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WOU steps up recycling effort
MONMOUTH -- Elizabeth Wood and Gus Townson cart blue drums, almost as large as they are, up the stairwells of Heritage Hall on the Western Oregon University campus on a mission.
Art ... a bit on the wild side
DALLAS -- Situated among the wild game trophies that adorn Doug Kitchin's workshop in Dallas is the head of a small melanistic buck.
Learning to swim with the fish
Western Oregon University and Salem Scuba now offer an underwater class they claim will change your life forever
Moving Past the Sounds of Silence
DALLAS -- Imagine silence. Not just from turning off your cell phone, TV and other audible distractions, but absolute silence -- as if the world's volume was turned off.
