Entertainment

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor According to their website, the Salem String Quartet was named the Quartet in Residence with the Camerata Music Society, the music society of the Mid-Willamette Valley that provides free chamber music events to the public. On May...

Caity Healy | Editor-in-Chief The year was 1969. While everyone else was cooling off from the summer that would act as a pivotal moment for music and the core of the counterculture generation, Western, which was then known as the Oregon College of Education, was still...

Cora McClain | Copy Editor May 10, in Smith Music Hall, senior music major Daniel Sampson gave a presentation on the journey of his album “Kaleidoscope ‘85.” He began work on the album in the summer of  2018, after being thoroughly inspired by the music of the 1980s,...

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Ted Bundy is one of the most notorious serial killers in the United States according to history.com. Aside from his trial being the first televised in history, Bundy’s trial was unique in many ways. Bundy acted as one of his own...

Mikaela Wong | Staff Writer Western Oregon University’s annual Spring Dance Concert commenced over the weekend, May 9-11, and with it, brought intricate dance routines incorporating styles such as ballet, neo-classical, and contemporary. The various dance styles were...

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor On April 30, 1997, Ellen DeGeneres came out on her sitcom, “Ellen.” In an episode titled “The Puppy Episode” when she tells her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey, that she is attracted to women, making “Ellen” the first sitcom to...

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor On April 30, 1997, Ellen DeGeneres came out on her sitcom, “Ellen.” In an episode titled “The Puppy Episode” when she tells her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey, that she is attracted to women, making “Ellen” the first sitcom to...

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Even as someone who got into “The Avengers” franchise relatively late and has yet to watch all of the movies, I was super impressed by “Infinity War.” Naturally, then, I was very excited as the “Endgame” release date got closer and...

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor John Vanderslice could be described many ways, but the label “influential” is one that everyone can objectively agree on. According to johnvanderslice.com, Vanderslice has produced and collaborated with bands such as Death Cab for...

Cora McClain | Copy Editor “All called the City their home. And who could say that any of them were wrong?” This text ends the introductory panels of “The Stone Heart,” the second of the “Nameless City” graphic novel trilogy. Those two panels illustrate the core theme...