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Show Football preps for opening game SisnDOSt see page 6 IVFWTY WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY VOL 80 ISSUE 12 ^ - ^ J L FRID/ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,2009 ATaGLANCE 2. EDITORIAL 3. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. A SPORTS : CLASSIFIEDS i ___ fi. WWW.WSUSIGNP0ST.COM Athletic director steps down Jerry Graybeal resigns after 4 1/2 years in postition at WSU By Frances Kelsey editor-in-chief I The Signpost WeberState University announced in a press release yesterday, Tuesday, Sept. 3 that Athletic Director Jerry Graybeal will be stepping aside as the WSU Athletic Director after holding the position for four and a half years. "I'm excited about this," Graybeal said. "It's something that affords me a couple things. One, the family piece of it is one thing, but the ability to help athletics form a different perspective is the thing that I'm really looking forward to also." The decision to have Graybeal move from athletics director to his newly created -position as Assistant Vice President in Administrative Support Services was made by the WSU administration earlier this week. "We're pleased that he's going to be staying here at Weber State and continue to contribute to Weber State athletics and we understand the decision he's made," said WSU Vice President Norm Tarbox. "Being athletic director is one of the hardest jobs at a university, I consider it second only to the president of the university. Every day there are 100 things nipping at you and it can be a grind. So I understand where he's coming from and I understand what he has to do and we're supportive." Graybeal has been involved with WSU athletics for 11 years, with more than 25 years of experience with Big Sky Conference athletics. "I'm really excited about how I can help," Graybeal said. He said he talked to everyone in the department about how this is going to be a positive move for the department because of "my connections, number of years I've had and the networks that I've established not just on campus but in the Ogden area." Graybeal began at WSU as the head football coach for the Wildcats from 1998-2004 before moving on A vision for natural medicine to Special Assistant to the Athletic Director, then Athletic director in September of 2005. "Jerry has been a cornerstone in the athletic department for many years at Weber State, he has done many great tilings," Tarbox said. "This decision that he's made is one that we're supportive of. He's really earned the opportunity to make this call and we're 100 percent behind him." Graybeal said he is looking forward to being able to promote the athletics department, not only to the university, but the community as a whole. See Director page 5 SOUKCr-. WSU Mwli.i Fasting for the forgotten STAND holds hunger strike to raise $2,500 for school children in Uganda By Rikki Hunt news reporter I The Signpost Efforts to raise funds for the invisible children of Uganda were underway Wednesday during a hunger strike at the Bell Tower Plaza. Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND), a student antigenocide coalition, held the event. The demonstration began at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and lasted until 9:30 a.m. Thursday when the goal of $2,500 was met. "There is no quirting time/' said Cameron Morgan, president of the WSU chapter of STAND, "We're just going to go until we reach our goal." To accomplish that goal, 10 students signed a contract committing to fast until the money was raised, and two more said they would partake in the event. All students that signed the contract participated. The students rotated in and out throughout the day according to their class schedules and many of the participants spent the night on campus. In order to raise awareness of the hunger strike, STAND set up a booth at the campus block party last Friday. They also sent letters to the faculty and staff and sent out press releases to gain media attention. Both ABC 4 News and 2 News covered the event. "1 think we've done a great job laying the foundation for the event," Morgan said. To draw in the student body, STAND booked musicians to play throughout the day. A local guitarist, Brett Turner, played and sang from noon to 1:30 p.m. With his guitar case open at his feet to collect additional donations, Turner beckoned to students to come see what the noise was about. "It's like The Price is Right," Turner said. "'Come on down!'" Two other musicians, Vaden Thurgood and David Akombo, a performing arts faculty member at See Fasting page 7 Botany professor has his own treatment for the flu or 12 years," said Clark, wr>o has a doctorate in botany and has studied for the last 45 years how indigenous While some people may be people around the world use plants. Clark said he came across some waiting in anticipation for a novel literature about eight years ago that H1N1 flu vaccine this fell, Steve uncovered how effective.the plant dark, a professor of botany at Weber State University said he was in treating influenza and the isn't worried because he relies on common cold and decided to give it a try. It worked for him and Clark said a local plant; elderberry. he talked his family into using it "I haven't had the flu, I : "I just said, 'hey man, if you guys haven't had a coldforthe last 10 got any sense, you'll start using mis By Gimaron Neugebauer news editor I The Signpost stuff and you won't get sick,' and they did They paid attention to their old dumb dad, and it worked for them." Since talking with family members he has convinced some of his students to use the elderberry extract as a preventative measure to mainly influenza A and B and the common cold. He said everyone he knows See Alternative page 5 PHOTO BY CHRISTA BOYD I THE SIGNPOST STAND president Cameron Morgan (middle) gives a high five to Vincent Longa on Thursday morning at the Bell Tower Plaza, after recieving the remaining amount of $100 bringing the hunger strike to an end. 'I Am Ogden' book gives individuals a sense of unity Former Alumnus presents his photo journey at WSU and shares the diversity of Ogden By Frances Kelsey editor-in-chief 17he Signpost Bryan Nicholson took his first picture with a 110 slide camera when he was 10 years old and said he was blown away by the Concept of taking a photograph and weeks later seeing it on a piece of paper. Since that first picture, Nicholson has continued to grow in photography and has recently created the book "I am Ogden," 1: (• which depicts the variety of people who live and work in the city of Ogden. Nicholson graduated from Viewmont High School and eventually from Weber State University with a degree in sales. "I took sales because I didn't mind being up in front of a group," Nicholson said. "I thought it would be really cool to be a motivational speaker of some sort and there's a lot you could do in sales." In 1995, at the beginning of his senior year, Nicholson said he was approached by a friend who knew how much he liked to take pictures and suggested he work for The Signpost. "I managed to get the photo editor job there and ever since then my love for photography has continuously gotten bigger," Nicholson said. "I can't seem to get away from it." After graduating from WSU, Nicholson worked for the Standard Examiner as a photographer for seven years and now works for the Deseret News. "I worked for the Standard Examiner for seven years and during that time I met a lot of great people in Ogden," Nicholson said, "because you shoot pictures of people, you're involved in the community. I started to realize what a unique and special place Ogden truly is." Between December and January of 2007-2008, Nicholson was looking for a way to get back into photography and began to work on the concept for "I am Ogden." He began taking photos of people he knew within Ogden, then those people began to give him lists of names and suggestions. Including people he knew and their acquaintances, along with taking photos of random people he saw around town, Nicholson See Ogden page 5 i |