Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Salem has long since had problems navigating the care of its most vulnerable citizens. For Salem’s homeless population, self-quarantine isn’t an option. Due to COVID-19, mass shelters can no longer be places of refuge and are...
Never Retallack | Entertainment Editor As COVID-19 works its way across the world, everyday life has dramatically shifted — from school, to work, eating out and even cinema. AMC and Regal theaters, as well as smaller locations such as Independence Cinema, have closed...
Never Retallack | Entertainment Editor As the weather heats up and the sun starts shining, only serves as a painful reminder that people must remain in self-isolation. COVID-19 has swept the world and it has become a means of prevention and survival to stay indoors. ...
Caity Healy | Managing Editor “Stay home. Save lives.” Those were the words at the top of Governor Kate Brown’s Executive Order 20-12 that was declared on March 24. These words were directed at everyone, leaving no person immune. That included businesses. Only those...
Cora McClain | Editor-In-Chief Only a few days after the stay-at-home order, a flux of hermiting-themed advertisements popped up all around. From mobile games saying to “stay home and play” to Forever21’s “work (out) from home” activewear, businesses are rapidly...
Never Retallack | Entertainment Editor During this time where students’ daily lives are being greatly affected, read this interview with Tonya Bradley — a junior at Western majoring in Education — to find out how her experience with choir in the music...
Caity Healy | Managing Editor Jubilee, Independence, OR What was your reaction when the stay-at-home order was announced? My reaction was disbelief, as I am such a new business in Independence, and it just got harder. So, needless to say, I’m feeling a little...
Caity Healy | Managing Editor Christina Carney, Women’s Rugby Senior, Early Childhood Studies When and how did you find out your season was coming to an abrupt end? I kind of figured our season was coming to an end once the governor announced that no...
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor The Coronavirus, or COVID-19, as it is more accurately referred to, first began as a series of cases of what was presumed to be pneumonia in Wuhan, China. By Jan. 11, China had reported its first death and it became clear that...
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Regarding COVID-19, in a previous article published by The Western Howl, Jennifer King, the Medical Services Director at Western’s Student Health and Counseling Center, stated that “the risk is very low for Oregon. We don’t have any...
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