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...
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Flyby
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...
Law, policy and politics
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...
Follett’s Wolfstore
May 13, 2026 | Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief Within the Werner University Center, Western has a dedicated shopping space called the Wolfstore, distributing textbooks, course materials and Wolves merchandise. Prior to Sep. 2, 2025, it was university-managed. Vice...
Support local artists
May 13, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor May 15, Western’s art and design department will be hosting its annual ArtFest with various activities around campus throughout the day. Students at Western, community college students and high school students are all involved...
Canvas for ransom
May 13, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor May 7 and 8, Western students received three consecutive emails, all discussing a cyber attack on Canvas that not only affected them, but Canvas users nationwide. The first email simply mentioned that Canvas was down and that...
Write Place hosts Ellen Waterston
May 6, 2026 | Belen Ponce Leal | Lifestyle Editor On April 30, Write Place hosted Ellen Waterston, the Oregon poet laureate, to do a reading on campus and discuss her work. Many in Western’s English department, both instructors and students, were in attendance....
Prosecutors detail D4vd case
May 6, 2026 | Jaylin Emond-Hardin | Entertainment Editor Content warning: This article discusses homicide, sexual abuse and descriptions of bodily harm. New details have been revealed in the case against David Anthony Burke, most commonly known by his...
May Day protests
May 6, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor May Day, also called International Workers’ Day, is celebrated May 1 to remember the history of labor organizing and worker power. Each year, people from around the world come together to celebrate workers and organize protests...
Lively Station
May 6, 2026 | Abbi Duhart | News Editor With a soft launch April 14 and a grand opening April 24, Lively Station — a South Salem restaurant along River Road — opened a second location called Lively at the Mill at the Willamette Heritage Center. Lively Station was...

