Missouri Western State University hosted its ninth annual student-athlete honors banquet. The banquet was held at the Fulkerson Center and an estimated 380 people were in attendance.
 The two big awards were male athlete of the year and female athlete of the year. Missouri Western football player Patrick St. Louis won the male athlete of the [...]
Some where along the line this semester it seems we have lost the campus’ driving rules. I have been noticing more violations and less campus police.Â
A great deal of effort is given to parking violations, which do not kill or injure. I don’t see very many tickets for moving violations being issued on campus.
English professor Michael Cadden was presented with the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by Governor Matt Blunt in Jefferson City at a luncheon on April 9.
This particular award singles out effective teaching and advising, service to the university, commitment to high standards of excellence and success in playing a role in the success [...]
Vanessa Magruder wakes up early every morning, showers, dresses and eats before she leaves her home for campus just like any other student at Western. Her morning stop on the way to school isn’t Burger King for a croissant, it’s Wilson Hall. Where she drops off her three-year-old son, Cole, at Y’s Kids World, a [...]
The great gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson once said “when the going gets weird, the weird go pro.†Well the going has definitely gotten weird. Take one moment and consider the state of sanity in our world.
It’s a crazy world. Chinese fortune cookies say: “may you live in interesting timesâ€, and brother, they are interesting. [...]
At one point or another everyone has driven the circle of Downs Drive and seen the climbing structure located outside Wilson Hall. The jungle gym is not for the ARMY ROTC students to practice their warfare tactics. For 31 lucky parents, it is part of their child’s home away from home Monday through Friday from [...]
In order to better notify the campus community in the event of a crisis, Western recently implemented a new emergency notification system called Griffon Alert, which is comprised of a text mesÂsaging feature. Chief of Police Jon Kelley said The Governors task force on campus safety suggested the creation of a fail safe system to [...]