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What did Wildcats do this summer? They traveled the world as part of 30 different study abroad trips, visiting far-flung destinations such as Dubai, Ecuador and Rwanda. The WSU Alumni Association 16 also hosted two trips to Greece and Costa Rica. It’s Tradition

WSU turned 130 this year, and therefore has some deep-rooted Wildcat traditions. Read about When asked what they enjoyed the importance of traditions, hear from three Wildcat “mystery traditions” and learn how one most, participants had a hard alumnus became an official “Traditions Keeper.” time choosing. “I can’t quite pick one experience because my entire experience was absolutely amazing and life changing,” said one. Another reported, “I loved the architecture th 22 Let’s Talk About Speech 28 Happy 100 Anniversary, and the food! I loved to see the culture up close and personal — how Hate speech seems to be on the rise, Weber State Football people eat, live, work. It was great!” especially online. Campus experts answer Weber State celebrates a century questions like “Should the U.S. ban hate of Wildcat football. speech?” Plus, get historical insight into two landmark free speech cases. One turns 100, the other 50. 34 The Call of the Wildcats Meet your adventure-seeking alumni leaders.

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WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY The Doctor Nurse Will See You Now Presenting WSU’s First Doctoral Program, the Doctor of Nursing Practice

Weber State’s new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree for Intermountain Life Flight who enters the program this meets a community need, while training students for the fall. “I thought it would be exciting to be part of history at highest level of nursing practice. the university and in the community.”

Beginning this fall, the DNP will help combat issues The DNP offers two educational pathways: The Leadership stemming from a physician shortage by preparing nurses to program prepares nurses for executive roles, and the Family care for patients as physicians would. Nurse Practitioner program trains nurses as leaders in

“Our Doctor of Nursing Practice allows the graduate to clinical practice. become completely independent in the state of Utah and “Once I obtain this degree, there are so many different practice at a level where they can give diagnoses, order labs opportunities I can go toward,” Maynard said. “I really have and take care of their patients in every way,” said Susan no idea which path I will pursue, but having options is a Thornock, Annie Taylor Dee School of Nursing chair. good problem to have.”

“The DNP is the first doctoral-level degree in the allied health program at WSU,” said Bryan Maynard, a flight nurse

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Photo by Benjamin Zack Training Making Costume Design History Cyber Security Theatre arts graduate Victoria “Toria” Snow from those around her and transform it captured a Weber State first: the Kennedy into something new,” said performing arts Defenders Center American College Theater Festival grand professor Catherine Zublin, Toria’s faculty Fifteen Weber State University management information prize for costume design. mentor. “She uses materials from her study of systems (MIS) graduates from the Class of 2019 continued Snow was recognized for her creations for the art and theater to craft both her artwork and their educational pursuits at Carnegie Mellon University WSU production of The Cripple of Inishmaan, a theatrical designs. Her costume designs are (CMU), home to the U.S. News & World Report’s No. dark comedy about a young man in the 1930s well researched and conceived and always help 1-ranked graduate program for information technology who dreams of escaping his remote town on the actors create believable characters.” and management. Six completed a summer fellowship the Irish coast when he’s cast in a Hollywood The prize included a trip to the 2019 Prague program; nine began their master’s degrees. movie filmed on the island. Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Recognizing the need for highly skilled cybersecurity Snow created intricately designed, traditional the largest international festival of theater and and information systems professionals, WSU associate clothing worn by the people of Inishmaan, stage design. professor of MIS Randy Boyle collaborated complete with complex stitches and patterns Snow is currently pursuing a master’s degree in with industry leaders to develop an that represented the isle’s different clans. Her costume design at California State University innovative formula of curriculum and originality and authenticity led to a regional Fullerton. instruction to meet industry demand, and first place honor and subsequent trip to the prepare students for advanced degrees. Kennedy Center, where she wowed a panel of Boyle’s students have been successfully national judges with her costume designs

Photos by dav.d photography, courtesy of the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities competing for placements in the CMU and presentation. summer fellowship for several years. In 2018, “Toria has a unique ability to collect knowledge nine of the 25 students in the fellowship were Parade of Homes selected from WSU, and in 2019, six of the 30 were from WSU. CMU covers all fellowship costs. Students who finish the program and are admitted to a master’s Showcase program at CMU automatically qualify for a scholarship covering at least half of tuition, a $55,000 value. The Northern Wasatch Parade of Homes featured its first affordable net-zero home In 2019, Boyle also spearheaded a partnership where his this summer thanks to a unique partnership students vie for limited spots in CMU’s master’s programs. with Weber State, Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis Counties, Dominion Energy, Rocky Mountain Power, Davis Technical College and Ogden-Weber Technical College.

The 2,160-square-foot house belongs to a mother and six children who lost their home to the tornado that hit Ogden in 2016. After the tornado, the family was separated, with some of the children living with relatives.

The home, located at 450 15th Street in Ogden, demonstrates the ways in which existing houses can be retrofitted to achieve net-zero energy, meaning the home is fully powered by renewable energy sources.

8 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 9 Expanding Apprenticeships With $2M Grant Weber State Advancing The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded $2 million to Weber State University to lead a collaboration of Utah technology groups Following a national search, Betsy Mennell has been and businesses in an effort to expand apprenticeships. named vice president of University Advancement. Known as the Utah Computing Apprenticeship Collaborative (UCAC), Mennell comes to WSU from Regis University in the group has made a long-term commitment to supply computing Denver. No stranger to the Big Sky Conference, talent to Utah companies. she spent 18 years at Northern University in a variety of roles, including vice president for According to the DOL, the apprenticeships are specifically intended Development and Alumni Engagement. She is for underrepresented groups including veterans, women, people of especially proud of her philanthropic work to provide color and Americans transitioning from the criminal justice system. opportunities for underserved populations. Mennell Those who receive an apprenticeship will begin at 60% of full holds a doctoral degree in educational administration salary and receive a wage increase with each training or education from The University of Texas at Austin. benchmark met, with the ultimate goal of full employment.

Mennell said she was impressed by WSU’s Weber State will manage the overall project and its funding and also commitment to student success and its outstanding lead a higher-education consortium through the creation of new and reputation as a dual-mission university, serving innovative curriculum and training materials. a wide variety of students, from those seeking certificates and workforce training to those pursuing In My Shoes … graduate degrees. An outdoor enthusiast, Mennell also plans to take

When you tell a story from your perspective, it helps advantage of Ogden’s mountains and trails. the listener better understand and connect to you, the storyteller. To encourage an empathetic approach to hearing others’ viewpoints, opinions or beliefs, WSU’s Inauguration Center for Community Engaged Learning has chosen Celebrating the theme of “In My Shoes … ” for its 2019-20 Engaged Oct. 5-12, 2019 Photo by Benjamin Zack Learning Series (ELS). Weber State University is planning a full slate Events will focus on finding and sharing stories of events to warmly welcome its 13th president, and perspectives that may otherwise be untold or Brad Mortensen. Join us for the festivities! underrepresented and will encourage civil dialogue. Oct. 5: Mt. Ogden Hike Since 2012, the Weber State community has engaged in a campuswide conversation around a single topic. The first Oct. 7: National Summit on Dual Mission three years focused on themes of water, air and food. Institutions in Higher Education Civility and matters of fact were recent discussions. The Oct. 9: Day of Service series attempts to raise awareness, impact personal Oct. 10: Inauguration behavior and increase public engagement. Oct. 11: WSU Salutes Oct. 12: Homecoming football game versus Southern Utah

Details will be posted at weber.edu/inauguration as they become available.

