Welcome to Student Media!

Western Oregon University’s Student Media branches are here to inform, celebrate, and give voice to the community.

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Welcome to Student Media at Western Oregon University! Student Media is student-funded through the Incidental Fee Committee. We have a campus newspaper (through the school year) called The Western Howl, a podcast studio and radio station called KWOU, and a literary publication called The Northwest Passage.

The Western Howl is WOU’s weekly newspaper. This award-winning newspaper is written, edited and printed by students. Print and digital issues are available on campus and online.

KWOU is WOU’s student-run podcast studio and radio station. Featuring music, interviews, and specials, KWOU is emerging as WOU students’ favorite place to share thoughts and express ideas.

The Northwest Passage is WOU’s campus literary and arts publication, published three times each academic year. Submissions are sought for stories, poetry, photography and more. Submissions vary by issue.

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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WOU prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all programs, activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited by WOU.

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