In recent years, the most popular accessory people have adorned isn’t diamond earrings, gold watches or overpriced shoes. That honor belongs to the “Buy Local” bags that people all over the country have slung over their shoulders. Buying local, though, raises the question of what the benefits of buying locally actually are, when it can […]
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Introducing the first master’s degree in the Communication Department, Weber State University is stepping up to help students meet the new requirements of the business world. The newest of only 11 master’s programs to be unveiled at WSU is the professional communication master’s degree. At the beginning of summer semester, this particular master’s degree was […]
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Rick Lilly, a Weber State University bowler, has won his second gold medal in the World Transplant Games for Team USA in Goteborg, Swedenduring after a two day competition. On the first day of the tournament, Lilly won the Bowling Singles event at Strike & Co. Lanes in Goteborg, and on the second day, he […]
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I am not a hard person to understand. As soon as a person has a conversation with me, they will know at least three things: I love sports, I love purple, and my name is Corie Sue. They will probably be in that order. But there is a lot to me that people won’t see […]
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It’s been an eventful few weeks for the Weber State University Football Team. Last week, the Big Sky Conference released their preseason rankings, and two Wildcats were named preseason All-Americans. The Big Sky Conference released two polls last week, a media poll and a coaches’ poll. WSU is ranked in the middle of both polls. […]
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What is the most troublesome issue in America today? It isn’t raising the debt ceiling to a number that sounds like it was designed by kindergartners. It isn’t the overhaul of a flawed system of education that both punishes our nation’s children and encourages squabbling between underpaid teachers and underfunded districts. And it isn’t figuring […]
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Weber State University’s Shepherd Union Building might have another mainstream business occupying it by the next fall semester. Jamba Juice is currently in negotiations with Sodexo and the SUB to set up shop in place of Freshens near the south entrance of the building. “It’s a proposal that we’re taking a hard looking at, and […]
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Weber State University took home eight top-10 spots in the 2011 Phi Beta Lamdba National Tournament held in Orlando, Fla. The conference, themed “Gateway to Greatness,” took place at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Orlando, Fla., on June 22-27. “This leadership conference gave PBL members a unique opportunity to compete against other qualifying state winners […]
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Weber Cares for Cole Spicker The Weber State University Student Association is starting a fundraiser for Cole Spicker to help him in his recovery from a stroke he had more than a week ago. A blood clot in his brain ruptured Sunday, July 11, and he was rushed to a hospital. The bleeding caused seizures, […]
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[media-credit name=”Associated Press” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]Weber State University was represented on the ground in Benghazi from the outset of the civil war — not by soldiers, but by WSU alumnus Neil Brandvold. Brandvold, an employee of the Middle East Policy Council and aspiring freelance photojournalist, headed to Libya shortly after the war began to document the […]
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