Fall 2019 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 11 Innovative Degree Combines & Love of Language, Culture with New WSU Film Program Director Q A hat happens when a business’s wildly popular U.S. slogan Q: What excites you most about the new film and digital media Weber State University Wmeans something entirely different in another country? studies program at WSU? recently launched its film The business suffers a blunder of international proportions. Take A: I am excited about the interdisciplinary approach among the visual Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), for example. Its slogan, when and digital media studies art and design, communication, and English departments, which translated into the Chinese language for the fast-food chain’s program. Award-winning will promote collaboration between film students and faculty from opening in Qianmen, Beijing, in 1987, changed from “It’s Finger different fields of study. Lickin’ Good” to the not-so-appetizing “Eat Your Fingers Off.” filmmakerAshkan “Ash” While KFC made a comeback, becoming the most popular fast- Soltani-Stone, newly hired food restaurant in China, the translation oversight demonstrated Q: What will students gain by pursuing a degree in film and digital assistant professor of film media studies? the need for translators with localization skills — experts in language and culture. and digital media studies, A: Students who enter the program will gain skills that are Demand for these individuals is even higher today due to DAVID BROOKS immediately marketable. answers questions about increased globalization. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Educated film and digital media professionals are being sought projects employment of interpreters and translators to grow 18 the program and about his not only by the entertainment industry but also by regional and JAN. 19, 2020 · 7:30 p.m. percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all international businesses, nonprofits, health care providers, and filmmaking. occupations, and for starting salaries to begin at $50,000. SAVE THE DATE! science and research foundations that are searching for specialists who can tell their stories to the public and to potential donors. On the forefront of localization education, Weber State University’s Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities is the only state institution in Utah offering an associate’s degree in Currently a commentator for PBS’ Q: If you could make one film right now and had the resources for it, localization. Newshour and NPR’s All Things what theme would it have? Considered, has years In addition to localization, the Lindquist College is also offering David Brooks of experience as a journalist, having A: I recently wrote a screenplay (inspired by a true story) for a feature- a new bachelor’s degree in Spanish translation. For an overview worked for The New York Times, length comedy about the misadventures of two aging “headbangers” of these two exciting and industry-needed programs, visit The Weekly Standard, Newsweek, who escape the nursing home to attend a heavy metal festival. I weber.edu/foreignlanguages. believe comedy is an ideal format to deal with serious themes such The Atlantic Monthly and The Wall as melancholy and mortality in a subtle way. Street Journal.

Brooks will take the stage as part of the Browning Presents! program, Soltani-Stone earned his Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media Production from previously known as the Office the University of Utah. of Cultural Affairs. Each season, the program features public In his films, Soltani-Stone explores a wide range of topics such as affordable performances and educational housing, immigrant workers, indigenous land rights and subversive music. residencies of artistic excellence Soltani-Stone’s latest project, Rez Metal, is a feature-length documentary about in a diverse range of disciplines. the heavy metal music scene and underground youth culture on the Navajo The series has included visits Nation Reservation. from Cornel West, Marcus Roberts Trio, Parsons Dance, Soltani-Stone established the film production program at Minnesota State Ronan Farrow and more. University, Mankato and taught at the AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts and Whittier College in Los Angeles before joining WSU.

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Olatuja WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY THEATRE WSU Symphony Orchestra Bravo Bassoons! Don’t-miss events at Inaugural Concert Thomas Priest & Daniel Lipori NOV 15-16 Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony OCT 13 Weber State this fall! OCT 5 & 20-23 WSU Chamber Orchestra World-premiere SEPT 13 musical based on Fall Concert the poems of Edgar 13th Annual Allan Poe, OCT 25 Clemm and Frances Sargent Osgood Perspectives in Printmaking: OCT 8 Fall Jazz Concert CHAMBERBonneville MUSIC FESTIVAL An Evolving Dynamic OCT 29 I Am the Folklore Fall 2019 BFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception at 7 p.m. with a Hurst Artist-In-Residence: lecture from Hurst Artist-In-Residence WSU Symphony Orchestra NOV 22-DEC 13 SEPT 4 Susanna Castleden at 6 p.m. Movie Music Magic Villa-Lobos+ Exhibit runs Sept. 13-Nov. 9 PoetryAda Reading Limón NOV 2 Holiday Concert SEPT 7 DEC 8 FOR TIMES, LOCATIONS & MORE INFO: weber.edu/artscalendar TICKETS: weberstatetickets.com or 801-626-8500 The Truth About

CAMPUS TRADITIONS MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Karin Hurst

Packing his suitcase for a trip to Cuba, You might think the 75-year- Willard Z. Maughan insisted on including old former WSU Alumni Board president has taken his a 4-inch tall, cardstock cutout of Waldo passion for Weber State’s the Wildcat. Not only did the Ogden lovable mascot one step native wedge the affable feline between beyond sanity. But, as layers of breathable-cotton clothing and Maughan nestles into a miniature tubes of lip balm, Caladryl comfy, cloth patio chair lotion and sunscreen — he is a retired and begins talking over dermatologist after all — he also made the burble of spring snowmelt rushing into sure that his die-cut traveling companion the creek bed that didn’t miss a single vacation photo-op. intersects his verdant A quick swipe through the images Maughan captured on backyard, his story his trusty mobile phone reveals: Waldo, propped up by a starts to make can of Ciego Montera tuKola (Cuban Coca-Cola); Waldo, sense. precariously perched atop what appears to be a slightly perturbed baby alligator at Everglades National Park; and Waldo, lounging in the cabin of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship next to a white elephant. (Well, technically, it’s a white bath towel folded into the shape of an elephant.) And that’s just a random sampling of Waldo portraits.

