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As you pass through the western doors into Blum Union, these days you might be stunned by the quiet stillness and the vast open spaces that now compro­mise the student union.
It is eerie. A hall that was once alive with motion and sound has now become barren, and students wonder if they shouldn’t rename Blum [...]

The day is about to come when a different professor shows up at the front of the class to officiate over the instructor’s evaluation. “Students don’t take faculty evaluations seriously,”Western junior Stephanie Willett said. “Either they are mad at an instructor and wish to take out their frustrations in the evaluation or they are happy [...]

The state gives Missouri Western $641 per student less than the state average, costing the university over $2 million a year.
The proposed 5.2 percent budget increase for Western’s next fiscal year will only slightly offset the equity deficiency. The offset, however small, is because Western’s increase is higher than the average state increase of 4.2 [...]

During the early hours of April 2, the Western jazz ensemble loaded a bus with equipment and headed south, to the town of Addison, Tex. to perform at the North Texas Jazz Festival.
This is a prestigious honor for The Missouri Western Jazz Ensemble.
The jazz ensemble held their send-off concert April 1 in Potter Hall Theatre.
The [...]

Men’s golf team finishes in a disappointing third place at the MWSU invitational last week at Fairview golf course.
The Griffons played an excellent first round shooting a team total of 288, day two was not as good as the team shot a 295.  Only two strokes behind Missouri Southern, the second place finisher, the [...]

The entire process of education that we use in America is flawed and in many ways. One of the strongest forces that ruin the minds of potential learners is burn-out. It is a state of mind where structure and discipline wear on the soul of a young mind and suddenly they stop caring if they [...]

The determined women of the Missouri Western tennis team were busy this week, having played a four game stretch at home which ended Saturday against Minnesota State- Mankato.
Western opened the stretch of matches on April 1, against the 26th ranked Washburn Lady Blues. Although the Griffons gave a valiant effort, they ultimately lost, 9-0, Tuesday [...]