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AI- A cheating tool or a learning tool?
LIFE & CULTURE
AI- A cheating tool or a learning tool?
Katherine Perry, Staff Writer • April 22, 2025

Since ChatGPT came on the scene, generative AI has been a subject of controversy. Students across all grades have used generative AI to write essays. In response, teachers have expressed concern and frustration. They are concerned that this will cause...

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Linfield Students Join Effort to Stand Up for Science
Linfield Students Join Effort to Stand Up for Science
Andrew Beauchamp, News Editor • April 22, 2025

On March 7, more than 500 students, researchers and supporters gathered near the steps of the Oregon state capitol in Salem as part of a national scientific advocacy effort. The...

Pike members pose with their fraternity flag and signs in support of Henderson House.
Heels for Henderson: Pike Walk-A-Mile
Peyton Leifeste, Staff Writer • April 22, 2025

On April 12, Linfield’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter (Pike) hosted their tenth annual “Walk-a-Mile in Her Shoes.” The event is in association with Henderson House for Sexual...

What is Causing Linfield’s Water Problems?
What is Causing Linfield’s Water Problems?
Katherine Perry, Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

In recent years, Linfield has experienced a plethora of water and plumbing issues. Nicholson Library, Ford Hall, Renshaw, Melrose, Pioneer, Larsell...

Linfield Responds To Growing ICE Presence Across College Campuses
Linfield Responds To Growing ICE Presence Across College Campuses
Katherine Perry, Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

Since the advent of the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been conducting an increasing number of high-profile...

Aaron Godfrey gives a presentation to a class.
Alum Aaron Godfred visits JAMS classes
Kenny McMillen, Staff Writer • March 25, 2025

On March 13, Aaron Godfred, an executive in the Digital Media Department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Linfield alumnus, gave two presentations...

Baseball ranked preseason No. 1: Will they stay on top?
Baseball ranked preseason No. 1: Will they stay on top?
Peyton Leifeste, Staff Writer • March 18, 2025

This season, Linfield baseball was preseason ranked No. 1 for the Northwest Conference. According to coaches and players, this is both an honor and a nullity....

Meet Mary Jo Nichols, the force behind Linfield's athletic department
Meet Mary Jo Nichols, the force behind Linfield’s athletic department
Tori Schuller, Editor-in-Chief • March 18, 2025

The Health, Human Performance and Athletic building at Linfield University welcomes hundreds of visitors daily. Some are on their way to the weight room,...

Photo courtesy of Kira Hawaaboo.
Naturally athletic: Breaking records on the first try
Mariah Johnston, Managing Editor • March 13, 2025

Crunch, crunch, crunch. That’s the sound of shoes hitting the gravel-like ground, gaining speed to jump over the nine-meter sandpit. Whoosh, through...

The Wildcats celebrate a win.
Linfield Women’s Basketball concludes a record breaking season
Peyton Leifeste, Staff Writer • March 6, 2025

As a team and individuals, Wildcat Women’s Basketball has a lot to celebrate. For the first time in years, they made it to the Northwest Conference tournament. “It’s...

Coffee, tea or energy drink: What do we think?
Coffee, tea or energy drink: What do we think?
Faythe Lloyd, Staff Writer • March 26, 2025

I have never acquired a taste for coffee. Every time I have an energy drink I am pretty sure my heart will explode, even if I know it won’t. I have found that the best way...

Division III sports are the largest in the country, but is it worth the work?
Division III sports are the largest in the country, but is it worth the work?
Tori Schuller, Editor-in-Chief • March 11, 2025

Last October, the first half of my senior collegiate golf season ended. Four tournaments in five weeks stretched me thin, and the mountains of homework I have to catch up...

Leaf blowers are harming students, both academically and physically
Leaf blowers are harming students, both academically and physically
Kenny McMillen, Staff Writer • November 12, 2024

Linfield University has tons of trees. In fact, the university officially proclaims it has over 2,500 trees. With that, comes a need to handle the high amount of leaves in...

Halloween: Does anyone care?
Halloween: Does anyone care?
Katherine Perry, Staff Writer • October 22, 2024

Halloween is fast approaching, and there are countless ways to celebrate. It is a holiday perfect for community, fun and excitement. Keeping that in mind, let’s look at...

