the field at Stewart Stadium every week, such as Wallace F. Morris in the 1920s, who was known as “Wildcat” Morris before the team was even called the Wildcats and Jamie Martin who won the Walter Payton Award in 1991 as the Nation’s top player. In 2018 Josh Davis was awarded the Jerry Rice Award as the National Freshman of the Year.

WSU will celebrate the 100 years of football Sept. 28 against the University of Northern Iowa at 6 p.m. Both teams are entering the matchup ranked in the top 10, and former players and coaches are invited to come and will be in attendance.

The 100 team at WSU will take the field on Sept. 28 wearing all purple with the “Flying W” logo on their helmet.

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WALDO, NOT JUST A WILDCAT

By WESTON SLEIGHT Correspondent

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Not much is known about the time before the Wildcat became the face of Weber State University. In fact, throughout the first few seasons of football, Weber didn’t have a mascot at all.

Weber Normal College, then a church school, took the field each week as the Weber Weberites.

In 1928, Weber State athletics Hall of Fame football player Wallace F. Morris was at practice when one of the players said he played like a pussycat. Stewart “Monk” Holliday, who was a team captain then, heard the comment and and yelled back, “That’s no pussycat! He’s a wildcat!”

Morris is remembered as Wildcat Morris by his teammates and the Hall of Fame.

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The Wildcats moved to a Division 1 program in 1962 and between 1964 and 1968 the Wildcats had a live wildcat mascot that would attend sporting events in a cage on the sideline.

Its career ended after it bit a cheerleader on the nose.

In 1979, another mascot made itself known at Weber State sporting events, Primo the Peacock.

It is unclear to why the purple peacock showed up with a Wildcat jersey across its chest but it only lasted one year.

Waldo has become the face of Weber State athletics and has had seven different upgrades.

“There is a total of seven different Waldo costumes including the peacock,’’ library archives Kandace Harris said.

Currently two students, as part of the spirt squad, suit up as Waldo as he has been seen at every athletic event and even community events.

“Right now we have a mascot team of two and they split up their duties,” spirit squad advisor Summer Willis said. “You only see one at a time. We never put both people out there at the same time, so we schedule them appropriately and we are pretty careful on scheduling, but with the amount of commitment that we fulfill.”

Each night while the Wildcat athletes are competing, Waldo is in the stands saying hello to fans, dancing and showing the world why he is the best mascot in sports.

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Later that year, the local newspaper was doing a story on the Weber College football team, and the writer mentioned that the players were as “scrappy as a bunch of Wildcats,” and the name stuck from that day on.

Weber Collage’s president, Aaron Tracy, was opposed to the name. He was a man who had high morals and thought it wasn’t appropriate to call students at a college Wildcats.

Tracy believed that the wildcat name was demeaning and that the school should be named after a lion instead. However, with many bobcats roaming the Wasatch front mountain range, Wildcats fit the school at the base of the range.

In 1954, Weber College had its first rendition of the Wildcat mascot, which was later named Waldo after an ad in a 1965

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21ST ANNUAL WSU DIVERSITY CONFERENCE

WITH A NEW BUILDING

By ISABELLA TORRES Photographer

The talk around town during the past few years has been about the Weber State University football program and their recent success. WSU and Head Coach Jay Hill have changed the tides around the program as they’ve found their footing in the college football world and have brought in wins and trips to the playoffs.

Change has come in multiple ways for the programs but the most noticeable one has not been the wins, but the new facility.

“This building is outstanding,” Hill said.

“Players are excited, the administration is excited, I’m excited. It’s a big deal for us.”

To honor Weber State’s 100 years of football, they were rewarded with a 16 million dollar addition to the north end of Stewart Stadium and a new video board in the north end of the endzone. The new building also features a new weight room, new coaching offices, and a flashy new locker room.

The south endzone scoreboard was also

revamped with new video panels.

