Deconstruct the friend zone, or else By Marjorie Meeks We know this scene way too well. We’ve all been there, whether we knew it at the time or not. You’re hanging out with someone on a day like any other day and things take a massive shift.
By Colleen Smyth I registered to vote two weeks after I turned 17. I was approached by someone doing a drive in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square and eagerly accepted the opportunity to register, even though I wouldn’t be able to vote in an election for almost
EDITORIAL As reported in the News section of the Collegian this week, (“Fourth sorority works to reorganize,” page 2), Willamette’s sororities have rapidly grown in size over the last few years. None of the established sororities on campus have fewer than 100 members, and efforts to invite
By Rebecca Hayes One fateful night, while strewn across the twin bed in my host-mom’s apartment, I had an epiphany: I wanted to stay in Buenos Aires for another term. After an in-depth, all-night analysis of the pros and cons of this decision, I realized that I
By Kate Piluso Last week, someone called me ‘MaMa’ in passing, and it felt seven leagues of wrong because, through my lengthy work with children and as the self-proclaimed Julie Andrews of nannies, I’ve established a single overarching rule for my life: I am not your
By Zack Boyden When someone says they’re conservative, how do you react? In the United States, the word has some broad connotations attached to it. To some, it’s a sign of security, as they find confidence in the word and its involvement in policy. To others,
OD revamps teaching By Alyssa Milstead Brendan Dwyer admits that there are a lot of challenges that come with educating first-year students about alcohol. “You have such a varied audience,” Dwyer said. “And frankly, people don’t like being told what to do. People learn through their own
Law forces painting to stay in Italy By Emily Hoard The exhibit in the Hallie Ford Museum of Art of the recently attributed Peter Paul Rubens portrait of Archduke Albert VII by Assistant Professor of Art History Ricardo De Mambro Santos has been canceled because legal
By Katie Dobbs On Oct. 3 and 4, the first Visual Culture Colloquium of the Northwest Five Consortium (NW5C) will be held at Willamette University. The NW5C is made up of Willamette University, Whitman College, University of Puget Sound, Reed College and Lewis & Clark College, with
By Bronte Dod Due to a growing national interest in Greek Life and the increasing size of Willamette’s sorority chapters, Alpha Phi, a sorority previously on Willamette’s campus, will reorganize in the spring. Senior English major Anna Fredendall is the vice president of public relations on the