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Comfortable in his Own Skin
By The Front | December 3To avoid being bullied, senior Marcus Micheles hid underneath layers of sweatshirts. He checked the bathroom scale every day, but lied to his parents about what it said.
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Bringing the Blue Thunder
By The Front | December 3Standing on the turf of CenturyLink Field amidst the deafening roar of the 67,000 strong fans, alumnus Jesse Whitford pounds on his drum to the beat of “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen.
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Woodknocks in the Night
By The Front | November 30One group of Western students is conducting some rather unusual research. They hike through the woods at night, breaking the silence with howls and striking trees with heavy branches. Then they wait and listen for a response — from a Sasquatch.
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Flowers and STEMs
By The Front | November 24The task might seem straightforward but the main goal behind it all certainly isn’t — bring more women into STEM fields. Western's Youth Programs' GEMS (girls in engineering, math and science) Night Out sought to do just that by starting them off early, teaching them that being an engineer or mathematician isn’t all-boys club.
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Taking life one song at a time
By The Front | November 19Pounding through the pavement, the beat of each step pours through senior Maddy Smith as she heads to class; with sudden inspiration, she pulls out her phone, typing in lyrics and then continuing on her way.
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The Heart of the Matter
By The Front | November 19The script began to write itself. Stories sprung out of the interviewees like they had been locked up for years. A student struggling with their place on the gender spectrum was able to explain how they coped. A deaf student shared experiences of social isolation.
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Get to Know Western: Kirra Thornton
By The Front | November 16With each entry of Get to Know Western, The Western Front will interview students and staff for a new insight on campus life. This week, we interviewed junior Kirra Thornton, Chinese language and culture major.
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Alumna uses fellowship to travel and teach
By The Front | November 16Following in the path led by her mother, Polly Woodbury, Western alumna, has headed to Thailand under a Fulbright fellowship to teach English in the same country her mother first learned it, she said.
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Faces in the Crowd
By The Front | November 9It was 11 years of service; it was a 17-year-old begging to enroll. Now scattered through a crowd of college students, senior Clay Lenssen and sophomore Liam Knight reflect on where they have been — and where they are now — after the towers fell on that fateful day.
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The Mountains are Calling, and We Must Go
By The Front | November 6On his snowboard and about to drop in for a ride, Western alumnus Jeremy Dubs was asked a question that would lead to three consecutive trips overseas.
