Commentary


Staffer takes fellow writers to task over opinion mistake

When I read last week’s staff editorial, I was appalled and ashamed to be associated with the Griffon News as a staff member.
I have fought my whole life for the right of each and every person to be seen as an individual. I thought I made that clear in my last opinion piece that these [...]

You! You holding the paper! Read this you lazy thing!

Here’s a funny concept.
 
Functional Illiteracy.   
It is a state of not being able to use one’s literacy in any functional aspect.
 
No reading fine print, just the headlines, and they really may be too much mental effort.
 
It can be seen everyday at convenience stores across the country when some irate bladder-bloated person demands from the plebian [...]

Questions, but no answers regarding first year programs

Apparently there is no longer a First Year Programs department. If you asked anyone in the administration, you probably wouldn’t be able to find that out. I sure haven’t. As of press time the administration had not replied to questions on this issue.
I heard it from students.  
While trying to find out the details of [...]

Missouri Western soccer needs fan support

Sometime in late August, we were handed our assignments for the Griffon News, and I had to pick up and move to the sports desk. I was actually enthused to be on one of the best positions on the paper. If anything, I could at least show this to my dad in hopes of easing [...]

If you’re going to talk the talk, walk the walk

University status sounds good, but what about our high school problems?
First of all let me say that I am trying not to write this as a 47-year-old, non-trad, grandfather, who has been attending MWSU on and off since 1978. But those are the facts, and if this comes off sounding like your par­ents, at least [...]

Missouri Western has hope in our football team

Missouri Western athletic teams have been up and down throughout the years, it looks as if football success might be here to stay
As much pride as I have in the athletic programs at this wonderful university, I have recently caught myself wondering if the “M” in MWSU may actually stand for “M”ediocre, or “M”iddle-of the [...]

How I found my medicine in the mountains

I am back from the great beyond, back from the big sky of Montana.
I found my medicine bag and eight other students found their need for medicine.

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