The ASWU  budget proposal was prepared entirely behind closed doors. During the budget committee meeting, each chartered club was allotted five minutes to propose their budget, after which they...

As it stands, student media cannot truly function as a free press on campus, and ASWU is not operating under the transparency they claim to hold dear.

The “ideal” Whitworth student: Christian. Goes to Hosanna every week; to Awake; to chapel. Pure. Has a specific set of beliefs and values. Reads their Bible. Listens to all the current worship songs. Posts photos on social media of their Bibles, highlighters, and coffee. Has a Bible verse in their Instagram bio.

In the past decade, the political divide between conservative and liberal ideologies has become extreme.

The 2020 presidential race is almost upon us, and with it has come an uptick in political discussion. In every political camp, people are discussing the major issues they find important, and many issues are getting traction on social media and other online platforms.

As the war for gender equality rages on, it is important to reflect on the progress we have made and how much farther we have to go.

In the United States we get so consumed by everything that’s happening near us that we forget to pay attention to the problems occurring in other countries. We become ignorant to others who are suffering because we’re not in their position.

In the wake of the controversy surrounding ASWU President Tersa Almaw and her deciding vote to not invite Ben Shapiro to campus, a couple important things seem to be getting missed.

To have been a queer student on Whitworth University’s campus for the past two weeks is to have been surrounded by the debate over whether or not Ben Shapiro should be allowed to come to campus.

While I have been pleased to find that many faculty and staff at Whitworth have chosen to support the preservation of freedom of speech on campus, ASWU has abandoned this constitutional value and made the fatal leap toward censorship.

Since that farce of a medical study, there have been innumerable larger and more reliable studies that have found no link between vaccinations and autism.

I am pro-choice because I believe that women should have the right to make their own decisions about their bodies.