By Taryn Greenberg Dear ASWU Senate, To begin, I would like to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to present at senate to request funding. I do, however, have several comments I would like share with you. I would like to clarify that this email is
By Meghan Cusick Dear Editor, There was an important piece of the “indecency” article (“Salem PD arrest instructor on public indeceny charge,” online) that I wish a columnist or someone had felt the need to tackle in more detail: the lack of transparency. I understand the
By Kate Piluso I have two major loves in my life: Danny DeVito and drag queens. Actually, I love lots of things—but for the sake of time, let me tighten the focus down to one of the two aforementioned items so that I can recount exactly what
By Victoria Youngbauer I tell stories about the school nurse that worked at my high school, reminiscing about how she couldn’t do much with policy restrictions on her job. “Have a headache? Here’s a Band-Aid,” she’d say. She couldn’t prescribe us any medications. Her job was
By Marjorie Meeks Most children assume that adults have the world figured out. I certainly thought so when I was a kid. My parents and teachers seemed to know exactly what they were doing. The only natural expectation for mini me was that one day, when
By Brent Hanower The women’s tennis team kicked off their spring season with a non-conference loss to NAIA opponent College of Idaho last Friday. Willamette’s spring record is now 0–1, and 0-3 overall, while the College of Idaho improves to 1–0. The Bearcats won three matches
Swim ends season with record-breaking times By Josh Cabral Willamette men’s and women’s swim team finished their season down in Corvallis at the 2015 Northwest Conference (NWC) Swimming Championships at the Osborn Aquatic Center last weekend, where both teams achieved record-breaking performances. Freshman Mark Yuvienco set a
By Blake Lepire 19-year-old Zach LaVine was unheard of until last week, when he won the dunk contest and therefore garnered some attention from both casual and avid basketball fans. LaVine was very impressive, but the event still left much to be desired in the way
By Kellie Standish Sometimes, getting into the outdoors is about separating yourself from the real world, checking out of reality, cutting yourself off from other people and allowing yourself to fully engage with mother nature and find yourself. But sometimes, getting outdoors is about simply having fun
By Evan Giddings Needing a win to have a chance at grabbing the fourth and final spot in this year’s Northwest Conference (NWC) tournament, the Willamette men’s basketball team kept its hopes alive this weekend by besting Pacific Lutheran University 64–55. Coming into the match-up, the Bearcats