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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...

From small-time basketball to big-time achievement

From small-time basketball to big-time achievement

Danya Gil November 10, 2018

Wataru Misaka, Weber State University alumnus and first non-white player in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), returned to his alma mater for the screening of “Transcending - The Wat Misaka...

US Attorney John Huber speaks to and fields questions from students at the Wildcat Theater. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

U.S. attorney lays down the law

Hannah Olsen September 19, 2018

“Civil, or what I would call uncivil, disobedience,” said U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber, "is a fad." In a talk that kicked off Constitution Week, Huber stressed that citizens feel the...

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Trump’s change to national monuments starts political wildfire

John Wise January 5, 2018

Two national monuments in Utah have become five smaller and less inclusive national monuments.Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument was reduced from 1.9 million acres to around 1 million acres and...

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A divided America — one year later

Daryn Steed November 9, 2017

On Nov. 4, 2008, I was on a school bus when I heard that Barack Obama had been elected president. I was in sixth grade and I wasn’t exactly emotionally invested. Still, my dad voted for Obama. I...

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Michelle Obama speaks at tech conference in Salt Lake City

John Wise September 22, 2017

Former first lady Michelle Obama was greeted by a standing crowd of 1,500 on Thursday in the Grand America Hotel’s Grand Ballroom in Salt Lake City as Beyonce’s “All the Single Ladies”...

Researchers have found an emotional response in the brain that is triggered when peoples political beliefs are challenged. (Graphic by Maddy Van Orman / The Signpost)

Science Weekly: Political beliefs bound in brain physiology

Kellie Plumhof January 24, 2017

After a polarizing election year, and a less-than-peaceful transition of power, it is becoming increasingly apparent that political beliefs are tied to emotions.Neuroscientists from the Brain and Creativity...

From left, San Francisco 49ers Eli Harold (58), quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before their NFL game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

Black Lives Matter protest continues

John Keeffer October 13, 2016

During the second game of the NFL preseason, Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, chose to sit during the singing of the National Anthem.“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag...

Latinos se reunen para apoyar al candidato presidencial Donald Trump.  (Fuente: Tribune News Services)

Su voto cuenta

Paula Ninataype September 16, 2016

Los tres grupos de minoridades más grandes de los Estados Unidos, Afroamericanos, Hispanos y los Asiáticos, estuvieron bien representados en las elecciones presidenciales del 2008. "El electorado...

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