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The Willamette University Mill Stream. Photo by Iris McClure. This information was provided by ASWU Director of Communications Katelyn Beissel Rosales and compiled by Alma Snortum-Phelps, publication editor for The Collegian. Here are the candidates for the Spring 2026 ASWU Senate elections, organized by graduating class. Voting begins Friday, April 11 at 8 a.m. and will end Monday, April 13 at 5 p.m. Class of 2027 Claire Warthen Hey Bearcats! My name is Claire Warthen (she/h

ASWU Treasurer Mitch Septoff ('26) presents on organizational funding challenges to the ASWU senate on Jan. 29, 2026 in the Montag Den. Photo by Lucy Devlaeminck. Disclaimer: The Collegian is an ASWU-funded organization. As an organization, members of The Collegian executive team are currently having funding discussions with the ASWU treasurer and treasurer-elect. These discussions remain separate from The Collegian’s journalistic coverage. Unknown to the wider student body,

The Oregon Capitol building on Feb. 8, 2025. Photo by Keenan Yoshizawa. A new law has established requirements for how public education institutions must handle federal immigration enforcement on public campuses. Gov. Tina Kotek signed House Bill 4079  on March 31, weeks after the Oregon State Legislature passed the bill during its session on March 2. Known as the “Safeguarding Students and Families Act,” the legislation mandates that public K-12 schools, community colleges a