Newberg, Ore. - The polls for next year’s student government closed March 14. Mark Giese and Meredith Green were voted student body president and vice president. Danielle Korthuis is next year’s vice president of Finance. The class representatives include senior Rory Brown, juniors Ana Imes, Olivia Grijalva, and Anastasia Kilian, and sophomores Moriah Reed and Trevor Wilber.

When students came back from Christmas break, they were greeted by some changes to the card lock system on campus. All students were able to get access to each residence hall’s common area at all times. Additionally, individual halls in dorms were locked 24 hours a day, instead of just past floor hours.

Climate change is an ongoing problem that affects ecosystems in many ways. People from all different backgrounds, from architects to biologists, have united to attack climate change from multiple angles.

On Nov. 5, Oregon held special elections in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties, and Washington state held one in Clark County. According to the Oregon government’s voting tally website, around 30 percent of eligible voters participated—529,649 people out of 1,735,758 people.

From Sept. 20 to 27, people from Melbourne, Prague, Delhi, Portland and many other cities came together with a common goal. Worldwide, around 4 million people showed up to march, sign petitions, hold signs, and challenge their governments to do better regarding climate change.