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By the students, for the students of Central Washington University

The Observer

By the students, for the students of Central Washington University

The Observer

Jade Marsden

Jade Marsden, Staff Reporter

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Nora Wendl retells glasshouse love

Nora Wendl retells glasshouse love

Jade Marsden, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2026

Writer, Architect and Educator Nora Wendl opened her May 5 talk, Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth, by refraining Farnsworth as far more than “a woman who had a potential love affair with her...

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Literature is dying 

Jade Marsden, Staff Reporter
March 17, 2026

What started in 2019 as a pair of playful online communities for sharing book recommendations–Bookstagram and Booktok—has evolved into a battleground over taste, status and performance of being a reader....

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Book banning bleeds through America

Jade Marsden, Staff Reporter
February 26, 2026

Stricter book-banning laws rolled out in 2026 are spreading across states, affecting public libraries, schools, universities and raising new concerns about academic freedom while challenging the American...

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The Book Ban Boom

Jade Marsden, Staff Reporter
January 29, 2026

Book banning is on the rise nationwide, raising widespread concerns about the weakening of academic freedom which lead to the challenge and on-going removal of The Symposium, a foundational text written...

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