Madame Web Review: An Unfortunate Time at the Movies
Madame Web Review: An Unfortunate Time at the Movies
Julian Ortiz, Staff Writer • February 27, 2024

“Madame Web” directed by S.J. Clarkson and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless is unfortunately a disaster. From its clunky dialogue, unclear character motivations...

Art by Annemarie Mullet
Words of inspiration from Linfield’s new nursing professors
Charlotte Abramson and Isabel Berger October 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of everyday life─from school, to grocery shopping, to politics. However, despite the staggering loss of jobs around the...

Art by Annemarie Mullet
A look at Linfield’s newest Wine Studies professor
Sierra Bodle, Staff Writer • October 27, 2020

You may be familiar with the wine studies instructor Toni Ketrenos, but did you know that she has a house bunny? She also has a black lab mix named Pearl, a 22-year-old orange...

The Renshaw Computer lab is normally busy with people finishing projects or rushing in for a quick print before their class begins. With all classes online, students have no need to  print anymore and the lab remains empty even though access is permitted for students on campus, given they comply with social distancing measures.
[PHOTOS] Finals approaching, but popular study spots remain empty
Lexi Kerr and Dustin Lau May 5, 2020

Studying for finals looks a lot different for students enrolled spring 2020 classes. Students will take finals online to finish the semester, seeking study spots around their...

Community Plate, a popular hangout restaurant, hangs a sign on the door saying they are temporarily closed but hopes to have food available for takeout soon. Wednesday, April 8, 2020.
[PHOTOS] How the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected McMinnville, from Linfield College to 3rd Street
Dustin Lau, Photographer • April 19, 2020

 

AI- A cheating tool or a learning tool?
AI- A cheating tool or a learning tool?
Katherine Perry, Staff Writer • April 22, 2025

Since ChatGPT came on the scene, generative AI has been a subject of controversy. Students across all grades have used generative AI to write essays. In response, teachers...

Facilities Addresses Student Concerns with Leaf Blowers
Facilities Addresses Student Concerns with Leaf Blowers
Kenny McMillen, Staff Writer • April 22, 2025

Leaf blowers have been a contentious topic at Linfield for some time, with many students often taking to platforms such as YikYak to complain about them. For many, they are...

When campus gives you lines, make poetry
When campus gives you lines, make poetry
Kenny McMillen, Staff Writer • April 22, 2025

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” That was the closing line of a poem written by Linfield students, faculty, staff, community members and even visiting fans...

"Mickey 17" --- Never a dull moment as an expendable
“Mickey 17” — Never a dull moment as an expendable
Julian Ortiz, Life and Culture Editor • April 1, 2025

It’s always tough to outdo competitors, but outdoing yourself is another matter entirely. Enter Bong Joon Ho, who nearly six years later had the daunting task of following...

Coffee, tea or energy drink: What do we think?
Coffee, tea or energy drink: What do we think?
Faythe Lloyd, Staff Writer • March 26, 2025

I have never acquired a taste for coffee. Every time I have an energy drink I am pretty sure my heart will explode, even if I know it won’t. I have found that the best way...

Susty Cats: Paper towels and other single-use campus items
Susty Cats: Paper towels and other single-use campus items
Anna Frazier, Editor-in-chief • April 4, 2023

There are plenty of adages out there that attempt to help us regular mortals combat the environmental behemoth known as climate change. Eat less meat. Recycle your cans. Reduce...

The cast takes a bow at Eco Tales.
Eco Tales at Ford Theatre showcases student-written stories combining theatre and environmental awareness
Mariah Johnston, Staff Writer • March 15, 2023

Linfield University’s Theatre Department hosted Eco Tales: Student-Adapted Fairy Tales this past week in the Ford Theatre. This play takes a unique twist on fairy tales,...

Susty Cats: Food waste 
Susty Cats: Food waste 
Anna Frazier, Editor in Chief • March 15, 2023

There are plenty of sayings out there that attempt to help us regular mortals combat the environmental behemoth known as climate change. Eat less meat. Recycle your cans....

Jo Henderson, right, spoke at Linfield's Graf auditorium last week.
A World Without Soil: A tale of disappointments and hope
Riley Omonaka, News Editor • March 14, 2023

Linfield University sits at the epicenter of Oregon wine country. Much of the local economy is reliant on job creation and tourism brought in the wine-making industry. Vineyards...

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