June 20, 2013
Weber State students are no strangers to commuting. Some of you drive down here and back from Salt Lake every day, or even farther. Others take public transit every day. If you fall into the latter category, you probably do this to save gas money, or to be environmentally friendly. I, however, am one of [...]
Who gets to define what the “greater good” is in a society? And who gets to decide the cost that must sometimes be paid in order to protect it? It’s a timeless debate struck up anew with last week’s release of the Superman reboot, “Man of Steel,” and the reveal earlier in the week of [...]
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For the first time at Weber State University, Project Success Inc. — an Ogden-based, nonprofit community learning center — put on the 24th annual Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival on Saturday. The event was Project Success’ version of Juneteenth, the oldest and most widespread of celebrations marking the anniversary of the end of slavery in [...]
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The Art House Cinema 502 on 25th Street is a local independent movie theater known for showing films outside the common flow of Hollywood. Currently showing is “Shadow Dancer,” directed by James Marsh and starring Andrea Riseborough (“Oblivion”), Clive Owen (“The Bourne Identity”), Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”), Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) and Domhnall Gleeson [...]
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About 200 children and teens watched David Wilson, the Weber State University Student Association’s student body president, as he spoke to the Boys and Girls Club of Weber-Davis in Roy. Wilson gave the talk Monday morning, highlighting leadership, its importance to communities and the impact it can have on individual lives. The Boys and Girls [...]
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Delegates from Weber State University visited Hong Kong recently to participate in the 33rd annual conference hosted by the International Society for Teacher Education. The conference allows teacher educators to present papers in small groups to promote dialogue and allow participants to receive feedback. Forrest Crawford, an education professor with WSU, serves as the secretary [...]
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