By Matt Buck Sports Reporter Last season, the Western Michigan University hockey team took substantial strides forward in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, coming within one game of being the CCHA Champion. The season was arguably highlighted by a huge upset win over University of Michigan in the CCHA Semifinals, defeating the team that was [...]
By Chris Willis Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University football team will travel to the east coast this Saturday to take on last year’s Fiesta Bowl and Big East Champion, the University of Connecticut Huskies. The Broncos (2-2, 1-0 MAC) will face the Huskies (2-2, 0-0 BE) for only the second meeting in the school’s [...]
By Joe Stando Staff Reporter Western Michigan University’s improvisational comedy troupe, the Worklight Improv Team, will be holding auditions this Sunday for the 2011-2012 season. “Auditions for the team are a super laidback process,” said WIT Chairperson Emily Scott. “An auditioner first comes in we’ll have them fill out a short form with their contact [...]
By Cody Janczewski Staff Reporter Opening last Thursday in York Arena Theatre, “References To Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” left the crowd with an odd feeling and question of what love in a relationship truly means when put to the test. “References To Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” is a four act production telling the [...]
By Jake Adams Staff Reporter Danny Bartholomew and Chelsea Burrows set up the stage for a rare event in the Biggby Café on Stadium Drive, just west of campus. The stools, speakers, stands were aligned so that when Mr. Bartholomew opened the acoustic set that night, he would be facing all the customers, family, and [...]
By Taline Topouzian Staff Reporter On Saturday, Oct. 1, at the State Theatre on 404 South Burdick Street in Kalamazoo, there will be a laser show. “Our theatre is a good venue for the best lasers to project off the ceilings and back walls. It is a really cool setting,” said Tom Kiebbach who works [...]
By Baxter Gill Staff Reporter On Thursday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., students will have the opportunity to network with companies with the hopes of getting an internship, co-op, or even a full time job. Engineering, integrated supply chain management, chemistry, computer information systems, and other related field students (and alumni) are [...]
ByAmbrosia Neldon Staff Reporter Bernhard Center rooms 208 and 209 were standing room only when the Gwen Frostic Reading Series kicked off a new season Thursday. William Olsen, the speaker at Thursday’s event, is the author of five books of poetry. At the reading, he will read works from his most recent book, Sand Theory. [...]
By Alexandra Batson Staff Reporter Long ago, Kalamazoo was known as “The Boiling Pot” by the Native Americans, according to Darren Bain, owner of The Strutt. As a way to promote these rapid growing businesses, The Strutt and the Kalamazoo Coffee Company presented their first music festival as a non-profit idea association called The Boiling [...]
By Sam Stachurski Staff Reporter The Kalamazoo Film Society begins the year on a rather ironic note. Their first film of the fall semester is called “The Beginners”. It played at the Little Theatre September 23 through 25. “The Beginners” tells the story of Oliver, a 38-year-old man who’s parents’ loveless marriage seems to have [...]
By Alexis Luker Staff Reporter “We no longer have a choice, either humanity adapts its behavior to support sustainable development–meaning it ceases to pollute the environment, allows the renewal of natural resources, and contributes to improve everybody’s well-being–or it signs its own, more or less imminent, death sentence. Education plays a crucial role in training [...]
Lexie Causley Staff Reporter Nick Pike, fire juggler, glass walker, unicycle rider and former contestant on “America’s Got Talent” will be on campus tonight at 9 p.m., thanks to the Campus Activities Board, who voted to have Nick Pike come to campus. The event is at the Bernhard Center Ballroom. Student tickets are $1 [...]
Nora Strehl Editor-in-Chief As we put our Bronco gear on, in preparation for the big game against Nicholls State this Saturday, I want us to think about one thing: Fan-man-ship. Let me tell you about a situation I recently encounted where people did not display this quality. Last Saturday, I went to a [...]
Nora Strehl Editor-in-Chief Let me start out by saying that I’m a huge football fan. My Brother plays football for Sienna Heights, my Dad played football, my Uncles playd football and my Grandpa played football– and when I was younger I was convincved I was going to a Football Coach (just like Goldy Hawn in [...]
