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WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY

Davis
drags in
donations
for shelter

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BOX LUNCH

WSU

UVU

ENTRE

USU

WSU HAS NO PAPER TRAIL ON

SODEXO'S PRICE INCREASES
(see page 10)

Catering
menus
across
schools can vary in options,
making comparisons difficult.
However, the average prices of
menu items indicate WSU students paying anywhere from 14
to 60 percent more for catering
items.
The comparison looked at
box lunches, breakfast menus
and entrees. While menu items
across schools are rarely the
same, here are some examples:
At Utah State University a catered chefs salad costs $7.50 per

person. At Weber State, the same

menu item costs $11.59 per person. The University of Utah will
cater roasted pork tenderloin at
$14.99 per person, while WSUs
price for the same item is $19.99.
The contract between Sodexo
and WSU requires competitive
pricing. It reads, Retail and catering prices will be competitive
with comparable menu items
served by local food operators and by other educational
institutions.
Despite the contract Associate Vice President of Student
Affairs Brett Perozzi said his
main concern is that meal plans
are comparative with other

Waldo: Our national champion

correspondent

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CALENDAR ....................... 2
OPINION ......................... 4
CRAZY HEADLINES ................ 5
SPORTS ............................ 8

See SODEXO page 10

As Sister Marcee DeSaude

strode down the runway in
knee-high leather boots, the audience cheered and applauded.
DeSaude lip-synced Chers
If I Could Turn Back Time in a
humorous drag show rendition,
making fun of the famous singers age.
The Zion Curtain Sisters,
a Utah-based group of drag
queens, performed at the Weber State University Davis campus Friday night.
Our goal is HIV awareness,
homeless youth outreach, suicide prevention and bringing
more awareness to all of that,
said DeSaude, also known as
Chris Trujillo, a founding member of the Zion Curtain Sisters.
The Sisters have been in
Utah for four years, actively
participating in pride festivals,
suicide walks, AIDS walks and
more.
In a way, were gay nuns,
Trujillo said. Some people
think were mocking nuns;
were not. Were a charity organization, so we basically do the
same thing as a nun but we add
humor to it.
Trujillo also hopes the Sisters

See DRAG page 3

By HEATHER MIYA

STUDENTS JUMP
INTO THE WORLD OF
COMMUNICATION
page 11

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WSUs Davis campus hosted a charity drag show to

help homeless local youth.
Davis reporter | @rachel_badali

NOTE: Food items may not be directly comparable.

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PHOTO BY LICHELLE JENKINS | THE SIGNPOST

By RACHEL BADALI

See POWWOW page 3

COMMFEST

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When the Weber State University chapter of the American

Association of University Women held a Nacho Problem
event to highlight the gender
wage gap, Vice President Lauralee Kohl looked for options to
have nachos served at the event.
Due to university rules about
bringing in outside food, Kohl
was forced to cater through Sodexo, the universitys food provider. Kohl says the event cost
her group $200, which drained
the groups budget for the year.
Its very restrictive for the
events that we can hold, Kohl
said. She said her experience at
Utah State University was much
better. Prices there were much
lower for larger portions and
higher quality food, Kohl said.
The Signpost conducted a
comparison of average catering
prices and other food pricing
using the online menus of four
Northern Utah public four-year
universities: Weber State, Utah
State, University of Utah and
Utah Valley University. It showed
while Weber State meal plans
are comparable, students and
clubs here pay more, sometimes
significantly more, to buy items
in the on-campus convenience
store and to cater events on
campus than at the other three
universities.

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Pounding drums and

booming voices filled the
Shepherd Union ballrooms
Friday evening. The source
was a powwow, put on by the
First Nations Society at Weber
State University.
The First Nations Society is
a new student group on campus this semester, and the
powwow was the first held at
Weber State since 2012.
Students, staff, faculty and
members of the Ogden community were invited to attend
the powwow.
Diane Newham, a faculty
member and co-adviser of
the First Nations Society, said
the community had been asking for another powwow to be
held at Weber State.
A powwow is a celebration, said Newham. This
powwow is all about rekindling the drum and honoring
the people.
Powwows
traditionally consist of singing, dancing and feasting, all three of
which were in abundance
throughout the evening.
The event kicked off
with a Grand Entry, which

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s&t reporter | @kellieplumhof

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correspondent

By KELLIE PLUMHOF

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By MICHAEL A. KRUSE

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Powwow brings
diversity to
Weber State

AVERAGE COST per person

$11.54

Food prices
fare poorly in
comparison

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A colorful
celebration

Sodexo and WSU

COST OF CATERING
ON CAMPUS

$8.20

Dancers showed off traditional dance moves during

the Grand Entry.

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PHOTO BY ARIANA BERKEMEIER | THE SIGNPOST

Weber State University

has a new national champion to boast about: Waldo
the Wildcat.
Waldo became a national champion April 11 at the
NCA Collegiate National
Mascot Championships in
Daytona Beach, Florida.
The mascot championships were held as part of
the NCA Collegiate Cheer
and Dance Championships.
To become eligible to
compete in the championship, mascots must qualify
either at a summer camp
hosted by NCA or by video submission. From these

SOURCE: WEBER STATE ATHLETICS

Waldo the Wildcat with his championship award.

submissions and camp
performances only the top
10 mascots from around
the country are selected to show the audience
their skills and have them
judged on a national stage.
The championship was

the first time Waldo had

competed in a mascot
competition, and he won.
The mascots are judged
on their abilities to get the
crowd involved, dancing,
See WALDO page 3

Identify as many murals as

you can from the "How well
do you know Ogden" photo
essay. The one who can identify the most will be featured
in the April 22 graduation
issue. Use #weberchallenge
to submit your entry on
Facebook or Twitter.