Forum reporter Gwenna Salazar talks with Stephany Murguia, the director of education and outreach for the Rape Recovery Center near Westminster campus. Murguria talks about the history of the RRC, the recent goal to increase resources in Spanish, and celebrating Sexual Assault Awareness month amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

On this episode of Westminster Stories, The Forum talks to Blaine Whitford about his journey as a study abroad student in Morocco during the coronavirus pandemic.

After being told mixed messages about his return to the states, Whitford made it home on March 21 on an emergency flight out of the country. Now that he’s home, he says that finding people to talk to and activities to do at home is most important during this time while taking care of ourselves.

In the final episode of From The Hill, we recap the biggest bills that happened in the session and where they ended up. We talked about polygamy, abortion, affordable housing and redistricting. While this is goodbye, for now, keep an eye out for more episodes in the future.

On this episode of Westminster Stories, Forum reporter Riley Levine sits down with Oz Scott, a Westminster College senior and avid skier, who makes a point to reduce his emissions by carpooling to the ski resorts. They’ll discuss topics like why carpooling and reducing emissions are important and the relationship between public transit and students.

The Utah State Legislative Session has reached its final week. Join Editor-in-Chief Cami Mondeaux and Managing Editor Marina McTee as they rehash their favorite bills of the session and where they ended up.

*Disclaimer: HB 201, which deals with the co-pays on insulin prescriptions, passed the Senate and is headed to the governor for a vote. This podcast was recorded before that happened.

The Utah Legislative Session is reaching the end of its 45-day session. In this episode, The Forum editors look at more bills dealing with guns and taxes. While some lawmakers are pushing to increase gun control, others are fighting against it.

Among the several bills proposing to deal with gun control -- for and against -- in the Utah legislative session, three that seek to strengthen gun control were either killed or put on hold.

Gun control has become a hot-topic issue in the last few years, with lawmakers splitting along party lines. Those on Capitol Hill this week did the same: wearing red shirts to defend what they call their “God-given” second amendment rights, and others wearing blue shirts to push for increased gun control.

Lawmakers are also facing pressure to adjust the tax budget for the state, coming up quickly on the deadline. There are only seven days left in the legislative session, which is causing a faster pace in the legislature.

Skye Jeffries is a graduating senior who has managed to balance a crazy schedule over the last four years. Between being on the women’s soccer team and juggling a full-time schedule, Jeffries said one of the hardest parts was finding a way to manage her time.

The weirdest part about graduating? She says it’s the thought of not playing sports competitively after she walks across the stage in May.

Tanner Hall, 36, is a legend in the snow community for being one of the athletes that pioneered the sport of freestyle skiing.

In this podcast, Hall talks about how he got into the sport of skiing, some of his greatest accomplishments, how he overcame what should’ve been two career ending injuries, where he’s at with his alcohol recovery, and what it’s like being one of the oldest athletes on the Freeride World Tour.

Lawmakers closed out the fifth week of the state legislative session, with only two more to go. Gov. Gary Herbert has begun signing bills into law, with 12 already enacted.

They have also spent a lot of time focusing on education during this legislative session, which was highlighted this week. Salt Lake City School District teachers walked out of classes Friday afternoon to march to the Capitol and demand more funding.