January 2, 2013
Weber State University’s Austin Raught celebrates after scoring a touchdown in the game on Saturday against Sacramento State University. WSU got their first victory with a score of 48-17. WSU is now 1-0 in the Big Sky Conference. In a game that saw the Weber State University Football Team dominate both offensively and defensively, the [...]
There are many reasons not to forget the day of Saturday, Nov. 6, 1971. What happened, you ask? Why, on that frigid day on the Amchitka Island in Alaska, Operation Grommet was a go. Code-named Project Cannikin, the U.S. tested a 5-megaton thermonuclear warhead — the largest underground U.S. detonation ever. Another reason why one should [...]
Continue reading …Jersey Shore is no longer just a destination — it’s an industry. Since first storming MTV airways in December 2009, the reality show Jersey Shore has filmed five seasons and given viewers countless nuggets of wisdom, like this quote from Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi: “I don’t go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent tax [...]
Continue reading …Weber State University students can visit Greece right on campus this week as the 14th annual WSU Greek Festival kicks off. The festival is being sponsored by the Honors Program in conjunction with the department of performing arts. The 10-day festival will end with a performance of the Euripides play Iphigenia in Tauris. On Monday, [...]
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Ashley Ellis and Edward Burtynsky discussing her work. Burtynsky’s opening is the same night. Photographer Edward Burtynsky spoke Friday about his exhibit at the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery. The exhibit, “Industrial Sublime,” features 31 photographs showing how nature is being changed through the world’s industries, such as oil and copper. Burtynsky said he first [...]
Continue reading …For Constitution Week this year, Weber State University provided students, faculty and staff with a panel of student veterans from the United States Armed Services who gathered to tell their tales and motivations for defending the United States Constitution. “9/11 will always and forever, even after my military career has come to an end, be [...]
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