Junior Quarterback Jake Constantine described the mood around the team saying, “We’re just grateful.” He added, “With all that comes more responsibility ... people have spent a lot of money to get us all this. We’re thankful for that, and we have to show them why we deserve it.”

The new building provides a more clean look for the stadium and comes at the perfect time as WSU football continues to build a national profile. In the Wildcats home opener and the debut of the new stadium additions, The ‘Cats lit up Cal Poly by a score of 41-24 and secured their first win of the year.

Coach Hill is in his sixth year at the helm in Ogden and has posted a record of 3728. The ‘Cats have won back to back Big Sky titles and have made three straight trips to the FCS playoffs. He has brought WSU to a national level that will be tested in a top 10 matchup win Northern Iowa this weekend.

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’CATS RIDE

PAST AGGIES

By CHRISTIAN JOHNSON Reporter

The Weber State University volleyball team came into the upper floor of the Swenson Gym Saturday ready to take on the Utah State University Aggies in an inner state rivalry matchup. Weber sent USU on a long bus ride home after beating them 3–0.

Weber came into the game hot, riding high on a four game winning streak. Their only losses of the season came against BYU and Portland State in hard fought battles.

All three sets were close, but Weber’s skill and talent gave them the edge, outmatching the 0-12 Aggies.

Weber State’s lackluster .269 hitting percentage wasn’t affected much with the five aces from the WSU servers.

The standout performance from redshirt freshman Dani Nay also helped the Wildcats take the victory. She had 16 kills and posted a .378 hitting percentage. Third year setter Ashlyn Power pitched in with 39 assists.

“It’s never easy to play in state teams,” head coach Jeremiah Larsen said “Utah State played great, and our kids stayed composed when we needed to get a much needed win.”

Weber’s beatdown of the Aggies puts their record at 9-2. And they are undefeated in games played at neutral sites. WSU’s winning streak was extended to five and

will look to keep it going against the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks.

Weber is currently 2-1 at away games this season and the road trip ahead will offer more insight into how good they really are in hostile territory.

Weber’s mental toughness will be tested in the upcoming weeks. The ’Cats hit the road until October 5 when Northern Colorado comes to town.

The battle with Northern Colorado will not only be pivotal, UNC was picked to finish first in the Big Sky Conference and the Cats’ were picked to finish second.

WSU posted a 18-10 record last season after going 9-20 in 2017. So far, that trend of improvement has continued to move upward during this season.

With nine upperclassmen on their team, Weber will look to use the veteran leadership they have in the locker room to help guide their talented young players and secure these all important wins during conference play.

Weber will finish their season with a twogame home stand, so it will be important to win these road games while they can. Although it’s early, securing these conference wins now could be the difference between a Big Sky Championship or another year of wondering what could’ve been.

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Hannah DeYoung, number 11, and Megan Gneiting, number 8, block USU from scoring.

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A WEBER STATE PLAYER OBTAINS POSSESSION OF THE PUCK FROM TWO UTAH STATE PLAYERS.

’CATS SPLIT WEEKEND

AGAINST IN-STATE RIVALS

By BRANDON MAY Section Editor

KAINOA NUNEZ Reporter

For the first time this season, the Weber State University hockey team took the ice against in-state rivals the Utah State University Aggies and the BYU Cougars.

The Wildcats dropped their home opener Sept. 20 5–4 in OT to the Aggies before taking down the Cougars 4–2 Saturday night.

“We got 15 new players,” head coach Alan Kapinos said. “I thought they came out and played well. We have a couple things we need to clean up, but I loved the effort, the energy and everything they did.”

Both teams fans came out in support as an Aggies and Weber State chant broke out just as the teams came to center ice for the first face-off of the night.

The Wildcats showed it was early in the season when a WSU forwarded committed a penalty in the defensive zone and the Aggies found themselves up a man.

USU capitalized on the early momentum and found themselves with a 1–0 lead before most of the crowd could even purchase a ticket at the front door.

