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With her young team playing well, Coach Mastin found many positives in a Wednesday night loss to the No. 6 ranked Truman State Bulldogs.
The Griffons (9-18 overall) lost three straight games to Truman (25-4 overall), but managed to keep all three close.  Games one and two ended 30-23 in favor of Truman, and the third [...]

Griffon football wins again on the road
   The Griffons defeated Emporia State to improve their road record to 4-0. They won the game 52-21. Freshman Drew Newhart led the way by throwing for 321 yards and four touchdowns.
   The Griffons scored 50 points in a game for the first time since they played Missouri-Rolla in [...]

“Oh happy day,” Western President, James Scanlon began his speech at the Oct. 10 press conference. “This is a special day for Missouri Western.”
Scanlon had the opportunity to announce Western’s largest private donation of $5 million by Wes and Patsy Remington.
“The contributions from Patsy and Wes are the largest private contribution ever made to Missouri [...]

During a press conference on Oct. 10, Western President, James Scanlon, and Vice President of University Advancement, Dan Nicoson, announced plans for the “Beyond Excellence” Initiative.
“As a new American Regional University,” Scanlon said. “Western’s mission charges everyone with dual responsibility, providing quality education to students and fostering the development of our region, economically, socially and [...]

The issues presented a few weeks ago, in the article “SGA Confusion” are only the tip of the iceberg.    
Across campus, organizations, departments and offices are feeling the pressure of the upper administration, specifically, the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. 
The overall morale of students, staff, and faculty involved in the effected areas is low. 
The [...]

As the Homcoming week wrapped up, besides the annual drenched students who were out to support the Griffons, the tired organizations who have spent night and day working on the floats, and the exhausted steering commitee who have worked hard for months, most students involved with homecoming have a bitter taste in their mouth. “The [...]

by Anna Flin
Guest Writer
Upcoming SGA elections are being approached by two candidates with very different agendas: Luke Herrington, current vice president of SGA, and Harold Callaway III, current student governor.
Callaway, who is still searching for a running mate, has detailed plans for SGA’s budget.
“One of the major things I want to look at is cost-benefit [...]