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VOL 86 ISSUE 22

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OCTOBER 2, 2015
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Piano Guy performs at

Weber LDS Institute

By PASCAL FRIEDMANN

KWCR
College
Radio Day

It wasnt until college that Jon

Schmidt first dared sharing his piano skills in public. But now, some
20 years later, he has become one of
Utahs most famous musicians.
Schmidt, who is better known as
the pianist of the Piano Guys, offered
a free performance and words of encouragement to an audience at the
Ogden LDS Institute on Wednesday.
The event was part of a speaker series
that features influential community
members each week.
Beside playing some of his most
famous songs such as Waterfall and
All of Me, Schmidt also addressed
the audience with short stories from
his life.
Schmidts career as a songwriter
and performer began in high school
where he wrote Waterfall, his first
song ever, in order to impress a girl.
While their relationship was very
short-lived, his passion for music never left.
Still, music didnt seem to be
Schmidts aspired career. He turned
down a music scholarship at the University of Utah and instead majored in
English.
Way too often, we want to be entirely positive about a decision before
we start moving, Schmidt said about
this decisive time in his life.
But the truth is, start moving right
now. Start where you are, and move

To celebrate College Radio Day

this Friday, Weber State Universitys radio station, KWCR, is sponsoring two events featuring live
music. This year marks the fifth annual College Radio Day. This year is
the 50th anniversary of KWCR and
the first year that KWCR has participated in College Radio Day as an
all-digital station.
These are big events for us.
This is stuff we have never really
done in the past. I think with the
closing of Mojos, theres been sort
of a void kind of in the Ogden music scene. I feel its a really big opportunity for us to step in and kind
of attach the KWCR name to some
of the local acts that are around
here and sort of assert ourselves
as the local place for new music,
Andrew Leon, general manager of
KWCR, said.
The celebration kicks off at 8
p.m. Friday night at the Grounds
for Coffee on 3005 Harrison Blvd.
KWCR will be sponsoring an open
mic night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
at the coffee shop. According to
KWCR Music Director Michaela
Funtanilla, there will be plenty of
prizes and freebies at the event.
Grounds for Coffee hosts an
open mic night every first and third
Monday of the month. Funtanilla says KWCR is trying to promote
Grounds for Coffees open mic

news reporter

See PIANO page 3

N E WS IN BRIE F
Weber State to host Utah
educators conference

Next week, the Utah Council of

Education Deans conference will be
hosted at Weber State University.
The conference, held Wednesday
and Thursday, begins Wednesday
night at 7 with the keynote speech
from Associate Director of TeachingWorks Francesca M. Forzani.
Main topics that will be touched
on revolve around a growing concern
regarding teacher shortages in school
districts around the nation, as well as
discussing strategies to increase the
number of individuals pursuing careers in teaching.

Documentary in SLC touches

on 2012 Ogden police death

A new documentary being

screened Friday only in Salt Lake City
will feature a 2012 police shooting in
Ogden that left one officer dead.
Peace Officer, a documentary
about the increasingly militarized
state of American police, will cover
several incidents of police shootings.
One of the incidents that will be featured happened in Ogden in January,
2012, when Matthew Stewart shot six
members of a drug task force, killing
one and wounding the other five.
The documentary will have five
showtimes at the Megaplex Theater
at The Gateway Mall in Salt Lake City.
The first showing will begin at noon,
and the last will begin at 10:10 p.m.
The documentary will only be shown
at the theater for one day.
Michael Grennell

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CALENDAR ........................................ 2
SPANISH .......................................... 5
PHOTO ESSAY ....................................... 6
ALBUM REVIEW .................................... 7

PHOTOS BY MATT KUNES | THE SIGNPOST

(Bottom) Jon Schmidt, a member of the Piano Guys, performed in front of Weber State University students on Wednesday. (Top) Jon Schmidt addressed the audience about finding your
personal purpose in life during college.

By CECILY KISS | correspondent

See KWCR page 3

Mental Health Awareness Month

By KYLIE COATS | correspondent

October is mental health awareness

month, and the Counseling and Psychological Services Center has several campus
events planned for the upcoming weeks.
The Counseling and Psychological Services Center (CPSC) can be utilized by any
student. Weber State University students
are required to pay student fees, and students are encouraged to take advantage of
programs those student fees fund.
You dont have to have a major issue to
use our services, Jamie Brass, a psychologist for the CPSC, said.
Brass said that most of the students who
PHOTO BY KYLIE COATS
use the CPSC services are merely facing
The Counseling and Psychological Services Center is everyday stress.
located in suite 280 of the Student Services Center.
We would rather see you long before

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anything becomes a major issue, Dianna

Abel, director of the CPSC, said.
One of the first mental health awareness
month events is the Question, Persuade,
Refer (QPR) presentation for suicide prevention on Oct. 5, 2015, from 2:30 p.m. to
4 p.m. in room 305 of the Shepherd Union.
This will be an awareness-raising
activity to help students understand what
the clues are that somebody might be suicidal, said Abel, and what to do if they encounter that.
The CPSC website says 90 percent of
See CPSC page 4

In-state rivalry comes to Weber

By YOGI THATCHER
sports reporter

Its a case of north vs. south this

Friday as in-state rival Southern
Utah University will be playing at
Weber State University for WSUs
second Big Sky Conference game
of the season.
Both schools have achieved
some big wins recently. SUU entered the conference in 2012, but
since that year, Weber has not
been able to overcome the Thunderbirds while playing at home.
Despite a 15-6 all-time lead
over Southern Utah, the Thunderbirds have won two straight
games and three of the last four in
the series. But unlike years past,
Weber is coming into this game
with some momentum.

PHOTO BY ARIANA BERKEMEIER | THE SIGNPOST

WSUs defensive line during the homecoming game against Cal Poly.
Last weekend, Weber State
earned a 38-17 win over Northern
Colorado, making their second
win in a row and first Big Sky win
for the season. Weber State totaled

435 yards of total offense and

rushed for 254 yards, including
three rushing touchdowns and
achieved 7-of-13 on their thirddown conversions.

Prior to that, Weber managed a

32-14 victory against Sacramento
State with some interesting highlights, such as three key interceptions by sophomore Jawian Harrison who also added five tackles
before the end of the night. Weber
is currently 2-2 overall and 1-0 for
the Big Sky.
This, however, is mirrored by
SUU, who is also 2-2 and 1-0 in the
Big Sky. Prior to playing at Weber,
the Bears faced off against SUU
in Cedar City where they lost 303. SUU was able to force six turnovers, five of which were interceptions and one fumble recovery.
The teams split field goals to
open the game, but the Thunderbirds scored the first touch-

See FOOTBALL page 3