Author: Taylor Stevens

Westminster extended the comment period for three college-wide policies and agreed to hold an open house to provide clarification on the policies after requests from student activists. The deadline for comments on the Consensual Relationships, Equal Opportunity and Title IX policies—which have undergone revision over the past few months and have not yet been formally adopted—was extended to O...

In December 2015, a group of 13 student activists protested at a faculty meeting in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business. They called for more diversity at Westminster, the hiring of a new diversity staff member and more need-based scholarships.Eight months later, many of those student activists sat in to interview the now hired associate vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion (AV...

Seven students culminated their time in Westminster’s art program at the department’s Senior Art Exhibit open house in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts on March 28. The exhibit, which will run through April 29, features a mix of art styles from abstract photography to digital pointillism.The opening reception allowed the students to mingle with family, peers, professors and the Westm...

This St. Patrick’s Day—one of the largest drinking days of the year—a half dozen students and community members came together in Dick 103, like they do every Thursday, and discussed their last alcoholic drinks and what motivates their sobriety. Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) is just one resource available on Westminster’s campus for students whose alcoholic habits have become destructive or unmanageable...

Although ASW drained its general fund and dipped into its emergency fund this year, student awareness of the $249,000 budget has remained nearly nonexistent.“Student awareness about the budget is very low,” said Hannah Williams, ASW director of budgeting and accounting. “I think part of the problem is that student interest in the budget is very low. Not very many students or people in general real...

Three Westminster students are collecting feminine hygiene products for homeless populations in Salt Lake City during February with a Student Leaders in Civic Engagement (SLICE) grant from Westminster’s Center for Civic Engagement. Rosanise Odell, Esther Daranciang and Sarah Abbott went through the process with the Center for Civic Engagement to receive the $500 grant shortly after winter bre...