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	<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Griffon alert system plans announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Gummelt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to better notify the campus community in the event of a crisis, Western recently implemented a new emergency notification system called Griffon Alert, which is comprised of a text mes­saging feature. Chief of Police Jon Kelley said The Governors task force on campus safety suggested the creation of a fail safe system to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Blum Union furniture raises student suspicions in unison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you pass through the western doors into Blum Union, these days you might be stunned by the quiet stillness and the vast open spaces that now compro­mise the student union.
It is eerie. A hall that was once alive with motion and sound has now become barren, and students wonder if they shouldn’t rename Blum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faculty evaluation time approaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellis Cross</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The day is about to come when a different professor shows up at the front of the class to officiate over the instructor’s evaluation. “Students don’t take faculty evaluations seriously,”Western junior Stephanie Willett said. “Either they are mad at an instructor and wish to take out their frustrations in the evaluation or they are happy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western recieves less than average per student</title>
		<link>http://www.thegriffonnews.com/2008/04/09/western-recieves-less-than-average-per-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerri Tracy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The state gives Missouri Western $641 per student less than the state average, costing the university over $2 million a year.
The proposed 5.2 percent budget increase for Western’s next fiscal year will only slightly offset the equity deficiency. The offset, however small, is because Western’s increase is higher than the average state increase of 4.2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz ensemble gives send off before festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerrod Hubber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During the early hours of April 2, the Western jazz ensemble loaded a bus with equipment and headed south, to the town of Addison, Tex. to perform at the North Texas Jazz Festival.
This is a prestigious honor for The Missouri Western Jazz Ensemble.
The jazz ensemble held their send-off concert April 1 in Potter Hall Theatre.
The [...]]]></description>
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