The Griffon News

The state gives Missouri Western $641 per student less than the state average, costing the university over $2 million a year.
The proposed 5.2 percent budget increase for Western’s next fiscal year will only slightly offset the equity deficiency. The offset, however small, is because Western’s increase is higher than the average state increase of 4.2 [...]

The Western Activities Council has verified “It’s goin’ down” like “in the club” at the Civic Arena for Missouri Western’s annual Spring Concert.
The WAC sponsored event is scheduled for April 10 and will feature rap performers Rick Ross and Yung Joc.
The announcement came officially March 26 through the public relations department a week after WAC [...]

For those who do not know, the furniture that was once in the Blum Union was moved to the food court on March 7, the Friday before spring break.
This decision was deliberated for several months because of the noise level and behavior that was on going in the union.
Duane Bruce, associate for student development, said [...]

Students will soon be able to view faculty evaluations of any Missouri college or university on each campus’ Web site.
The Missouri General Assembly passed Senate Bill 389 with an effective date of August ‘07, which requires all institutions of higher education to include faculty names, credentials and student ratings on their Web sites.
Missouri Governor Matt [...]

Walking through Potter Hall has become a dangerous sport. There are lockers as obstacles and practicing musicians as hurdles in the stairwells.
While construction of the new incubator is underway and a spring groundbreaking is scheduled for the math and science building, fine arts students and faculty want some upgrades, too.
Potter is on the priority list [...]

As construction continues on the science and technology incubator, Western approved plans to develop a separate, non-for-profit entity entitled the Missouri Western State University Research Park Corporation.
The Research Park will lease the incubator from Western and manage it on behalf of the university by subleasing it to entrepreneurial tenants.
A master lease will outline the incubator’s [...]

A new hall will widen the choices for food on campus
Change is coming to Missouri Western’s campus with the addition of Remington Hall. One change that has been up in the air for sometime is the Einstein Bagel, which is to be put in the new atrium, and the existence of the hot dog cart [...]