Author: Marisa Cooper
ASW, administration give students glimpse into Fall semester during virtual town hall
ASW leadership and faculty members detailed Tuesday some of the current plans to re-open Westminster College’s campus this fall during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. ASW President Obaid Barakzai and ASW Vice President Daud Mumin said open communication between students, administration, and community members will be key to navigating the coming semester. Provost Debbie Tahmassebi began by e...
‘Bad apples’ stem from rotten trees, say Westminster faculty
The death of George Floyd -- a Black Minneapolis resident who was killed in police custody May 25 -- has ignited a global movement of protests for justice.
Graduating seniors perform capstone projects virtually to complete major requirements
The class of 2020 is the first to graduate remotely in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Westminster College’s class of 2020 is also the first to graduate under the school’s new curriculum: WCore. Westminster’s liberal arts curriculum WCore brought many changes to course structure, most notably a capstone project. This final project of a student’s undergraduate career is designed to showcas...
Virtual reality documentary ‘Traveling While Black’ creates immersive experience
Walking into a 50s-style diner and donning a video headset is not how the typical documentary begins. The scene within this particular headset opens in a dimly-lit theater with gentle piano music playing overhead. Black-and-white scenes in slow motion from the 40s, 50s and early 60s play on the headset while a deep voice explains the significance of the “Green Book.” “Traveling While Black,”...
From competition to community, dance team has it all
Dance has been a way of life for Ashlyn Talcott, a Westminster College junior studying business management, for as long as she can remember. She said the dance team has become an important source of community for her since coming to Westminster and now Talcott is fostering that source of community as team captain. “I love giving these guys a place to have friends [outside of class],” s...
Westminster Thinks Big opens conversations on campus
Westminster College’s community examined a variety of topics — such as entrepreneurship, perfection and the connection between art and public health — together Friday night at Westminster Thinks Big, a student-run event in its seventh year. Mekenzie Deneault, a junior communication student, described Westminster Thinks Big as “mini TED talks.” The event consisted of six 15-minute presentations by ...
With DACA program in peril, Westminster supports Dreamers
Westminster College officially supported Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), joining 164 other higher-education institutions in signing an amicus brief backing the issue, as of October 8, 2019. President Trump’s administration announced its intent to rescind the DACA program in September 2017. DACA began in 2012 under the Obama administration to protect young undocumented immigrants who...
Westminster Stories: Outdoor Program Movin’ on Up
Tiana White, Westminster College’s director of the outdoor program, has made the program into a source of community for students. The outdoor program has recently grown that community via a bigger office to base their trips out of. She encourages students to stop by their new office in the Health, Wellness and Athletic Center to say hello. REQUEST CORRECTION
Equal opportunity lacking in club soccer, say women athletes
Westminster College does not have a women’s club soccer team despite support from students. The men’s club soccer team is well-established, according to Westminster soccer players, but no resources are set aside for a women’s club team. A club soccer team allows athletes who aren’t a part of an NCAA team to continue cultivating their skills and love for the sport with less pressure. Ka...
Salt Lake’s Classical Greek Theatre Festival brings story of Prometheus to Westminster
Salt Lake City’s Classical Greek Theatre Festival brought the story of “Prometheus Bound” to Westminster College’s Courage Theater for its 49th season from Sept. 5-14. “Prometheus Bound” is also the same play that was first produced to kickstart the festival in 1970. Although the festival aims to attract a younger audience to Greek mythology, director Emilio Casillas said “there are pe...
Westminster adapts to another year of 1300 East construction
Salt Lake Public Utilities is doing construction work on 1300 East that no one could miss. The original plan was to finish the portion of the road in front of Westminster College’s campus before the end of the previous academic year. But work continued through the summer, and has now been a part of Westminster’s move-in day for the second year in a row. The Westminster community has felt the...
Glow-in-the-dark paint and yoga gives yogis more freedom and self-exploration
James Hardy hated yoga when he first tried it in high school. Now he and his fiancée Shazzy Tapias lead Salt Lake City yogis through flow yoga routines while covered in glow paint, listening to a singular artist’s repertoire. The idea started while Hardy was in yoga teacher training and found himself blasting Led Zeppelin while practicing. In 2011, he was about to lead others in this practic...
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