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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

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