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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

As a business major who doesn’t like writing, you may ask yourself “What is she doing in The Observer?” Well, to tell you the truth, I asked myself that question a lot my first quarter on staff....

I joined the Observer the quarter after I joined PULSE (mainly looking to further fill out my resume) and the two quarters that followed were the busiest and most stressful of my life. It put me through...

Coming to Central four years ago as an 18-year-old with hardly any hobbies or solid life goals, I decided to say yes to everything. A job at campus activities? Sounds great. Joining a college improv team?...

Well I guess this is it. As a senior who is graduating in just a couple weeks, I want to take some time to reflect on my college experience. Looking back at myself going into my freshman year I thought...