February 12, 2025 Written by: Isabelle Jones | Lifestyle Editor Learning how to set healthy boundaries is essential for maintaining mental health and strengthening respect within relationships. According to TherapistAid, “Personal boundaries are the limits and rules...
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How to get better sleep
February 5, 2025 Written by: Isabelle Jones | Lifestyle Editor Many feel as if a good night’s sleep is a luxury, especially when midterms are right around the corner. When one has to focus on late-night study sessions and seemingly endless to-do lists, sleep tends to...
Who is Morgan Pemberton?
February 5, 2025 Written by: Sadie Latimer | News Editor If there is an event occurring on Western’s campus, one student will surely be there: Morgan Pemberton. Pemberton is a junior at Western, double majoring in psychology and ASL studies and minoring in social...
Dorm decorating
February 5, 2025 Written by: Isabelle Jones | Lifestyle Editor Making one’s own space is extremely important in college. This chapter in life is full of excitement, new friends and new experiences. Although it’s easy to settle for bare walls, only sticking with the...
Building healthy food habits
Written by: Isabelle Jones | Lifestyle Editor Healthy food habits are essential for a student’s success both in and out of the classroom. For many people, college is their first time away from home. Constant new experiences, late-night study sessions and other...
Why should we slow down?
Written by: Isabelle Jones | Lifestyle Editor In this fast-paced world, it can feel as though there is never enough time to do everything needed and wanted to do each day. Between classes, work, internships, friends, family and much more, it can be overwhelming...
Easy crafts to fight boredom
Written by: Sadie Latimer | News Editor These simple crafts are fun for anyone of any skill level: Altoids tin wallet Required materials: an empty Altoids tin or similar container, tape and/or glue. Optional materials: stickers, colorful paper, acrylic paint, beads,...
Happy birthday, Western
Written by: Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief Jan. 18, 1856 — 169 long years ago — Western was founded by 11 Disciples of Christ, originally titled Monmouth University. They were hoping to create a united community in their religion, which did, in its own way over time,...
Jumping into January
Written by: Isabelle Jones | Lifestyle Editor As we come into 2025, many people are looking forward to their yearly tradition of setting New Year’s resolutions — a way to promise to make change for the better. But why are we always trying to make ourselves better? Why...
Last minute Thanksgiving appetizers
Written by: Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief CREAMED CORN Start to finish: 20 minutes Yields: 1 quart dish or ~8 servings ⅓ cup butter ⅓ cup all-purpose flour 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 cup whole milk ¼ cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt Dash white pepper 5 cups frozen corn...