Beyond Campus
From alley to arena: Kilby Block Party has become Salt Lake City’s largest indie music festival
Kilby Block Party began in 2019 as a “literal block party” to celebrate Kilby Court. “Our dream with KBP is to recreate the supportive atmosphere of this beloved venue by bringing together SLC’s...Read More
“DEI” lemma: The state of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Westminster University
“ Staff are genuinely worried about their jobs, they're worried about retaliation,” the anonymous professor said.
Goodbye Sundance Film Festival
“I think it was cool that Utah had it and it would be ideal if we could keep it here, but they should rename it when it goes to Colorado,” said Mia Strassberg, a sophomore elementary education major.
Students disturbed by TikTok ban
TikTok was shut down for around 14 hours after Congress’ act went into effect on Jan. 18, 2025. It returned a day later after President Donald Trump promised an executive order to extend the act...Read More
Men in campus community find it “simply easier to not go” to DEI-related events, according to Westminster professor
Wierman said many male students are “ not opposed to diversity, equity and inclusion, ... but at best generally will avoid it and consider it to be somebody else's discussion.”
Westminster hot spot liquor license suspended after nearly 200 underage drinkers found
Editor’s note: Last names have been redacted for sources’ privacy Sugarhouse Pub liquor sales were suspended as of Dec 6 by the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services, and there is no de...Read More
Utah bill requires bathrooms in new wellness building to be gendered
Architects and planners of the L.S. Skaggs Integrated Wellness Center initially designed the building’s first-floor bathrooms to be gender-neutral. A bill passed by the Utah Senate prevented that from...Read More
Students, faculty express concerns over rising inflation, cost of living
As inflation continues to climb, today’s “broke college students” find themselves broker than their predecessors, according to a study conducted by Move.org. The average cost of living has gone up by ...Read More
Westminster students reopen multipurpose art space in Sugar House
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story published misspelled 2006: Space Oddity. This error is now fixed. Westminster College students Kyle Pickering, a junior business management major, and Nya ...Read More
Westminster community emphasizes importance of Midterm elections
As Americans across the nation prepare to cast their ballot in the 2022 Midterm elections, Westminster College students, especially those who are out-of-state, have voting resources available to them,...Read More