WOU A Capella Groups Prep for NW Quarter Finals

WOU A Capella Groups Prep for NW Quarter Finals

  Photos by Neil Gravatt Western’s very own a cappella groups, 15 Miles West (below) and Suspended (above) at their dress rehearsal on Jan. 28, will be competing in the Northwest Quarter Finals of the Inter-Collegiate Competition of A Capella (ICCAs) on Saturday,...

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“Frank” and the myth of the tortured artist

“Frank” and the myth of the tortured artist

By DECLAN HERTEL Staff Writer Many of my favorite musicians fit the idea of the “tortured artist”: a person with a tumultuous past, who has never been quite right, who creates beautiful works of art because of their messed-up life. It seems that we all idolize and...

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Civil Rights in Film

Civil Rights in Film

By DECLAN HERTEL Staff Writer This past week at Western has been dedicated to the memory and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and with Black History Month coming in February, memories of the Civil Rights movement are in the air. For the last five years,...

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