Author: Jack Meier
Local Utah theaters stream films online, replicating in-person experience until pandemic subsides
During the COVID-19 pandemic, studios were forced to slow down production, preventing new movies from releasing into the Hollywood pipeline. Highly anticipated films like “James Bond: No Time to Die,” “Black Widow,” and “Dune” — all of which were expected to release in 2020, but have yet to hit the big screen — were postponed as theaters closed to adhere to public health requirements.&...
Reporter’s Choice: Top Movies and TV shows you can rent at the Giovale Library
The Giovale Library at Westminster College has a large collection of DVDs available for rent that students can take advantage of. The discs range from Hollywood movies, informative documentaries and TV shows and are just to the right of the library’s entrance. Although it may look overwhelming when you first walk into the large aisle of DVD cases, everything is sorted into two broad groups: ...
Lacrosse goalie uses final year of eligibility returning to Westminster after transfer to Division 1 program
Mikala Davis is a fifth-year goalie for the Westminster College women’s lacrosse team who is in her final year of nursing school. Although Davis’ student-athlete journey started like any typical athlete, it didn’t quite go as she expected. After three years at Westminster, she was given the opportunity to play at the Division 1 level. “I was coaching a lacrosse camp, and met some frien...
Westminster’s COVID-19 testing capabilities grow as state diminishes original weekly testing requirement
The Utah System of Higher Education walked back on its original testing mandates for colleges — which would have required weekly testing for the coronavirus — instead releasing a new set of protocols to get students back to in-person classes. The key components of the plan are symptomatic testing, entry testing upon return from winter break, randomized surveillance testing and close co...