Author: Hasib Hussainzada
Westminster alumnus paves the way for local artists
The Borough, located on 819 E. 2100 South, is a new Sugar House music venue bringing free live music from local and out-of-state bands to music fans of all age groups. Andres Escobar, a Westminster College alumnus who graduated in 2015, co-owns The Borough with Michael Paulsen and said the idea to create the venue came to him after seeing an Instagram post. Escobar said the post advertised av...
Post-election reflections on my trip to Afghanistan
In the summer of 2015, a few days before May Term classes ended, I decided it was time to visit my home country. Born and raised in Afghanistan, it had been four years since I’d last visited my hometown, Kabul.Although I hadn’t anticipated the trip, it felt as though I’d been waiting for that moment to go back to my birthplace. However, after the election results on Nov. 8, I might not have t...
ASW funds students’ passions outside the classroom
While many design industry fans watched the annual Adobe Max 2016 event online, at least two Westminster College students experienced the event live in San Diego.Diwas Poudel, a first-year student majoring in computer science, said he couldn’t have attended the event had there not been financial support available from the college.“The Opportunity Fund from the Associated Students of Westminster [A...
Skisanity class could decrease snow-related injuries this winter
For some Westminster College students, off-season traveling, partying and drinking are over––it’s time to get slope ready. “Skiers and snowboarders go crazy in the fall,” said Cole Schreiber, a junior from Falmouth, Maine. “Every skier or snowboarder goes insane [when] it is not snowing. So they are drinking more than they should and don’t work out. Then, ski season rolls around [and] everybo...
Westminster student perceived as drug user for wearing tie-dye
With the start of every new day, so begins the hunt for the perfect outfit—except for one person, Jake Bergquist.Bergquist, a senior biology major, wears tie-dye seven days a week, 365 days a year. Known on Westminster College’s campus as “tie-dye Jake,” Bergquist said he has been wearing tie-dye for 13 years.“I don’t really have any other shirts, except for my, like, one nice button-down shirt,” ...
SOMI Vietnamese Bistro treats Sugar House dining scene
Attention all foodies: thanks to SOMI Vietnamese Bistro, there’s a new authentic Asian restaurant in town.SOMI, located off 1215 E. Wilmington Ave., is one of the more recent additions to the Sugar House neighborhood, offering traditional and modern Vietnamese dishes—starters, vermicelli, rice, main dishes and the famous Vietnamese Pho noodles.“I have been to many [Asian] restaurants in Utah,” sai...
Drinking tea and partying sober
The pinnacleThe last thing Grady Mellin, a senior physics major, said he could remember from the party he attended the night before he decided to pursue sobriety was drinking beer—a lot of beer. He said he drank a lot when he went home for the 2015 summer break.“One beer is good, two beers [are] twice as good, and 10 beers [are] ten times as good,” said Mellin––who prefers to be called by his firs...
Scarce dietary options on campus threaten students’ religious values
When most of the first-year students were busy socializing over lunch in the Shaw Student Center, one student, munching on a bowl of lettuce, pondered over what his next meal would be.Muhammad Hassan Rao, a first-year student double majoring in computer science and finance, is an international student from Pakistan. Rao said coming to Westminster is his first time away from his family, and he alre...