16 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 of being betwixt and between” childhood and adulthood. of school traditions and rituals. (By the way, you can meet Relations Executive Director Nancy Collinwood BS ’94 and Fun or Function? A college campus, therefore, serves as a safe, acceptable your alumni leaders on page 34.) Rebecca Gibson AS ’09, alumni engagement coordinator, met Nearly every university has time-honored traditions. From location for younger students to act out the dramas, with the emeriti council to outline a new program called One behavior generally indicative of alumni loyalty is annual celebrations to goofy competitions to fight songs, performances and rituals of becoming grown-ups. While Traditions Keeper, Maughan felt an urge to participate. charitable giving. Today, in higher education’s precarious campus traditions encourage students to let loose, have fun most of us think campus traditions are lighthearted and economic climate, it’s imperative for public universities to and display school pride. But some scholars and researchers trivial, Bronner believes that when scrutinized at a deeper foster active, dedicated alumni to garner financial support believe there’s more to college traditions than what meets level, campus traditions expose significant symbols and Tracking Wildcat Traditions for scholarships, programs and facilities that can’t be solely the eye. Simon J. Bronner, distinguished professor emeritus metaphors about a college student’s life experience, values, Traditions Keeper seeks to build school pride and bond sustained through state funding. Statistics show that donors of American studies and folklore at State aspirations and anxieties. students, alumni and friends through shared involvement in tend to support things they truly care about. Maughan’s University, views campus traditions as important coming-of- Wildcat traditions. The program is targeted at freshmen, who annual gifts to WSU are perfect examples. “My wife and I age rituals. usually have four years to complete and track 50 preselected support Spanish and nursing scholarships at Weber State,” he Building a Tradition of Giving activities. However, alumni and friends, in Utah and According to Bronner, there are very few ways of explains. “Now, why would I want to do that if I didn’t care Then there’s the monetary value of school traditions. In a elsewhere, are also invited to participate and earn incentive acknowledging adulthood in America. While other nations about Weber State or feel connected to the university?” prizes along the way. have recognized rites of passage that mark a young person’s 2015 study, researchers set out to determine factors that Which brings us back to the question of why Maughan transition into adulthood, American society is vaguer about impact alumni loyalty and giving at institutions of higher In its role as “keeper and promoter” of Weber State traditions lugged Waldo the Wildcat all the way to Cuba. that. Folklorists, like Bronner, say students who attend education. They found that alumni who perceive their alma and rituals, Alumni Relations teamed with WSU Marketing college immediately after high school are at a “liminal stage mater has valued, well-established traditions and a vibrant By standard definition, Maughan is not a Weber State & Communications to choose 50 well-established Wildcat alumni organization, exhibit stronger behaviors associated alumnus. Although he took advanced placement courses traditions, research their origins and create a website, with loyalty than alumni who don’t feel their university at Weber as a high school senior, he spent the bulk of weber.edu/traditionskeeper, to house historical information and has valued, well-established rituals and a high-functioning his educational career at other institutions. And yet, he anecdotal stories. Rules specify that current WSU students alumni organization. The study concluded that university considers himself a bona fide Wildcat and voluntarily must complete all 50 traditions before they earn the right to initiatives designed to enhance and strengthen alumni serves on the WSU Alumni call themselves a genuine WSU Traditions Keeper. Friends relationships are crucial. The researchers recommended that Association’s Emeriti Alumni and alumni, however, are only required to do 35. alumni associations, in particular, be viewed as strategic, Council. Why? “Because Ogden As you already may have guessed, Maughan’s favorite vital university assets that serve as “keepers and promoters” is home, and Weber State is in activity was tradition No. 16: Travel with Waldo. But he also Ogden,” he says with a heap of enjoyed No. 2: Eat Purple Pancakes. To fulfill that tradition, purple pride. After WSU Alumni Maughan added blue and red food coloring to pancake batter and poured the mixture onto a hot griddle in the shape of a wildcat. “It didn’t really look too much like a wildcat, but it had ears,” he chuckles. Tradition No. 4: Visit Legacy Wall sparked a flame of nostalgia in Maughan. As a youngster,

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College’s 25th Street campus. He performed A Loud and Proud Defense Mystery Tradition No. 3: with a singing group led by Glenn Hanson, Shockingly, no Weber State Wildcat tradition made the top Those irksome quackers and honkers splashing who taught music at Weber from 1945 to 1962. 25! Because we feel unjustly overlooked, we’ve invited three around the Ada Lindquist Plaza retention pond “We practiced in the old Moench Building,” Wildcat “mystery traditions” to explain why they deserve would never admit this, but insiders agree — I’m Maughan recalls. “The thing I remember national recognition for their great-great-greatness. WSU’s most famous campus icon. I’ve been here, marking time and performing hourly, since 1971. most about that place is how loudly the floors As far as I know, I was the first campus structure to creaked.” Maughan says tradition No. 43: be named in honor of someone. It’s true. There was Explore Wildcat Store got him into the most Mystery Tradition No. 1: never an official naming ceremony for the so-called trouble. “I can’t remember what I bought Standing over 9-feet tall and weighing at least a ton, I’m “Moench Building” on our old 25th Street campus. there, but it had to be something because I the original “big man on campus.” I was created by prolific I, on the other hand, was dedicated during a fierce, can’t leave a souvenir shop, hardware store or American sculptor Avard Fairbanks, the same Utah artist who, December blizzard. (I guess I’ve always had a flair for bookstore without bringing something home.” in the 1920s, designed the iconic ram head logo for Dodge. First, the dramatic.) Nothing at WSU escapes my attention. Maughan says the most enlightening tradition Fairbanks molded me from clay; then, he sent me to Italy to (With four faces, I see it all.) Generally speaking, I’m he completed was No. 30: Explore Something be cast in bronze. I moved to Weber State on Oct. 22, 1964, but not one to “kiss and tell,” but that’s exactly what has New at WSU. While touring the university’s was relocated to the center of a prominent crosswalk in 1972. been going on here for decades. Couples from near new Dumke Center for Interprofessional Facing east for many years, I kept silent watch over Weber State and far come to my plaza to steal a midnight kiss students and faculty. Then, in 2006, university administrators Education in Healthcare, he saw a 3D virtual during Homecoming Week. Afterward, they thought I should be rotated to face west so I would appear cadaver. The cadaver lies embedded in a proclaim themselves TRUE Wildcats. Considering to embrace the greater Ogden community. With this fresh my elevated stature, who could have predicted that 6-foot, interactive table. (Think gigantic iPad.) perspective, I now symbolize the university’s famously friendly I’d ever be linked to such a scandalous With the flick of a finger, a student can “slice campus. I’m not sure exactly when, or how, it began, but, over practice? (Luckily, it’s dark, so you don’t through” skin, bone, muscles, organs and time, students and other passersby started giving my toe a see me blush.) tissue to peer closely at anatomical details of brisk rub for good luck, especially during finals. Hey, I figure it’s the human body. “That was really cool,” says a win-win situation — they get higher test scores, and I have Who am I? Maughan. perpetually polished boots! It took Maughan about four months to earn Who am I? his WSU Traditions Keeper title. He claims his most difficult task was uploading photos to an online account. “I’m technologically Mystery Tradition No. 2: challenged,” he confesses. “So, I took my I consider myself Weber State University’s “coolest” tradition. phone over to the Lindquist Alumni Center I made my campus debut in the winter of 1995, an exciting and had Rebecca do that for me.” time in Wildcat basketball history. With 10 wins and two losses, the “Lady ’Cats” — yes, that’s what our women’s Ranking Campus Rituals basketball team was called back then — were on their way to breaking a pre-conference record. Meanwhile, the men’s team Naturally, any self-respecting college or was on a red-hot, 11-home game-winning streak, and ramping university would deem its own campus up to scorch BYU- in the Dee Events Center on Friday, traditions a cut above the rest; an official Jan. 6. To celebrate what would become the team’s 200th ranking would be largely subjective. home-court victory that evening, Farr Better Ice Cream, Nevertheless, BestColleges.com, an online Utah’s oldest ice cream manufacturer, introduced — me, company that posts various rankings to help a yummy, vanilla- and grape-flavored frozen concoction prospective students decide which schools designed especially for fans and supporters of Weber State

