After 35 years at Western and 16 years as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Martin Johnson announced on Jan. 11 that he would be retiring effective June 30.
 However, the search for Johnson’s replacement will begin much sooner. “The process for choosing my replacement will begin almost immediately,†Johnson said.
 With his vast [...]
 The spring semester begins a fresh start, new faces and many changes to the Student Government Association.
 The new executive board of SGA has created a list of goals to accomplish this semester.
 “My main goal is to get a well-rounded and diverse senate that are very opinionated and don’t share the same ideas,†SGA Vice President [...]
After a national search, Susan Bracciano was named Western registrar, where she continues her service to students after being assistant registrar since 2002.
With the retirement of Dr. Gene Eulinger, Bracciano will assume the duties of registrar, which include student record keeping, class registration, and certifying graduation and athletic eligibility.
Bracciano has been a Western employee since [...]
The Instructional Media Center at Western is going through some changes in the structure of the office.
Its director, Max Schlesinger, is retiring in January.
Western has no immediate plans to replace him and his duties are being passed on to a triumvirate of office managers.
“I have worked in education for roughly 36 years,†Schlesinger said. “I [...]
 During the strange period of human history called the 1980’s, there was an outbreak of inspirational posters that found their home on the walls of many a high school counselor’s office. A favorite that garnered a following was the phrase “today is the first day of the rest of your life.†It means that each [...]
 Kings and queens. Moving into position and attacking while defending everything you have at the same time. Trapping your opponents into making a move that they can’t get out of. It may sound like chess but to local poker players, the differences are negligible.
Texas Hold ‘em is known as the Cadillac of poker games and [...]
Every year countless people make resolutions with little to no success. Rather than making the same tired resolutions each year, take inspiration from the original guidelines for appropriate human behavior and consider the seven deadly sins.
Pride
There is a difference between a positive self-image and an excess of pride. When pride becomes too strong, it becomes [...]