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Letter from the editor | May 20

By Hannah Cross | May 20

“Great work on your projects everyone! Let’s share your work with the class.” You spend the next few minutes pretending to be a good sport as the critiques come in, but all you want to do is run out of the room. You finally get to sit back down in your seat, but the overwhelming anxiety lingers. You now have to watch your peers present work that is bound to be better, bound to put yours to shame. Anyone that could relate, congrats! You might be suffering from Imposter Syndrome.

Letter from the editor | May 19

By Sol Vandeman | May 19

Barefoot is better

By Hanna Rhody | May 14

Opinion | Ukraine versus Russia: Slavic athletes’ perspectives on the continuous war

By Taras McCurdie | May 14

Vandalism or art?

By Jemma Alexander | May 14

Shadow Academy’s first album was released this year to great success

By Milo Openshaw | May 11

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Letter from the editor | May 8th

By Liz McLane | May 8

Have you ever seen a child sabotage a game of cornhole?

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Western students react to recent indoor mask mandate lift

By Sophie Kashman | May 8

Western Washington University lifted its campus-wide mask mandate on April 11, leaving students with a decision to mask or unmask.

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Review of Who Cares?, Rex Orange County’s newest album

By Milo Openshaw | May 5

Rex Orange County’s new album Who Cares? doesn’t contain any new ideas from Alexander O’Connor except for a collaboration with Tyler the Creator returning to his roots, but it’s enjoyable nonetheless.

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Review of Chloe and the Next 20th Century by Father John Misty

By Milo Openshaw | April 26

“Chloe and the Next 20th Century” was probably one of the biggest surprises to me this year.

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Review of Bronco by Orville Peck

By Milo Openshaw | April 16

Orville Peck, the king of the cowboy masquerade, is back with another incredible album. Bronco, released April 8, 2022, is one of the best albums released in the past year. Every time I play it, my friends roll their eyes. “It’s country music,” they say.

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Letter from the editor | April 13

By Cameron Martinez | April 13

The Interdisciplinary Science Building, the newest of Western Washington University’s academic structures, is a modern building in every sense of the word. From its sleek angles to vibrant open spaces, it is the optimal building for academic pursuits. But the real modern treasure of the building is none other than the bathrooms.

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Journalist speaks to being Black in a white-dominated field

By Riley Weeks | April 7

At 28, Brazile is the deputy online managing editor for KUOW, the Puget Sound region’s #1 radio station for news. She is also the president of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists, an organization that acts as a resource for Black journalists in the area, as well as provides scholarships and networking opportunities. Often, Brazile has to remind herself to take a step back and take it all in.

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Opinion | Self-Defense on YouTube and TikTok is harder than it looks

By Taras McCurdie | March 22

Regardless of who someone is or what they look like, everyone is susceptible to being attacked. In Washington during 2020, 29% of cases involved an offender and 26% involved a victim between the ages of 20-29, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer. 78% of the cases involved a male offender while 55% involved male victims and 44% involved female victims.

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Opinion | Ukraine invasion: why students should care

By Max Larsen and CJ Tonnes | March 19

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has, undoubtedly, been the most dominant news story in the world. It has been both shocking and unsurprising to the rest of the world, and what many want right now is global support for Ukraine and its people.

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Opinion - Removing mask mandates could come back to bite us

By Max Larsen | March 10

States across the nation have begun removing their mask mandates in varying severity over the last few weeks and our own Washington State will do the same come March.

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Letter from the editor | March 7

By Katie McNabb | March 7

Here are three facts about me completely out of context that will only make sense after you finish reading this. Fact number one: I tend to be very late to every popular trend. Fact number two: I’m very committed to my morning routine, almost religiously. Fact number three: I have recently become obsessed with Wordle.

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Letter from the editor | March 3

By Al Hartt | March 4

Was “Cats” (2019) actually as bad as the public remembers? I set out to answer this question and determine if “Cats” truly was as terrible as theater-goers claimed or if it was a campy, fun musical adaptation that audiences in 2019 just didn’t get.

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Letter from the editor | Feb. 28

By CJ Tonnes | February 27

Metaverses are virtual worlds in which you can have meetings, socialize or play games. The commercials during the sizable game made it seem like you could do these things in a world made of purple light while being a tiger, large dog or whatever creature suits you that day. The Metaverse is not real in two senses.

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Letter from the editor | Feb. 21

By Julia Brigolin | February 20

I’ve thought long and hard about what I’ve wanted to write, and I found myself coming back to this topic time and time again: the thoughts I have about the state of the world and what “normal” is supposed to mean in response to it. When I say “normal,” what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?

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