You’ve seen his work in the Baptist Student Union’s Rip the Runway fashion show last week, but that was just the beginning. Senior Emmanuel Williams is an up and coming fashion designer on the Missouri Western campus. Williams, a graphic designer major, talked about his love for fashion.
After an onslaught of defensive war between Western and Washburn, the Griffons lost 43-56, unable to close the small lead Washburn held throughout the game.
After the Griffons win and repeat of February 27 game against Southern Baptist University, They will continue in the MIAA conference tournament.
There has been a lot of talk about how times are changing and how young people do not respect their elders like they used to. Why are attitudes of young people changing?
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Upperclassmen dorm is a good thing
The planning and potential implementation of a new residential hall for upperclassmen is a good move on the part of Missouri Western.
The current plan consists of a suite with four individual rooms connected by a common area with a kitchenette.
This may or may not bring back the upperclassmen but it is a good progression [...]
Woman worship welcome
I love women. I really, really do. The whole species of them. From every big butt to every flat chest, from all the cleavage in the world to every labium, from Sara Palin to Hillary Clinton, from Lilith to Eve. I love them all. With March being Women’s History month, I wanted to take [...]
Student Spotlight: Josh Todd enriches Western
For two years, Missouri Western’s Student Government Association has been under the command of Josh Todd, who was voted into the presidential office in 2008.
Todd began his involvement with student senate in 2007, during his first year of college. He notes that his involvement with speech and debate inspired his first decision to run for [...]
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Though the job outlook for soon-to-be graduates may be looking slim, there was a glimmer of hope for skeptical and concerned students last week at the career fair.
Dozens of employers surrounded the Fulkerson Center in hopes to recruit future employees, interns, or even just to provide more information about existing job opportunities.
The career fair is [...]
Imagine if your job held a regional awards ceremony, now imagine out of the thousands of people who do your job you are called up unexpectedly to receive the award, That is what happened to Missouri Western Senior Luke Akers.
The National Orientation Directors Association Region IV Student Leadership Award is reserved for the best of [...]
Missouri Western sees a slight dip in retention rates following last year’s all time high.
Retention numbers are calculated by looking at how many incoming fall freshman return for their sophomore year the following fall. Since the fall of 2000, Western has seen nearly a 12 percent increase, with this year’s numbers down by two [...]
Sports
The Missouri Western Griffons traveled to Bolivar, Missouri, the weekend of March 5 to take on Southwest Baptist University and dominated the field as they swept them 4-0.
After losing all four games against Fort Hays the weekend before, the Griffons were looking to turn things around and improve their record.
After getting the right [...]
The Missouri Western Griffons fell for the final and eighth straight time in the 2009-2010 season this past Saturday. They lost to Southwest Baptist 68-55.
The Griffons came out hot, starting the game with six straight points. The Bearcats then came storming back to tie it at six. After a three pointer by guard Rachel [...]
Missouri Western sent their seniors out with a win and three game winning streaks that was capped off with an 86-72 win against Southwest Baptist Saturday night.
SBU won the opening tip and quickly turned it into three points after a Western foul on a lay-up that dropped and a free throw that followed.
The lead wouldn’t [...]
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Super ladies rock
With a battle cry of “Up against the wall, male chauvinist pigs!” the 1970’s Marvel Comics super team of female fatales called the Lady Liberators represented a transition that society was demanding from its fantastic comic book world. No longer would the ladies of the four color world be used just as damsels in [...]