Apple is refusing to give the FBI access to encrypted data on one of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.
Apple-FBI in heated battle over your privacy
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Students make voices heard
Facing a plethora of funding cuts and a potential $14 increase in the quarterly incidental fee, a group of Western students gathered in the WUC’s Pacific Room to join in on the discussion with the Incidental Fee Committee.
Thief-like malware says “pay up”
By: Conner Williams Editor in Chief An unnamed individual has lost all of the data in their personal and departmental drives connected to Western’s server when the machine in use was infected with a computer virus. According to an email notification from Michael...
Scalia’s successor: to nominate, or not to nominate?
By: Alvin Wilson Staff Writer President Obama found himself in an unusual situation after Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on Feb. 13. When there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court, the president nominates a successor to be approved by the Senate. Some...
Western talks equality with Merkley
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) visited Western’s Werner University Center on Feb. 5 to discuss his new bill, the Equality Act, with a small audience of students.
End to negotiation draws near
Negotiations have been winding down as President Rex Fuller and his negotiating team look for ways to settle with WOUFT.
Former WOU students convicted of rape and sexual abuse
Two male former Western Oregon University students were recently convicted of rape and sexual abuse of a female student in 2014.
“Turning the Tide” on college admissions
The expectation levels for college admissions varies across the field. Typically, schools take a balance of GPA, SAT or ACT scores, and an accumulation of extracurricular activities.
University offers 10 percent, but at what cost?
Western Oregon University Federation of Teachers (WOUFT) was offered a chance to finally get what they’ve been asking for: a 10 percent pay increase for non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty over the biennium.
Student confirms rapper B.o.B.’s theory
Debates are all the rage these days. I mean, look at all that stuff going on with politics. But the latest one that has the peoples’ attention, or at least whoever checked in on what B.O.B was tweeting on Jan. 24, is whether the earth is round or flat.
