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Jackson Plaza and the Mark O. Hatfield Library blocked by cones as officials search the area on Sept. 30, 2025. Photo by Skeet Starr. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, Willamette University received an anonymous bomb threat to the Willamette libraries. The Salem Reporter reported that Willamette staff received the bomb threat at 8:40 a.m. to a university email. In an interview with The Collegian, Executive Director of Campus Safety AJ Christensen specified that the threat came through

Graphic by Robin Linares. On Thursday, Oct. 2, the Associated Students of Willamette University (ASWU) senate voted 12-1 with one abstention to approve the new divestment proposal to remove the ASWU endowment from the Willamette University endowment. Now, ASWU seeks board of trustee approval of the proposal. The new proposal requests to remove the approximately $400,000 ASWU endowment funds from the university endowment and place the funds in a general ledger (GL) account, a

The Office of International Education (OIE) in spring of 2021. Photo by Anushka Srivastav. Since President Donald Trump took office in...