A duck in a Willamette jersey about to score a goal on the soccer field while the crowd cheers behind them. Art by Wes Mowry-Silverman. Welcome back, Bearcat Fan! We enter our semester with blissfully sunny (if quite cold) weather and a likely mediocre Fast Break because to be honest, I hardly remember how to write these. My brain probably deteriorated over winter break. Anyway, let’s get on to the news!  Men’s basketball  kicked off conference play at the beginning of this m

Public art on display at the "Step Up Your Resistance Festival" at the St. Mark Lutheran Church in Salem, Oregon on Nov. 22, 2025. Photo by Sofie Szigeti. On Nov. 22, the “Step Up Your Resistance” festival hosted over 60 attendees for a day of workshop, music and art framed around local political issues and civic engagement. The event was held in the St. Mark Lutheran Church in Salem and was organized by One Million Rising , a subsidiary program of the “ No Kings ” organizati