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Student desires leniency with cell phones in classrooms

April 5, 2011 No Comments

Staff

The right to have cell phones out during class is an ongoing debate. Here’s how I feel about it: We the students make the choice of paying attention in class or not. Students pay to be in their classes and their professor will get paid whether they text or not. The student is the one ...

SGA president-elect addresses students

March 7, 2011 No Comments

Staff

Dear Missouri Western Students, I first want to say thank you for voting for myself, Alison Norris, and Jacob Scott as your new SGA President and Vice President. We are honored to be serving you. I realize that we were the only candidates on the ballot this year, but I assure you that we will ...

New attendance policy becomes professors’ choice

March 7, 2011 No Comments

Staff

Finally Missouri Western gets smart and decides to eliminate the mandatory attendance policy for 100 and 200 level courses. This means that the FA (failure due to absences) grade will be eliminated. Well, it’s about time! But, don’t just think that students can waltz into class whenever they feel like it. Though the mandatory attendance ...

Griffon Gateway expansion may cause problems

December 10, 2010 No Comments

Staff

Missouri Western has prided itself as being an open admission school. Some may even call it a selling point. Other Universities in Missouri have the same shtick. Truman is known as the highly selective liberal arts school and Missouri Southern is known for its large international population. Western’s Griffon Gateway program has helped students integrate ...

Half million dollar budget passed without proper vote

October 26, 2010 No Comments

Staff

The half-a-million dollar question: is SGA’s budget legitimate. The answer seems to be no. Due to the lack of a majority of senators, Senate did not vote on the budget during the April 26 meeting. During the summer, Student Affairs—which receives 20 percent of the SGA budget—likely got nervous and induced a vote, which was ...

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