Holidays/Breaks
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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The Fourth of July means many things. To any age of student, it means summer is half over. To any soldier, it means an all-out party for the country they proudly defend. To George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock, it meant the first day of a new nation. It also means and has meant the declaring […]
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Weber State University students have more leeway when it comes to celebrating their fourth and 24th of July holidays due to new State of Utah firework rules. The state legislature has expanded the length of time around the holidays in which fireworks can be set off, and also expanded the types of fireworks that can […]
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Spring and summer bring a slew of patriotic holidays, with National Flag Day right in the middle. For some, it might seem like just another holiday, but to the Weber State University Veteran Affairs Office, Flag Day hits close to home. Crystal Charriere | The Signpost “Any holiday that benefits veterans or the flag or […]
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