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By MARISA NELSON Section Editor

Car Fighting A suspicious vehicle was spotted at University Village on Sept. 7. An officer approached the vehicle and reported that the owner of the vehicle seemed to be talking on the phone in an upset matter. The individual informed the officer that he was arguing with his girlfriend. The officer informed the student of the counseling programs on campus and left.

Pokémon GO? More like Pokémon stop In the A4 parking lot on Sept. 9, a suspicious vehicle with its lights on was stopped.

The officer made contact with the occupants, who were found to be playing Pokémon GO. The officer left the individuals to the game.

All park but no bite At University Village on Sept. 9, a resident reported that his car had been damaged sometime in the previous day. The owner accused the damage of coming from the

car next to him; however, the car next to his had no damage. The officer took photos of the vehicle but couldn’t look at the cameras because the power was out at University Village.

Nothing to see here A burglary alarm was triggered in Miller Administration Building on Sept. 9; an employee had triggered the alarm. The alarm was then turned off by a coworker.

Smoke and Mirrors A fire alarm was reported at Wildcat Village on Sept. 7. The only sign of fire or smoke was a candle light in one of the rooms. The RA’s confiscated the candle, and the alarm was turned off. The WSU fire marshal conducted an investigation the next day.

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Historic Peery’s Egyptian Center is the home to Chamber Orchestra Ogden.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OGDEN BRINGS MUSIC

BACK TO PEERY’S EGYPTIAN THEATER

By CAITLYN NICHOLS

Section Editor

There was a sense of normalcy in Peery’s Egyptian Theater as the Chamber Orchestra Ogden returned to the stage for the first concert of its 10th anniversary season on Sept. 26.

The orchestra was conducted by former WSU music professor Michael Palumbo.

The music ebbed and flowed, filling the chamber hall with sound, a now-somewhatunique phenomenon given COVID-19 regulations.

In reality, the concert was not quite normal.

It was one of the first events at the theater open to the public since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to make it possible required many adjustments.

The originally-65-person orchestra had to be cut down to 22 string players and one key-

board to allow for social distancing on stage.

No brass and woodwind instruments were allowed in the concert due to the difficulty of safely spacing instruments that project spit.

Each musician wore a mask, as well as all the audience members spaced safely throughout the auditorium.

“We’ve gone to great lengths to make those changes to keep the audience members safe, as well as the members of the orchestra,” Palumbo said.

The members also had to practice and mostly prepare the music at home before the three 90-minute rehearsals they were allowed the week before the concert.

The orchestra opened the concert with a lively “Hoedown” by Aaron Copland. It was followed by “String Symphony No. 1 in C” from “The 12 String Symphonies” by Felix Mendelssohn, two Elegiac Melodies by Edvard Grieg

and an arrangement of two Irish reels called “Molly on the Shore.”

The next piece, “Spring” from “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi, featured concertmaster Peggy Wheelright as the skilled solo violinist, as well as the orchestra’s new Clavinova for the harpsichord part of the piece.

The orchestra was able to obtain the Clavinova, a digital keyboard instrument that can be used to sound like almost anything, (in this case, a harpsichord) thanks to donations they received last season.

The concert ended fittingly with “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” translated from German as “A Little Night Music,” by Mozart. Palumbo described the piece as probably the most overplayed work of Mozart, but forgivably so for its greatness, saying that “when it’s great, you can’t change the fact that it’s great.”

Palumbo joked that he had hoped there

would be more people in the audience than on stage, and fortunately there was.

Palumbo said that he had missed conducting the orchestra and was excited to finally be back to work and able to continue music.

“It’s really important that the arts, and, in our case in particular, music, have a way of surviving during COVID,” Palumbo said. “As musicians, we kind of live for that performance.

That’s our reason for being.”

This was the orchestra’s first performance since March due to the many cancellations it went through in the past several months. Palumbo said that he hopes to have the whole orchestra back on stage for its next performance in February, and for the following plans for the year, but it is still uncertain what will happen with the COVID-19 situation.

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is reacting to the bad air quality, staying indoors and shutting the windows and doors. Those who should be most concerned, especially when the air quality is in the moderate level, are people with preexisting heart and lung conditions.

