Skiing and snowboarding in the spring 2025 class. Art by Basil Allen. For the past 12 years, psychology professor Mark Stewart has been leading a skiing and snowboarding class open to Willamette students of all levels, run through the local resort Mount Hood Meadows . But this year and last year, the course has been canceled due to low registration numbers. Stewart said the class initially saw 23 students register, higher than last year, but by the start of classes that numbe

Various hands holding civic tools, a Willamette ID card among them. Art by Adrian Axtell. The  Salem Chamber of Commerce  hosted a mayoral debate on Jan. 12 featuring incumbent Mayor Julie Hoy and City Councilor Vanessa Nordyke. The debate came ahead of the May 19 primary election, when Salem voters will select their preferred candidate in the city’s nonpartisan 2026 mayoral race. Salem’s nonpartisan primary functions as a first round; a candidate who earns more than 50% wins