I wanted to take a moment and thank the WSA Judiciary Committee for doing the right thing and declaring Nate Knappen WSA president. The WSA Judiciary Committee has gone a long way towards redeeming the reputation of WSA as a representative of the students. A lot of us were upset last month when the WSA [...]
The University Bookstore is selling T-shirts for breast cancer awareness. Have you seen them? They’re not about breast cancer awareness; they’re about “tit”-awareness. The fact that women are dying of this cancer seems to be of little concern in the message of these shirts. It is not about the cancer that could kill a woman; [...]
The lives of students today so often revolve around and depend on one thing. No, it’s not relationships, classes, or our extra curricular time killers, but something else, which has become of nearly vital importance to keeping up with all of those things. It is their computer, and most of them understand that the only [...]
By Kallie Leonard Western Herald Drive Safe Kalamazoo, Michigan’s only completely student run Safe Ride program, according to their Web site, reached their 40,000th ride this year, but are set to make some big changes to their organization. Although they reached this milestone, the number of rides per academic year dropped this year for the [...]
By Josh Holderbaum Western Herald Despite having fewer students and visitors on campus over the summer, campus doesn’t look much different in how it’s maintained. This is because over the summer services don’t decrease, they increase, according to Shelley Grant, director of Building Custodial and Support Services. “We catch up on everything we aren’t able [...]
Formula racing team finishes first time in a decade
By Chyn Lee
More than 100 race teams packed the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. during last week’s 2009 Formula SAE Michigan competition.
Baseball ends season with win
By Mike Feld
Despite a disappointing finish to the season, the Western Michigan University baseball team sent its five seniors out on a positive note, winning 6‑5 over Northern Illinois University at Robert J. Bobb Stadium Saturday.
Akron wins fourth consecutive MAC Championship By Ryan Loren Western herald You didn’t need to go to the movie theater to watch a compelling story line this past weekend. You only needed to drive down to Akron, Ohio for the 2009 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Women’s Track and Field Championships. Western Michigan University’s women’s track and [...]
By Ryan Loren Western Herald In 2005, then freshman defenseman Chris Frank watched with excitement as his latest bone-crunching hit during a Western Michigan University hockey game was replayed on ESPN SportsCenter’s daily Top-10 plays. “The kid got his head down,” Frank said. “It was a little bigger than I thought it would be.” Now [...]
WMU study abroad students forced to return from Mexico
By David Alexander Due to the recent swine flu pandemic, 18 Western Michigan University study abroad students were forced to return home from Queretaro, Mexico on April 29.
By Fritz Klug Western Herald Among clouds of smoke, Viola Riddle lights another Marlboro Red cigarette at the Fourth Coast Cafe. “I’ve quit for years at a time,” she said, inhaling a stream of burnt tobacco. All around her, people smoke different kinds of cigarettes as two air ventilators run in opposite corners, creating a [...]
By Koty Neelis Western Herald Every summer the city of Kalamazoo brings families, outdoor lovers and musicians together to enjoy the free musical performances of the Concerts in the Park series, presented downtown each Sunday through June, July and August. Musicians from Kalamazoo and the surrounding area perform in an outdoor setting at Bronson Park. [...]
By Kate Kuhlman Western Herald Ready to bare it all, gentleman? The Broadway hit “The Full Monty” is coming to the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre on May 15. “The Full Monty” tells the story of six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, N.Y. who are down-on-their-luck and desperate for cash. They figure if the women of the town [...]
Broncos battle through injuries and small roster to win fourth-straight MAC Championship By Ryan Loren Western Herald Multicolored tacks dot a map of the world attached to the pale yellow walls outside of Head Coach Dave Morin’s cubicle office. Multiple tacks cluster over Michigan and the Midwest, but many more spread across the page, brightly [...]
By Mike Feld Western Herald As Saturday’s Mid‑American Conference Softball Tournament title game came to an end, a bittersweet feeling consumed the Brown and Gold. “Some kids came off the field Saturday hurting. They wanted to be the last team,” Western Michigan University head coach Kathy Leitke said. For the Broncos, a season of success [...]
By Hassan Al-Momani Western Herald Music is considered as a fine art that influences and directs our emotions and opinions towards different issues in our life. Its importance stems from the fact that it is a human product that flows from our senses of the surrounding acts and environments. Additionally, music is the language of [...]
The texting, talking, tweeting, facebooking, music listening student is a common sight around campus these days. Between all these gadgets and gizmos of communication and entertainment, it seems we never run out of distractions for ourselves as students in and of the digital-age. Though it’s something this modern generation accepts as normal, what kind of [...]
Medieval Congress transforms campus for its 44th year
By Fritz Klug
Among posters of Rocky Balboa and Audrey Hepburn, Matthew McGowan told an audience of Ovidian scholars in the Shilling Lounge of the relation between Ovid’s exile and exile in medieval literature.
By Megan Muzzell Western Herald The windy day kept the Mexican flag swaying proudly, greeting thousands of people that braved the chill at the Cinco de Mayo festival in downtown Kalamazoo Friday and Saturday. In hopes to raise awareness of the Latino culture and provide family entertainment, Latino service group New Latino Visions hosted the [...]
For those of us who have stayed in Kalamazoo this summer there is little doubt that the campus goes through a transition from a bustling metropolis of people walking shoulder to shoulder through the days of busy class schedules, to a much more relaxed environment. Now the flowers are in bloom, the fountain is once [...]
We at the Western Herald are staunchly pro-mothers. We do not pick and choose which mothers to support either. Nay, we are in fact equal-opportunity mother lovers – the Octomom included. As we continue to observe Mother’s Day – because, really, is one day enough to properly thank our moms for all that they do? [...]
By Kate Kuhlman Western Herald Bryan Adams will kick off the summer in Kalamazoo with a concert at the State Theatre on Tuesday. The Canadian rocker will be in town for his solo acoustic tour. This stop is part of a series of special visits scheduled in between his Europe and United States stadium tours, [...]
By Kayla Powers Western Herald The art of Georgia O’Keeffe, in all of its serene, natural beauty, is spotlighted in the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts current exhibit, “Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times.” O’Keeffe’s art offers an escape, an opportunity to transcend the present. The gentle colors and harmonious compositions of her home in Santa Fe [...]
Billstrom’s home run off Western Michigan University pitcher Meredith Whitney in the sixth inning gave the RedHawks the 1-0 win and the Mid-American Conference Championship. Whitney (17-11) stroke out one and walked only one in the loss. However, the Broncos had no answer for freshman Miami pitcher Jessica Simpson. Simpson pitched a complete game shotout, [...]
The men’s tennis team bowed out of the NCAA Tournament, losing to No. 13 University of Illinois Friday. The Fighting Illini beat the Broncos 4-0 in Champaign, Ill. This was the fourth straight season Western Michigan University has made the NCAA Tournament and the seventh in school history. Singles senior Kevin Hayward, sophomore Michael Calderone [...]
By Ryan Loren Western Herald After nearly two hours of lightning delays, Western Michigan University women’s track and field team competed in the Billy Hayes Invitational on Saturday at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. One of the best performances of the day came in the 4×100 meter relay. Western Michigan’s ‘A’ team finished with a [...]
By Mike Feld Western Herald The team predicted to win the Mid‑American Conference West Division had its hopes of earning a bid into the conference tournament dashed Sunday afternoon. Western Michigan University’s baseball team fell in 10 innings, 9‑5, in the finale of a pivotal series against rival Central Michigan University. It was the second [...]
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