Science & Tech
Earlier last week, an op-ed entitled “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich,” written by entrepreneur-extraordinaire Warren Buffett, was published in The New York Times. It came as a surprise to me what he wrote. He wrote of the unnecessary tax breaks that he and his fellow mega-rich friends receive. According to Buffett, in 2010, he paid only […]
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I’ve commented on the economy in previous columns, but, in all honesty, my words, despite their genius, have no effect on the actual economic future of the United States. After all, I am just a measly, poor college-student nobody whose opinion means little to nothing in the ‘real world’. In fact, the next time I’m […]
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Weber State University is hoping to harness the power of the sun with new solar panels that are rising across campus. With the support of students and the will of the university behind them, WSU’s Energy and Sustainability Department is trying to put a dent in the university’s consumption of both money and energy. Sustainable […]
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[media-credit id=13 align=”alignright” width=”200″][/media-credit]The national average for acceptance into medical school is roughly 45 percent. Those odds can be discouraging, but Weber State University’s acceptance rates are consistently above the national average. In fact, two years ago, 90 percent of WSU students who applied to medical school got accepted. The pre-medical adviser is integral to […]
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Pre-professional students are faced with many entrance requirements for medical school in addition to their normal course load. Finding time to finish all the volunteering, leadership projects and physician-shadowing can be daunting. However, a new program called the Preceptor Program has been created in which students can get a credit in their major just for […]
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Being a college student is difficult. Being a pre-med student is even more difficult. Here are eight tips to help students on their journey. 1. The No. 1 most helpful thing to do is to go to the pre-med seminars. The pre-med seminar — or, as pre-med adviser Barbara Trask lovingly refers to them, the “blood […]
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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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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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By the time Weber State University students are ready to graduate, they’ve gone through numerous credit hours, taken dozens of classes, and even more tests. The one requirement that most students complete, but might not understand, is the Computer and Information Literacy requirement. “The CIL requirement has been a requirement of all Utah universities for […]
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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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