Arts & Culture
Student poets say pandemic may be opportunity to ‘completely change’ art form
Slam poets have made strides to reignite their community art form, restructuring for the current pandemic by hopping onto the virtual bandwagon. However, Westminster College Slam Club President Enan W...Read More
Students turn to art amid pandemic to cope with boredom
Westminster College students faced a dramatic change at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in mid-March. Many students found themselves with a lot of spare time and some used it to become more artisti...Read More
From the Editors: Here are our top 5 posts from The Westmini Griffin
The Forum is widely known as the only student-run news organization on campus. But, it’s true: We did have somewhat of a competitor over the last year. The Griffin — dubbed “Westminster Co...Read More
How the arts have helped people in quarantine despite historic lack of funding
Many people, including Westminster College students, have turned to the arts during quarantine as both a stress reliever and a way to stay financially stable. Art has been absolutely necessary for Ale...Read More
How art students are drawing inspiration during downtime
With Westminster College currently being fully online, art students are taking extra time to perfect their work and come together in the community by communicating online and praising other classmates...Read More
Theatre students cope with canceled performances, lost opportunities
Lavinia Adams said she was pressured by her friends to audition for the school play back in junior high school. She was cast in a leading role and said that was when she fell in love with theatre. “Fr...Read More
Allen Park, aka ‘Hobbitville,’ to turn into public art park
Salt Lake City officially obtained a contract to turn Allen Park into a public art park, according to an article in The Salt Lake Tribune. This development comes a little over a year after the owner o...Read More
Skateboarding becomes more inclusive as women create community groups, say Westminster skateboarders
As a kid, Kyra Teply dreamed of surfing as she watched Lilo & Stitch in her living room. However, there were two problems: she didn’t know how to surf and she didn’t live by the ocean. To re...Read More
Young people are capable of more than posting on social media, activists say
Jamie Margolin, Saida Dahir and Karina Popovich are young, female activists. The women told audience members that youth are leading modern political and cultural movements at the Young Women Leading C...Read More
Art students push for more opportunities to display work
For Westminster College students studying art, the annual student art exhibit serves as one of the only sources on campus to share their work with the public. Some students say it isn’t enough, and be...Read More