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Western holds readings for banned books by Ryan Heldenbrand on October 9, 2007

Readers, students, professors, and community members gath­ered in Kemper Recital Hall last Tuesday for the 11th annual reading of challenged and banned books.
The list of books read includ­ed popular works such as The Color Purple by Alice Walker and The Chocolate Wars by Robert Cormier. Some lesser known works read were The House of Spirits [...]

LEMAP suggests arming campus officers by Patrick McGuire on October 2, 2007

The Public Safety Task Force will bring a recommendation to the next Board of Governors meeting asking that the Public
Safety officers should be armed.
Missouri Western is the only public university in the state that employs commissioned officers that do not carry guns.

SGA Confusion by Lisa Crawford on September 18, 2007

After investigations made by Academic and Student Affairs administrators, the Student Government Association was informed that the current constitution, voted into effect in April 2006, was invalid due to a lack of administrative approval. 
SGA’s new advisor and Interim Assistant Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs,  Cindy Heider, said she came across the [...]

Students vote for CAB’s change to WAC by Ciarra Leathers on April 24, 2007

Missouri Western students and alumni know that when it comes to student activities, the Campus Activities Board organizes the events.

SGA starts discount program by Alison Krieg on April 17, 2007

Student government and community join together to help student’s wallets
The Student Government Association at Missouri Western has recently launched a program to help college students save some money at many area restaurants and retailers.

New bulletin boards, new organizations approved by Margaret Slayton on April 17, 2007

Student government makes strides to connect community with Western students
Western’s Student Senate released student ID card discounts, approved $1,500 in funding for new bulletin boards, decided to sponsor a blood drive and approved the Campus Activity Board changing its name to Western’s Activity Council.

Guest writer tells the rest of the story of JSTOR and about its dark past by Guest Columnist on February 13, 2007

By Luke Herrington
In last week’s issue, Margaret Slayton wrote an informative article on the research database: J-STOR.