[media-credit name=”Source: Paul Pilkington” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit] Weber State University’s Sarah Callister competes in a meet last year. The Big Sky Conference picked WSU’s women’s team to win the conference this year. The men’s team was picked third overall. Their first meet is on Saturday, Sept. 3 at the Utah State Invitational. The Weber State University’s […]
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First-week freshmen
With the new fall semester comes a fresh batch of students preparing to launch themselves head first into the unfamiliar world of university life. These freshmen might encounter a variety of obstacles, such as unmet expectations, being unable to find their way around campus, having difficulties finding parking places, or just not knowing where to […]
Read moreFoam Party
[media-credit id=2 align=”alignnone” width=”300″][/media-credit]On Friday, Aug. 26, thousands of students and members of the surrounding community descended upon Weber State University to attend the seventh annual Block Party. WSU students encountered more than 100 booths set up by WSU’s various departments, clubs and organizations. At the end of the day, students could also attend the […]
Read moreVolleyball collapses in first tourney
Weber State University Volleyball played in their first games this weekend in the Utah Classic Tournament. WSU lost in all three games. WSU lost to the University of Utah on Friday night in three games. They lost to Northwestern State University in three sets Saturday morning, and lost to California State University, Northridge in five […]
Read moreWSU blasts back to the '60s
The seventh year of the Weber State University Block Party brought students to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the WSU Shepherd Union Building. This coinciding of anniversaries is what led to the theme of the Block Party: “Blast Back to the ’60s.” Booths up and down the campus were awash in tie-dyed colors, Beatles posters and peace […]
Read moreKeeping pace: WSU expands wireless service
Weber State University is expanding its digital infrastructure to keep pace with a booming demand for wireless Internet and to prepare for a future when the printed textbook is an artifact of higher education. “We never thought four years ago that we would be hitting the capacity for wireless Internet,” said Bill Fruth, director of […]
Read moreStreetcar not moving forward
After a city council meeting last night, Ogden City has decided not to move forward with the streetcar initiative. The proposed streetcar would leave from the Ogden Transit Center, stop at Weber State University and finish its route at McKay-Dee Hospital, and would cost the city and its taxpayers about $160 million. “Right now, the […]
Read moreNew water feature prevents floods
A new addition to Weber State University has recently been finished. Right outside of the pay lot near the Kimball Arts building is a new water feature. Most people assume that it is a waterfall, but looks can be deceiving. This new feature is not a waterfall at all, but something that is helping prevent […]
Read moreDunked for Dewey
When Dewey Clayton realized the plume of smoke billowing from his neighborhood was created by his burning home a month ago, he first thought, ‘What am I going to do?’ “It’s sort of surreal, because you sit there and you think it would never happen to you,” Clayton said. “It was a total loss.” A […]
Read moreRush Week at the bookstore
Crowds have been pouring into the bookstore this week, gearing up for the semester. This semester, student Lindsay Argyle is taking on the Master of Science in Nursing program. This program is only in its second year at Weber State University, so students like Argyle must buy all new books for her courses. “I have […]
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