Author: Thomas Barss
Some students struggle to get out of Westminster’s on-campus housing requirements
Like many institutions of higher education, Westminster College requires students to live on campus their first and second years, citing research that doing so may help them maintain better grades and transition more easily to college.However, not every student wants to live on campus. To get out of the requirement, they have to fill out a Housing Exemption form. For many, the process works great ...
Student mountain bikers say e-bikes should be allowed on non-motorized trails
E-bikes are one of the newest sources of controversy in the mountain bike community today because some people see them as motorcycles and others say they’re still bikes. But students at Westminster College said e-bikes may have a bad reputation but should still be allowed on non-motorized trails.E-bikes are just like normal bicycles but with an electric motor added to make pedaling easier, and — i...
Students in Salt Lake’s EDM community say it isn’t what it looks like
Electronic dance music (EDM) has been around since the 1980s but has become increasingly popular in the last 15 years, with a strong community in Salt Lake City.Though some still wonder about the appeal of EDM, some current and former students at Westminster College said it’s the experience at live shows and community feel that draws them into the genre.“I think EDM has kind of turned into this re...
Students and faculty upset by Department of Education’s changes to Title IX
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s recent decision to remove a key Title IX guideline put in place by the Obama administration has some at Westminster College worried the changes will negatively affect survivors of sexual assault.The biggest change DeVos made on Sept. 22 to Title IX guidelines was removing a rule that required colleges to use the lowest standard of proof, “preponderance of the e...
Audition overload: theatre students spend one week trying out for entire year’s show lineup
While his peers in Westminster College’s theater program auditioned for the entire year’s lineup of shows during the first week of classes, Thomas Reilly was at a wedding.That means the senior business major and theater minor will work behind the scenes during his last year of college instead of taking the stage.“It gets a little crazy,” Reilly said. “Personally, it’s been a little tough for me be...
Westminster Expedition students trade the classroom for a van
Instead of learning in a classroom this semester, a handful of students at Westminster College have embarked on a three-month-long road trip to learn about the Western United States, the people who live there and the problems they deal with.“We’re bringing people out into iconic places, reading about them, hearing about them, talking to people that live and work there and getting to know places in...