June 20, 2013
A small, oval-shaped scar on Weber State University student Ashlee Karpowitz’s nose serves as a reminder of her battle with skin cancer. “I had a scab, right there, that just wouldn’t go away,” she said, pointing at the scar. “I would pick it off and it would just come back.” Karpowitz said she was [...]
I’ve been teaching English this semester at a local high school, and the experience working with high school seniors has taught me a few things about love. Whoa! Wait! Not like that! I just meant that the whole high school experience reminds me of what love really means, because nowhere in the world is love [...]
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Nicole Rowley, a Weber State University student, spends her days teaching pre-kindergarten children various subjects at a local school, but at the end of her day, the teacher becomes the student. Rowley is not only a teacher and a WSU student, but also a mother to two teenagers. With so much on her schedule, Rowley [...]
Continue reading …Imagine a mother of three who has returned to Weber State University to finish her degree. She has car payments, a mortgage and even a teenager. What if one of her children suddenly gets sick at school and she has to leave before her next class to take care of them? No big deal, right? [...]
Continue reading …With today’s economy, jobs are getting harder to come by. With the U.S. unemployment rate at about 8 percent, higher than it has been in three years, and Utah’s rate sitting close to 6 percent, the job market has changed. With the national and state unemployment rates, students at Weber State University are seeing the effects of [...]
Continue reading …To raise awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur, the Weber State University Center for Diversity and Unity hosted a discussion on Friday called “The Holocaust — A World Crisis Continues.” “I believe that genocide is the killing of a person because of their race,” said WSU student Julia Salcedo, who is involved with the CDU. “It’s [...]
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