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20 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 21 n July 3, 2019, a trending Buzzfeed post titled “The Whole World is Wondering OWhy Americans Say This on the Fourth of July” poked fun at the fact that most Americans refer to Independence Day as the Fourth of July, the British format for dates, day/month, instead of July Fourth, the American format, month/day. And, “Didn’t North American colonists spend seven years fighting for independence from Great Britain?” the author quipped. The majority of commenters asked, “Who really cares?” Certainly not the whole world like the clickbait title inferred, but the story FREE was sort of funny, in an ironic way, and it made some sense. The colonists had a different speech pattern at the time, and the colonies had been tied to Great Britain SPEECH, for so long that it seems natural they’d adopt the British way of saying Fourth of July.

It’s easy to see both sides when the subject is trivial, like online. Some questioned whether America, where freedom of the formatting of calendar dates, but not so easy when the speech is a revered national value and protected by the First subject triggers deep-seated emotion, when the subject is, Amendment should also try to ban hate speech. Adrienne say, Colin Kaepernick — the former NFL quarterback who, Andrews, Weber State University’s assistant vice president for in 2016, opted to kneel during the pregame singing of The diversity, had an emphatic response to that question: “No,” HATE Star-Spangled Banner, and this year, spoke out against Nike’s she said. “Censoring hate speech does more harm than good. Fourth of July-inspired shoes featuring a Betsy Ross-designed History shows that punishing hate speech rallies even more American flag with 13 stars for the 13 original colonies. Both people to hate.”

times, Kaepernick said he was protesting wrongdoings against Richard Price, assistant professor of political science at WSU, minorities. Both times, he ignited a firestorm of conversations said other countries, Germany for instance, aggressively SPEECH about patriotism, which, consequently, sparked heated crack down on hate speech from extremist groups, but, as a arguments on, among other things, freedom of speech. Both result, the censorship pushes those groups underground — a times, the comments were especially harsh online, from dangerous place for them to be. “Those countries might have people on both sides of the debate — those who thought made it harder for vicious hate groups to organize, but it also and a History of the Kaepernick had the right to protest and those who didn’t. Both made them less visible,” said Price, who teaches a class on FIRST AMENDMENT times, their conversations often went beyond civil discussions, free speech and who also is part of a group that received a crossing the line from hateful to hate speech, with offensive National Science Foundation grant to maintain a comparative name-calling and vicious attacks on each other’s race, religion, free speech database. “We can better monitor hate groups Amy Renner Hendricks MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS national origin and even physical characteristics. if we allow them to express themselves, as vile as their Also, on the Fourth of July or July Fourth, whichever you expression might be. One of my students made a great point prefer, news sites across the world were reporting that about this in class, saying, ‘I don’t like those people, but I French lawmakers had approved a measure intended to force like the fact that I can see them publicly and decide search engines and social networks to block hate speech how to respond.’”

22 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 23 of ideas. “It’s the same as a marketplace of goods. We allow be very clear that Schenck is no longer good law. Clear and a revolution for tomorrow at 6 p.m. He was talking in the HATE goods to compete, and we hope that, through competition, present danger is defunct. Actually, by today’s standards, abstract — that there may need to be violence in the future. SPEECH the best goods win. And so it is with free speech. We have to Charles Schenck probably would not have been indicted.” With the Brandenburg ruling, the threat of violence in the look at the marketplace of ideas and allow ideas to compete … Clear and present danger was replaced by imminent lawless abstract became protected speech.” Defined unless the idea presents imminent public danger.” action in Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969. Clarence Brandenburg, a leader in the Ku Klux Klan, made a speech at a KKK rally. Technically, hate speech doesn’t have a legal definition, but During the speech, he made anti-Semitic and anti-black Supreme Court justices throughout the years have offered statements and alluded to the possibility of “revengeance” (sic) their opinions on the subject during specific cases. in the event that the federal government and Court continued INFURIATING, to “supress the white, Caucasian race.” He was convicted of In the 2011 case, Snyder v. Phelps, for example, the U.S. IMMINENCE violating Ohio’s criminal syndicalism law, which made it a Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the First Amendment prohibited Not Imminent Explained crime to “advocate … the duty, necessity, or propriety of crime, the imposition of civil liability upon Fred Phelps, leader of sabotage, violence, or unlawful methods of terrorism as a Westboro Baptist Church, whose members picketed the Could hate speech enrage people to the point they retaliate means of accomplishing industrial or political reform.” against the speaker or riot? Yes, of course. Would the speaker’s funeral of a Marine, whose father, Albert Snyder, sued Phelps It’s 1919. The U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled against words then be considered to have produced imminent lawless for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The court Charles Schenck, the general secretary of the Socialist Party Brandenburg was fined and sentenced to serve one to 10 years action? “Generally, no,” Price explains. “There was a time at reasoned that, while highly offensive, the picketers protested of Philadelphia, in a case that would give rise to the saying, in prison. which the court could punish speakers for essentially getting peacefully on a public street and that their “speech” was “You can’t shout fire in a crowded theater,” a paraphrase of a Ironically, the American Civil Liberties Union appealed people riled up. The criticism of that is it encourages a mob to a matter of public concern, mostly dealing with the moral sentence in Justice Wendell Holmes Jr.’s opinion, in which he Brandenburg’s case to the Ohio intermediate appeal court, silence others, which had very negative consequences.” conduct of the U.S. In his conclusion, Justice John Roberts said, originally said, “falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing which upheld his conviction without opinion. The Ohio a panic.” Supreme Court declined to hear the issue. Price brings up an incident of campus violence at the University of California Berkeley two years ago. “The “Speech is powerful. It can According to a textbook titled Constitutional Law in a Changing university had a controversial speaker presenting on campus. America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice, which associate criminal The U.S. Supreme Court took They took every measure to protect him, but a riot broke out. stir people to action, move justice professor Mark Denniston uses in his classes, Schenck People were throwing bottles, Molotov cocktails even. At that “printed fifteen thousand pamphlets urging resistance to the up the case and, ultimately, them to tears of both joy point, the university had to choose between actual violence draft. He mailed these leaflets, described by the government’s overturned Brandenburg’s or allowing the speaker to continue. The university decided and sorrow, and — as it did case as ‘frank, bitter, passionate appeal[s] for resistance to the that, since it could no longer protect the speaker, to move the Selective Service Law,’ to men listed in a local newspaper as conviction and issued a new speaker off campus. Whether or not that’s constitutional is a here — inflict great pain. having been called and accepted for military service. Federal difficult question. I think it was fair, but the point is, you can’t authorities charged him with violating the Espionage Act; test for all future restrictions On the facts before us, we arrest the speaker for the violence. He wasn’t encouraging specifically, the United States alleged that Schenck conspired on speech, the imminent anyone to break the law. cannot react to that pain by to obstruct military recruitment and illegally used the mail to punishing the speaker. As do so.” lawless action test, which says Schenck was convicted on three counts and sentenced to 10 the government may prohibit “You also have to realize a nation, we have chosen a years in prison for each count. there are loopholes in all of different course — to protect Denniston points out that you have to view Schenck from a speech advocating the use of historical perspective. When Schenck distributed his fliers in force or crime if the speech this. It all still comes down even hurtful speech on public 1917, the world was at war. The U.S. had just drafted over 2 million men to the World War I effort. This infuriated people, is directed to AND likely to to this very powerful idea issues to ensure that we do not like Schenck, who were anti war. Ultimately, the Supreme stifle public debate.” Court decided that wartime circumstances change the rules incite imminent lawless action. of a marketplace of ideas. related to free speech, and it upheld Schenck’s convictions. In upholding the convictions, the Supreme Court created “What Brandenburg did was almost a threat,” Denniston The marketplace is how we Price explains further: “Yes, what Westboro Baptist Church did the “clear and present danger” rule. For 50 years, the rule explained. “It wasn’t analyzed as a true threat because he was vile, but it was political in nature. That’s key. The church’s helped the courts determine whether words used in certain didn’t have a definitive victim, and he didn’t give a specific take information in, how signs were about public policy. The church complied with all of circumstances created a clear and present danger that would timeline for violence. He only advocated for violence in the the rules — time, place and manner restrictions. They stayed we come to get ideas, and it bring about “substantive evils,” as Holmes called them. abstract sense — ‘revengeance,’ whatever that meant. It peaceful. The court says you can’t punish that.” wasn’t imminent. He wasn’t exhorting his followers to go burn “So yes, Schenck was a landmark case because it gave us makes politics better.” Price says it’s helpful to think of free speech as a marketplace down the courthouse at 9 p.m. that night. He wasn’t arming clear and present danger,” Denniston explains, “but I want to

