By Amelia Eanes

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Beer pong, flip cup, bar crawls, Thirsty Thursdays, pre-gaming, postgaming… For some college students, drinking has become a way of life. But for many, it may be hard to distinguish between social and binge drinking. (Full story)

While some students went home for the first time since Christmas this spring break and others went to the beach to soak up some sun, a handful of Missouri Western students and staff were enjoying an Extreme Spring Break in Kansas City.

Missouri Western students, staff and alumni traveled to Kansas City March 12-19 to volunteer for ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” to help transform the Jacobo family home. The show will air May 13 at 7 p.m. (Full story)

The U.S. will be drawn into a world war, probably within the next ten years, and China will emerge as the new world power. (Full story)

Students filed into Potter Hall on Wednesday looking to hear from a voice that signifies acceptance, personifies hurt and is a beacon of hope for those who have shared her experiences. (Full story)

By Ellis Cross

For Missouri Western professors Pat Scott and Martha Ellison, the news of Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder in October of 1998 represented more than the loss of a life because of anti-gay hate— it meant the loss of a friend. (Full story)

By Tim Person

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Campaign Director of savetheinternet.com Timothy Karr spoke on Wednesday to a lecture hall full of students at Rutgers University, warning them about the dangers that the Internet is facing. He described how Congress was considering passing laws — backed by billions of corporate dollars — that would abandon “net neutrality.” (Full story)

Jeffrey Javier

TUCSON, Ariz. - In response to an article by a well-known right-wing author accusing University of Arizona professors and graduate students of indoctrinating students with radical ideas, the Graduate and Professional Student Council has pledged to support the free exchange of ideas. (Full story)