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Fritz Klug
News Editor
Last November, Western Michigan University spent some $89,600 on electricity for its residence halls. Facilities Management hopes that, with incentives, they will not only reduce the amount of electricity students use, but also change their habits.
By Sebastian Fryer Western Herald Princeton University professor Dr. Alan Ryan gave a lecture at Kalamazoo College Tuesday night entitled, “Academic Freedom.” The event was part of a program provided by Phi Beta Kappa, which makes available each year 12 or more distinguished scholars who visit a series of colleges and universities with chapters of [...]
By Kate Panick Western Herald The Western Michigan University and Central Michigan University Red Cross blood drive has been going on for the last week to help raise blood levels in Michigan Hospitals and will finish tomorrow at Miller Auditorium, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Janelle Fraley, a sophomore in dietetics, was volunteering at [...]
By Megan Higdon Western Herald The Western Student Association meeting ended yesterday evening with its usual adjournment as well as an unexpected twist. Speaker of the Senate Andrew Ladd announced that he will be running for WSA President for the 2010-11 school year. Ladd has been with WSA since he was a freshman, as a [...]
By Carly Kuppe Western Herald Western Michigan University’s student professional chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers has won two national awards from the society. The student chapter was named Most Improved Chapter in the nation and received a certificate of commendation, according to Kim Warners, ASCE student conference chair. “Being a reasonably new [...]
By Jason Koole Western Herald The WMU Student Recreation center is to have a Campuswide Diversity Lock-in on Friday. The lock-in begins at 10 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m. the following day. The three Greek councils, College Panhellenic, Interfraternity, and Nation Pan-Hellenic are holding the event and it is the first time that the [...]
By Josh Holderbaum Western Herald Two professors want to look at authors in a different way – not by what they wrote, but by what they wore. Daneen Wardrop, Ph.D., and Katherine Joslin, Ph.D., English professors at Western Michigan University, will give lectures under the title, “Reading Dress and Discourse” at 7 p.m. Thursday in [...]
By Jason Koole Western Herald The Western Michigan University chapter of Her Campus launched on Tuesday, Jan. 26 as an online magazine Web site written by young college journalists with a target audience of college women. The main goal of the Web site is to fill the void that women’s magazines leave, because there are [...]
By Fritz Klug Western Herald The College of Education and Human Development has a new dean. John J. Wheeler, Ph.D., was announced as the college’s dean yesterday. He will take over for Gary Wegenke, Ph.D., who is retiring. A professor of special education at Tennessee Technological University since 1994, Wheeler has served as associate dean [...]
By Fritz Klug News Editor The search for a new dean continues for Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business as one of the two candidates withdrew his candidacy days before he was to give a presentation on campus. Nicholas van der Walt, Ph.D., was scheduled to present on Monday, Jan. 25, but notified the [...]
By Megan Higdon Western Herald Whenever the Western Michigan University administration has to notify students of an important message, they have a few options. There is the Western Michigan University homepage (wmich.edu), the on-campus television channel EduCABLE, and the WMU hotline 269-387-1001. Still, there are students who do not receive announcements. What if there was [...]
Western Michigan University’s Merchandising Opportunities Design Association (MODA) will host a fundraising fashion show at The Strutt this Thursday Jan. 28. “Fashion at the Strutt” will feature apparel designed and created by MODA designers, as well as live acoustic music from Key to the Midway. Doors open at 8 p.m., the fashion show starts at [...]
By Alexandra Batson Western Herald Lonnie Poupard, Jr., an alumnus of Western Michigan University, was recently in a performance that was named, by editor of the New York Magazine, one of the Ten Best Dance Performances of 2009. The performance, “Afternoon of the Fanuces,” choreographed by Mark Dendy, was performed by Poupard and Alex Deane [...]
By Brian Diefenbach Western Herald Humanity has come a long way in communication from scratching lines into clay. We can receive text, pictures, and video instantaneously from a friend halfway around the globe on a device that fits into your hand. So why is it that some online gamers have such a hard time communicating? [...]