24 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 25 Andrews relayed a story about a community vigil after the COMBATING 2019 attack on a Muslim mosque in New Zealand. “Members of the Ogden community held a vigil with Muslim members Hate Speech of the community to show support and to share in the grief of losing people, people we will never have the pleasure of

Andrews agrees, but adds that we need to communicate better knowing because they were murdered because of their faith. with each other about those ideas. “So often, we don’t have In the midst of having that vigil, individuals in vehicles with healthy debates,” she said. “During the Richard Nixon-John very loud mufflers drove up and down the street in front of F. Kennedy presidential debates, the candidates agreed that, city hall and shouted at the people. There has to be a more although they saw the world very differently, they had the continuous showing that we are inclusive. We need to believe same goal. I’m sad we’ve moved away from that, that we can’t we can have different traditions and different cultures and talk about big, important ideas as engaged communicators still have the same value as part of a common humanity.” who are able to disagree and still maintain a relationship. Andrews encourages everyone to counter hate speech with positive speech. Now, if we don’t exactly agree, either I’m the devil or you are. I have certainly learned a great deal from the That is not a civil society. That is not who we are as a nation.” “Hate has the capacity to invade and infect any segment of society. That’s why I love Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. so much. program. It has helped to round out areas that I He said, ‘Hate is too big a burden to bear.’ He chose love. I didn’t even understand I had a gap in. aspire toward love, because as a human being, there is nothing in me that makes me better than what is in you. — Darcy Siebenaller, eMHA Student “If we allow it to, hate will Do you know? take over our lives. Hate closes Penned by James Madison, the Bill of Rights doors. Hate shuts windows. includes the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The amendments make Hate closes the flue on every specific prohibitions on governmental power. fireplace, stifling us. The First Amendment, for EXECUTIVE MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION example, prevents Congress from “prohibiting the free “Love, on the other hand, love exercise thereof; or abridging opens conversations. Love THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT the freedom of speech,” and The need for qualified healthcare management professionals has never been greater. establishes other rights, demonstrates willingness. Weber State University’s Executive Master of Health Administration degree is designed for students such as freedom of press, whose personal and professional demands keep them from attending a traditional campus. assembly, petition and the Love opens every door, every right to a fair and speedy trial. A common misconception window, every fireplace flue. is the First Amendment was NO GRE/GMAT REQUIRED ON-SITE ORIENTATION first because it was the most “Like Dr. King said, ‘Hate is With five years experience Attend one orientation important. too big a burden to carry.’” “Technically, the First Amendment wasn’t ACCELERATED PROGRAM ONLINE COURSEWORK the first amendment in the Bill of Rights, it Complete in just 4 semesters Online degree was the third,” said associate criminal justice professor Mark Denniston. “The U.S. Senate FLAT-RATE TUITION NATIONALLY RANKED approved 12 amendments, which were sent Selected Sources: No out-of-state increase Top 10 online healthcare management to the states for ratification. The first two American Library Association degrees in the nation amendments weren’t approved, so the third of FindLaw The First Amendment Encyclopedia 12 became the first of 10.” ALUMNI DISCOUNT Weber State alumni who are accepted into the 2019 eMHA cohort will be eligible for an additional National Constitution Center APPLY NOW one-time 5 percent loyalty discount on the first semester’s tuition. Oyez United States Courts

26 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 weber.edu/mha Onward and Upward, Fighting Wildcats! Celebrating 100 years of football at WSU

Matt Gerrish BS ’10, MPC ’15 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

It started in August 1919. — traveled 20 miles north to Box Elder High School on that historic autumn day in October, hoping to kick off the program The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adopted a with a win. policy permitting football teams to be organized at church schools. At the time, Weber Normal College was owned and They lost 20-0. operated by the church and was in its final few years as a high One month later, Weber Normal College earned its first victory school of 820 students. In September 1919, Weber Normal over Davis High School. College athletics coach Malcolm Watson announced that the Sadler provided more details: “During this first football season, school would field a team that fall. But there was a lot to be Weber played eight games, six in Ogden and two away. The learned, on both the part of the coach and the players, and it away games were played at Brigham City and Granite High had to be learned quickly — the first game was scheduled for School. Weber won two games, defeating Davis High School 1924: After transitioning Oct. 8, 1919. and LDS High School, and lost games to Box Elder, Brigham to a junior college, Weber Richard Sadler, retired WSU history professor and dean of Young College, the American Legion, Ogden High School and was primarily known as a the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, recounted those Granite High School. Weber played its football games on a “football” school, especially hurried months before Weber’s first football game in his dirt playing field at Glenwood Park (later known as Lorin Farr during the interwar years, book Weber State College: A Centennial History. He wrote, Park).” winning eight straight “Watson had been the coach of Weber’s athletic teams during Intermountain Conferences YEAR In 100 years, fans have watched the Wildcats evolve from a 1 the past five years and now would add football to the sports beginning in 1924, when the high school team that played games on a small grass field he coached. Watson spent the summer of 1919 ‘studying the team earned a 33-0 victory in a local park to a collegiate national-title contender that science of football’ and also spent some time in over Phoenix Junior College plays in a 16,500-seat stadium that boasts, hands-down, one with Tommy Fitzpatrick, the football coach at the University of in the Western States of the most beautiful views in northern Utah. The history is Utah to learn the rudiments of the game.” Championship. packed with great achievements, heartbreaking moments and The football team boasted 27 student-athletes, with Joe phenomenal heroics. YEAR Brewer as captain. The players — they wouldn’t be called Join us as we take a look back. 5 Wildcats until 1928 (see the timeline to read more about Weber’s original “Wildcat,” football player Wallace Morris) YEAR 6