The forecast for the next week’s air quality is in the green level, meaning Utah’s air quality is good. This information, including current air quality conditions and trends, can be found on air.utah.gov.

“We all do play a part in the air quality here in the valleys,” Mendenhall said.

In the wintertime, the inversion causes all the pollution caused here in Utah to be trapped between cold air sitting at the bottom of the valley and

warm air sitting above.

The fires seen this summer are not entirely the fault of Utahns, Mendenhall said, but the quality of air pollution, especially in the winter, can be lessened by simple actions.

“It’s a little different when the smoke is coming from California, but it is important to remember that we produce the pollution that stays around in our valleys,” Mendenhall said.

Mendenhall said 40 percent of Utah’s pollution comes from cars. He said walking or biking instead of driving, running errands in one trip and carpooling can all make a huge difference.

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Over the last few months, Utah has seen an abundance of smoke from local fires drifting over from West Coast blazes.

In the months of August and September, Utah saw a smoke haze settle across the valley that looked much like the inversion experienced in the wintertime.

The spokesperson for Utah’s Department of Air Quality, Jared Mendenhall, said most of the smoke was just passing through Utah as it traveled with the wind currents. He said it will not have an effect on the visible pollution caused from winter’s inversion.

The cause for the haze in the sky comes from the same par-

ticles for both the smoke from this summer and the inversion in the winter. The particles are called PM2.5. According to Mendenhall, these particles are so tiny that the human body is unable to remove them from the lungs.

“It lodges into our lungs and starts to create some of these health issues,” Mendenhall said.

Symptoms of smoke ingestion include coughing and chest tightness. Mendenhall said that when you begin to notice these symptoms, as well as smell the smoke, you should begin to take precautions until the air quality leaves the moderate and severe levels.

These precautions include paying attention to how your body

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Shirtless fans show their school spirit at a past homecoming game, despite the cold and wet conditions of the night.

By MARISA NELSON Section Editor

2020 has seen big events canceled, changed or postponed, and Weber State University’s annual Homecoming Week is no exception. Homecoming Week is still on, but some events may not look as familiar as prior years.

More information and details about the events can be found on the WSU Homecoming page on their website.

Homecoming Week officially kicks off on Oct. 2. The first event — the Recycle Run — continues through Oct. 9. Students need to sign up to run, as well as pay a usage fee of $150 dollars. Campus police supervise each race.

There are three 5K options, a 1 mile race, a

10K route and a Triathlon.

The annual Mt. Ogden Hike will take place on Oct. 3 and requires preregistration. Participants will need to social distance and bring a face covering.

The hike is 8.4 miles round trip, if traveling with the guides, but other options are available. There is no cost for attendance.

The Family Chalk Art at Davis is also on Oct. 3. The event, which takes place from 1 to 3 p.m., requires participants to reserve a spot, but chalk is provided.

On Oct. 5, the pep rally happens at noon, though there will be no homecoming football game. WSU homecoming royalty is announced at the pep rally as well. That evening, from 7 to 9 p.m., the Lighting of the W will be held virtually over Zoom.

Casino Night is also virtual this year, but will be full of magic, trivia and games. The show, which is free for all, begins at 7 p.m. and will last about an hour.

The Service Day of Remembrance will take place all day on Oct. 7, and will have Zoom meetings for the activities. Two different options are offered: the Map-a-thon and Storybook Kit Drive. Each activity will have two Zoom meetings, one from 9 to noon and one from 1 to 4 p.m. More information is available on the WSU Homecoming website.

Dyeing the Swenson Pool purple is a tradition attendees can see in person this year. This event is free with an active Wildcard and those who come to swim and post their photo will be entered to win prizes.

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instead of the annual homecoming football game. The details for this event are still TBD. The popular Purple Pancakes will be held virtually this year with President Brad Mortensen. Weber students will be live on Facebook and Instagram at 9 a.m. on Oct. 10.

Participants can pick up all that they will need to participate from the Student Involvement and Leadership office on Oct. 5, 7 and 9.

Homecoming 2020 may look different this year, but there are plenty of traditions and activities to enrich the college experience, while staying properly social distanced.

