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The centerpieces on the tables made with national flags and photos of influential women.

Remembering influential women in history

Terra Bell, Reporter March 23, 2023

Bertha Benz, a German inventor and wife and partner of automobile inventor Karl Benz, decided on Aug. 5, 1888, to take her two sons, Richard and Eugen, and traveled 105 km across unpaved roads without...

Look upon my work, ye lowly, and despair

Look upon my work, ye lowly, and despair

Cole Eckhardt February 28, 2019

The wall has never been about national security. Trump’s drivel about Syrian suicide bombers infiltrating America via Tijuana aside, every step toward its construction has been evidence to the contrary. During...

Soybean growers were among the hardest hit from Chinese tariffs. (Cristina M. Fletes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

Do you know your news? Semester recap

Nic Muranaka December 6, 2018

1. Back on July 6, President Donald Trump levied a 25 percent tax on imported Chinese products, mostly machinery. China retaliated by levying tariffs of their own against imported American products,...

Turkeys ruling party Leader and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his weekly speech to members of the parliament Oct. 23 in Ankara, Turkey. (Depo Photos/Zuma Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Oct. 25

Nic Muranaka October 24, 2018

1. Recently, online retailers have taken more and more buyers out of physical stores by allowing them to make purchases from home and have products delivered right to their front doors. This has caused...

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Mary Jane and a CEO strained

Cameron Gifford September 17, 2018

It’s been a tumultuous couple of months for serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Elon Musk. Tesla stock plummeted by over $17 per share on Sept. 7 following Musk's appearance on the “Joe...

Technology Human Think Board Face Display Dummy

Robots, internet and online shopping: Upcoming technology in 2018

Chris Nichols January 6, 2018

Technology trends can display the awaited realization of predicted products from the past as well as objects users did not know they needed until it was released. In 2017, virtual reality headsets rose...

Robot Sophia. (Wikimedia)

Meet Sophia, the world’s first robot citizen

Zac Watts November 29, 2017

Saudi Arabia made history on Oct. 25 by declaring Sophia, a highly advanced, human-like robot, its first artificially intelligent citizen. Sophia is not only Saudi Arabia’s first robot citizen but...

Open letter from President Wight: 'I thank King Abdullah'

January 25, 2015

From our Weber State University students to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and their families, I would like to extend condolences on behalf of our university in regard to the recent death of King Abdullah...

Senator third Saudi woman elected in leadership position

March 20, 2012

During the past week, Weber State University has been receiving phone calls from international media trying to speak with one of the newest elected student senators. “Zaynab Alshakhiss is one of three...

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