1925: Star player Wallace Morris was nicknamed “Wildcat” Morris, inspiring a local sportswriter to refer to the football team as “scrappy as a bunch of wildcats.” The name stuck, and the team became the Wildcats.

28 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 29 1966: In an effort to accommodate more fans, Wildcat Stadium was expanded with the construction of the west grandstand, nearly doubling its capacity. YEAR YEAR 21 46

1942: Halfway through the season, Weber College — along with many other programs around the country — was forced to abandon YEAR 47 the football program as a result of World War II.

1946: Football returned YEAR 34 as a sport with the end of World War II. 1953: After decades of 1965: Guided by coach playing home games Sark Arslanian, the YEAR 28 at Lorin Farr Park, the Wildcats won a share Wildcats benefited from of their first Big Sky the school’s move to championship in 1965, and Harrison Boulevard, would eventually win it where Wildcat Stadium again three years later. The offered wooden success and camaraderie bleachers that seated of Arslanian’s teams (1965- 3,800 fans. 1972) led his players to self identify as “Sark’s Boys.”

1963: With Weber having changed its status to a four-year institution in 1962, the Wildcats joined the Big Sky Conference YEAR 68 in 1963 after playing one 1987: The Wildcats ended their 19-year drought in which the year as an independent. program had only three winning records in conference play, as Mike Price’s squad went 7-1 in Big Sky play to win the college’s first conference title in almost two decades. These Wildcats were also the first in school history to compete in the Division I-AA (now known as the FCS) playoffs, finishing the season ranked No. 9 in the nation.

30 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 31 1998: After more than 40 years of use, Wildcat Stadium was renamed to Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Stadium.

YEAR 100

2019: Weber State football will celebrate its 100th anniversary YEAR 98 by opening its latest expansion of Stewart Stadium, Sept. 6 from 4-6 p.m. The 27,000-square foot north end zone expansion will include the Barbara and Rory Youngberg 2017 and 2018: For the first time in school history, the Wildcats Football Center, the Sark’s Boys Gateway, the Stromberg won back-to-back Big Sky championships, led by coach Jay Hill. Strength and Conditioning Complex, the Marquardt-Kimball

YEAR Weber State earned its first ever home playoff win in the 2017 Plaza and the Behnken Plaza. Former players and coaches 82 campaign, finishing the season ranked No. 5 in the country, the are invited to celebrate 100 years of Wildcat football as highest in school history. The 2018 season saw the Wildcats finish part of the Sept. 28 game against Northern . For more No. 6 in the nation after another FCS quarterfinals appearance. information, visit weberstatesports.com. 2001: Stewart Stadium YEAR 72 was upgraded with a 38,000 square-foot Sky Suites & Press Box 1991: Weber State complex, growing the quarterback Jamie Martin stadium’s capacity to set a new standard in 16,500 fans. Wildcat record books, shattering various school and conference passing records en 2008: After another route to winning the long conference title Walter Payton Award, drought, Ron McBride’s honoring him as the team defied preseason nation’s top Division expectations to win a 1-AA player. share of the 2008 Big Sky crown with a 7-1 record, earning the Wildcats a trip to the FCS Playoffs, where Weber State advanced to the quarterfinals.

YEAR 85

32 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2019 Clint Costley BA ’98 Alexa Rosen BS ’11, MBA ’15 The Call of the Wildcats: President President Alumni Association Leaders WSU Alumni Association Young Alumni Council What’s your favorite outdoor destination? What’s your favorite outdoor destination? The Grand Canyon. I run the Rim to Rim trail Southern Utah, because I love the desert and the 2019-20 every fall; it’s the most physically demanding red rocks. and spiritual place I’ve found in nature. A close While hiking, would you rather meet a second is Ben Lomond Peak. rattlesnake, a grizzly bear or a mountain lion? While hiking, would you rather meet a rattlesnake, a grizzly bear or a None of the above! But, I’d probably stand a better chance with a rattlesnake. A grizzly bear. (I’ve already met the other two.) mountain lion? If you could choose one celebrity to be your hiking partner, who would If you could choose one celebrity to be your hiking partner, who would it it be? Miranda Lambert, so we could talk about gender equality and shelter be? Abraham Lincoln — because he’s Abraham Lincoln. pets, and sing country music together. Describe your wildest outdoor adventure or misadventure: Hiking Kings After a rigorous outdoor adventure, would you rather return to a tent, Clint Costley Peak with my son. It involved lightning strikes, torrential rain, fishing for food, a travel trailer or a hotel room? A travel trailer because I like the in-between purifying water, altitude sickness, a limited window to make a safe ascent and option of wilderness living with a few modern conveniences. Alexa Rosen one long hike out in the dark. Amazing memories! Name something that tastes better eaten outdoors than indoors: Cheddar After a rigorous outdoor adventure, would you rather return to a tent, a jalapeño sausages. Normally, I wouldn’t eat them, but when you’re camping travel trailer or a hotel room? Hotel room. I need a shower and nice sheets. and cooking over a fire, they’re a go-to! What’s your favorite outdoor adventure book? I like nonfiction accounts of What’s your favorite outdoor adventure movie? Quigley Down Under starring events that test the boundaries of the human body and spirit. Into Thin Air and Tom Selleck. It’s a quirky mix of romantic comedy and Wild West adventure with Everest: Alone at the Summit are both about the dangers and exhilaration of an inspirational theme of standing up for those facing difficulties. being on Mount Everest — at the top of the world. What’s your favorite WSU tradition? Traditions Keeper No. 17: Volunteer in Hayden Bickley What’s your favorite WSU tradition? Traditions Keeper No. 9: Celebrate WSU Your Community. I’ll be forever thankful for the education and opportunities Homecoming. My earliest WSU memories include attending athletic events at I received while attending Weber State. Now, as a Young Alumni Council Stewart Stadium and the Dee Events Center when I was a kid. member, I have an opportunity to give back to my university and community.

