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Western dance clinic begins: preparing for auditions

April 11, 2018 Brittany Price Brittany Price, clinic, dance, Griffon News, lifestyles, MWDC, The Griffon News

Students all over Western campus are starting to get a new pep in their step. The main cause of this is the Missouri Western Dance Company (MWDC)’s dance clinics. With clinics just now beginning, and auditions coming up, many students have dance on their mind and in their daily routines. April 6th marked the first day of clinics in the... Read More

Western’s Got Talent Show Finals

April 11, 2018 Brittany Price Brittany Price, Griffon News, lifestyles, western's got talent, winners

Western Activity Council’s annual Western’s Got Talent show featured a variety of performances and was won by spoken word artist Zoie Reynolds. In Spratt 101, 10 acts performed on Wednesday, April 4. From singing to dancing and comedy to poetry, the contestants performed in front of a panel of three judges who decided on the top three performers of the night.... Read More

Sign making leads up to protest

March 28, 2018 Gannon Cornley II gun violence, Guns, March For Our Lives, nra, Protest, SGA

There were a lot of fired up people as the anticipation grew for the March For Our Lives protest. On Thursday March 22, a sign making event as well as an environmental violence film took place on campus that allowed students, as well as faculty, the opportunity to get creative and make their voices heard. Several students and faculty filed... Read More

Students and Faculty March for Their Lives

March 28, 2018 Chloe Rhein faculty, gun regulation, March, March For Our Lives, Protest, school shootings, shootings, student protest

Around three hundred students, professors, parents and concerned citizens marched along the North Belt Highway with various viewpoints on gun regulation and gun violence, but despite these differences they all shared one goal: protecting students. On March 24, people met at the Ryan’s parking lot to participate in the national March for Our Lives protest. March for Our Lives started... Read More

Western presents Women’s History Month

March 21, 2018March 23, 2018 Brittany Price Brittany Price, empowering women, Griffon News, lifestyles, March, March Madness, political science, The Griffon News, western events

March is Women’s History Month and its purpose is to empower women of the future. At Missouri Western, for the entire month of March, Dr. Melinda Kovács is helping lead events that are bringing awareness to the importance of women empowerment. Not only is Kovács involved with discussions at the March events, but Western students are getting involved as well.... Read More