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Constitutional Heritage Club tabling in Jackson Plaza on Jan. 13. Photo by Lucy Devlaeminck. At the Feb. 26 ASWU meeting, senators voted to refuse affiliation to the Constitutional Heritage Club (CHC). The club was started by Lexi Thorsett (’26), the same student who sought to establish a Willamette chapter of the national organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in the fall. The vote was not unanimous, but overwhelmingly the group was rejected, with 12 senators opposed and two

The Bistro in the Putnam University Center in November of 2023. Photo by Jason Lehman. On Feb. 26 , the Associated Students of Willamette University (ASWU) senate voted unanimously to clear the Bistro’s debt of $19,604, with the condition that they work to create an accountability agreement for the Bistro going forward.   The ASWU senate had originally considered the possibility of clearing the Bistro’s current debt on Feb. 19 , but after some discussion they motioned to tabl

Goalkeeper Siera Edwards ('26) dives for the ball at Sparks Field on Sept. 14, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Willamette Athletics Department. For most goalies, their journey in the position starts about the same: no one else on their team wants to be a goalie, so they are forced into it.  “It kind of just became whoever isn’t scared of the ball flying at their face just stays in goal,” said Willamette’s women’s soccer keeper Siera Edwards (’26), recalling how she started betwee

The Thinker finds himself in an unfavorable new crowd. Art by Adrian Axtell. When one ventures into the digital realm, they are putting themselves in danger of hearing the opinions of trolls, undisclosed advertisers, AI bots, Matt Walsh  and children. No one’s safe. Not on YouTube, not on Twitter, and heaven help you if you have the misfortune of downloading YikYak. To indulge in a little hyperbole, everyone is acting stupid. People are ill-informed, angry and loud, and they