James Starley BS ’85 Hayden Bickley BIS ’19 President President James Starley Emeriti Alumni Council Student Alumni Association What’s your favorite outdoor destination? What’s your favorite outdoor destination? Exploring the incredible scenery of Grand Teton Zermatt, Switzerland. A few friends and I skied National Park. there while backpacking in Europe. While hiking, would you rather meet a While hiking, would you rather meet a rattlesnake, a grizzly bear or a mountain lion? rattlesnake, a grizzly bear or a mountain lion? A rattlesnake, because I think I could outrun it. A grizzly bear, just because I’ve never seen one in the wild, and it would be pretty awesome. If you could choose one celebrity to be your hiking partner, who would it be? Tim Allen because his sense of humor would keep me laughing if the going If you could choose one celebrity to be your hiking partner, who would it got tough. be? Bear Grylls from the TV survival series Man vs. Wild. He could teach me outdoor survival tricks and entertain me with his cool accent. Describe your wildest outdoor adventure or misadventure: In 2001, my son- in-law led my wife, my two daughters and me on an expedition to Grand Teton, Describe your wildest outdoor adventure or misadventure: I lived on an the highest point of the Teton Range. We left the Lower Saddle at 8 a.m., but Indian reservation in Paraguay for a time. We slept outdoors in hammocks, got lost in a steep, knobby section called the Golden Stair. It took us nine hours showered with buckets of well water and packed all of our food for weeks at to reach the summit. a time. We also shared the area with crocodiles, snakes, spiders, wild horses, goats and bees. I woke up one night with a tarantula on my face! After a rigorous outdoor adventure, would you rather return to a tent, a travel trailer or a hotel room? To a hotel room for a long, hot shower. What’s your favorite outdoor adventure movie? Growing up, my brothers and I loved a movie called . It’s about three fearless brothers who What’s your favorite outdoor adventure book? My favorite stories involve Wild America travel the U.S. filming wild animals. We especially liked the part where the boys 19th century mountain men. John Colter’s Escape From the Indians by Addison Sheldon is one of my favorites. entered a cave with sleeping bears. Without doubt, it’s Traditions Keeper What’s your favorite WSU tradition? Traditions Keeper No. 9: Celebrate WSU What’s your favorite WSU tradition? Homecoming. Everything about the homecoming game, from the beautiful No. 12: Become a “True” Wildcat. After a WSU Homecoming dance, I kissed setting at Stewart Stadium to the cheer squad and band to the various my date, a pretty girl named Courtney, under the Stewart Bell Tower at ceremonies, makes this event special. midnight. That’s how we both became true Wildcats, and the next summer, we got married.

34 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2018 Read about Traditions Keeper on page 16. Fall 2019 | alumni.weber.edu 35 have two sons, two daughters The Church of Jesus Christ and eight grandchildren. The of Latter-day Saints, and Ramptons live in Lehi but he volunteers at the Ogden are currently serving in the Rescue Mission and as a Adriatic North Mission for mentor for WSU’s Leadership The Church of Jesus Christ of to Legacy program. David Latter-day Saints. and his wife, Gayle Foulger Tensmeyer AA ’74, live Don’t miss out! Nancy Hartog AS ’75 enjoyed CLASS NOTES in Layton. They have four a 30-year career in the The WSU Alumni Association awards children, two of whom are ALUMNI UPDATES Imaging Services Department a number of scholarships every year WSU graduates, and 14 of Intermountain grandchildren. — over $65,000 worth in 2018-19. Healthcare’s McKay-Dee Hospital. She performed CT scans and MRIs, and spent ’80s the last 16 years specializing in ultrasound imaging. Nancy Duane Whitbeck BS ’82 is chair of Pittsburg State lives in North Ogden. University’s Department A MJ Quinn BA ’76 is an author of Family & Consumer and attorney who has won Sciences. He earned his awards for his short stories the University of Utah in a second mission in Western certified middle school math master’s degree from North and articles on international ’60s 1967. Ric served on the board Australia. Marilyn has four teacher and a volunteer math Dakota State University and comparative law. He A Truman Carver AS ’63, of directors for the Utah sons, three daughters and club advisor for the Lake in 1985 and his Doctor of writes the Periston Manor BS ’65 is a guidance Food Bank, as president 18 grandchildren. She lives Washington School District Education in Curriculum novel series, Book 1 of counselor in the Davis School of the board for the Utah in Ogden. in King County, Washington. and Instruction from the which was published in District. He completed his Tennis Association, and he Her husband, Kevin Folkman University of in L C. Robert “Bob” Day 2016. MJ also has had plays graduate studies at Brigham volunteered for Salt Lake BS ’74, is an information 1998. Duane has worked BS ’69 retired from the workshopped and staged in Young University, where he Senior Transportation for 10 technology specialist for the with child development and U.S. government after 38 New York. He was educated received his Utah counselor years. He married Claudia Issaquah School District, family programs for over 30 years. He worked for the in the U.S., Germany and the certification. Truman Ann Russell, and together also in King County. Kevin years and has been active Department of Defense in United Kingdom. He lives in operates the Pioneer Photo they raised three sons. Ric has written articles on The in organizations at the state logistics management and New England. and Claudia live in Holladay Church of Jesus Christ of and national levels. He served Gallery, a classic antique resource management. Bob and have 11 grandchildren Latter-day Saints for the David Tensmeyer BA ’76 as the 2016-17 president of portrait studio he opened received his master’s degree and two great grandsons. Mormon History Association retired after nearly 40 years the American Association at Lagoon amusement park from Webster University in and other groups, and as a family physician with of Family & Consumer in 1976. He is a member Following graduation, L 1974. He and his wife, Nancy he reviews books for the Intermountain Healthcare. Sciences. He married Lisa of WSU’s Emeriti Alumni Marilyn Hartog Porter Jo Day, have three children Association for Mormon He still teaches in the (Call) Whitbeck AS ’83, who Council. Truman and his BA ’66 served a mission for and six grandchildren. They Letters. Katie and Kevin live residency program at McKay- has been a pediatric, nursery wife, Kathy Carver, live The Church of Jesus Christ live in York, Pennsylvania, in Redmond, Washington. Dee Hospital. David received and neonatal intensive care in Kaysville. of Latter-day Saints in São where they recently They have six children and 10 his Doctor of Medicine unit registered nurse since F. Ric Hammond AS ’63, Paulo, Brazil. She then celebrated their 50th wedding grandchildren. degree from the University graduating. Duane and Lisa BS ’64 retired after 34 years taught English at North Davis anniversary and where Bob of Utah School of Medicine. have three children. with O.C. Tanner, where he Junior High. She speaks recently completed his 10th Edward Rampton BS ’73 He also holds a certificate served as vice president of Portuguese and German. year as an elected judge of retired after a 44-year John D. Johnson BS ’83 is a of added qualification in To request email notification client relations. He previously Marilyn lived in Thailand for elections. career in public power, professor of management sports medicine. For 37 years, of when to apply, visit worked for American Oil, two years, and then moved having served as the chief information systems at David has volunteered as a . formerly Standard Oil of to Indiana, where she was governmental affairs Utah State University’s alumni.weber.edu/scholarships team physician for Weber Indiana and now Amoco a substitute teacher for ’70s officer for Utah Associated Jon M. Huntsman School State University Athletics. He Corporation, for five years Brownsburg Community Catherine “Katie” Folkman Municipal Power Systems. He of Business, where he twice served as a bishop for after earning his MBA from Schools. She later served BS ’73 is a national board and his wife, Jana Rampton, previously served as head

