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Written by:Mirella Barrera-Betancourt Campus Dining’s The Press café is set to resume operations during the second week of winter term, according to Director of Campus Dining, Albert Worotikan. The Press, a coffee shop located on the left side of the first floor of...

Written by:Mirella Barrera-Betancourt Content warning: contains mentions of distressing content From the rising of prices due to inflation, to the onslaught of a major catastrophic invasion, 2022 has been a year plagued with tragedy and chaos. 2022 contained some of...

Written by: Jude Bokovoy  There are many reasons for students to attend Western home games. Going to home games provides a way to support student-athletes and show school spirit. The games are a great place to hang out with friends or go on a fun weekend date. On top...

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...