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Show Ogden’s Union Station holds town-hall meeting about race︱Page 7 ︱VOLUME 87 ︱ ISSUE 17 ︱ MONDAY ︱ SEPTEMBER 19, 2016︱ WSU secures against-odds victory DALTON FLANDRO | The Signpost Jadrian Clark, No.10, scores a touchdown for Weber State at the Sept. 17 home game, the first home game of the season. Despite statistical domination, ‘Cats narrowly top Sac State 14–7 By CYDNEE GREEN Sports Editor Senior quarterback Jadrian Clark passed for 380 yards for the first time in his career and scored the game-winning touchdown as Weber State University topped the Sacramento State University Hornets 14-7 in the Wildcats’ home debut on Sept. 17 at the Stewart Stadium. “It feels great to get a team victory,” Clark said. “The defense played really well and kept us in that game. The offense obviously wasn’t able to put up as many points as we did last week, but we came through at the end and pulled it out — it’s all about get- ting the wins.” The Wildcats had the chance to take the early three-point lead, but freshman kicker Taylor Hintze missed the field goal after bouncing it off of the upright. The Hornets drew first blood after a muffed punt committed by the Weber State special teams put Sacramento State in great field position just as the second quarter began. “Tonight wasn’t the prettiest,” head coach Jay Hill said. “We’ve still got a lot to clean up for us to become the team I know we can be.” Weber State put its first points on the board later in the second quarter after junior wide receiv- er Drew Batchelor caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Clark. That drive also included a 39yard pass to junior tight end Andrew Vollert, who had five catches for 101 yards for the Wildcats, and a 36-yard pass to senior wide Please see FOOTBALL, 6 Rock the Vote brings attention to millennial voter apprehension By COLE ECKHARDT Copy Desk Chief By BEN BIGELOW Copy Editor Rock the Vote called millennials to political action on Sept. 16 at the Ogden Amphitheater to the sound of Bob Moses and The Brocks. “I hope it actually gets people registered,” Max Roth of Fox 13, an Ogden native and the event’s emcee, said. As The Brocks took to the stage, Roth said, “The millennial generation is really involved in some things, all the research says very involved in community, really care about volunteering, really care about certain issues, wanting to make the world a better place, but not involved institutionally in politics — and I think that’s a problem.” The venue was scattered with community volunteers and representatives from WSU’s Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics and Public Service encouraging new or hesitant voters to register and surveying attendees about why they were or weren’t planning to vote. In this time of voter apprehension, of super-delegates and of suspicion of the electoral college, “The place that (millennials’) votes count is locally,” Roth said. “I remember a few years back in Washington Terrace, in this area, where the mayor’s Please see ROCK THE VOTE, 7 Tribune News Service Fans gathered to celebrate the DVD release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” Unofficial Harry Potter Renaissance emerges KELLIE PLUMHOF Science & Tech Editor JOSHUA WINEHOLT | The Signpost Tom Howie, right, and Jimmy Vallance, left, of Bob Moses play at the Ogden Amphitheater for the Rock the Vote concert. On July 15, 2011, I trudged out of the movie theater with red, puffy eyes and a lump in my throat — I had just watched the last Harry Potter film. J.K. Rowling assured fans during the last Harry Potter film premiere that the magic would live on when she said, “Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.” And she was right, of course. The magic was still there, but it was an odd feeling, not having another Potter premiere to look forward to. However, I had both the books and movies to enjoy over and over. Fast forward a couple years to September 2013 when the news broke that J.K. Rowling would be writing a screenplay based on the companion novel “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Please see POTTER, 5 IN THE SIGNPOST CALENDAR ....................... 2 A&E .................................. 4 SCIENCE & TECH.................. 5 SPANISH ............................. 8 |