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To prevent dumpster divers from finding usable products in the trash, retailers destroy goods by cutting them with scissors or pouring bleach on them. Photo credit: Rebecca Gonzales

Wasting wares and trashing treasures

Rebecca Gonzales November 17, 2021

You’ve seen the videos: unsold Coach bags slashed and tossed in the trash, reusable Old Navy masks cut to pieces and thrown out at the height of the pandemic, perfectly good clothes purposely ruined...

Murder mysteries are a great way to spend a quiet fall afternoon. Photo credit: Rebecca Gonzales

Practically perfect plot holes

Breanna Hart November 3, 2021

Halloween has come and gone, but that doesn't mean murder mystery books aren't in season still. Fall and winter are the perfect seasons to read murder mystery books, but you might want to think twice about...

Curl up with a spooky murder mystery book this fall. Photo credit: Rebecca Gonzales

Mysteries of the murderous kind

Breanna Hart October 25, 2021

One of my favorite things to do in the fall is read a murder mystery book. I love reading these books in any season, but for some reason they just seem to hit the spot when I read them in autumn, especially...

Sometimes the best plan is having no plan at all. Photo credit: Aubree Eckhardt

My plan is . . . that I have no plan

Kierstynn King April 5, 2021

The amount of times I’ve attempted to write this column is thoroughly embarrassing. I’m not great at goodbyes — I suck at them. That's what this column feels like: a lengthy goodbye that...

Weber State University nursing student Necia Wallenmeyer administers a COVID-19 vaccination to Lorna Ricks, Tuesday Mar. 16, in Ogden, Utah. (Brooklynn Kilgore/The Signpost)

Opinion: Lifting the mask mandate will be deadly

Breanna Hart March 22, 2021

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on our lives for a full year now. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs, their houses, their security, their loved ones and their lives. The CDC recommends people...

Tuition and fees add financial strain to many students budgets. (Pixabay).

Physical and financial health during COVID-19

Adam Rubin August 22, 2020

I don't deny the magnitude and care shown in the efforts on behalf of WSU in providing a safe and interactive environment for the student body, staff and faculty for fall semester 2020. However, this would...

I missed being able to dream

I missed being able to dream

Sierra Hawkins January 17, 2019

When people hear the word "abuse," oftentimes what comes to mind is physical abuse because it leaves physical evidence. And oftentimes, the narrative of physical abuse is portrayed between people in a...

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An alternate reality

Daryn Steed April 4, 2018

Today, a young man rides in a cab, holding his stomach. He’s looking out the window, pondering what he’s about to do. He just got off an airplane because he had to travel out of state to do...

On gay marriage: A personal apology

June 28, 2015

The Supreme Court decided to live up to our founding principles, declaring that homosexuals can marry one another. It's a great day. I can't help but think we Americans have always been playing catch-up...

Abby's Anecdotes: Hope your apple pie was freaking worth it!

March 20, 2014

I've been told by more than one adult in my life that I am the queen of procrastination. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I cannot for the life of me get anything done with any sort of skill unless I...

Abby's Anecdotes: God save the queen

January 23, 2014

As I scroll through my Tumblr dashboard, it’s riddled with pictures and gifs about fandoms, movies, television shows and all kind of other cultural media-ness. While all of this is a conglomeration...

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