Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Can’t think of a costume for Halloween? No problem. What you can’t achieve with your ensemble, you can achieve with special effects makeup. For those who still want to celebrate the holiday without having to don a full look, using these...
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Start your morning with vigor
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor While the amount of sleep you get in a night is incredibly important for your health and the quality of your day, the way you choose to get up in the morning is also a large determining factor. It may be easiest to roll over, check your...
Struggling to plan effectively
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor I’ve always struggled with finding ways to properly manage my time. Being a full time student, working two jobs and finding breaks to take care of myself and my mental health can be incredibly exhausting; it’s definitely not an easy...
How to make the most of Halloween
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor For some college students, Halloween is practically synonymous with dressing up and partying with red Solo cups in hand. Meanwhile, Tuesdays are practically synonymous with homework, stress and extracurriculars. This year, the two happen...
First-year student bucket list
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Being a first-year student at Western is an exciting, yet intimidating experience. For most, it involves living on campus in a dorm room that feels similar in size to a closet, immersing yourself in an entirely new group of strangers...
Maintaining healthy and stable relationships
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor In this current age where social media is a source that many depend on for news, entertainment or even their own personal diaries, it’s as if everything one does, says or thinks ends up online. For many, this includes their relationships...
DIY face masks for every skin type
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Maintaining healthy and vibrant skin can be incredibly difficult. However, finding a way to do it can be exactly what you need to look more awake, have softer skin and feel more confident overall. Face masks are an easy and effective way...
Getting festive for a horror fan-favorite
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor “It’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” As established by the 1978 horror film classic “Halloween,” the holiday’s original goal was for one thing: instilling fright into others. The easiest way to accomplish this task is...
Eating gourmet from a mug
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Whether you’re an on-campus student with the desire to stay in dorm or an off-campus student on a time crunch, or you’re simply out of clean dishes, now’s your chance to practice creating these microwave masterpieces. What’s better than...
Transforming Western into a fall fashion show
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor As the temperature began dropping on campus, the fashion started heating up. Students made Western their runway as they began throwing on their sweaters, lacing up their boots and donning themselves in the shades of autumn. Fall fashion,...






