Missouri Western welcomed traditional Native American dancers Saturday, Nov. 11 from Haskell Indian Nations University. (Full story)

Thanks to a $2.5 million grant Missouri Western State University will soon join an elite group of universities in America that feature an innovation incubator center. (Full story)

Still No. 5 seed for playoffs

The Western football team came together in a circle of prayer and defeat as the Washburn University marching band sang its lulling victorious anthem in nearby stands.

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The Student Government Association leadership retreat was cancelled when only seven students showed up, after a non-refundable $1,000 of student monies was spent. (Full story)

A lesson learned becomes a professor’s turn. Jim Estes, professor of art, has been teaching at Missouri Western for 35 years, working with clay and wood. Recent discovery has changed his experience into something else. (Full story)

The bright neon green lights of the marquee blaze out the words Fuji Sake Bar and Steak Grill on the walls of Saint Joseph’s newest restaurant buzz a promise of transportation to exotic climes of the Far East. After passing through the ornate red double doors into a room with a cobblestone water wall and a small oriental wooden bridge with a sign that reads “enter over bridge’, the transportation is completed. The room opening into the restaurant, which once was a mediocre Chinese American trough style eatery, is now a mixture of the neon bright lights of downtown Tokyo and classic Japan, paper lanterns hanging like willow wisps to tantalize the attention of the hungry customer. (Full story)

There is a fine line between “ill” and “gifted.” (Full story)