June 19, 2013
The Center for Diversity and Unity’s Adrienne Andrews will now be serving President Charles Wight as the assistant to the president for diversity starting July 1. Andrews will be replacing Forrest Crawford, as he is stepping down from the position after 15 years. “She has been doing a lot of these things over the years [...]
The Union Station’s Ogden Arts Festival is typically the last place anyone would encounter arithmetic, but at the 10th annual event this year, math was a very important factor. Weber State University’s mathematics department teamed up with the Ogden Arts Festival for the first time to create a children’s activity centered on mathematics and art [...]
Continue reading …In the midst of the last day of finals, the engineering and technology building was evacuated. 20 people were ordered to exit the building. Thursday morning, a white powdery substance was found on a desk in a classroom of the building. A hazmat crew was called, but the substance has been deemed harmless by the [...]
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Craig Oberg stopped before he crossed the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on Monday to take pictures with his wife, sister and mother. He then ran ahead, finished the race, and was walking to get his bag when he saw one bomb go off, then another. “I felt that concussion, and I could feel [...]
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Photographs of Historic 25th Street tell stories of Ogden’s past, and the Stewart Library is out to capture that story. With the help of the history department, a grant from the Hemingway Foundation and the visual arts and sociology departments, the library is currently seeking post-World War II photographs of Ogden, but, more specifically, of [...]
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Rock climbers and outdoor enthusiasts alike will converge in Ogden April 12-14 for the sixth annual Ogden Climbing Festival. The Weber State University Outdoor Program teamed up with The Front, an Ogden climbing club, and Gear:30, an outdoor equipment store, to put together the community event. To kick off the event on Wednesday night, local [...]
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