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By the students, for the students of Central Washington University

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By the students, for the students of Central Washington University

The Observer

Prepare for Plastic

Jason Morales, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2017

Starting Jan. 1, stores will start charging five cents for every plastic and paper bag that you are going to use. On Sept. 10, 2015, the city received a letter from a local environmental group, who...

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Photo illustration by Jack Lambert.

Keep it down over there!

Simone Corbett, For the Observer
October 19, 2017

It’s 10:30 p.m. on a Friday night at the start of fall quarter. What better way to welcome in a new school year than with a house party, right? Wrong. If you’re not careful, you could easily...

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Students walk into the SURC on a busy Monday morning. On any given weekday, 18,000 people visit the SURC. Mikaela Nickolds/TheObserver

No vacancy: CWU hits housing capacity

Samuel Beaumonte, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2017

CWU experienced a record amount of incoming students this fall, beating the previous record by roughly 250 students. This created a pattern, as the past two years have both beaten their previous...

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Anderson moderates conversation and questions between the audience and the two guest speakers, Butler-Smith and Padgett. James Stuck/TheObserver

Exonerees tell stories of life on death row

Miles King, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2017

The SURC Theatre was at capacity on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 3. Security turned away about 70 students, but media and late arrivals lined the back wall. The guest speakers arrived prepared; this...

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Photo illustration by Jack Lambert.

Sessions vs. the green states

Eric Rosane, News Editor
October 12, 2017

Over the summer, Attorney General Jeff Sessions made several false accusations against the states of Washington and Colorado on the basis of the way the state is managing its marijuana distribution...

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Future of Lind’s observatory up in the air

Kejuan Coleman, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2017

Many people and students at CWU have been speculating about what the observatory atop Lind Hall could’ve been used for. Gaining knowledge of extraterrestrial beings or just knowing the unknown. We all...

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Parks and Recreation star and comedian Nick Offerman came to CWU as the annual homecoming entertainment.

Nick Offerman is not Ron Swanson

Jason Morales, Staff Writer
October 12, 2017

  Parks and Recreation star and comedian Nick Offerman came to CWU as the annual homecoming entertainment. Ryan Galindo, who teaches in the Health and Science Department, and his friend Braden...

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Photo courtesy of Holly Pinkart. The United Faculty Union has been bargaining with the university for major revisions in faculty contracts, such as raises.

Faculty union strikes big in new contract

Samuel Beaumonte, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2017

  Last Wednesday, CWU’s Board of Trustees voted in favor of a three-year contract that was bargained for by the United Faculty of Central (UFC). UFC’s slogan is that “Our working environment...

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NIOKC gears up for its second year

Jason Morales, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2017

  Not in Our Kittitas County (NIOKC) is gearing up for their second year. The group is planning to continue to promote themselves and unite CWU and the community in the fight against discrimination,...

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Nevada had a higher grossing first month for recreational marijuana sales than either Colorado or Oregon.

Nevada “goes green” on rec pot

Eric Rosane, News Editor
October 5, 2017

On July 1, recreational marijuana shops all across Nevada opened their doors for the first time to publicly sell marijuana and become the fifth US state to legalize the selling of recreational marijuana....

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Federal grant helps CWU geology and PNW research

Kejuan Coleman, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2017

CWU and six other west-coast universities have recently been a part of a $3.7 million grant from the United States Geological Survey. This grant, which was finalized late last summer, is for the development...

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Finding the Funds

Miles King, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2017

Beginning this year, CWU has a new budget model aimed to give control of funds to the deans of each college.  The new model is called Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB). ABB and Responsibility-Centered...

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