Author: Sicilee Williams

College’s first womxn coordinator hosts Rape Recovery Center journal making event

  Students gathered for an event hosted by Westminster College’s first Womxn’s Resource Coordinator Kenzie Campbell in the Basis Student Center on Wednesday. Campbell is a junior custom psychology and justice studies major. She said her position was the result of repeated efforts by many students to create a women’s center on campus. “This position was conceptualized as a way to try to ...

“I talked about sex!”

The Vice President of ASW was criticized online for talking openly about sex during the Condom Fashion Show at Westminster College on Nov. 22. The disapproving article was distributed by InfoWars, a far-right American conspiracy theory and fake news website founded in 1999, according to Wikipedia. The site is owned by Free Speech Systems, LLC. “I was just excited that I pissed off someone for doin...

Transfer student athletes struggle receiving credits for past courses

Olivia Ellis, a junior public health major, transferred to Westminster College from Salt Lake Community College to play for the women’s basketball team in 2017. She said she planned to play in the 2017- 2018 season starting in October. Westminster, however, did not accept all of her credits, forcing her to become a redshirt, a college athlete who is withdrawn from college sporting events during on...

From Dead Sea to Great Salt Lake: Israeli students in Utah

Even though Amit Hefer, Mor Cohen and Adir Hazout are thousands of miles away from home, together they are able to celebrate their Israeli culture in Salt Lake City. The three are from a city in southern Israel name Be’er Sheva, the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. They now reside together at Westminster on the Draw (The Draw). There are many Israeli holidays during the month o...

Dean of students leaves after 16 years

Former Dean of Students Mark Ferne, is leaving Westminster College after a 16-year career where he said he tried to focused on community building and student success. Ferne was the longest-serving dean of students in the history of the college, according to The Westminster Review. Ferne said being dean of students was his “dream job” because he said he genuinely cared about students and students’ ...

After 12 years, Westminster athletics gets new turf

New artificial turf was installed on Dumke field this summer to improve the health of student athletes and control the temperatures on the field, according to members of Westminster College’s athletics department. The turf and track lanes were installed in June after a petition by student athletes and internal discussion by the athletic department. This is the second field ever installed on Dumke ...