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The best cultural spots in Ogden

The best cultural spots in Ogden

Daryn Steed January 11, 2020

Let’s set the scene: It’s January. The magical glow of winter has worn off, and the snow is muddied and yellow. Classes have begun again, and you’re perpetually tired. You’re in...

Millennials and Gen Zers have experienced significantly different economic, political, and social factors during their upbringings. (Monika Clarke/ The Signpost)

The global events that separate Millennials from Generation Z

Daryn Steed January 8, 2020

Dividing generations by abstract dates might seem senseless, but the first generational terminology was born from the baby boom post-World War II. After the war, birth rates across the world spiked; between...

Bow Tie Creamery logo within the building. (Bella Torres / The Signpost).

Local creamery defends the environment

Daryn Steed April 10, 2019

You’ve heard the numbers: 8 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year. Plastic debris kills an estimated 100,000 marine animals annually. Only nine percent of our annual plastic use...

Parking from the top of thr campus overlook the stadium. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

Weber overhauls parking system

Daryn Steed April 3, 2019

On March 29, Crystal Taylor was juggling phone calls from angry students and employees at Weber State University. It had snowed all morning, and as a result, cars were quadruple-parked in some campus lots....

Art by Aubree Eckhardt

I have a sticker to prove I voted. So why has my vote been ignored?

Daryn Steed March 20, 2019

On Nov. 6, 2018, I lined up outside my city council building to vote. Though the race for Senate and my local representatives seemed airtight, Utah had several propositions up in the air. Prop 2 aimed...

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Banning conversion therapy would have been a shock to Utah’s system. But it didn’t pass.

Daryn Steed March 18, 2019

On March 4, Utah was on the cusp of becoming the most conservative state to ban conversion therapy, the psuedoscientific programs designed to change a person's sexual orientation. HB 399, the legislation...

As ice glaciers melt, denials of climate continue to burn

As ice glaciers melt, denials of climate continue to burn

Daryn Steed February 21, 2019

I was standing in front of the Sólheimajökull glacier in 2018, lacing my boots before we started our climb to a wall a few hundred yards up the ice. Our guide was telling us the height of the...

Previews 2/8

Previews 2/8

Daryn Steed February 9, 2019

Men's tennis vs. Colorado Mesa:On Feb. 9, men's tennis will take on Colorado Mesa at the Ogden Athletic Club. The team is looking to pick up their first win of the season. Tickets are free."Yeltsin, Putin,...

Weber graduates are in this together

Weber graduates are in this together

Daryn Steed December 12, 2018

Four years ago, I sat down for my first class at Weber State. It was intro to literature, and my professor didn’t make us go around the room to share fun facts that aren’t ever fun, so we were...

WSU announces final president candidates

WSU announces final president candidates

Daryn Steed November 30, 2018

In a press release sent out on Nov. 30, Weber State University announced the four finalists for the position of university president.The university has gone through a closed search since the end of the...

Program and flag handed out at the front door In Loving Memory of Maj. Brent Taylor. (Bella Torres / The Signpost).

Ogden mayor laid to rest at Ben Lomond Cemetery

Daryn Steed November 22, 2018

On Nov. 17, Mayor Brent Taylor was laid to rest at Ben Lomond Cemetery. Hundreds of community members and friends gathered to pay their respects to the Utah National Guard Major and father of seven.Taylor...

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Daryn Steed November 17, 2018

On Nov. 22, we’ll all take a day to celebrate George Washington’s Thanksgiving holiday, which wasn’t at all connected to that infamous Pilgrim feast but rather intended to be a public...

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