The battle for first place begins tonight. Western Michigan is looking to start a six game MAC crossover series on an Aretha Franklin high note. A difficult task to say the least against visiting Buffalo. Buffalo took it to number two ranked UCONN in a losing effort…by four points. The Broncos will have to shoot [...]
Styx steals the stage
By Alyssa Herter
The progressive rock band Styx, famous for their hits “Lady,” “Come Sail Away,” and “Mr. Roboto,” played to a sold-out crowd at the State Theatre on Sunday night.
Photos by Robert Youngs
By Craig Sudeikis Western Herald The Kalamazoo City Commission passed the proposed 2009 budget Monday night with a slight modification to their original five-year fiscal plan for the city. Thomas Skrobola, director of management services and finance director for Kalamazoo, presented the commission with a new two-year plan that will help monitor fluctuation in this [...]
By Phill Swanson Western Herald Freshman center LeMarcus Lowe is a self-proclaimed momma’s boy. “I tell everyone I’m proud of it,” Lowe said. “During the recruiting process, coach told me if there was ever a situation I got into where I missed my mom, or got homesick, he’d be there for me to talk to.” [...]
By Adam Bouton Western Herald For the third week in a row, a Western Michigan University Bronco has earned a Central Collegiate Hockey Association Weekly Award. This week, both goalie Riley Gill and right wing Greg Squires picked up awards for their play against Ohio State University over the past weekend. Gill, a junior, notched [...]
Now that we do know it was hypothermia, there’s a whole bunch of feelings that I’ve got going through me. — Jim Herndon, after his neighbor and WWII veteran Marvin Schur was found frozen to death in his Bay City, Mich. home. Now, I think we should all be held accountable for paying our heating [...]
In this day in age money is everything. The economy is in a crisis and it is affecting everyone from the businessman on Wall Street to the average college student. Skyrocketing tuition is forcing students to pay a ridiculous amount of money for highlighted and cracked hand me down textbooks, apartments that are falling down [...]
Detroit Tigers sit with fans in a packed Miller Auditorium
By Mike Feld
Seventeen members from the Detroit Tigers’ roster and coaching staff discuss the 2008 season as well as answer questions from the audience at Miller Auditorium last Thursday during their 2009 winter tour.
(Photo by Chyn Wey Lee / Western Herald)
By Nate Coe Western Herald At the end of the school year, curent Western Student Association president Danielle Harik will step down, leaving an opening for a new student to rise above and take her place as president. Stacey Nordstrand the current Spirit Chair in the WSA cabinet wants this challenge. With presidential elections in [...]
By Kayle Dembowski Western Herald Marketers of all ages came to listen to Tony Rubleski’s advertising expertise and advice in WMU’s Brown Auditorium in Schneider Hall on Jan. 22 so they could learn how to get ahead in today’s tedious marketing business. “Those that can market best will succeed despite what’s going on in the [...]
By Roger Sievers Western Herald The Western Michigan University women’s gymnastics team played host Sunday afternoon to its archrival, the Chippewas from Central Michigan University. Despite a strong effort, the Broncos came away with a loss,194.100 to 185.950. The Chippewas swept the top three spots in all four events. Sophomore Kristine Garbarino finished second All‑Around [...]
By Justin Sucher Western Herald On Saturday, the Western Michigan University women’s tennis team swept its home-opening doubleheader versus the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Youngstown State University at the West Hills Athletic Club. In the first match against UWM (2-2), the Broncos (3-1) won 7-0, which included an 8-0 victory by senior Ashley Moccia and [...]
By Katie Lynn Western Herald Despite a strong first half, second half struggles of the Western Michigan University women’s basketball team at Kent State University resulted in the Broncos eighth loss on the road, 70-59 The Brown and Gold (5-14, 1-5 Mid-American Conference) went into halftime ahead of KSU (14-4, 3-3 MAC) by four, 32-28. [...]
Points over Ohio State put Broncos back up to 10th place in Central Collegiate Hockey Association By Adam Bouton Western Herald Going on the road in college hockey is a tall order in and of itself. Don’t tell that to the junior goalie Riley Gill and the rest of the Bronco hockey squad, who seem [...]
Broncos tied for top of Mid-American Conference By Phill Swanson Western Herald Seven blocks by freshman center LeMarcus Lowe made up for a lot Saturday. Behind Lowe and company’s defensive effort, Western Michigan University held Eastern Michigan University to 33.3 percent shooting en route to a 53-45 road victory over the Eagles. Lowe’s seven blocks [...]
