May 24, 2013
The Singer/Songwriter Festival has pulled students from a current course taught for about five years at Weber State University by William Pollett, a WSU English Department faculty member, but before that, he was teaching people in the community to get them writing and singing their own songs. “You can write a song, but it’s not [...]
The sound of colorful blocks clicked together mixed with the laughter of junior high students. A student teacher walked around the room, encouraging the students to figure out the next shape to the Soma cube. This was the activity for the after-school program the Weber State University Science Department provides for junior high students. The [...]
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Words echoed throughout the Shepherd Union ballrooms as Talib Kweli spoke about using hip-hop music as a social activism tool. “(Kweli) is diverse, he’s accepting, and he has a powerful way of influencing his audience to be the same way he is . . . I’m mostly excited about what he has to say about [...]
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With displays ranging from pig’s lungs to music-making sand, departments at Weber State University presented their different majors to students for Major Fest. On Wednesday, tables filled the Shepherd Union Ballrooms to give students the opportunity to learn more information and find the best interests for their career paths. “Hopefully we can increase their interest,” said [...]
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