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WU plays the PHEAL’d for a new public health professor
Professor Iroz-Elardo reviewing due dates with her public health class on Nov. 6, 2025. Photo by Mac Childers. Following the retirement of professor Joyce Millen in spring 2025 and a steep increase in the number of students majoring in the program, there has been a growing demand for a new public health (PHEAL) professor. A committee of PHEAL professors and students as well as two non-PHEAL professors is currently in an extensive screening process. After initial interviews wi
William Weeks, Staff Writer
Dec 2, 20252 min read


Student worker, Young Democratic Socialists express discontent with Bon Appétit job cuts
Two diners self-serve food from Goudy as a worker refreshes toppings on Oct. 20, 2025. Photo by Patricia Krepel. To start the fall semester, Bon Appétit, the food service which operates Willamette’s dining hall and food vending, cut some student worker positions and hours. Goudy no longer has student servers dishing up food and is instead entirely self-serve. Now, some students, spearheaded by the recently ASWU-affiliated Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), are v
Sirena Coulter-Kress, Staff Writer
Dec 1, 20253 min read


Opinion: WU Theatre’s ‘Ride the Cyclone’ was an emotional rollercoaster
The members of Uranium’s St. Cassian’s chamber choir take their last ride on the show’s titular Cyclone. Top to bottom, from left: Brayden Fanthorp (‘28), Otis Perrone (’27), Kiele Jarnagin (’27), Tabi Momeyer (’27) and Nick Zimmerman (’27). Photo courtesy of KJ Photography, taken on Oct. 30, 2025 This fall, Willamette University Theatre took on “Ride the Cyclone,” written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell and directed by Willamette University music department’s Hannah Pen
Maisy Clunies-Ross, Staff Writer
Nov 29, 20255 min read
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