“Bob Marley Birthday Bash”
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Kalamazoo State Theatre celebrated the annual “Bob Marley Birthday Bash” Saturday. (Jo Wei Looi/Western Herald)
The Strutt Boogie Records Revival
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The Strutt bar presents the Boogie Records Revival hosted by Michael Beauchamp and Graham Parsons, and featuring special guests: Andru Bemis (pictured), Daisy May Erlewine, and Chris Dorbin, Wednesday night. (Jo Wei Looi/Western Herald)
Letter to the editor: Western Herald shouldn’t objectify women
January 31, 2010 By 1 Comment
I have been reading the Western Herald since I started attending WMU in 2005. As I near the completion of my second degree from WMU, I still read the Herald as often as I am on campus. Upon completing Thursday’s issue, I closed the paper and set it down, looking at the back of the [...]
Skewed Society
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By Andrew Mell Western Herald Less than a week from now, butts will be glued to the couch for Super Bowl Sunday. The Super Bowl always provides a unique challenge for viewers as it’s one of the only times each year where people don’t want to leave the room during the commercials. It’s such a [...]
How social networking can lead to jobs
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By Josh Holderbaum Western Herald A Western Michigan University alumna hopes to help students use Web sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to their own advantage. Erica Finley, a 2006 WMU graduate, will discuss “How College Grads are Leveraging Social Networking in the Job Search” at 4 p.m. Thursday in Dunbar Hall room 211. “The [...]
HERALD EDITORIAL: Promise protesters should redirect their discontent
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Several citizen action groups have organized a protest to take place outside the State Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 3. This rally has good intentions to voice Michigan students’ frustration over the loss of Michigan Promise scholarship funding, although a bit misguided in its direction. We stated previously the Western Herald’s belief that Michigan Promise payments [...]
Man arrested for break-in
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By Josh Holderbaum Western Herald A 46-year-old Kalamazoo man has been arrested for attempted burglary and malicious destruction of property after a break-in on Walnut Street Saturday morning. Police responded to the house in the 600 block of W. Walnut Street after a resident found a man trying to break in. The suspect broke through [...]
Historian to give presentation on 20th Century prison camps
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By Elliot Novess Western Herald Western Michigan University will play host to historian Rudolf Mrazek as he gives his presentation entitled, “Penal Colonies and Nazi Camp Culture,” about the work of intellectuals in prison camps, their motivations and how their contemporaries regard them today. The presentation, offered by the Western Michigan University Graduate College, will [...]
GoWMU services down over weekend
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By Megan Higdon Western Herald The university’s student information system was unavailable over the weekend in order for the university to update software. Services through GoWMU that were unavailable included payment and account information, course registration, and several other features that would normally be accessible on a daily basis. Cognos reporting tools for faculty and [...]
Thinking about what they wrote by thinking about what they wore
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By Josh Holderbaum Western Herald While many people examine authors based on what they write, two English professors want to examine authors by what they wore. Katherine Joslin, Ph.D., and Daneen Wardrop, Ph.D., English professors at Western Michigan University, discussed “Reading Dress and Discourse” Thursday night, Jan. 28 in Brown Hall. The keynote presentation in [...]
Appreciating student employees
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By Elliot Novess Western Herald What is behind the “W”? Student employees are. This is the theme surrounding the 24th Annual Western Michigan University Student Employee Appreciation Week starting Feb. 15. The Gary L. Belleville Student Employee and the Supervisor of the Year Awards are the main event of appreciation week. The Belleville award ceremony [...]
WMU men’s hockey unable to finish, fall at Miami University of Ohio
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By Kristen Vermetten Western Herald The Western Michigan University hockey team suffered a disappointing loss in front of 2,969 fans Friday night against No.1 Miami University of Ohio 4-1. The Brown and Gold (6-13-5, 2-12-4 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) were determined coming into the weekend, but the RedHawks (17-4-6, 14-1-4 CCHA), were able to come [...]
WMU Broncos continue losing streak, drop two consecutive games
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By Katrina Murphy Sports Editor On Wednesday, the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team fell to the University of Akron, 79-70, in front of 3,041 fans at University Arena. Senior guard David Kool led the Brown and Gold with 30 points to set a new WMU career scoring record with 1,790 points. Kool’s pair of [...]
Track and field takes third place at Central Michigan University Invitational
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By Nicholas Grenke Western Herald A disappointing team performance overshadowed some personal highlights by the Western Michigan University indoor track and field team during an underperforming finish at the Central Michigan Invitational on Saturday. The Broncos took third place with 96 points to fall behind Central Michigan University’s 160 points and Eastern Michigan University’s 111 [...]
