On Oct. 11, the Central Washington University (CWU) Wildcats beat University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) Falcons in a tight 27-14 matchup. The Wildcats entered the day as underdogs, sitting at No.

Rows of abandoned trailers with colorful yet lifeless children’s toys scattered across the yards sit vacant where a community once thrived in the Shady Brook Mobile Park Home, also known as Shady ...

Protesters and police clashed in a violent fashion following an anti-Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protest in downtown Seattle yesterday night. With pepper balls, tear gas, fireworks and ...

The Board of Trustees (BOT) voted in favor of a motion to approve the Services and Activities Committee’s (S&A) proposed budgets, but with a few additional stipulations. The proposed budgets, ...

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 ...

For over 50 years, the Language and Literature (L&L) building housed CWU’s English, History and even some Philosophy courses. In 2024, the L&L building was torn down due to its ‘effects on the ...

Members of the CWU Cosplay Club made the trip over the pass this past weekend to attend the largest anime convention in the Northwest, Sakura-Con, where they won two individual cosplay awards. Cosplay ...

You already know Ellensburg is a small town and home to CWU, but do you know the history of the buildings you see around town? Inspired by the upcoming historic pub crawl, I wanted to share a few ...

Last week, The Observer polled students with the question, “In which area would you most like to see change from CWU?” Dining was the majority answer, with 31.8% of the responses. Dining at CWU is ...

The Faculty Senate voted near unanimously, with 44 yeses, 2 noes and 2 abstentions, to approve a motion enacting a faculty wide vote of no confidence against President Jim Wohlpart. The vote to ...

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 ...

After a long campaign trail, the final voting results from the Associated Students of Central Washington University (ASCWU) student government election has been revealed, as per and verified by the ...