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Bailey Thompson | News Editor For anyone interested in expanding their leadership experience or giving back to their city, one option can be found as near as Main Street. The City of Monmouth has 10 Boards and Commissions, all of which Western students are eligible to...

Bailey Thompson | News Editor After a great deal of planning and hard work, the Richard Woodcock Education Center unveiled several multilingual signs on Feb. 14. All of the signs for elevators, lactation rooms and restrooms were replaced with new signage, along with...

Bailey Thompson | News Editor WOU Students for Life Club welcomed Jim Schultz, a pastor and Ph.D. candidate, to speak on Feb. 22 before a group of community members, opening a scientific and philosophical conversation about abortion on Western’s campus. Addressing a...

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Bailey Thompson | News Editor When students receive their bills from the university each term, there is a charge entitled “incidental fees” that appears. According to Western’s webpage, every student who is enrolled at the university for at least 12 credits is...

Bailey Thompson | News Editor For the entire month of February, Western’s Residence Hall Association has been hosting events as part of their first ever RHA Sustainability Month with the help of both Green Team and National Residence Hall Honorary. “Eliza (Sleezer,...

Bailey Thompson | News Editor Western’s Child Development Center has been open since 1980, but on Jan. 7, it began its relocation to a new home behind the Campus Public Safety Office, where Western’s ROTC program used to be located. To celebrate the move, the CDC...

Bailey Thompson | News Editor After much anticipation and hard work from the numerous campus organizations who sponsored the event, renowned sex educators Lindsay Fram and Marshall Miller brought the program “I <3 Female Orgasm” to Western on Feb. 7. This event...

Bailey Thompson | News Editor Out and Proud has been an event that has celebrated intersectional LGBTQ+ issues at Western since 2009. Ten years later, the MSU-sponsored event was able to have one of the founders of the original Out and Proud event, Joseluis “Louie”...

Ashlynn Norton | Photo Editor Families from various locations and walks of life came to Western’s campus from Feb. 8-10 to partake in the 63rd Annual Family Weekend put on by Student Engagement. The weekend’s festivities started off with a dinner Friday night to...