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A 4-12 season may not be the echo of a good year, but it’s a start. Ask the Missouri Western women’s soccer team.
After coming off of a poor 1-15 record in their second season, the Griffons exceeded expectation and the preseason coach’s poll by finishing outside the bottom of the table for the first time [...]

The 2007 Panhellenic Ball raises funds and lets Greeks dress up and let loose for a night of friends, food, and fun at the St. Joseph Country Club
 Greek girls and their dates invaded the St. Joseph Country Club on Saturday night for the 2007 Western Panhellenic Ball. Panhellenic, for those who don’t know, is the [...]

 Sophomore Phil Bluett is a newcomer of the Greek community. Bluett is a St. Louis native and majors in manufacturing engineering. At age 19, Bluett is fully aware of where he wants to go and where he’s been. Bluett, member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity stated “I knew I wanted to be an Alpha because [...]

by Luke Herrington 
 The media has always been an integral part of the democratic process, especially on college campuses across this great nation.  A wise historian once told me that the media was especially important, because it is the first obligation of a responsible citizen or group of citizens to question authority—especially the authority of government. 
 With [...]

 The article that was placed in the Griffon News in the opinion section on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 titled Have some respect, this isn’t high school was an outrage. The article targeted one minority group, African American’s. Rather or not the article was true or false the things that were written were utterly inappropriate. One [...]

by Casey Nichols, English Literature
Too often, bad behavior by an individual, or individuals, of a particular race is spread across the entire race like a patina of rust.
I am, of course, referring to the editorial entitled “Have some respect, this isn’t High School,” in which the editorialist does just that.
Bad behavior is not black behavior, [...]

The other day someone asked me why I like sports so much. Before I was asked that question, I never really thought about it. In honor of David Letterman here is my ten reasons why I love sports.
Number ten: Watching a player get de-cleated in football. There is nothing that will get a person fired [...]