September 26, 2012
Staff
Last week the faculty Senate approved a smoking policy to ban all tobacco products on campus. Since the approval by the faculty Senate, the policy is on its way to the Governances Advisory Council for approval then the signature by President Vartabedian. The decision to ban smoking on campus is not only unfair, but seems ...
September 18, 2012
Staff
If you have noticed around campus, the posters hanging up that state, “Warning, you have entered a student worker rights-free zone!” you should probably just turn the other way. Amber Nold, former SGA senator and student worker is just one of the students behind this plot. In an email between a Griffon News staff member ...
September 7, 2012
Staff
The debatable spending on school tradition could be headed to SGA’s way very soon. During the first SGA meeting the student Senate approved $5,500 for the purchase of rally towels during the griffon athletic games. The funding for the towels is coming from the Senate’s special project budget that deals with improving the students experience ...
August 20, 2012
Matthew Hunt
Since 2008 full-time employees of Missouri Western have gone three consecutive years across the board without a pay increase, until now. During the June Board of Governors meeting, the group approved of a 2 percent salary increase for full-time faculty and staff. If you can recall last year Missouri Western was cut by 8.2 percent in state ...
March 27, 2012
Staff
On Monday the student senate will most likely pass a $75 fee for students each semester. Don’t be surprised. SGA has held numerous forums that all students were invited to. Wait, you didn’t get those emails? Well, that’s because there weren’t any. The act of sending out an email may be one of the easiest ...