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Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Taking place at the tail-end of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Take Back the Night was hosted by Abby’s House on Oct. 26. Take Back the Night originated in the ‘70s after a cumulation of incidents, most predominantly, the...

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Western is a fairly isolated little campus. Students without a vehicle may find it hard to get from campus to another desired location. Cherriots — the bus system that runs through campus — has sparse hours of operation and...

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor After an unpredicted low enrollment turnout, Western is having to financially restrategize in order to minimize the effect on students. Compared to fall of 2018, enrollment is down by 5%. The effects that has on the university is...

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor On Oct. 18, the Natural Sciences building had its grand reopening, welcoming students and faculty alike to view the new premises after more than two years of remodelling the interior and exterior for student success. The renovations...

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Walking into Western’s Health and Wellness center on Oct. 23, students were instantly greeted by a wall of positivity-related sticky notes, and invited to “take one, leave one” to encourage kindness and gratitude. This was the...

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor   Editor’s note: Content warning —   “The most painful thing you can do to a kid is separate them from the adult who cares for them,” said Willamette University Law Professor Warren Binford regarding the current United...

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor There is a general consensus among college students and that consensus is this: textbooks are extremely expensive. Luckily, Western’s student government, ASWOU, developed the ASWOU book exchange. Operating all year under the ‘My...

Caity Healy | Managing Editor Homecoming — it’s common to see U.S. schools celebrating it, but the history behind the festivities isn’t usually made explicitly clear. As it turns out, the etymology of the term is about as literal as it gets.  According to Vice,...

Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Western students may have noticed the increase in construction and development currently changing the landscape in Monmouth’s neighboring city of Independence. Some of the renovations include apartment complexes, a new youth center...