April 15, 2026 | Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief & Kiera Roedel | Copy Editor Western’s vice president, Tina Fuchs, sent an email March 27 that announced the difficult decision was made to pause Destination Western due to the ongoing budget crisis. Fuchs reported...
April 8, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor In order to improve wildfire and emergency response abilities and times, the Oregon Department of Forestry is launching a new multi-mission aircraft that will improve fire detection, monitoring and response. This plane is...
April 8, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor Remains found in Josephine County in 1978 were recently identified nearly 50 years later by the Oregon State Medical Examiners Office as Mark Smith, who had been missing since 1974. Smith left his home in Billings, Montana in...
April 8, 2026 | Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief At Western, the American Sign Language program, with both the interpreting and studies major pathways, is a relatively large and impactful aspect of life at the university. Being the only place on the West Coast where one...
April 8, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor Over spring break, a new statue of two wolves standing on a plank over two boulders appeared near the Student Success Center, leaving many students confused as to where it came from or why Western bought it in the midst of a...
Disclaimer: all articles featured in this issue are fake in celebration of April Fool’s Day April 1, 2026 | Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief Western’s College of Education is well-known for its comprehensive education programs that attract many aspiring teachers who...
Disclaimer: all articles featured in this issue are fake in celebration of April Fool’s Day April 1 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor As expected, a new term brings new campus events. Here is a list of events this Spring term that Western students can look forward to. ...
Disclaimer: all articles featured in this issue are fake in celebration of April Fool’s Day April 1, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor Starting next academic year, Western is adding three new majors and two new minors to its curriculum for students to potentially...
Disclaimer: all articles featured in this issue are fake in celebration of April Fool’s Day April 1, 2026 | Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief Last fall, Western lost hard in a football match against California Polytechnic State University Sept. 13 — 56 to 7 — that not...
March 11, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor In 2025, Western became the first four-year public Hispanic-Serving Institution in Oregon, meaning more than 25% of the student population self-reports during enrollment identifying as Hispanic or Latino. On display on the...
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