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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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Many people, when confronted with video games and those who play them, immediately think, “Oh, that’s just a waste of time. Why would you kill so much valuable time staring at a screen?” What you might not realize is that playing video games actually is more beneficial than most people think. Video games are becoming […]
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[media-credit name=”Source: Kelsey Chugg” align=”alignright” width=”224″][/media-credit]Weber State University’s new member of the women’s golf team, Kelsey Chugg, advanced to the second round of match play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship after beating the No. 4 seed in the opening round. This was one of the biggest tournaments Chugg has ever played in, […]
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Brine flies might owe their survival in the salty waters of the Great Salt Lake to a bacteria Amanda Truong found living within their cells. Later this month, she’s going to tell an international audience about her findings at a prestigious conference in Japan. “We’re thinking these bacteria have been inside the brine flies for […]
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Lacey Jeffrey, above, looks at a culture at the Gunnison Valley Hospital in Salina, Utah. Jeffrey is attending school so that she can get her degree to become a lab technician. Her education has all been made possible by Weber State University’s diverse amount of online classes available. She never answered ‘here’ to a professor […]
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Less than six hours after receiving the assignment, Ben Davis stood from his computer — the seven-minute script complete — sipped his Mountain Dew and quipped to his friends. “No sense in sleeping now,” he said. “Not if we’re meeting at 8.” It was 1 a.m. on Saturday. Six hours earlier, Bleed Purple Productions received […]
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Students who commute to school via bus and the FrontRunner might want to start taking full advantage of the service now, before it’s gone. The contract between Weber State University and Utah Transit Authority, which gave students access to free rides on all of UTA’s services, expires July 31. It is possible the new contract […]
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The new dean of Weber State University’s Goddard School of Business and Economics wants the school to choose a theme and be nationally recognized for it. “We have a lot of good things going on here, but I don’t think anybody really knows about them, at least not outside the region,” said Jeff Steagall, dean […]
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