Westminster College students Brandon Warr, Brandon Willardson and Daniel Quesenberry became ‘TikTok famous’ seemingly overnight after posting choreographed dances to the social
media platform.

The trio has played basketball together for two years on the men’s team at Westminster and have taken their friendship and team dynamic off the court and onto the video sharing platform TikTok.

With so much time spent alone in one's home, it can be tricky to figure out how to pass the time. Join Forum Reporter Alexys Smith for #ForumFriday as she walks us through some of her go-to downtime activities!

Despite a lull in our regular activity, the Forum has been hard at work. Join video and podcast editor Molly Gray as she walks us through one of her favorite quarantine pastimes: pottery.

Despite a lull in our regular activity, the Forum has been hard at work. Join Editor-in-Chief Cami Mondeaux as she walks us through a recipe for some rolls she found on Facebook.

Recent updates with COVID-19 have caused schools across the nation to shut down and go online. Westminster College announced the move to go remote March 18, continuing online class instruction until June 5.

Natalie Evans is a junior at Westminster College and has been quarantined with her family in Florida for weeks. Evans said it’s stressful adjusting with the new move to online and not having control over the situation.

The Forum did a Zoom conference call with Evans to get her perspective on the unprecedented situation the world is living in right now. Some answers have been lightly edited for clarity and conciseness.

After a week of attending honors classes, work and cheerleading, Brynlie Green travels back to her hometown of Syracuse, Utah, every weekend.

Green, a first-year student majoring in English, balances college-life and family-life by prioritizing both, but keeping them separate.

The Legacy Scholars Program at Westminster College creates opportunities for first-generation students to meet peers who have similar backgrounds.

Tiasha Baez, a second-year student at Westminster College, found her community of first-generation students through the Legacy Scholars program.

Westminster College English professor Chris LeCluyse says the academic persona a student develops during their college career is similar to a character in a role-playing game. LeCluyse is the director of the Westminster Writing Center, and says the consultants who work there are similar to a Dungeon Master--helping students build a world and a character within it.

Alvaro Cortez, a Westminster senior, created a team at Hillcrest Highschool that performs Shakespeare in Spanish. The team is the first of its kind in Utah, and Cortez said it's important to represent the different cultures in this state.

Students line the walkways outside the Gore School of Business in protest of the 8.5% tuition increase. The protest was silent to represent the voices that were ignored when making the decision, according to protest organizers. Lining the walkways was also meant to make the administration walk past the students who would be affected as they went into a meeting where the tuition increase would be discussed.

Marley Dominguez, an organizer of the protest, discusses what the purpose of today’s protest was, why protesting matters and what the next steps are. The protest was meant to convince the administration to involve students more in the decision-making processes that resulted in the 8.5% tuition increase. After the protest, students gathered in the Bassis Student Center to sign a petition, be briefed on what next steps are and write personal stories about how they will be affected by the increase which will be given to the administration.