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The Saint Joseph symphony is searching for a replacement conductor. Don’t get yourself excited yet, they’re already down to three finalists.
One has played already on Sept. 27, the next appears Nov. 8, and the last will show on Feb. 21. The reviews for the first concert were great and the symphony is hoping to gain [...]

The Missouri Court of Appeals presided at Western for the 11th year at Spratt Hall on Oct. 8.

Appellate court judges Ronald R. Holliger, Lisa White Hardwick and James E. Welch heard four court cases. They are three of the 11 appellate court judges in western Missouri.

Judge Edmond Smith and Professor Larry Andrews of the department [...]

Missouri Western State University is set to celebrate a historic moment; the first-ever formal Presidential Inauguration in Western’s history.
On Oct. 17, Robert A. Vartabedian will be officially installed as the new president of Missouri Western. The installation ceremony will be held in the M.O. Looney Complex at 1:30 p.m. and is free and open to [...]

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden will become the first presidential ticket member to speak at Missouri Western when he addresses the crowd at the Looney complex today.
Biden, who is fresh off his debate with the Republican vice president candidate Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, will speak to a crowd of 500 at the Looney [...]

She was a high school homecoming queen, and he starred in the 2007 flick “The Assassination of Jesse James.” She is a Libertarian Individualist who served as a political director for President George H. Bush’s re-election campaign in 1992, while he served as Clinton’s. They were married shortly after that election. 

The two political rivals known [...]

Each year’s Convocation allows for a special dinner the night before that allows patrons to meet the guest speaker.
The married political pundits, James Carville and Mary Matalin, spoke to a capacity crowd at the Fulkerson Center Monday night for the 15th annual Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues dinner that helps fund each year’s speaker. [...]