In a September 2009 mlive.com article found here: http://www.mlive.com/special-sections/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/09/know_your_rights_ways_to_prote.html. The Kalamazoo Gazette Staff writes: “But WMU usually handles alcohol matters without getting police involved unless the incident gets out of control,” said Steve Palmer, director of residence life. Campus staff typically contacts police to residence halls for two reasons — drug use and violent or [...]
Voting for un-principled Republicans to replace un-principled Democrats, and vice-versa, does NOT constitute change. It is a vote for a party of a different label to have their turn at the continuous raping of our nation. Both political parties have aided in the destruction of this country. As a nation, we need to stop voting [...]
By Hasan Al-Momani Western Herald Cultural activities play a great role in broadening students’ minds to what is happening in the world. Students can learn through activities how to interact with other cultures and how to benefit from the positive aspects of other cultures. Cultural awareness and the ability to accept others are the outputs [...]
By Nicholas Grenke Western Herald The Western Michigan University gymnastics team will be hosting “Pink Ribbon Day” at University Arena on Sunday at 1 p.m. during the MAC home meet against Bowling Green University. The American Cancer Society’s Colleges against Cancer will be operating a booth for donations in the Fight for the Cure of [...]
By Katrina Murphy Sports Editor On Tuesday the Amateur Softball Association announced that the Western Michigan University softball team was one of 20 teams that received votes to be in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Preseason Collegiate Top 25 Poll. The Brown and Gold are one of three teams that received a single vote in the preseason [...]
By Katie Matteson Western Herald It’s six in the morning and snow is falling silently in the darkness. Most students are curled up in their beds, comfortable and warm, with more hours of rest ahead of them — but not Benjamin Gordon. For him, it’s time to run. “People call me crazy all the time,” [...]
By Nicholas Grenke Western Herald Students looking to get more ripped than “The Situation” can look forward to an added weight room open to the student public at the Seelye Center for the spring months, which also serves as the weight room for many Western Michigan University sports teams. “The recreational facility traffic spikes up [...]
By Katrina Murphy Sports Editor The Western Michigan University (2-0) men’s tennis team defeated both No. 74 DePaul University, 5-2, and the University of Detroit Mercy, 5-2, at West Hills Athletic Club on Sunday. After losing 2-out-of-3 doubles matches against the Blue Demons, the Brown and Gold came back to take the victory by winning [...]
By Analiese Grohalski Western Herald The Western Michigan University men’s tennis team will participate in their first triple-header of the 2010 season on Saturday at West Hills Athletic Club. The Broncos will match-up against Valparaiso University, Indiana University-Purdue Fort Wayne and the University of Dayton, beginning at 9 a.m. The six singles players and three [...]
By A.j. Reed Western Herald The 2010 NBA All-Star voting results are in and the starting lineups are as follows: for the east, guards Dwayne Wade (Miami) and Allen Iverson (Philadelphia), forwards LeBron James (Cleveland) and Kevin Garnet (Boston) and center Dwight Howard (Orlando). Starting for the west is guards Kobe Bryant (LA) and Steve [...]
By Katrina Murphy Sports Editor The Western Michigan University gymnastics team took second place in a four-team meet at Illinois State University on Sunday. Junior Kristine Garbarino took first in the all-around, claiming her third straight win in three weeks of competition. The Illinois State Redbirds won by only four-tenths of a point, defeating the [...]
By Kristen Vermetten Western Herald After another brutal weekend, the Western Michigan University (6-12-4, 2-11-3 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) hockey team is looking ahead as they take on No.1 Miami University of Ohio (16-4-6, 13-1-4 CCHA) this weekend. “We just can’t seem to get the goals at the right time and the bounces just aren’t [...]
By Kelsey Joachim Western Herald Electronic band Papadosio will play at 9 p.m. on Jan. 30 at Papa Pete’s, located downtown Kalamazoo on Mall Street. Papadosio is an electronic band that since 2006 has strived to combine rootsy and eclectic traditions with modern electronica while working to bring their musical vision to all those with [...]
By Katie White Western Herald Hot flashes. Mood swings. Memory loss. All attributes of “The Change” and the reason behind the frank and hilarious “Menopause the Musical.” “Menopause the Musical” comes to Miller Auditorium for the 2010 theater season. There will be four performances from Jan. 29 through to Jan. 31. The show was first [...]
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