Western Washington University campus newspaper back to 1899 now online and searchable

From student life in the early 1900s to a campus strike after the Kent State shootings in 1970, The Western Front has covered goings-on at Western Washington University for more than a century.

Until recently, people who wanted to read old issues of the student newspaper had to visit Western's library. Now, thanks to donations from several Western graduates, you can read and search the Front online, starting with the inaugural December 1899 issue, called "The Normal Messenger."