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By LISSETE LANDAVERDE

Reporter

While it’s never an easy conversation to have, it is important to talk about racism, which is what three Weber State University professors are doing with their new Wildcat Conversations: Racism podcast series.

Hosted by Dr. James Zagrodnik, associate professor of physical education; Dr. Andrea Garavito Martinez, associate professor of teacher education and Dr. Ryan Zimmerman, associate professor of physical education; the video podcast series is directed to all people at WSU to learn about racism in oneself, in society and at WSU. Zagrodnik explained that the goal for the podcast series is to have a conversation about racism and to show people what that conversation looks like with people who are different

from one’s self.

“By having conversations, we’re also amplifying voices that oftentimes our students are not reading about or know about, and we want them to see people in our community that are striving for justice, equity and want others to learn about how to become engaged,” Martinez said.

The guests who come on the show will be of different backgrounds, and will include WSU faculty and staff and members of the community who are working to address issues relating to race and racism.

The first guest on the series was Dr. Forrest Crawford, a professor of teacher education, who talked about the meaning of racism and his experiences with it.

Crawford defined racism as an attitude or an act driven by race and ethnicity, which is based on someone’s perception or behavior toward

someone else because of who they are and where they come from, among other things.

The series’ second guest was Emma H. Houston, director of Diversity and Inclusion for Salt Lake County, who talked about racism and its impact on society, along with how one can become more aware of racism in Utah.

Houston said cultivating relationships with people outside of one’s community and researching different communities are ways to become more aware of discrimination.

Eventually, the hosts said they would like to start talking to students involved in the podcast as well, especially those who are having conversations with other students and are encouraging them to join in.

Martinez said she was initially interested in participating in this series because of her personal experiences as a Chicana, or girl of Mexican origin or descent, along with her pro-

fessional work within the community when it comes to issues in equity.

Zagrodnik said he feels he has not experienced racism, it is something he has seen impact other people around him. He wants people to participate and learn about themselves and others.

“I think having conversations are a great starting point, but we need to also go further than what we have been doing in our past history and really have change,” Zagrodnik said.

You can watch and listen to the Wildcat Conversations: Racism podcast on the Wildcat Conversations website. New episodes are published weekly.

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By ISRAEL CAMPA Photographer

When someone mentions the word hoodoo, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it African spiritual practice? Maybe you’re mixing up voodoo with hoodoo. Or it could be the song “Hoodoo” by MUSE. I know whenever I was first hearing the word I would give people weird looks.

But if you’re from Utah, or know anything about people from Utah, they will talk about hoodoos with great respect and amazement.

I’m sure many of you have heard this word but may not even know what it means.

So, what are hoodoos? Hoodoos are rock structures formed from wind and erosion that causes them to create tower-like structures within cliffs. Through wind, rain or natural disasters the structures seem to stay upright in their position. They are truly magical.

Pictures don’t do justice to how majestic the hoodoos look in person. These structures make us feel much smaller than we already feel like.

Just like these hoodoos, we need to stay upright and not be shaken by anything that happens to us, especially during the pandemic. If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we need to embrace what we do have and be grateful for what there is to come.

I was able to see these national parks and all the amazing things they offer because of the reduced tourism and see the Hoodoos up close.

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Hoodoos tower over you as you walk through the canyon of Bryce Canyon.

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The blue sky and red rock give two different worlds in one photo.

Many different shapes can be seen within the hoodoos.

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The green trees give a nice contrast to the red rocks of Bryce Canyon.

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen celebrates a long touchdown pass with offensive tackle Daryl Williams as Dolphins defensive tackle Christian Wilkins watches the play downfield.

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TYLER HASLAM Columnist

For as long as I can remember, the Buffalo Bills have never really reached contender status in the NFL. In fact, they have been really bad for almost my entire life.

In 2017, the Bills made the playoffs for the first time since 1999. At the time, that was the longest active playoff appearance drought in all of America’s major sport leagues.

Even with the Bills appearing in the playoffs two of the last three seasons, they still haven’t won a playoff game since 1995.

So, basically, in the last 25 years, the Bills have made the playoffs multiple times, but haven’t won a playoff game since 1995.

It doesn’t help that the Bills have had absolutely no continuity at the quarterback position.

