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Displays for teaching medical students (Robert Lewis / The Signpost)

WSU’s Latinx health care students and faculty strive for exceptionalism

Francisco Ruiz September 18, 2019

The Latinx community within Weber State University’s health care programs represent a variety of life experiences. However, the community shares a common eagerness to demonstrate their effort, grit,...

The evolution of medical marijuana

The evolution of medical marijuana

Kelly Watkins April 18, 2019

If you drew an imaginary line from West Wendover, Nevada, to Dinosaur, Colorado, where cannabis is legal both medicinally and recreationally, what would fill the space between the two towns? The answer...

April Skeem and Brooke Cowley who are both Weber State students put on the panel as part of a senior project. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

How LGBT and LDS church members build bridges together

Sierra Hawkins April 12, 2019

It's no secret that there is tension between the LGBT community and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For people who are "gay and Mormon," this tension is not only an outside...

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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...

Sitake after a play. (Sarah Catan / The Signpost)

Mission over, but game on for LDS missionaries

Brandon May October 25, 2018

For many LDS missionaries, it’s not an easy decision to commit to a two-year ecclesiastical mission before playing college sports. The road back to Division I performance isn’t cut and dry. The...

Democrat Jenny Wilson making her first visit to Weber State (Harrison Epstein/The Signpost)

Democrat Jenny Wilson makes campaign stop at WSU

Harrison Epstein October 4, 2018

“Utah’s changing, and that’s what my candidacy represents,” U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson said on Oct. 3 in a sit-down interview with The Signpost.Wilson is the Democratic...

No on Prop. 2 means no medical marijuana

No on Prop. 2 means no medical marijuana

Jennifer Guzman August 31, 2018

An overwhelmingly negative response swept public opinion in response to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ statement asking members to vote against Proposition 2. Proposition 2 is an...

Young women hold a photograph of a loved one lost at a suicide prevention candlelight vigil in 2015. (The Signpost Archives)

Suicide rates climb, Utah’s rates among the highest in the U.S.

Doug Manifold September 15, 2016

Suicide is a growing problem in both the United States and Utah. According to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 43,000 people in the country commit suicide each year.The...

A Danger to God Himself by John Draper is available on Amazon as a Kindle version, or paperback.

Author gains appreciation for religion through novel

Emilee Atkinson January 15, 2016

When author John Draper set out to write "A Danger to God Himself," he had one thing in mind—"To write a novel that would skewer Mormonism." However, by the end of the process, his beliefs changed about...

LDS exodus: Apostates are driven over the edge

LDS exodus: ‘Apostates’ are driven over the edge

December 17, 2015

It seems counterintuitive that anyone who self-identifies as queer would seek or maintain membership within the LDS church, let alone encourage their children to participate, considering the organization’s...

News Briefs 10/2

Michael Grennell October 1, 2015

WEBER STATE Weber State to host Utah educators conference Next week, the annual Utah Council of Education Deans conference will be hosted at Weber State University. The two-day conference will run on...

LDS leader to speak at Ogden Pioneer Days devotional

July 6, 2015

In celebration of the Ogden Pioneer Days, a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be making an appearance in Ogden on July 12 to speak at the...

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