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Vending Machine Plan B

April 18, 2013 Comments

Katelyn Canon

Plan B is now available in in vending machines. At least at the University of Pennsylvania. The health center on campus at Penn now vends the emergency contraceptive for $25. While I understand that the mores and mindset of the Midwest are more conservative than that of the east coast, I think making Plan B ...

Strictly “buy” the book

April 18, 2013 Comments

Andy Garrison

Due in part to a lack of attention to prices from colleges, our text books have become far too overpriced. Usually when pitching a textbook to a college the publisher fails to mention the price and the colleges never really ask up front. I am all for worrying more about content, but the price still ...

Engage the Community

April 12, 2013 Comments

Joyce Stevenson

I’m walking down a tree-lined avenue listening to local street musicians while munching on a soft pretzel and sipping pink lemonade. I’m comfortable in my new spring capris, tee and Chuck’s. It’s a beautiful sunny day and I am on my way back to class at Missouri Western. The musicians are fellow Missouri Western students, ...

Where’s the Gold: Fool’s gold

April 12, 2013 Comments

Dave Hon

Discover gold. It’s the slogan of our wonderful university. this place where Griffons stomp the yard and non-trads roll around with their backpacks, the place that every other university laughs at. “Haha, open enrollment!” Don’t get me wrong, I love this school. But it’s not what I was promised. And that’s what this column is ...

Where’s the Gold?: It’s time to own up to dorm life

April 12, 2013 Comments

Dave Hon

Let’s be real for a minute. They’ll called dorms. When I look back on my four years of college, nothing amuses me more than the attempt to re-label the buildings I lived in as “residence halls.” There is nothing residential about them. Let’s ignore the fact that you can’t have pets. Let’s also remove that ...

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