Stars form MTV’s ‘Real World/Road Challenge: The Island’ come out to promote apartment complex By Fritz Klug Western Herald Among Doric columns, the lobby of the Centre was filled with balloons, Gumby’s pizza, Jimmy John’s subs, soda, and lots and lots of Red Bull on Jan 22: a feast for a lease signing promotion. The [...]
When I say “President Obama,” I feel like I’m in a science fiction movie … “President Obama promised a strong response to the invasion of the Corellian Fleet.” —Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s “Wait wait … don’t tell me” OK, seriously. How long has Barack Obama been in the public spotlight now? And we’re still [...]
Some particularly heinous acts of animal cruelty have been displayed in Kalamazoo over the past month, most notably the skinned animal found on Western Michigan University’s campus and Lucky, the dog who died after household cleaner was poured on him. The perpetrators in both of these crimes have not been located, but when, or if, [...]
By: Roger Sievers The Western Michigan women’s gymnastics team played host Sunday afternoon to their arch-rival, the Chippewas from Central Michigan, but came away losing the match 194.100 to 185.950. The Chippewas swept the top three spots in all four events. Sophomore Kristine Garbarino finished second All-Around with a score of 38.750 while [...]
Players and coaches from the Detroit Tigers will be on the campus of Western Michigan University Thursday as part of the 2009 Winter Caravan. Doors will open at 4:45 p.m. for a presentation at Miller Auditorium, which will take place from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Tigers play-by-play broadcaster Dan Dickerson will host the event, which [...]
By Adam Bouton Western Herald What once started as a paper for Linda Borish’s sports history class at Western Michigan University has now turned into a 235-page book chronicling the 1935 year in sports in the city of Detroit. In his book entitled “Detroit City of Champions, The Story of the Most Important Season in [...]
By Scott Sierzenga Western Herald It may only be the third weekend of the season, but the Western Michigan University men’s tennis team may face its biggest challenge of the regular season. The Broncos (3-0) will travel to Ann Arbor on Saturday to face No. 16 University of Michigan, and then will come back to [...]
By Mark Rudi Western Herald Eastern Michigan University has had a lot to fight through this season. The Eagles (3-15, 1-3 Mid-American Conference) lost its senior point guard, Carlos Medlock, for the season with a broken right foot before the season even started. Medlock was a big key for the EMU offense, averaging 14.8 points [...]
By Phill Swanson Western Herald Shooting 28 percent from the field usually gets a team nowhere on the basketball court. For Western Michigan University (6-11, 3-1 Mid-American Conference), it got the men’s basketball team a long ride home Tuesday night after a 50-44 loss to Ball State University (8-8, 3-1 MAC). “Looking down at these [...]
By Adam Bouton Western Herald It is another weekend and another tough challenge. This is no new feat. The Broncos have been playing against ranked squads all season and have come away with a few clutch victories. They’ll look to continue that trend this weekend. The Western Michigan University hockey team (6-13-5, 3-9-4-1 Central Collegiate [...]
By Aubrey Hopkins Western Herald The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team’s road woes continued Wednesday in a 67-76 loss to the Western Michigan University women’s basketball team at University Arena. The Eagles (4-13, 0-5 Mid-American Conference) lost its sixth straight game this season to the Broncos (5-13, 1-4 MAC) and are currently 0-7 on [...]
By Katie Lynn Western Herald In Wednesday’s women’s basketball game against Mid-American Conference West rival Eastern Michigan University, it was much more to Western Michigan University than any other game. This game determined who would be last in the conference, a title the Broncos did not want to carry. The Brown and Gold (5-13, 1-4 [...]
By Russell Buero Western Herald Brad Black, founder and CEO of HUMANeX gave a brief lecture on creating a flourishing and successful workplace, in a packed auditorium in Schneider Hall on Wednseday. HUMANeX is an organization that strives to aid other organizations in developing the talent of their workforce and leaders. After briefly talking on [...]
By Josh Holderbaum Western Herald Around 60 people crammed into the Bernhard Center’s Martin Luther King Room to discover what newly-elected President Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln had in common with the room’s namesake. “MLK’s Struggle for Economic Justice, Human Rights and Peace” was held at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 in the Martin Luther King [...]
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