Jun 3, 2026 | Belen Ponce Leal | Lifestyle Editor Bryan Mansell is the son of Ed Mansell, who collected Star Wars LEGO sets for over 20 years, until he had a huge collection worth $200,000. In November of 2023, with his father suffering from health complications,...
June 3, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor May 23, the Oregon Coast Aquarium opened a new temporary exhibit entitled “Amazon Basin: An Adventure for the Senses” that will run through Jan. 2, 2028. The exhibit will display animals from five different ecosystems,...
June 3, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor June 4 through 7, the 117th annual Lebanon Strawberry Festival will take place. For those interested in attending, day tickets are $10, with children under 12 getting in free. Thursday is All Heroes Day at the festival, and...
May 27 2026 | Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief First honored in 1868, Memorial Day, then titled Decoration Day, came after the Civil War to memorialize fallen Union soldiers, who totaled more than 300,000 deaths. Reportedly, the country was in deep mourning, and the...
May 27, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor May 28, the Academic Excellence Showcase will start at 8:30 a.m., continuing all day throughout campus. AES is a day for Western students — especially juniors and seniors — to highlight the academic excellence that they’ve...
May 20, 2026 | Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief The Commencement Ceremony at Western has been announced for June 13, 2026, at McArthur Field. The event will begin at 10 a.m., but students graduating should check in at 9 a.m. at the Wolves Athletic Center. More than a...
May 20, 2026 | Isaac Garcia | Sports Editor Content warning: this article describes a suicide In the early hours of May 2, a vehicle rigged with explosives drove through the lobby of the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, causing significant damage. Security footage...
May 20, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor Residents of Oregon and Washington can expect notable water shortages this summer due to a combination of low snowfall and rapid snowmelt of the little amount present as well as warmer and dryer than normal conditions going...
May 13, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor May 15-17, the Oregon International Air Show will occur at the Hillsboro Airport. Anyone is welcome to attend and can expect to see many different planes and pilots coming together to put on a cohesive performance with many...
May 13, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor This past March, a new club entitled the Law, Policy, and Politics club was chartered and created at Western and has since been growing. LPP club meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. and gets together to discuss politics and current...
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