The holiday season started up with a roar from the crowd at the Light Up Western ceremony on Nov 26 at the Glenn E. Marion Memorial Clocktower.
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Emily Feger, Center for multicultural education intern said the center for student engagement puts up the lights and arranges for the carols and the warm-up with hot chocolate. The [...]
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Another Griffon football season came to a close Saturday and after a roller coaster of a season, Missouri Western’s general on the field has received some well-deserved recognition.
Drew Newhart was recently named the MIAA conference Freshman of the Year. Newhart threw for 21 touchdowns, only 10 interceptions and over 2,000 yards this year. He had [...]
People are constantly asking me “what†I am, and I’m beginning to feel like I’m on the verge of an existential crisis.
 I know to an outsider asking me about my race is an innocent question. It’s intended as a good natured question to gain deeper insight into my origin- or at least to be able [...]
I am not as old as I was when I came to Western 2 1/2 yers ago.
 Seriously.
 I’d been laid off my job and discovered a lovely state program that helps ‘displaced workers’ get new skills to get back out into the workforce.
 It didn’t matter that I already had a degree, it just wasn’t worth much.
The Missouri Western Griffon Football teams wins against the Wayne State College Wildcats in the 42nd Mineral Water Bowl.
Both teams struggled in the first-half of the game, with Western scoring the only scoring opportunity of the half with a touchdown pass from quarterback Newhart, to wide receiver, Mead.
In the second-half, Missouri Western put on 13 [...]