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Students of Willamette play a game of pickup soccer with the ducks. Art by Alyssa Diggdon. Hello, Bearcat Fan! Halloween wasn’t the only thing terrifying Bearcats this weekend, as we suffered a few brutal losses that I’m sure most of us would rather forget. But not all is lost for our few fall sport playoff hopefuls, and winter sports are right around the corner, leaving plenty to celebrate. Let’s find out how things are looking for our ’Cats! Football  had a rough outing aga

A heart-to-heart for young people. Art by Addie Martin. Over the last few months, a new meme format has arisen that further accentuates a hallmark of online Gen Z culture: an avoidance of direct language. “The lion does not concern himself with …” and an even broader version, “The lion …,” are two phrases that have been recently popularized into a meme online, often followed by a statement describing something that the person who created the meme does.  This phrasing and usag

Rachel Swenson ('27) and Skweezy Jibbs pose for a selfie at Willamette University on Oct. 17, 2025. Photo courtesy of Rachel Swenson. Rachel Swenson (ʼ27) usually doesn’t get up early on Fridays, which she has off. But at 9 a.m. on Friday Oct. 17, she was up searching the Willamette campus with one goal in mind. The day before, social media personality Skweezy Jibbs had uploaded an image to Instagram with a familiar red brick building in the background: Eaton Hall. Via that p