Over just the last decade, thirteen quarterbacks have taken snaps under center for the Bills: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Brad Smith, Tyler Thigpen, Jeff Tuel, Thaddeus Lewis, EJ Manuel, Kyle Orton, Cardale Jones, Tyrod Taylor, Logan Thomas, Nathan Peterman, Derek Anderson and Matt Barkley.

Pretty rough, huh?

There aren’t many franchises I would label as underdog franchises. But, to my generation especially, the Bills have definitely been underdogs.

Three games into this season, though, there are only seven teams still undefeated, and one of them is our perennial-underdog Buffalo Bills.

But how can this be?

Well, it seems that the Bills have finally found their guy at the quarterback position in Josh Allen.

Quite fittingly, Allen fits the mold of an underdog himself.

Not highly-recruited out of high school, Allen enrolled at Reedly College, a junior college in California. He eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming, a school not

necessarily known for cranking out professional prospects or dominating at football.

Despite this, Allen garnered the attention of scouts largely due to his combination of size, mobility and arm strength.

Questions arose about his accuracy, and many were skeptical if Allen could make the transition from being the starter at Wyoming to being a potential franchise player at the professional level.

Allen was ultimately the wildcard of the 2018 draft. His measurables screamed number one overall pick, but his game film didn’t necessarily send the same message.

The Bills decided to roll the dice on him and take him seventh overall in the hopes he could be the franchise quarterback they had been seeking for so many years.

Allen’s first two seasons in the league were rocky. He showed flashes of brilliance with his mobility and arm strength, but he also had plays that seemed erratic and made you scratch your head.

The questions that surrounded Allen before he was drafted were still being raised about him in his second year as a pro.

Can he show consistent accuracy? Can he be more than just a running quarterback?

Now, in his third season as a starter, Allen appears to be putting those questions to bed.

Through three games, Allen has completed over 70% of his passes, is second in the league in total passing yardage and has a 10-to-1 touchdown to interception ratio., all while still showcasing his electrifying running ability.

With opening games against the subpar Jets (0-3) and the rebuilding Dolphins (1-2), observers, like myself, were unsure if the Bills were benefitting from a cupcake opening schedule or if they were actually a legitimate squad.

This past week, however, the Bills were given an opportunity to prove themselves against a Los Angeles Rams team that had looked spectacular through its first two games.

Allen and the Bills made a statement by beating the Rams 35 to 32 after Allen found Tyler Kroft in the corner of the endzone for the go-ahead touchdown with 15 seconds left in the game.

Allen finished with 311 yards and four touchdowns and a rushing touchdown as well.

Now the only question I hear the media asking about Allen is if this guy has a shot at being the league MVP. Well, that escalated quickly!

As I watch this all unfold for the Bills, I find myself smiling. How can you not root for this guy and this franchise?

Some are upset, however, because of a controversial pass interference call on fourth down against the Rams that gave the Bills an additional shot at scoring on the last drive.

But ther’s no need to talk about that. What’s done is done. Let’s let the Bills have their moment.

With an elite defense, strong running game

and now consistent quarterback play, It appears that this season will be full of moments for the Bills franchise and its fans. Hopefully one of these moments is not only a playoff appearance, but also playoff success.

Either way, if the Bills keep winning and Allen keeps playing like he is, I’m all for it. I can’t help myself.

Everyone loves an underdog, myself included.

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By MILES SHAW

Asst. Section Editor

Enduring the difficult stretches while always moving forward is a good outlook for everyone to continue on in difficult times, and in the sports of cross-country and track and field, enduring and fighting the urge to quit is a critical key to success.

As decisions on sports resuming are still being made across the country, the Wildcats cross-country and track teams have been preparing for their scheduled seasons by practicing since late August.

While cross-country, which runs from September through November, wasn’t affected, the thriving Wildcat track and field team had to stop in its tracks last spring

when COVID-19 swept across the globe and halted their season right before the NCAA Championships.

However, with practices resumed and the team together again, their mindset and performance has improved, particularly since teammates and coaches can help an individual improve much more than one could by working out alone.

“We’re practicing right now and we’re running together right now, but we’re not racing this fall. It’s just been great to be able to be around this great group of guys again,” said men’s cross-country head coach Corbin Talley.

