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Winner of Student Employee Of The Year

April 25, 2018 Jessica Stallard Comments Off

A Missouri Western student Evan Banks has had a very eventful three weeks because he won the Missouri Student Employee of the Year, Western Student Employee of the Year awards, the Gaston Scholarship and is now the assistant director for external relations for SGA. Banks has worked in the Center for Academic Support (CAS) since the spring of 2016 and...

Stolen Car from Griffon Hall is Returned

April 20, 2018 Gannon Cornley II Comments Off

A non-resident student let himself into a propped door in Griffon Hall and stole a student’s keys as well as its correlating vehicle on Feb. 17. St. Joseph resident Tyren Colbert was taken into custody on March 21 at 5:35 p.m. and has been charged with burglary of 2nd degree which is a class D felony on April 4. Colbert...

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Griffons on the search for new assistant men’s basketball coach

April 18, 2018 cmarriott Comments Off

Missouri Western will be on the search for a new men’s assistant basketball coach as former assistant coach Aaron Coombs accepted a head coaching position at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Aaron spent the last five years being the assistant coach and this will be his first head coaching job. Aaron is appreciative of his time at Western. “The last five...

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Festival of Colors

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 Danyelle Myers Comments Off

Holi is best known as the festival of colors and leaves the festival-goers coated in color by the end of the day. On March 29, the International Student Services hosted their biggest spring event. Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors, was held in the Kelley Commons area behind Blum. Food was provided by Godavari, an Indian restaurant in Kansas City, along...

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Western’s Got Talent Show Finals

April 11, 2018 Brittany Price Comments Off

Western Activity Council’s annual Western’s Got Talent show featured a variety of performances and was won by spoken word artist Zoie Reynolds. In Spratt 101, 10 acts performed on Wednesday, April 4. From singing to dancing and comedy to poetry, the contestants performed in front of a panel of three judges who decided on the top three performers of the night....

Student reveals discourse from the white house

April 25, 2018 Brittany Price Comments Off

After weeks of research and writing, Missouri Western...

PJs and Pancakes Comes to Western

April 25, 2018May 4, 2018 Dylan Lowder Comments Off

Students at Missouri Western came to Spratt Hall...

The New Smoothie Places in St. Joseph are Worth a Try

April 25, 2018 Mary Beth Rosenauer Comments Off

Over the past year, there have been several new smoothie places that have popped up in St. Joseph. As someone who’s already running around and convincing myself that I don’t have enough time to sit down and eat, these places are the perfect option. Someone had suggested that Mitchell Avenue Nutrition sold these teas that helped give you energy, but...

Student Argues Being Busy Isn’t A Good Excuse

April 25, 2018 Mary Beth Rosenauer Comments Off

Submitted by Britne Misner We live in a world of profoundly “busy” people. Running around, forgetting deadlines, eating poorly, and dehydrating themselves. Telling themselves that they are sacrificing their relationships and their health for spiritual growth and an upper-hand in this mess we call life. But we also live in a world filled with critics. People who make us feel...