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Show The problem of The Women's soccer team loses 5-1 against BYU ... page 6 STDs discussed at WSU...page7 AT A GLANCE EDITORIAL FEATURES SPORTS CLASSIFIEDS : 2 3 4 6 9 Welcome Week ends with bang Foam rescheduled, but party goes on despite bad weather By Mauro Fernandez news reporter I The Signpost On Friday, Weber State University held its sixth annual Wildcat Block Party to welcome new and returning students with an array of activities on its Ogden campus. The Block Party, the last event in a series of activities held during the first week of the semester, served as the closing to "Welcome Week." The party kicked off at 8:15 a.m. with a pancake breakfast on a first-come, first-served basis. Many students lined up to get some breakfast. "It's really cool that they are serving breakfast," said Pamela Cifuentes, a sophomore who was one of thefirstto be served. "I wish I had known about this last year." Cifuentes, 18, also said she enjoyed looking at the booths set up around campus by the university's departments, clubs and organizations. Restaurants, businesses and banks from the surrounding area also set up their booths to show their support and get acquainted with students. An estimated 140 booths were set up at 9 a.m. and students were able to navigate through them while learning about ways to get involved. Each booth had something that set it apart, largely because a competition for the best and most entertaining booth was in place for this year's Block Party. Ultimately, Purple Pak's booth received the President's Choice award as the best booth, but many of the booths found new ways to lure in students. For example, WSU ROTC's booth featured a rock-climbing wall, along with a paintball contest. The Student Wellness Center gave away Jamba Juice smoothies to students who correctly answered See Party page 7 Above: Students dance in the absence of the foam pit at the Foam Party, which » was moved indoors due to bad weather conditions. A party with the foam pit was rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 10. Right: WSU Spirit Squad members during the block party. Remembering Guatemala WSU students share summer experiences By Thomas Alberts sr. news reporter I The Signpost This past summer, Weber State University students participated in a grueling trip to provide support to local Mayan women in the humid highlands of San Pedro in the country of Guatemala. The trip took place May 24-June 15. Those participating were deprived of the comforts they are accustomed to and also of the presence of their loved ones. . "like many of the students, I have a small family," said WSU senior Lorin Lewis, "a 16-monthold baby and a wife, and it was very hard to leave them." Students who took part in the SOURCE: COUSPICKER trip had to go without school Josefa Chavajay Baram, a Mayan woman, teaches Joshua Sidwell, a WSU student, how to make a "faja." or a source of income for up to The women were given $50 loans to start their own businesses. three weeks. They also had to obtain funds for their own flights the primary organizer of the trip. Guatemalan highlands. Before hundreds of people. to Central America. As a result, "Many of the students received the students arrived, two major Agatha caused much many of the family and friends of donations from relatives and events took place in Guatemala. destruction in San Pedro in the professors and students who friends, so this is a way to thank First was the eruption of the the form of a mudslide, which traveled to Guatemala donated them for their help and for them volcano Pacaya on May 27, traveled down the mountain and money to help them meet to see where their money is which rained down ash on much buried much of the community. their expenses. The ceremony going," Giralt said. of Guatemala. Then, on May 29, When students and professors was considered a way to show The project took place in the tropical storm Agatha reached finally arrived in San Pedro, they appreciation to the donors, community of San Pedro La landfall along the Guatemala immediately began assisting the according to Dr. Alicia Giralt, a Laguna, Guatemala, located on -Mexico border, causing even professor of Spanish at WSU and the shores of Lake Atitlan in the more damage and killing See Guatemala page 5 ' < • Single mom to get new home By Kiersten Voorhees > news reporter I The Signpost :'.'• Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis counties held a groundbreaking ceremony for their newest upcoming habir tat project on Friday, located on 21st St. in Ogden. Due to charitable donations and countless volunteers, what now is a pile of dirt will soon be replaced with a home for the Guerrero family — a single mother and her children who have been selected to receive the new home. "I'm very happy for my kids," said Ms. Guerrero. Her children Jaylin and Joshua also attended the ceremony. Jaylin said that she was "super hapr py" about getting a home. :: Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that builds homes for low-income families, ^"1 love coming together for the dedication and handing a key over, knSwing that we all played a role and that if it was not for Habitat, that this wotfferit be possible for the family," said See Habitat page 5 |