Winnie Killingsworth

Polyfest showcases Pacific Island Cultures

Winnie Killingsworth, Online Editor
May 23, 2024

For over two hours on May 18, the SURC Ballroom was filled with chee-hoo cheers, music, dancing and cascading dollar bills. Polyfest, advertised on posters throughout campus as “[a] celebration...

Search for Vice President of Equity and Belonging halts as tensions rise against administration

Isaac Dobmeier and Winnie Killingsworth
April 30, 2024

The months-long search for a Vice President of Equity and Belonging and Senior Diversity Officer has been deemed a failure by President Jim Wohlpart and is set to be re-launched in the fall, according...

The Taylor Swift Album Rankings

Isaac Hinson and Winnie Killingsworth
April 18, 2024

With “The Tortured Poets Department'' being released tomorrow on Poetry & The Creative Mind Day (April 19), it's the perfect time to talk about superstar Taylor Swift’s first 10 albums, coming...

Hours on campus

Winnie Killingsworth, Online Editor
April 4, 2024

You live on campus as a college student, even if you don’t reside in student housing. Classes keep us there. Resources keep us here. The hours that these resources are available in person is something...

The art of the double feature: ‘Dune: Part Two’ & ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

Winnie Killingsworth, Columnist
March 7, 2024

In case you missed it, The Observer’s Editor-in-chief, Isaac Hinson, is high on the spice of “Dune.” He’s written about it multiple times both leading up to the release of “Dune: Part Two”...

Men’s Basketball sees five players earn GNAC All-Academic

Devanee Lopez, Isaac Hinson, Charis Jones, Winnie Killingsworth, and Isaac Dobmeier
March 7, 2024

The CWU men’s basketball team prevailed against Saint Martin’s University this past Thursday, March 1, with a 92-86 victory. This win earned them a spot in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC)...

University Relations deems ethical dilemma involving president “not news”

Isaac Dobmeier and Winnie Killingsworth
February 28, 2024

The Observer received an email from David Leder, associate director of Strategic Communications and University Relations, on behalf of University Relations and the President’s Office, on Feb. 21 just...

Here’s why the interview with CWU’s President triggered an ethical dilemma

Isaac Dobmeier and Winnie Killingsworth
February 22, 2024

Last week, The Observer’s cover story discussed an ethical dilemma in which CWU President Jim Wohlpart directly offered an internship to The Observer’s Editor-in-chief (EIC) Isaac Hinson, according...

An ethical dilemma with CWU president

Winnie Killingsworth, News Editor
February 16, 2024

During an interview with Isaac Hinson, The Observer’s editor-in-chief, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the CWU President, Jim Wohlpart, mentioned an internship that Hinson said came across as an offer. An internship...

Entrevista con el presidente de la universidad plantea cuestiones éticas

Isaac Dobmeier and Winnie Killingsworth
February 16, 2024

El editor en jefe de El Observador (The Observer) Isaac Hinson, mencionó que el último martes 13 de febrero en una entrevista con el presidente de CWU Jim Wohlpart tuvo la impresión de que éste le...

Look what you made me do: football fan edition

Winnie Killingsworth, Columnist
February 8, 2024

Touchdown! First down! Pass interference! I’ve heard these words my entire life. Both my parents, each of their fathers and now my sister, husband and father-in-law say them. Even I am saying them...

Do you know the answer? Trivia on-campus

Winnie Killingsworth, News Editor
February 2, 2024

Everyone has something they love and know a lot about. Getting to see if they know more than their peers for clout and a fun prize is what CWU students and others can now do on a weekly basis. Madalyn...

Here for the First Time: First-Generation College Students

Winnie Killingsworth, News Editor
January 24, 2024

Most, if not all, college students struggle in some way during their time at university. The balance of classes, homework, friends, work and more add up far too quickly. For first-generation college students,...

Back Within These Walls: From Child to Student

Winnie Killingsworth, Columnist
January 21, 2024

Not many children grow up playing tag in the hallways and classrooms of universities. I did and I did it here at CWU. As a child, my parents worked at CWU so I spent four years in different buildings...

Unburied to be Returned: NAGPRA’s Revised Regulations

Winnie Killingsworth, News Editor
January 11, 2024

Buried in archives and storage rooms of museums, federal agencies and universities across the country, human remains and cultural objects have been separated from their actual resting place. But changes...