Author: Adrianna Franco

Students reflect on performing without live audience during Winter Music Festival

Music filled the empty Jewett Center for the Performing Arts as the Westminster Jazz Ensemble performed Friday night for the annual Winter Music Festival. This year, the music festival looked and felt different as there was no live audience and it was live-streamed for the public because of the pandemic. Bianca Quigley, a junior viola player in the chamber orchestra, said the event felt more like ...

English professor shares value of otherness in poetry series

Natasha Sajé, English professor at Westminster College, suggested that dedicated spaces for otherness in society are necessary in her Thursday evening poetry reading from her memoir “Terroir: Love Out of Place.” “The word ‘terroir’ refers to the climate and soil in which something is grown,” Sajé said. “I apply this idea to the environments that nurture and challenge us, exploring in particular ho...

How to combat pandemic fatigue as winter holidays draw near

“It’s been almost a year now that we’ve been isolated and I think it’s worn people down,” said Han Kim, professor of public health at Westminster College. “We are social creatures and without social contact, it has an effect on our mental health. So pandemic fatigue is the desire to socialize and to have a sense of normalcy.” The Utah Department of Health reported a record number of daily COVID-19...

Westminster student re-establishes discontinued art club on campus

Harris Wright, a senior at Westminster College, re-established Westminster’s Art Crowd (WAC): An art club she originally started two years ago before taking a semester-long leave of absence.  Wright said she wanted to start an art club that reached students at Westminster beyond the art major. “I started it because I didn’t know people in the major as much as I wanted to,” Wright said. “The o...

Westminster professor awarded Utah Teacher of the Year; recognized for commitment beyond campus

John Arthur, a full-time teacher at Meadowlark Elementary and adjunct professor at Westminster College, is more than a teacher. He’s a mentor who says he commits himself to the wellbeing of his students. Arthur was recognized as Utah’s 2021 Teacher of the Year Oct.1 by the Salt Lake City School District.  “Mr. Arthur was presented with a check for $10,000 and will compete with his state fello...

ASW Senate seeks to fill 7 empty seats, citing delays from COVID-19

The ASW Senate has faced a delay filling its seats for the 2020 academic year. More than a month into the semester, only half of the Senate seats are filled — leaving seven vacant.  Like so many other things, the main reason for the slowdown is because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to senators. Tristan Palmer, ASW senator of the school of arts and sciences, said the pandemic hurt ...

‘It was scary’: International student stuck in U.S amid COVID-19 travel restrictions

 When the coronavirus pandemic made its way to the United States earlier this year, schools and colleges across the country had to shut down — including Westminster College. This created challenges for students figuring out their next move. International students were among the many who faced great difficulties after campuses closed. “As an international student, I’m only allowed to wor...

Safety first: Student-athletes adapt to COVID-19 guidelines for Fall season

The Fall athletic season will look different this year, as Westminster College will only have two teams competing: cross country and golf.