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Show A sweet rem ... page 4 0,0' Women's soccer tied for No. 1 in Big Sky Conference ...page 6 f t AT A GLANCE EDITORIAL FEATURES SPORTS CLASSIFIEDS 1 2 3 4 6 9 VOL 82 ISSUE 30 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 WWW.WSUSIGNPOST.COM SignP 0 St WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Purple reigns below gray skies Homecoming kickoff undeterred by weather By Lyndee McKay correspondent I The Signpost PHOTO BY CRYSTAL CHARRIERE I THE SIGNPOST Wildcats of all ages gather to paint the town purple at The Junction downtown party. As part of Homecoming Week, the painting of the street, which used to be on Ogden's 25th St., will now be held at The Junction downtown. Student senate reviews calender 7-year-old Hana said she was most excited about painting the street. Weber State University stu"She has not talked about dents and community mem- anything outside of painting bers braved dark skies, strong the 'W," she said. "I told her wind and light rain on Mon- that we may have to leave if day at The Junction downtown it starts raining first, and she party to celebrate the kickoff said, 'Auntie, I can't go without of Homecoming Week. painting the 'W'!" While the tradition used to Music and voices echoed take place on 25th St. in Og- through the air during the pep den, it changed locations last rally that took place, featuring year in order to reach out the cheerleaders, Waldo the more to the comWildcat, a drum munity. line and a live DJ. Cynthia Phelps, "The goal (of Tyler Hess, a juprogramming vice the party) was nior at WSU and president of WSU, drum line section said she hoped the to create an leader, said the party would instill pep rally was a atmosphere school pride within blast. Wildcats and the where students "I thought the community. She DJ was actually said the party was can . . . have a pretty cool," he also a great chance good time." said. The drum for students to take line will also play a night away from at the Homecomthe stress of school - Cynthia Phelps ing Game this and their busy lives. programming Saturday against "I think school vice president Idaho State Unican sometimes be versity. stressful and exMarysa Salas, a hausting, and students can cheerleader and sophomore get burnt out easily," Phelps at WSU who also participated said. "The goal (of the party) in the pep rally, said she came was to create an atmosphere to help build spirit for the where students can just come football game. "It's the homemeet some people, where coming game, so we really it's free, where they can relax want everyone to be there!" and spend time with others Salas said. and just basically have a good Other activities within Fat time." Cats and the Salomon CenThe night started off with ter were free for participants people of all ages painting a throughout the night, inlarge W, complete with a pur- cluding iRock, Flowrider and ple and white Wildcat logo in- bowling. Sophomore Ashtin side the barricaded four-way Hall said she came specifically stop. Adrienne Gillespie, the for iRock and that she loves to director of WSU's Center for rock-climb. Diversity and Unity, brought "Rock-climbing takes a lot her niece Hana for the second of strength and endurance, year in a row. With paintbrush See Homecoming page 5 in hand and a grin on her face, `Feel 'Em Up' for breast cancer Semester length and Golf tournament raises awareness finals week discussed for breast cancer in younger women By Brian Giles correspondent I The Signpost Bruce Bowen, associate provost at Weber State University, proposed changes for the scheduling of semesters to the student senate for discussion at the senate's meeting on Monday. "In 2006, there was a resolution passed by the student senate saying to the university `Please look at summer semester," Bowen said. "We had so many different parts of term, it was very difficult for students to go fulltime." Two options for changes to the academic calendar were presented to the faculty, with a third option being proposed to the student senate after the initial discussion. "In summer 2009, we launched the first trisemester academic calendar," Bowen said. "It was so popular that we increased budget-related full-time equivalent, which means to get See Senate page 5 have it discovered by their husbands or partners. asst. news editor I The Signpost "Mammograms are recommended for Weber State University students felt the grip women over 40," Johnson said. "But if you're ofgolfclubs at the Feel'Em Up Cup golf tourna- younger, like I was, there's no set screening ment to benefit survivors of breast cancer and for that So we wanted to create a tournament raise awareness for younger patients. where it's a little tongue-in-cheek, and it's a The tournament was the brainchild of a little play on words, but the point was to really husband in the Young Survivor Sisters breast increase awareness in younger women about cancer support group. The first game was held early breast cancer detection." at Thanksgiving Pointe, and the season finale WSU posted the tournament on its student was held at the Ogden Golf and Country Club. page, which enabled several players to come Individuals and teams from across the state out and participate. Amongst these players was signed up to participate. John Paulsen, a graduate student majoring in Ginger Johnson is the founder of Happy business, who fmished in eighth place; Cole Chemo! and a former student of WSU. She Gilfillan, a major in technical sales, who finis also a breast cancer survivor and "felt" her ished in 64th, and Travis Johnson, who finished own cancer when she was 31 and pregnant. in 99th. The tournament was named the Feel 'Em Up "Their participation was really, I feel, someCup in order to help younger women who find thing that helped us spread the word about themselves in similar situations, the majority breast cancer awareness in younger women," of whom either find their cancer themselves or See Fundraiser page 5 By Thomas Alberts PHOTO BY BRYAN BUTTERFIELD I THE SIGNPOST Golfers swing for breast cancer awareness. |