Written by: Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Juanillo’s art display, “Entre Colores: Un Homenaje a la Vida y la Muerte (Between Colors: An Homage to Life and Death),” will be displayed in the Cannon Gallery in Campbell Hall until the end of October. Featuring...
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Wolf Ride
Written by: Sadie Latimer | News Editor WOLF Ride is a Safe Ride program that any student can use as a form of transportation anywhere in Monmouth and Independence. It can accommodate up to six passengers in the WOLF Ride van. “The student fees that they pay alongside...
Vote now
Written by: Sadie Latimer | News Editor The 2024 presidential election is coming up, with Election Day being Nov. 5. In Oregon, ballots must either be in a ballot drop box or postmarked by Election Day. The deadline for voter registration has passed, however, people...
Harold Mason: A retrospective
Written by: Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief “Harold Mason: A Retrospective,” available for viewing at the Hamersly Library, opened June 8, 2024, to honor artist Harold Mason after his passing in August of 2022. The exhibition showcases some of Harold Mason’s paintings...
Hurricane season
Written by: Sadie Latimer | News Editor The National Ocean Service says that a hurricane is a “rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms.” They form over the tropical warm waters of an ocean. “(Hurricanes) often (begin) as a tropical wave — a low-pressure...
The Oregon Student Association closes
Written by: Hannah Field | Editor-in-Chief The Oregon Student Association, known as OSA, announced Oct. 9 that the organization would be formally closing its doors and suspending all action. The organization acted as a student-led nonprofit advocacy group, well-known...
Declining literacy in America
Written by: Jaylin Emond-Hardin | Entertainment Editor All over the nation, schools have seen a decline in literacy rates among students, but Oregon has seen the steadiest decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. School closures and remote learning due to the pandemic...
Western’s community garden
Written by: Sadie Latimer | News Editor Located on campus near Rice Auditorium, behind the in-progress new Student Success Center building, a community garden grows despite being surrounded by construction. Currently, it is being taken care of solely by Western...
Hall gov.
Written by: Sadie Latimer | News Editor Every residence hall at Western has a student government. Hall governments are a place for students to go if they want to voice any concerns, ideas or opinions about their hall. Not only that, but in past years, members of hall...
Chief’s kicker under fire for commencement speech
Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor Kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs football team, Harrison Butker, has recently come under fire for a commencement speech he gave May 11, 2024, at Benedictine College in Atchinson, Kansas. Benedictine is a Catholic college and...
