How to Find News, Cartoons, and Trending Stories on The Linfield Review

The Linfield Review (thelinfieldreview.com) is the student news site of Linfield University, and its homepage is organized so you can reach most content without a search box. News items run down the center of the page in reverse-chronological order, cartoons and media sit in their own labeled blocks, and a numbered "Trending Stories" list appears in the sidebar. If you know which of those three things you want, the sections below tell you where to look and what each one actually contains.

Finding news articles

The main news feed is the fastest route. Each entry shows a headline, the author's name and role (for example, "Kenny McMillen, Editor-in-Chief"), the date, and a short excerpt ending in "Continue Reading."

• Newest first. The top story is the most recently published. On the homepage captured here, that was "Oregon 99W to have nighttime lane closures by campus," dated September 30, 2026.
• Campus and local mix. Stories range from campus operations (lane closures, library hours) to regional and national topics, such as tropical cyclones in Hawaii or a shooting near Cabana Club in McMinnville.
• Author bylines are clickable entry points. If you want everything a specific writer has filed, use the byline rather than scrolling the whole feed.

A separate "NEWS" block further down the page carries additional items, including "College students get $5 tickets for three Hillsboro theatre productions" and "Time to celebrate? Time Magazine says Linfield best Oregon college."

Finding cartoons

Cartoons are grouped under a "MEDIA" heading with a "CARTOONS" label, rather than mixed into the news feed.

• Each cartoon lists a title, the artist's name and role, and a date — for example, "Favorite study spots: Murdock Hall" by AJ Jernstedt (Staff Writer, September 14, 2026) and "National Chocolate Milkshake Day" by Nora Yocum (Life and Culture Editor, September 12, 2026).
• A "View All" link at the end of the block expands the list beyond the two most recent cartoons.

If you are looking for a specific cartoon, scan this block first; it is visually distinct from the text-heavy news columns.

Finding trending stories

The "Trending Stories" list is a numbered sidebar ranking of the most-read or most-engaged items at that moment. In the snapshot here, the top five were:

1. Shooting near Cabana leaves one injured, police searching for information
2. Top 10 BORG names of 2026
3. Brand New Day: A Change For Spider-Man
4. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Book series review
5. Board of Trustees approve cuts to three programs, superdepartments to balance budget

Two things worth knowing about this list:

• It is not chronological. Trending items can be older than the top news story, so treat it as a popularity signal, not a date filter.
• It mixes categories. A campus safety story, a humor list, a comic-book piece, and a book review can all appear together.

Quick reference

Practical tips

• Use the excerpt to triage. Because every feed item shows a preview sentence, you can decide whether to open an article without clicking through each one.
• Dates matter for campus logistics. Time-sensitive items (road closures, ticket offers, library hours) carry explicit dates, so check them before acting.
• Trending is a snapshot. The list changes as new stories gain traction, so a story that is trending today may drop off within days.

One limitation to note: the homepage evidence here does not show a site-wide search field or a category menu beyond the labeled blocks, so browsing by section and byline is the reliable method for locating content.