Three reasons to watch this year’s Winter Olympics
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By A.j. Reed Western Herald The Winter Olympics have never been as big a spectacle as the summer games, and with the massive positive impact of the 2008 Summer Olympics, it’s hard to imagine that this year’s Winter Olympics will be any different. There are, however, some things about this year’s games that make them [...]
3 future Broncos named PrepVolleyball.com High School All-Americans
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By Katrina Murphy Sports Editor On Thursday, PrepVolleyball.com released the list of its High School All-Americans. On it were the names of three incoming recruits to the Western Michigan University volleyball team. Terin Norris, a 5-foot-10-inch setter from Delton, Mich., Lena Oliver, a 5-foot-5-inch libero from Battle Creek, Mich. and Taylor Richard, a 6-foot outside [...]
Major League Baseball umpires to speak at Western Michigan University on Friday
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By Katrina Murphy Sports Editor On Friday, Feb. 5, two Major League Baseball umpires will speak at Schneider Hall as part of the Keystone Breakfast Speaker Series, sponsored by Keystone Community Bank. Tim Welke, crew chief and MLB umpire and his brother Bill Welke, who is also a MLB umpire, will discuss “The Business of [...]
WMU men’s tennis sweeps tripleheader at West Hills Athletic Club
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By Alexandra Harvey Western Herald The Western Michigan University (5-0) men’s tennis team swept a tripleheader on Saturday with wins over University of Dayton (7-0), Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (7-0) and Valparaiso University at West Hills Athletic Club. The Broncos remain undefeated after winning 26 out of 27 matches over a span of seven-plus [...]
Lady Broncos continue losing streak; fall to 0-8 in the MAC
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By Mitch Barnett and Scott Sierzenga Western Herald Western Michigan University’s women’s basketball team traveled to Bowling Green State University on Wednesday night for a cross-divisional Mid-American Conference match-up. Western Michigan came into the game looking for their first conference win of the season while Bowling Green came into the game with an undefeated 6-0 [...]
Track and field takes third place at Central Michigan University Invitational
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By Nicholas Grenke Western Herald A disappointing team performance overshadowed some personal highlights by the Western Michigan University indoor track and field team during an underperforming finish at the Central Michigan Invitational on Saturday. The Broncos took third place with 96 points to fall behind Central Michigan University’s 160 points and Eastern Michigan University’s 111 [...]
WMU Broncos continue losing streak, drop two consecutive games
January 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Katrina Murphy Sports Editor On Wednesday, the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team fell to the University of Akron, 79-70, in front of 3,041 fans at University Arena. Senior guard David Kool led the Brown and Gold with 30 points to set a new WMU career scoring record with 1,790 points. Kool’s pair of [...]
WMU Lady Broncos drop game against University at Buffalo
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By Scott Sierzenga Western Herald For the first time in WMU history, the Western Michigan University women’s basketball team (5-16, 0-8 Mid-American Conference) lost on their home court to the Buffalo Bulls. The 50-46 win gets Buffalo (6-15, 2-6) out their recent funk, which included back to back overtime losses. “Anytime you can get a [...]
Michael Beauchamp to light up Bell’s
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Jared Field Western Herald Folk artists Michael Beauchamp and the Barn Roughs will be playing Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo on Saturday, Jan. 30 with Special guest Mike Shimmin. The show will cost $5 at the Bell’s Brewery door at 9 p.m. and is open to the general public. Michael Beauchamp is a Kalamazoo native who [...]
Bullock Series to honor birthday of Romantic Era composer
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Garret Schuelke Western Herald On his two hundredth birthday, the works of German composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856) will be celebrated by Western Michigan University’s Bullock Performance Institute with three concerts at Dalton Center Recital Hall, dubbed the Schumann-a-thon. Part of the Institute’s Bullock Series, the concerts will be headed by Lori Sims, Pianist and John [...]
WMU men’s hockey unable to finish, fall at Miami University of Ohio, 4-1
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By Kristen Vermetten Western Herald The Western Michigan University (6-13-5, 2-12-4 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) hockey team suffered a disappointing loss in front of 2,969 fans Friday night against No.1 Miami University of Ohio (17-4-6, 14-1-4 CCHA), 4-1. The Brown and Gold were determined coming into the weekend, but the RedHawks were able to come [...]
Lady Broncos fall to Bowling Green State University in crossover game
January 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Mitch Barnett Western Herald Western Michigan University traveled to Bowling Green State University on Wednesday night for a cross-divisional Mid-American Conference match-up. Western Michigan came into the game looking for their first conference win of the season while Bowling Green came into the game with an undefeated 6-0 record. The Brown and Gold were [...]