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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

Christmas sit-com characters having a Thanksgiving dinner. Art by Addie Martin. In the 20th and 21st centuries, holiday specials have replaced many supposed staples of Christmas iconography (what even is figgy pudding?) and cemented themselves as a part of seasonal festivities for millions of families.  For decades, audiences have been able to enjoy watching their favorite characters, from “I Love Lucy’s” Lucy Ricardo, to “Parks and Rec’s” Leslie Knope, celebrate the holidays

Waller Hall, which contains the office of President Steve Thorsett, in October of 2024. Photo by Lucy Devlaeminck. On Dec. 11, students, staff and faculty of Willamette University received a set of emails from university President Steve Thorsett and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences Kelley Strawn outlining a proposed merger between Willamette University and Pacific University. The combined school, currently slated to be named “the University of the Northwest,” wo