Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor In the foyer of Hamersly Library, students and faculty met on Jan. 14 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. To commemorate the occasion, attendees were invited to add a rainbow cutout of their...
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Western makes history as the first base for a national ASL assessment service in the West.
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Western has become the first establishment to offer a nationwide American Sign Language assessment service in the western United States after the Regional Resource Center on Deafness Director, Chad Ludwig, decided to restore an...
PURE Insights, Western’s academic journal, connects students to faculty for collaborative research and publication opportunities.
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Originally founded by Camila Gabladon, the collection development librarian at Western, PURE Insights is an annual publication of student work, both creative and research-based, which has been sponsored by at least one faculty...
Grease fire in the Alderview Apartments on campus draws a crowd but is quickly dealt with.
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Dean of Students and Director of Housing, Tina Fuchs, sent out an email relaying her gratitude towards our campus community last Thursday, Jan. 7, after a fire occurred in one of Western’s Alderview apartments. Public Safety Officer...
Speaker Kim Potowski came to Western to celebrate bilingualism and educate about ways to increase it
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Professor Kim Potowski of the University of Illinois began by stating the facts: that out of roughly 7.7 billion people in the world, an estimated 60% of them are bilingual as opposed to the United States’ 20%. Potowski’s research...
What happened on campus during break?
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Date: 12/14/2019 Time: 9 p.m. Location: Lot J near the Stadium Incident: Public Safety discovered a marjuana violation Date: 12/20/2019 Time: 11:15 p.m. Location: Lot J near the Stadium Incident: Public Safety responded to a...
War and Peace
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor To commemmorate the 75 anniversary of the end of World War II, twenty-six Oregon communities — including Independence — have plans to plant seeds salvaged from the trees that survived the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945. Called...
Four out of five Oregon representatives approved President Trump’s impeachment
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor Although most of Western’s students probably know by now that the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on Dec. 18 for abuse of power and obstruction of congress, some may be wondering how Oregon’s...
Introducing the new Aquarium Science program
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor The first of its kind in the state, Western has collaborated with Oregon Coast Community College to design an Aquarium Science program focused on combining foundations in biology and business and applying them in the field. A...
City Manager hesitant to call homelessness an issue in Monmouth
Sage Kiernan-Sherrow | News Editor An ongoing issue in Monmouth’s neighboring city of Salem, aspects of homelessness are beginning to become apparent here, as well, with several instances of homeless and transient camping observed in the Monmouth-Independence area. ...