Opinion
WESTERN WELLNESS: MIFEPREX
By The Front | April 8The @US_FDA's approval of new #Mifeprex label allows for improved access to safe, legal reproductive care for women: https://t.co/fZHJaCKGCB
Carrying the torch
By The Front | April 5Inclusive, honest, ambitious, kind, innovative, responsive; the list goes on. These are the character traits that Western students are looking for in our new university president. We need someone to take off from where President Bruce Shepard leaves, with a vision of our school’s future becoming increasingly diverse and continuing down a path of — you guessed it — “Active Minds Changing Lives.”
GUEST COLUMN: Contributed by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray
By The Front | March 7I recently heard from a student in Bellingham named Beatrice. She is studying to become a teacher. But after holding down multiple jobs, selling plasma, and managing a full class load, she’s struggling. She can’t make rent and she hasn’t been able to afford groceries in a month.
OPINION: Strong Western heritage of activism should be continued
By The Front | March 7A renaissance of student activism is sweeping this nation, with its own permutation on our own campus. The destinies of important social issues have fallen squarely into the laps of college-age Americans, and it’s up to us to see them through.
Letter to the Editor: Textbooks and learning in the postmodern era
By The Front | February 29This letter to the editor was written by Madelaine Stubblefield, a Western sophomore.
Viking Voices: 3/1
By The Front | February 29“I’d say he would have pretty good intel into who the people are, seeing as he was a senator before. Probably in some ways they’ll support his agenda but it depends on if that’s a good thing or bad thing for the supreme court to decide.”
OPINION: Political obstructionism is crippling us, it's time to do your job
By The Front | February 29When Senate Republican leaders said earlier this month that they would reject any Supreme Court pick from President Obama, they were entirely within their right. The vote they cast decides whether the appointment is a good fit, and this is proper politics. But by vowing to not hold any meetings, hearings or votes related to an Obama choice, they are doing the country an enormous disservice.
Women of Western: #FreeKesha
By The Front and Alyssa Evans | February 29Free Kesha pic.twitter.com/8BjZXq98Qf
Viking Voices: 2/22
By The Front | February 22“I would feel like that was a really big invasion of privacy and I wouldn’t see a point in that being necessary for somebody to have to go through photos and social media."
OPINION: Changing your locks – Apple should deny FBI request
By The Front | February 22Encrypted data, multinational technology giants and the U.S. government. It all sounds very spy-chic, but the latest case revolving around Apple and FBI is anything but fantasy, and it concerns the rectangle sitting in your pocket.
Women of Western: Ashley Graham
By The Front and Alyssa Evans | February 22The only reason Ashley Graham looks so good at size 16 is because she's 5'11. #unpopularopinion