Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Thursday, May 16 ushered in the 20th Annual UFOfest in McMinnville, Oregon. According to ufofest.com, a UFO fever set into the small town of McMinnville in 1950 when a family spotted a flying saucer over their farm. This sighting...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Every term, students from the music department have the opportunity to perform pieces they have been working on. On Thursday, May 23 at 11 a.m., the last student recital of the year took place in Smith Music Hall. In a relatively...
Caity Healy | Editor-in-Chief On May 23, the clouds parted as three bands took the stage in the first-ever BonnaWOU festival hosted by SAB. Each band that was involved was local: Jimmy Wolfson, The Ferenjis and Chromatic Colors. Taking place in the Grove from 5 p.m....
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor To celebrate the opening of an exhibition featuring student art, a picnic and award ceremony was held on the lawn of Campbell Hall on Monday, May 13. This gallery has occurred every year for 51 years, and is a juried exhibition,...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor According to their website, the Salem String Quartet was named the Quartet in Residence with the Camerata Music Society, the music society of the Mid-Willamette Valley that provides free chamber music events to the public. On May...
Caity Healy | Editor-in-Chief The year was 1969. While everyone else was cooling off from the summer that would act as a pivotal moment for music and the core of the counterculture generation, Western, which was then known as the Oregon College of Education, was still...
Cora McClain | Copy Editor May 10, in Smith Music Hall, senior music major Daniel Sampson gave a presentation on the journey of his album “Kaleidoscope ‘85.” He began work on the album in the summer of 2018, after being thoroughly inspired by the music of the 1980s,...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Ted Bundy is one of the most notorious serial killers in the United States according to history.com. Aside from his trial being the first televised in history, Bundy’s trial was unique in many ways. Bundy acted as one of his own...
Mikaela Wong | Staff Writer Western Oregon University’s annual Spring Dance Concert commenced over the weekend, May 9-11, and with it, brought intricate dance routines incorporating styles such as ballet, neo-classical, and contemporary. The various dance styles were...
Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor On April 30, 1997, Ellen DeGeneres came out on her sitcom, “Ellen.” In an episode titled “The Puppy Episode” when she tells her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey, that she is attracted to women, making “Ellen” the first sitcom to...
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