The ’Cats were able to grab some momentum when the Aggies committed

their first penalty. On an assist from Jakob Besnilian, William Fobair found the back of the net tying the game at one a piece.

The Wildcats continued to have the man advantage as the Aggies continued to find themselves in the sin bin with penalty after penalty. WSU had every opportunity to grab the lead but the Aggies power kill remained strong.

Fobair found the back of the net for the second time after he dangled past a USU defender and snipped his shot over the Aggies net minder’s glove hand. The Aggies answered back with three minutes left in the first and both teams entered the first break tied at two.

Both teams came back onto the ice for the second period with a different feel to the game. The stands were now packed as everyone who was waiting in line to purchase a ticket was now in the building and both teams had gotten the early season jitters out the way.

Fobair was able to find the back of the net for his third time, a hat trick goal, and gave the Wildcats a 3–2 lead before they entered the final break of the night.

“The guys had screens in front of the net, taking away the goalies eyes tonight,” Fobair said. “USU’s goalie wasn’t really able to see the shot and it worked out.”

As the clock struck 9:30 p.m. the teams entered the ice one last time to an ovation of banging buckets from the standing

room only Destruction Zone.

USU quickly stopped the noise with a tying goal just 30 seconds into the period and both teams were notched with 19 minutes to play.

Weber State’s defenseman Kody Goodwin had an answer from the top of the slot giving WSU a 4–3 lead just two minutes later on a crisp pass from forward Joel Johnson.

The momentum continued to stay on the Wildcat’s side when the Aggies went down two men, but on a missed passed USU found themselves with a breakaway and another tie game with just over eight minutes remaining.

As the final minutes ticked down the crowd continued to chant “Let’s go Weber,” but regulation time was not enough for the two teams. The ’Cats and Aggies were going to four on four, five minute sudden death overtime.

The ’Cats again went down a man in overtime, and on a deflected pass, the Aggies found the back of the net for the fifth time and beat the Wildcats 5–4.

“Some of the penalties comes from all the new guys learning how the refs call games in this league,” Kapinos said.

“There is a lot of questionable calls that aren’t called anywhere else. Guys just aren’t used to that after coming from big time youth leagues.”

After falling to the USU Aggies in their

home opener, the Wildcats took the ice for the second consecutive night this time against the BYU Cougars.

“BYU is just one of those schools that doesn’t quit,” Kapinos said. “They just keep fighting and fighting ‘till we quit on ourselves.”

Both teams’ defenses and goalies played aggressive, and the Wildcats and Cougars entered the first break tied at zero.

The Cougars got the scoring started just five minutes into the second period, finally breaking the scoreless tie.

Forward Andrew Gorges had an answer when he found the back of the net for the Wildcats first goal, tying it at one a piece.

Goodwin found himself on a breakaway in the third period, giving WSU their first lead of the night that was backed up a few moments later when Nesnilian gave the ’Cats a comfortable 3–1 lead.

Before time expired, Nesnilian added another goal and the Wildcats split the weekend with a 4–2 victory over the BYU Cougars.

The ’Cats will hit the road for the next few weeks before returning to play the Providence Friars on Oct. 11 and the Utah Valley Wolverines Oct. 12.

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A WEBER STATE HOCKEY PLAYER WAITS FOR THE PUCK DROP.

THE WILDCATS MANEUVER AROUND THE COUGARS

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THE WILDCATS FIND THE PUCK TO TRY TO GET IT BACK

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The information contained in the annual report pertains to all WSU properties; more specifically you will find information on the University’s policies and procedures for reporting crime, safety and security prevention and protection programs, victim assistance services, fire safety, and other materials to assist you in maintaining your safety and security.

I encourage you to read the information contained in the report and consider how it can help you and the WSU community to prevent and protect yourself against crime. To request a paper copy of this brochure please contact the Weber State Police Department at 801-626-6460 or you can go to the link below and view an electronic copy.

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