L Lifetime Member of the Alumni Association A Annual Member of the Alumni Association 36 alumni.weber.edu | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | alumni.weber.edu 37 of the Department of Training Institute, the Iraqi coach and a national an English teacher, assistant Management Information version of the FBI Academy. competitor, coach and referee principal and principal. He Systems. John serves on He currently teaches law and in both powerlifting and USA also served as a member WSU’s Department of public safety at Walden Grove Weightlifting. He is currently of the school district’s Economics Advisory Board. High School in Sahuarita, a personal trainer at Foothill administrative cabinet for 13 He is a co-founder of PoliticIt Arizona, where he also chairs Personal Training in Salt years. He and his wife, Susan and RedBird Metrics. He is the Career and Technical Lake City. Eric received his Godfrey BS ’93, live in Sandy. also a co-founder, former Education Department. master’s degree in exercise Jim Neal BS ’88 is the sales chief technology officer and Douglas is a professor in the and sport science from the manager for Altria Group and board member for FNC Inc. Administration of Justice University of Utah in 1994. Distribution Co. He previously John received his doctoral Studies program at Pima He serves as president of worked as a store manager degree in economics from Community College in the board of directors for the for Smith’s Food and Drug/ Texas A&M in 1987. He and Tucson, Arizona. He and his Weber State Wildcat Club. Fry’s. Jim volunteers with his wife, Heather Johnson, L wife, Colleen C. Hansen Eric is married to Dominique Habitat for Humanity and have eight children. They BS ’84, live in Sahuarita. M. Aragon. He has three St. Mary’s Food Bank, and he live in North Ogden. children and two pugs. L Eric Aragon BS ’87 worked is a member of the Rotary L Douglas Hansen BS ’84 as a certified fitness Anthony Godfrey AA ’88, Club in Chandler, Arizona. retired from the FBI in 2006 professional for 29 years. BA ’93 was named He and his wife, Cheryl, and spent the next five years He has been a Division I superintendent of the Jordan have three children and in Iraq, where he helped assistant strength and School District in May 2019. two grandchildren. They establish the Iraq National conditioning He worked in the Jordan live in Chandler. Information & Investigation School District for 26 years as Celebrate With Us Join the WSU Alumni Association to honor outstanding alumni, students and friends for their contributions to the university and to the community.

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Fall 2019 | alumni.weber.edu 39 Become a mentor at alumni.weber.edu/mentor. category during the 2019 books published in the last his Chartered Retirement Sarah Penn ASN ’04, BSN ’05 care business that he has ’90s Music City Distance Carnival two years. Her books are Planning Counselor© (CRPC) is a family nurse practitioner managed for 12 years. Lisa Hardin-Reynolds in Nashville, Tennessee, interactive. Each page asks designation. Kirk and his (FNP) for Lander Medical He volunteers with the BS ’90 was named CEO of where he finished in under a question, and the answer L wife, Marcy Johnson BS ’03, Clinic in Lander, Wyoming. ZimbabWECare medical Girl Scouts of Utah (GSU) in 4 minutes, 20 seconds — comes by shining a flashlight have five children and live in She previously worked as missions to Africa. Zach and March 2019. She has worked 4:19:59 to be exact. Brad behind the page to reveal South Ogden. an FNP for Rocky Mountain his wife, Courtney Bergen, teamed up with WSU track a hidden image. Shauna is Emergency Specialists live in South Ogden. for the organization for 29 Rebecca Bennion BS ’04 is the coaching legend, Chick Hislop also a graphic designer who and for Intermountain years, previously serving as running program coordinator Krissy Bigelow Soto AS ’57, to train. With Hislop’s designs book covers and Healthcare. Sarah earned interim CEO, chief operating for The Orthopedic Specialty AS ’08 is a licensed CPA mentoring, Brad has also set interior layouts for Deseret her Master of Science in officer and vice president Hospital in Salt Lake City, and is the commissions masters world and American Book Company. She and Nursing from the University of outdoor programs and where she has worked in the and payroll accounting records in the 1,500-meter, her husband, John Gibby, of Colorado Health Sciences property. Lisa has been physical therapy department, manager at Instructure Inc., 3,000-meter and 3,000-meter have five children and 16 Center. She is an associate instrumental in building the sport science lab and an educational technology steeplechase races. When grandchildren. professor of medicine at the GSU’s outdoor program, the sport training program. company in Salt Lake City. TalentMarks he isn’t running, Brad is a University of Wyoming and helping thousands of girls Rebecca has professional She earned her bachelor’s professional leadership and is a volunteer with the local create memories and gain a certifications through the degree in accounting from love of the outdoors at Camp inspirational speaker. He and ’00s 4-H horse program. Sarah CAREER National Strength and Westminster College. Krissy his wife, Melissa Barton, and is a and her husband, Nate Penn, Cloud Rim and Trefoil Ranch. Kirk R. Johnson BS ’01 Conditioning Association and her husband, Fernando several of their children make financial advisor with Edward have three children and live She has two daughters. and USA Track and Field Soto, have two sons. They live SPEAKER their home in Spanish Fork. Jones in Ogden. He advises in Lander. Masters runner Brad Barton as a certified strength and in Salt Lake City with their individuals, small businesses BS ’91 became the new A Shauna Nielsen Gibby conditioning coach, and as Sgt. Shane Kibler BS ’06 has two dogs. and nonprofits as they plan world record-holder in the BS ’94 is a writer and author a level 1 certified track and worked for the state of Utah Webinar Series and invest for the future. mile for the men’s 50-54 age who has had four children’s field coach. for 18 years, supervising a Gear up for your job search with the Kirk recently completed ’10s juvenile probation unit in WSU Alumni Association’s online Salt Lake City. He previously Timothy Reed BS ’10 is a served for 13 years as a freelance lighting designer career speaker series, where top security forces technical for productions on Broadway. career authors share their tips and sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He has served as the lighting best practices for interviewing, DRIVE — and PARK — He and his wife, Lindsay designer for Lewis Black: networking, using social media Kibler, have three children, Black to the Future and the and SUPPORT two of whom received Broadway Cares/Equity and more. STUDENTS with Pride! bachelor’s degrees from WSU. Fights AIDS shows, Broadway The Kiblers live in Bountiful. Backwards and Gypsy of the For more information, visit Year. 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Two Truths and a Lie

Do you know which is false? The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights is the first amendment because it guarantees the most important 1. fundamental freedoms.

The First Amendment was articulated in just 45 words by 2. James Madison.

The First Amendment protects “hate speech” by individuals, 3. unless the speech intends to incite imminent violence.

Read the article on free speech on page 22 for the answer.