Zoe Strickland | Editor-in-Chief Ingredients: 2 teaspoons active dry yeast 1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar 1 ¼ cups warm water 3 ½ cups flour (you can use bread flour, but regular flour is more useful to keep around) 1 ½ teaspoons salt Any toppings you desire — I...
Lifestyle
Exercising with a partner
Mikaela Wong | Freelancer In this day and age, social media has proven to be an influential tool to educate a broad audience a multitude of skills – specifically, fitness exercises. This progressive movement in the area of health and wellness has brought about...
Dancing through life
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Dancing can be a valuable tool in several ways: it provides an exceptional form of fitness, an escape from stress and, in many cases, fun. And, for some, participation in this type of physical activity is more than just exercise – it...
What it means to be Deaf
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Western offers an award-winning English/ASL Interpreting program, has several Deaf teachers and an ASL club — yet, for many, the concept of Deaf culture or the Deaf community is one that is unheard of. For those who haven’t taken any ASL...
Breakfast & Burgers brings classic diner experience to Independence
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor While the Monmouth area offers restaurants serving a number of different dishes and kinds of foods, one thing it lacked was a simple, classic diner that doesn’t feel like fast-food. Recently, that has changed. Sitting on 286 Main St. in...
Favorite finds from The Western Journal
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Stephanie Blair Electric blue suede pencil skirt, $8 from Goodwill “I love this for the same reason as all of my vintage clothes – if it lasted this long, it’ll last forever and no one else has the same thing. I love mixing older...
Getting thrifty near Monmouth
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor Thrift shopping is an activity that has a large appeal amongst many college students; it offers cheap options, outlandish finds, a challenge — at times — and the feeling of knowing whatever you find will set you apart from others. While...
Packing for a picnic
Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor As the sun begins making a more regular appearance, now’s the perfect time to take advantage of every second of sunshine you can fit into your day. Unfortunately, for many, finding time to just hangout and bask in the warmth isn’t...
A bike shop made real through passion
Paul Davis | Photo Editor Turning a passion into something tangible is much easier said than done — often the “what-ifs” or the questions of how to accomplish the goal in mind can block a person from seeing their idea fully through. However, those what if’s were...
The inclusive nature of yoga
Emily Wanous | Freelancer When the topic of yoga comes up in conversation, many people become uninterested. I believe this is not due to uninterest but, rather, the daunting feeling of the unknown. A reason this may occur is because information on yoga is vast and in...