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The Whipple clock tower on Feb. 1, 2025. Photo by Iris McClure. This March, Willamette University’s Whipple clock tower ran after years of being right only twice per day. In a December Today@Willamette , facilities announced plans to try to repair the clock tower, which lies in Jackson Plaza. Facilities had tentatively hoped to have the clock running by the start of the spring semester. It was officially fixed on March 5, according to a statement from facilities to The Colle

First contact. Art by Basil Allen. I never expected to feel maternal toward a rock, yet here we are. “Project Hail Mary” follows scientist and junior high teacher Ryland Grace through space as he searches for a solution to save Earth. It turns out, space isn’t devoid of life — Rocky exists. Rocky is an endearing rock-adjacent alien lifeform whom Grace teams up with to find the cure to star-eating astrophage and save both Earth and Rocky’s origin planet, Erid. Grace and Rock

The "Dear Colleague" letter being torn in half. Art by Wes Mowry-Silverman. After almost a year since its implementation into educational systems around the country, the United States Department of Education’s February 2025 “Dear Colleague” letter has been repealed by the Department of Education due to a federal court’s decision in August that the letter violated the constitution. The letter outlined official guidance to colleges and universities about how they should comp