By: Justin Oehler Staff Writer On April 22, scientists, science enthusiasts and self-proclaimed nerds gathered all over the world to raise awareness of the attack on science. Though this was early spring with rain clouds in the sky, more people turned out than the...
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By: Jade Rayner News Editor The 47th annual Earth Day will be observed on April 22, 2017. Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson; the idea to dedicate a day to focus on the environment was triggered by a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara,...
By: Jade Rayner News Editor In the month of April 2017, two crimes involving racism occurred on campus and off, both towards Western students. One incident, revealed in an all-campus email from President Rex Fuller, “involved a student being subjected to racist...
By: Zoe Strickland Managing Editor April is the fourth annual Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Distracted driving in Oregon has been declared an “epidemic” by the Oregon Department of Transportation. Distracted driving involves driving while your attention is...
By: Zoe Strickland Managing Editor On April 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit made the decision that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “We conclude today that discrimination on the...
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...
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...
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...
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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