Written by: Mirella Barrera On April 25, 2022, Twitter announced its plans for Elon Musk to take ownership of the platform — a deal that valued the company at $44 billion. Since CEO Musk’s Twitter takeover, a plethora of changes have been made to the “microblogging”...
Written by: Mirella Barrera-Betancourt On Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, Western’s Abby’s House will be holding their largest annual fundraising event of the year — just in time for Christmas. In the days leading up to the Silent Auction, Abby’s House requests donations from the...
Written by: Mikayla Coleman In the late 1800s, a trolley routinely ran between the sister cities of Monmouth and Independence. In winter 2023, the cities will be reunited with the implementation of a new trolley system. Funded by a 3 million dollar grant from the...
Written by:Mirella Barrera-Betancourt In early fall of 2021, Western received over $21,000 from the state of Oregon to fund the construction of a new building in the place of the existing Old Education Building on campus. The intended goal of the new construction...
Written by:Mirella Barrera-Betancourt From Nov. 7 through Nov. 11, two Veteran’s Day themed exhibits were displayed for the Western community. These events were a collaboration between Western’s Veterans Resource Center, Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs and...
Written by; Nicholas Sarysz Oregon had a lot on the ballot for this year’s midterm elections, which most notably included four ballot measures and a gubernatorial race. The ballot measure results are as follows. Measure 111, which is meant to establish a right...
Written by:Mirella Barrera-Betancourt On the evening of Nov. 17, the Stitch Closet held their second annual talent and fashion show. Though the Stitch Closet has been operating on the Western campus since 2020, they have not strayed from their foundational roots....
Written by; Mirella Barrera-Betancourt Western is home to over 300 on campus clubs and organizations. With such a diverse number of student services and organizations, it can be easy to overlook the fact that Western offers students one of the most fundamental...
Written by:Dakota Gange The holiday season is known for notoriously tough times. The gray skies exacerbate seasonal affective disorders, which can lead to a plethora of life complications. The cold and rainy weather means higher electric bills. Western has a...
Written by:Nicholas Sarysz Western’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams toed the line of their home cross-country course for the Greater Northwest Athletic Conference championship meet on Sept. 5. Despite higher hopes, both of the teams finished in fourth place....
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