What names mean to transgender and nonbinary people, and the impact of chosen names.
Story By Jax Kiel
Early in her transition, Sarah Mayes went to a Starbucks kiosk at the mall and ordered an iced coffee, looking for something routine and thoughtless to do.
“[The barista] asked what my…
The lasting impacts of being raised by an alcoholic parent
Story by Anonymous
I remember my first drink, a Heineken my roommate bought me on my 21st birthday. I have always been afraid of alcohol, but that night I did not want fear to rule anymore. …
How mass walkouts re-kindled the labor movement in the Yakima Valley.
Story by Silvia Leija
On April 6, 1986, Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez spoke to over 2,000 farmworkers at Miller Park in Yakima, Wash., urging them to demand better health care and working conditions…
What lies ahead for recent and future college graduates.
Story by Henrik Butz
College commencement is supposed to mark a new beginning. It’s an achievement most people spend their whole lives up to that point working towards. It serves as the final transition into adulthood. …
How the end of a 9-year friendship taught me to feel more comfortable in my own skin.
Story by Izzie Lund
Editor’s note: Names have been changed out of privacy concerns.
“It’s been three weeks, and I haven’t cried yet,” I said. “Is that bad?”
My hands shook as I…
Three former editors of Klipsun Magazine describe their experiences while on staff through two influential periods in history: post 9/11 and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Story by Mallory Biggar
In a tiny newsroom closet in Skagway, Alaska, Jennifer Collins woke up in her fold-out bed to a strange…
After being away for a year, Western’s campus is busy again. This time, with more first-timers than usual.
Story by Brianna Poulos
First-year and transfer students are not the only ones new to campus this year. For those who have only known Western over Zoom, campus can be just as…
The nine-page Pentagon report says UFO incidents remain difficult to decipher, with no confirmed alien sightings.
Story by Adela Cruz
After decades of denial, the U.S. government has finally broken silence on the topic of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), more commonly known as UFOs.
The unclassified report by The Office…
How isolation and my mother’s illness shaped my experience in quarantine.
Story by Henrik Butz
“Nobody told you?” My twin brother Simon asked, a look of concern on his face.
“Told me what?” I replied nervously.
“Mom has Alzheimer’s. I thought you knew,” he said.
My whole world suddenly came…
A review of the online multiplayer horror game “Dead by Daylight.”
Story by Benjamin Leung
As COVID-19 reached the U.S. in January 2020, multiplayer horror game “Dead by Daylight” tripled the average number of people playing online, according to Steam Charts. …
