Author: Mauri Martinez

Westminster engages students in conversations about sex positive activism

Though classroom conversations about sex often center on its consequences of sex, professors and students said Westminster College's Sex Positive Week, held March 20-24, offered a way for the campus community to start and engage in conversations about sex positive activism.Sean Desilets, a film studies professor at Westminster, said sex positive activism is "an attempt to overcome the negative att...

ASW celebrates its 101st anniversary

As ASW prepares to celebrate its 101st anniversary this April, the student board has been scouring its archives to find key moments in ASW's history.ASW President Ben Pok said he and other members of the team hope to display the archives outside ASW's office during the celebration to show a timeline of events throughout the organization’s history.“A lot of these things are in archives," Pok said. ...

Medicine as art: Westminster student combines unlikely duo into her work

Though art and medicine may seem like two fields that don't intersect often, junior Sammi Petersen said she uses her medical knowledge to better her art.Petersen dropped out of the nursing program in 2016 to pursue a degree in ceramics, though she said she is still interested in becoming a physician assistant.Clayton Keyes, a Westminster ceramics professor, taught some of the classes Petersen has ...

Salt Lake City’s inversion affects athletes across campus

Salt Lake City had the nation's worst air quality at the end of January, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's AirNow.gov. Poor air can become dangerous for at-risk groups, including athletes who practice outside, and coaches at Westminster College said air quality sometimes affects the way they structure practices.  Mason Goodhand, head coach of the men's lacrosse team, sai...