The University Plaza Project commemorating the five phases of Missouri Western’s development from Junior college to University is expected to be completed between the first and second week of May. (Full story)

College students everywhere have been immersed in updates, memorials and opinions of the Virginia Tech murders for the past week and a half. (Full story)

In memory of Lou Gehrig, a famous baseball player for the New York Yankees and a famous Phi Delt, the members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity raised money to help find a cure. (Full story)

Western’ s first campus-wide ping-pong tournament will take place April 28 at 10 a.m. with an ending time determined by the number of contestants. (Full story)

Imagine a half packed small theater with low lighting. There are two men on stage, one in the background. He is wearing a black turtleneck, sunglasses and a beret. His hands are rapidly beating a small bongo drum to a staccato beat. The man center stage is standing in front of a microphone, his goatee barley scraping it as he  recites poetry to the rhythm of the drums. In the audience the faces look intrigued, shocked and appalled. The poem the man is reciting is Alan Ginsburg’s “Howl”. (Full story)

Not since 9/11 have I seen our nation share one common emotion, albeit grief. But even as bells tolled 32 times across the country on Friday, we were left with unanswered questions. Some will never yield us answers. Still, the questions must be asked. (Full story)

Student government and community join together to help student’s wallets

The Student Government Association at Missouri Western has recently launched a program to help college students save some money at many area restaurants and retailers. (Full story)