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For those interested in becoming better teachers of writing, a new opportunity has risen.
A new Master’s program in written communications has been implemented.
Dr. Kaye Adkins, associate professor of English/technical communication, said this degree has two options.
The first option is in writing studies, and is designed for high school teachers wanting to improve their understanding of [...]

Due to the high enrollment numbers this semester, students have become concerned with the lack of convenient parking spaces.
Nontraditional student Annie Allen is a little frustrated by this.
“I would like a shuttle (to get to class),” Allen said.
Allen tends to park near Murphy and Eder, and she has noticed an abundance of people who park [...]

A variety of questions were thrown at the Student Government Association candidates and they conquered each of them at the SGA debate in the Blum Student Union at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10.
The debate began with the Western Activities Council presidential and vice presidential candidates.
Presidential candidate China Thomas spoke first, rating WAC’s performance over [...]

A long line of students, faculty and others anxiously waited to see Obama’s vice presidential candidate for the first time in person. The entire campus had been talking about his arrival since Tuesday night, when everyone first learned he would be coming on Thursday.
Aside from the group of protestors standing outside with signs, people did [...]

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 [...]

The waiting list for housing was, at one point, up to 90 students, the classrooms are crowded and hallways are becoming almost claustrophobic… This can only mean one thing: Western is experiencing a record number of enrollment for the fall semester of 2008.
A total of 5,470 undergraduates are currently enrolled at Western this semester, which [...]

Can’t get to your e-mail or P-Drive? Don’t worry, your computer isn’t broken.
Lately, a number of students and faculty have been having difficulty logging in to their e-mail or accessing the P and O-Drives.
Frequent and extreme activity on one of the Novell servers has been causing it to crash, making the network drives inaccessible until [...]