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The Signpost staff celebrates after winning many awards from the UPA and Region Nine SPJ awards.

Crushing college competitors

Breanna Hart, Editor-in-chief June 6, 2022

Every year, The Signpost competes against colleges across Utah for awards in both the Utah Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest and the Society of Professional Journalists Region Nine Mark of...

Around 70% of WSU freshmen enter college with AP or CE credit. Photo credit: Rebecca Gonzales

Comparing the costs of credits

Rebecca Gonzales April 18, 2022

Around 200 Utah high schools offer Advanced Placement classes, and over 20,000 Utah students take these classes every year, according to the Utah State Board of Education. In these classes, a single end-of-year...

Even though Hank was only with us for a short while, he left a lasting legacy on our hearts. Photo credit: Rebecca Gonzales

The memeing of life

Rebecca Gonzales April 11, 2022

Memes bring us together.They’re like modern-day editorial cartoons; they poke fun at people or issues or events and are a communication shorthand. Plus, they’re funny.Despite their funniness,...

All foods can be classified as either soup, salad, sandwich or ravioli. Photo credit: Grace Haglund

Not-so-Signpost: Food fight

Marisa Nelson March 31, 2022

Since the dawn of The Signpost, an ongoing debate in our newsroom has been that all foods should fit into one of four categories: sandwich, soup, salad and the recent addition of ravioli. You’re...

When reading between the lines, you never know what you might find. Photo credit: Emilie Hart

Not-so-Signpost: Translating a treasure

Rebecca Gonzales March 31, 2022

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Diverse books are often the target of censorship in school libraries. Photo credit: Rebecca Gonzales

Bewildering book bans

Rebecca Gonzales January 10, 2022

A parent in the Canyons School District in Sandy, Utah, sent out an email in November requesting certain books be removed from school library shelves because of concerns about their content. This resulted...

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...

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