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Candidates run unopposed

February 26, 2010 No Comments

Todd Fuller

The election this spring is going to be uncontested, but Missouri Western’s Student Government Association says that doesn’t mean the student body should fail to vote. Western doesn’t have a history of uncontested elections for SGA. According to Administrative Coordinator for the Vice President of Student Affairs Kathy Kelly, there has been only one uncontested ...

Newt Gingrich annouced as 2010 convocation speaker

February 4, 2010 No Comments

Jesse West

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and prominent conservative speaker, has been selected by Missouri Western to speak at the 17th annual Convocation on Critical Issues. The convocation will take place on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 9:30 a.m. in the Looney Complex and will be free and open to the public. ...

Annual Court of Appeals held on campus

October 15, 2009 No Comments

Jodi Oliver

Appellate court judges spoke to students one-on-one following the Missouri Court of Appeal’s annual stop at Missouri Western on Oct. 7. Three of the 11 Western District court judges were part of the appeals court which handles approximately 40 percent of the intermediate appellate caseload in Missouri, with jurisdictions covering 45 counties. Missouri Western is ...

Activist to speak at convocation

September 24, 2009 No Comments

Lauren Burbach

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a renowned environmentalist speaker, will be speaking at Missouri Western on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 9:30 a.m. in the Looney Complex for the 16th annual convocation on critical issues. Kennedy will be the first speaker to focus on the environment. He was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes of the Planet” ...

Graves discusses health care at town hall meeting

September 2, 2009 No Comments

Dave Hon

Concerned Saint Joseph citizens greeted congressman Sam Graves with a standing ovation on his 18th stop on his Main Street Matters Tour, August 24. Congressman Graves began his opening speech with a visual of the 10-inch thick health care bill, HR 3200, by slamming it down on the stage in the Potter Hall Theater at ...

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