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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) speaks as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Oct. 11

Nic Muranaka October 10, 2018

1. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation vote was Oct. 6, after weeks of sexual assault allegations and an emotionally-charged hearing where Kavanaugh shed tears. Was Kavanaugh confirmed...

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...

1 million dollars a week

1 million dollars a week

Nic Muranaka September 1, 2018

Update: the original version stated that Funded Today had raised $1 million every day since its creation. The company has raised $1 million every week, not every day. When Weber State University alum...

Larry Stahle, advisor for The Signpost from 1980-1995 and winner of several journalism awards, passed away August 1.

Larry Stahle passes away

Nic Muranaka August 4, 2018

Larry Stahle, advisor for The Signpost from 1980 to 1995, passed away on August 1.Stahle always promoted a message of involvement and growth for The Signpost, and maintained that while the newspaper may...

Arin Omar Dominguez Paredez, 8, high-fives Father Jorge Gomez as he exits a news conference with his father, Omar Morino Dominguez Mejia, at Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan Del Valle in San Juan, Texas, on July 26. Omar and Arin were reunited the night before. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Some kids got home

Nic Muranaka July 30, 2018

The zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigrants coming to the U.S. has faced public outcry since its inception in the spring of 2018, largely because families claiming asylum in the U. S. were being separated...

From right, Ivanka, Donald Jr.and Erik Trump listen as their father, Donald Trump, speaks at Turnberry hotel in South Ayrshire, home of the Trump Turnberry golf course, on June 24, 2016. (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS)

Do you know your news? Week of July 16

Nic Muranaka July 16, 2018

1. On July 13, three days before President Trump was set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. Justice Department made an announcement involving the Russia investigation. What was it? a....

A scene from the film, The First Purge. (Universal Pictures)

Make video games great again

Nic Muranaka July 3, 2018

When did media get so political? I’m not talking about the news and late night talk shows. Feel free to breathe a sigh of relief. Then again, if you did think this was going to be about those, I...

Dreams Happen Here report that won Grand Gold in the CASE Awards Presidents and Annual Reports section. (Image Credit Hillary Wallace, Creative Director)

Dreams helping realize dreams

Nic Muranaka June 25, 2018

This year's CASE Awards saw 3,200 entries in nearly 100 categories. According to the CASE Awards website, judges awarded 105 Gold awards, but only 13 Grand Gold ones. Weber State University was one of...

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Never not writing

Nic Muranaka April 6, 2018

Once, I turned in an essay to a professor, and a week later it came back with notes, a recommendation and a not-so-gentle suggestion to make changes and submit it back to him. Frankly, I was shocked.Not...

Killing lackadaisical tendencies through yelling

Killing lackadaisical tendencies through yelling

Nic Muranaka February 22, 2018

Generally speaking, people come to college because they want to be here. They seek a higher education because, ideally, a degree helps open doors for these people, which can find them a vocation instead...

Improving your phone-tography, part two

Joshua Wineholt February 8, 2018

Ready to learn more about maximizing your skill with a smartphone camera?Part one focused more on photography techniques, but now let’s turn our attention to our camera apps and the settings therein.MeteringMetering...

On a quest to level up your writing

On a quest to level up your writing

Nic Muranaka October 26, 2017

How do you get better at a task, especially a difficult one? You practice it. You think about it. You listen to people talk about it. I play a lot of video games, and to get better, I practice. I listen...

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