June 19, 2013
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 [...]
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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The Weber State University men’s basketball program filled two coaching positions this past week, hiring of Kellen McCoy as an assistant coach and promoting Garrett Lever to the director of basketball operations. In addition, the WSU women’s basketball program hired Brett Vana as an assistant coach. Men’s head coach Randy Rahe said he feels very [...]
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This past Saturday, the Weber State University football team hosted a football camp for the Utah HopeKids Foundation at Stewart Stadium. HopeKids is a national organization that provides ongoing events and activities and a unique support community for families who have children with cancer or other life-threatening medical conditions. “We are a family outreach organization that brings [...]
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Holding a long black PVC pipe, Weber State University physics major Miles Clemens strummed it dramatically as if he were Jimmy Hendricks. “Holy cow! It makes weird noises!” yelled one of the children watching Clemens. “Let me try!” Clemens is one of nearly 50 individuals who volunteer at WSU’s summer program, Science in the Park. [...]
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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 [...]
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