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Peer critiquing in the college creative writing process is a double-edged sword. On one hand (this is a double-edged metaphor), someone will pick up your whimpering, fledgling little creation that you painstakingly crafted and politely tell you it is total donkey compost. On the other hand (edge), you get to voraciously tear through another student’s […]
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Just days ago, we as a nation commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. I remember being an eighth-grader at South Ogden Junior High School when I heard on the school bus radio the news of a plane crashing into a building in New York City. The image that ran through […]
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I am glad I decided to break down volleyball this week, because it’s one sport that I do know a lot about. I know the basics. It’s going to be easy for me to write the basics, because that’s all I know. Volleyball is played by either men or women. It is mostly considered a […]
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It’s Week 4 of this semester, and some students still don’t know where the library is. An unscientific poll — pursued by none other than yours truly — gave me a cause to worry. Last week, I asked no fewer than 27 students if they could tell me where the Weber State University library was […]
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[media-credit name=”Jake McIntosh” align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]The Emmy nominations have been out for a while, and with the Sunday Primetime Emmy Awards rapidly approaching, The Signpost A&E staff wants all Wildcats to clean up on their Emmy ballot predictions. Here’s the list of nominations for the major awards, along with our picks for who will (and should) […]
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Despite losing their first game of the season, I think the Weber State University Football Team will bounce back and improve upon last season’s record. Last Saturday’s game was a tough loss for the Wildcats, who dropped a close game to the University of Wyoming. Generally when a team loses a close game, one of […]
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I was on campus today, running a few errands before heading off to work. As I leaned on the counter and watched the secretary make some notes on my forms, a jerk walked into the office. Now, the word “jerk” is one of those descriptors that gets thrown around these days and placed on people […]
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Could there be anything more usefully pointless than Facebook? Not speaking for myself, but many of us waste hours on end delving into the far-too-personal information of anyone and everyone we know, don’t know, love or hate. It’s a beautifully disturbing thing, and we’re all guilty of such indulgence, but some more than others. If […]
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I love sports. I know sports. I have played many different sports, and I have watched a great many more. Because I have been around sports for so long, I know enough about all of them that I can get by. But I wouldn’t say that I am the biggest sports expert, because I am […]
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There’s something I really need to admit. Something very embarrassing. I really love bottled water. I know, I know. It’s the worst thing to be into these days, like dog-fighting, or working for Rupert Murdoch, or being a Cowboys fan. But drinking bottled water is one of those nasty habits that I fear I can’t […]
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