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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. Hello, Bearcat Fan! Spring sports, as they are wont to do, continue to ride a very chaotic, poorly-designed rollercoaster that is putting both their playoff hopes in jeopardy and their hearts in blenders. I am speaking from experience. Let’s find out how things fared this week. Lacrosse continues to baffle their opponents and themselves but

Amelia DeSentis ('27, right) and Maddie Strate ('27, left) working in the Writing Center on March 11, 2026. Photo by Mac Childers. Open Monday through Saturday, the Writing Center is a space where all Willamette students can come to receive help from Writing Center consultants, regardless of discipline or where the student is in the writing process. However, the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI chatbots has raised concerns about how students use AI when

Robin Linares, the inaugural AAJA Portland-Peter Wong political reporting intern, works on the Oregon Senate floor on Feb. 20, 2026. Photo by Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle Article originally published by Oregon Capital Chronicle at oregoncapitalchronicle.com . Despite attending university across the street from the Oregon State Capitol for the past three years, reporting inside its marbled walls was one of the last things I thought I’d be able to do. Now, as a third