The current cross-country and track seasons have been scheduled, which is a step in the right direction. The upcoming indoor

track season has a start date of Jan. 10 and will run through March 13, with the Big Sky championship taking place on March 15.

The cross-country season, which usually takes place in the fall, will happen alongside the indoor track season now, as the Big Sky Conference has shortened their season.

“All these athletes we have who run cross-country also are on our indoor track team and they do the distance races during indoor track, so it’s tricky as they might end up doing two indoor track races and three cross-country races during that time stretch,” Talley said.

Weber State cross-country and track and field have big goals in sight and achievements they want to reach this season. The schedule

has made the teams hopeful the season will play normally.

“Our big goal — and we barely missed it a year ago — but our big goal is to qualify our team for the NCAA Cross Country Championship, and so we’re just looking forward to the opportunity to prove ourselves against the very best teams in the country,” Talley said.

Weber State’s track and cross-country have long histories, pieces of which have been memorialized in Javier’s Mexican Restaurant on Harrison Boulevard. Aged photographs, newspaper clippings and shots of recent Weber State athletes adorn the walls of the restaurant’s entryway.

Javier Chavez, owner of multiple restaurants throughout Northern Utah, is a member of Weber State University Athletics Hall of

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Runners starting the race for a past Big Sky Cross Country Championship. (Sara Parker / The Signpost)

Fame. He was inducted in 2001, as he earned nine All-Big Sky honors across cross country and indoor and outdoor track.

Talley has seen six cross country All-Big Sky Conference athletes in his tenure. He came to the Wildcats after leading Davis High School’s boy’s and girls’s cross country and track teams to a combined twenty-three state championships and forty-five region titles in his time there from 2003-2017.

Talley’s also an eight-time All-

Big Sky Conference athlete; he ran for Weber State from 19992002, and his record in the 3,000 meters at the Swenson Gym still stands to this day.

High achievements are not a thing of the past for the runners either as current Wildcat, All-Big Sky and All-American Trey Deveraux, qualified for the NCAA indoor championships for the pole vault last year, after winning first place in the Big Sky Indoor Championships. However, the NCAA canceled due to the pandemic.

In 2019, Christian Allen finished in 14th place at the NCAA championships, the highest finish in school history and was an All-American. With multiple All-Americans across track and field, the Wildcats have high hopes for this upcoming season.

To get back to competing, achieving their goals and setting records, they will need to have their season, which while scheduled, could change due to the unique circumstances that the pandemic can create.

However, the Wildcats have been dealing with that obstacle head on.

“There’s restrictions, they’re in their masks and they’re trying to be careful, but it’s just great to have them back together,” Talley said.

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Join us as we keep the tradition alive and hike to the top of Mount Ogden!

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versity. With the help of ReUp Education, a company that specializes in helping students who have left the college path to come back, WSU has brought 60 students back for this fall semester.

By MARISA NELSON Section Editor

Empowering students to continue their education is a main goal of Weber State Uni-

The ReUp Education website states, “Over the past two years we’ve helped ‘re-up’ thousands of students and recapture millions of dollars in tuition revenue for our partners using a proprietary combination of data, tech-

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nology and coaching.”

WSU has measures in place to help current students continue on their path of education at Weber. But resources and personnel are not readily available for those who have been away from the university for some time.

Partnering with ReUp has helped students to overcome obstacles and return to WSU this fall.

“We were interested in the partnership because college completion is a national issue,” Provost Ravi Krovi said. “Nationally, less than 60 percent of students complete their degree in six years. That number is significantly lower for underrepresented students, low income, first generation and commuter students.”

Krovi added that Weber reached out to students who had left within the last 3-10 years.

Out of the students they reached out to, 71 have returned to Weber State this fall.

ReUp has 43 partners, and also allows access to over 1,000 academic programs to help adult students succeed, even if they can’t return to their previous school.

Students often run into complications while pursuing their education. Financial struggles, work commitments, health and other factors can make it difficult for some to complete their degree. These difficults contributed to WSU wanting to partner with ReUp. “Students eventually want to return to campus because degree completion is a personal goal,” Krovi said. “In many cases, they also see degree completion as an opportunity for job mobility or career advancement, and possibly resulting in higher income potential.”

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