Students could pay the price for low enrollment

Students could pay the price for low enrollment

By: Jade Rayner News Editor In an email sent to Western faculty and staff on April 4, President Rex Fuller laid out upcoming changes and work going into the 2017-2019 biennial budget. According to the message, Oregon’s seven public universities sent the Higher...

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Merkley takes a 15 hour stand

By: Jade Rayner News Editor On the evening of April 4, 2017, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley took the Senate floor, and proceeded to hold it for the next 15 hours in protest of Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil M. Gorsuch. The New York Times described it as, “It was the...

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Vital information in the palm of your hand

Vital information in the palm of your hand

By: Jade Rayner News Editor Sexual Assault Awareness Month is here and, while it’s important year-round to know the resources available to survivors of sexual assault, April is dedicated to raising awareness of this issue. According to http://www.nsvrc.org, one in...

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The cost of your browsing data

The cost of your browsing data

By:Darien Campo Designer Tuesday, March 29th, Congress met to pass legislation that has sent the internet into an uproar. In one of the last moves made under the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission issued a rule which gave internet users a...

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Reflecting on the life of Mary Maples Dunn

By: Jade Rayner News Editor March 19, 2017 marked the death of 85-year-old educator, scholar and historian Mary Maples Dunn. She is regarded as, “… a champion for women- and women’s history” according to Smith College. Dunn did her graduate work in U.S. colonial...

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Thanks, Obamacare

By: Stephanie Blair Editor-in-Chief On March 24, fewer than 20 days after its initial release to the public, the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and replace it with American Health Care Act was pulled from the House floor before being...

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Western’s distinguished women alumni

Western’s distinguished women alumni

By: Jade Rayner News editor March has been observed as Women’s History Month since 1987, as designated by Congress through Public Law 100-9. Since then, the National Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art and other notable locations use March to “… join in...

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Incidental Fee Committee reaches final decision

Incidental Fee Committee reaches final decision

By: Jade Rayner News Editor After the extensive process of preliminary decisions and open hearings, the Incidental Fee Committee has reached their final budget decisions for the 2017-2018 school year. The final meeting took place on on Friday, March 3 and was approved...

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