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Fifty Shades of Sexual Abuse

Grace Lindsley, Copy Editor
February 10, 2015

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and how better to show that special someone you care than stalking, insulting and emotional manipulating them all the while blatantly ignoring rules of consent! Oh,...

Let’s play? Or let’s get sued?

Maria Harr, Scene Editor
January 29, 2015

Recently there’s been a lot of questions surrounding the legality of “Let’s Play” videos and gaming streams online. Let’s Plays are recorded playthroughs of video games made by gamers. They...

Letter to the Editor

Lynn Thompson
November 14, 2014

When November 7 Feminism issue of The Observer (Vol. 98) came out, I was ecstatic. I read it immediately upon receiving it. However, as the paper continued, I found myself steadily growing more and more...

Be classy: Go to class

Jonathan Glover, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2014

Have you ever heard the saying, “what’s mine is mine and yours is yours?” As a college student, you should make yourself familiar with it. You see, the distinction of yours and mine is becoming increasingly...

The 12 weeks of Christmas

Anna Kessner, Copy Editor
November 9, 2014

And so it begins: Christmas decorations, holiday music and eggnog lattes in the red cups at Starbucks (which I’m definitely not complaining about). But holiday season is nowhere close to being here. Thanksgiving...

Eating healthy on a budget

Camille Borodey, Scene Editor
October 31, 2014

Reevaluate your spending habits If you buy a Starbucks coffee and a pack of cigarettes every day, yet claim you do not have money to buy lunch, you may want to rethink your priorities. Look at all the...

Out of state, not out of bounds

Chance-Weeks Williams, Sports Editor
October 31, 2014

There are a few set backs to being based out-of-state, and I’m not talking about tuition. When you’re a fan of a team that isn’t local, you get weird looks. The exception is the NBA fans who don’t...

Letter to the Editor

October 22, 2014

Dear Editor, This is Logan Butterfield, President of the Kappa SIgma Fraternity. During my usually study hours I enjoy occasionally browsing through The Observer, reading well written articles about student...

CWU football: Who foots the bill?

Jonathan Glover, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2014

What if Central got rid of its football team and nobody cared? That certainly wasn’t the case for Western Washington University, which dissolved its football program back in 2009, much to the dismay...

Letter to the Editor

October 9, 2014

I don't know who made the decision to spend thousands of dollars on the two enormous TV's in the music building, but it seems like a pretty poor one to me, especially considering how slowly all of the...

Letter to the Editor

October 7, 2014

So the Board of Trustees have given President Gaudino a "thumbs-up" and renewed his contract for another five years? I'm glad THEY think he is transparent to them. I wish he was transparent to the rest...

IASCO Fiasco – Letter to the Editor

October 7, 2014

IASCO FIASCO I sent a request for information to CWU for a copy of the Request for Proposal, (RFP) 13-015 for flight training and a copy of the awarded contract to IASCO/IFT. The awarded contract...