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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

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Fashion and Style is Timeless

October 12, 2022

Style is timeless. No matter what, it always comes back around and is used by another generation as a staple and way to express. Take footwear like Nike blazers, arguably one of the most popular staples...

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New panda habitat to be built where chimposium once stood

Katherine Camarata, Lead Editor
October 12, 2022

Where a chimposium once stood proudly on the corner of Wildcat Way and 14th Street, a new habitat for endangered pandas will be taking its place come 2023 according to a release from CWU Public Relations. The...

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Letter from the editor

Katherine Camarata, Lead Editor
October 5, 2022

Salutations CWU, We hope all you new students are staying afloat, enjoying life on or around campus and settling into the ebb and flow of existence as we know it. This week, we covered events ranging...

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What happened to movies?

Isaac Hinson, Sports Editor
October 5, 2022

The state of the film industry had left me wondering, what happened to the way things used to be? What happened to going to the cinema on a Saturday night and struggling to choose between the five new...

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October 5, 2022

Greetings! We are the nieces, Kitty and Kandy, The Observer’s new advice columnists. Our aunties, Edith and Ethel, graduated last quarter so we’re taking over! Kitty: As two college students without...

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Editorial

September 29, 2022

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was murdered on Sept. 19 by Iran’s morality police for not wearing her hijab properly by their standards while in public according to NPR.  According to...

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Voluntourism is the savior complex at work

Katherine Camarata, Lead Editor
September 28, 2022

I remember the day I set foot in the tiny Port Au Prince airport in Haiti in 2011, the shouting men eager to help with my bags in exchange for money and the moving truck my companions and I piled into...

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Things to Miss About Ellensburg

Things to Miss About Ellensburg

Katlyn White, Columnist
September 28, 2022

As someone who recently left Ellenburg for a bigger city, I didn’t think I would miss much about the podunk town. Now that life is settling down and some of my school activities are starting up again,...

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Some things you might miss from “the westside” and where to find them

Wayne Gray, Columnist
June 7, 2022

Many students at CWU are transplants from western Washington. The low cost tuition and high acceptance rates of CWU attract students to this side of the Cascades, but a common sentiment expressed by many...

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If we collectively believed that tents were “beautiful”, anti-homeless architecture wouldn’t exist.

Elliott Watkins, Columnist
June 1, 2022

We find cars, skyscrapers and bridges to be appealing, so why not tents? Anti-homeless architecture, also known as “hostile” architecture, is implemented in many cities to create an unwelcome environment...

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Senior Goodbyes: Thanks for the memories, but please do better CWU

Senior Goodbyes: Thanks for the memories, but please do better CWU

Addie Adkins, Orientation Editor
June 1, 2022

As my time as an undergrad at CWU comes to a close, I would like to take a bit of everyone’s time for thanks and a final hot take.  First, I want to thank everyone who has helped me succeed and get...

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Senior Goodbyes: I have had fun while here, but I believe I am ready to move on

Senior Goodbyes: I have had fun while here, but I believe I am ready to move on

Star Diavolikis, Editor-in-Chief
June 1, 2022

I have only spent two years here at CWU, and my experience has been extremely confusing. While I have been acknowledged for the work I have done and how hard I have fought to be here, I have also witnessed...

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