Historical Student Newspapers
WOU Archives has digitized approximately half of the printed student newspapers from OSNS, ONS, WOSC, and WOU to make available in our online repository.
Unfortunately, due to a lack of funding to replace failing equipment, we are unable to digitize the remainder of our physical collection.
If you are looking for a specific issue which is not present here, or have questions about a specific time during WOU's history, please email your request to the WOU Archives at libarchives@wou.edu.
Browse Student Newspapers by Year
Western Oregon University (1997-present)
- Student Newspapers from 2023-2023 not yet available
- Student Newspapers from 2018 - 2022
- Student Newspapers from 1997-2018 not yet available
Western Oregon State College (1982-1996)
- Student Newspapers from 1982-1996 not yet scanned
Oregon College of Education (1939-1981)
- Student Newspapers from 1979-1981 not yet scanned
- Student Newspapers from 1960-1978
- Student Newspapers from 1952-1959
- Student Newspapers from 1946-1951
- Student Newspapers from 1939-1946 not yet scanned
Oregon Normal School (1923-1940)
Other Resources
For more recent issues of WOU's current student newspaper, please visit https://wou.edu/westernhowl/
The WOU Archives also has student newspapers from Western Oregon State College (WOSC) dating between 1981 and 1997, but no issues from these years are currently scanned.
No student newspapers were issued prior to 1923. However, the school issued yearbooks from 1905 to 1911. These, along with other yearbooks, can be viewed in our online Yearbooks collection.