Erin Gignac News Editor Thirty minutes of live, student-written plays all ending with a volcano meteor crashing to earth can only be described as “The Space-Cano!” part of Western Michigan University’s New Play Project. Steve Feffer, associate professor of English at WMU, started the project eight years ago with two theater professors. “It’s something so [...]
Erin Gignac News Editor Brian filters through his backpack in hot pursuit of a pen. He finds a blindfold, a whistle and an old tool for a futon he sold a year ago. “My life is usually mixed up,” the 21-year-old said. Brian Celusnak, pursuing a dual master’s degree in Orientation and Mobility for Adults [...]
Erin Gignac News Editor Every semester, students flock to the Bernhard Center to pick up new textbooks, “game day” shirts and even sushi. In November, the Bernhard Center is getting a new, 10-foot-tall, graphic display sign to present these services, thanks to Sean Nicholl and other members of the Western Student Association. Nicholl, the chief [...]
Erin Gignac News Editor Don’s thick, Philadelphia accent conveys a story of urban upbringing and a sense of respect for every human life. “I believe government can be an equalizer to give people a decent life,” he said. “ We need young people to get involved in public policy.” And that’s just what he has [...]
Matt Buck Staff Reporter Most high school students have heard the horror stories about attending a larger university; most notably, the fact that many of the larger classes a student attends in college involve never actually speaking to your professor face-to-face. To some freshmen, this horror story may still seem true as WMU students are [...]
Nora Strehl Editor-in-Chief She’s small, fast, hairy and has jumping skills that could rival Michael Jordan’s. Her name is Penny, she’s a dog and my best friend. Two years ago Penny was wandering around a church parking lot (getting her prayer on) when I spotted her. She was so small and skinny that I just [...]
By Adam Roberts Sports Editor Last Saturday proved to be quite the show as the lady Broncos volleyball team took on arch rivals Central Michigan at home in a 3-1 win over CMU. This win would mark the third consecutive win for the lady Broncos over the past couple of games. The lady Broncos had [...]
By Matt Buck Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University men’s soccer team had only one game this week and, unfortunately, it did not end with the result the team was hoping for. The Broncos battled in muddy, overcast weather and contended for most of the game. Statistically, the teams were about even. Unfortunately, it was [...]
By Matt Buck Staff Reporter For many new students at Western Michigan University, the transition from high school to college—or from living at home to living on campus, for that matter—can be a bit of a challenge. That challenge is easily amplified when the student is not only making the transition from high school to [...]
By Chris Willis Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University football team fell just short of victory for the second time in as many tries against a nationally ranked Big Ten opponent Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The Broncos (2-2, 1-0 MAC), fell 23-20, to the No. 24 University of Illinois Fighting Illini (4-0, [...]
By Katie Krausman Staff Reporter Western Michigan University is home to hundreds of student organizations, clubs, intermural and varsity sports teams. While some groups are very well known around campus, some teams receive little recognition. One of these teams is the WMU women’s rugby team. Although many WMU students probably know the rules of soccer, [...]
Nathan Palcowski Staff Reporter Indigenous cultures expert Dr. Catherine Julien died May 27 in Turlock, California. She was 61 years old. A public memorial service was held for her on Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Gilmore Theatre Complex, on the campus of Western Michigan University. Julien earned her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in anthropology [...]
By Kelly Mason Staff Reporter Registered student organization Drive Safe Kalamazoo recently celebrated eight years of providing a secure ride home for students. The organization began as a project for a class where students were told to create a solution for an issue on campus. DSK officially began operating the following semester on Sept. 18th, [...]
By Dan Proczko Staff Reporter In the month of May U.S. residents spent about 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook, according to the Neilsen State of the Media: The Social Media Report (Q3 2011). They spent 17.2 billion on Yahoo and 12.5 billion minutes on Google. How many were spent on online courses? Western Michigan University [...]
By Marcell Rivera Staff Reporter The last item on the list of priorities for a college student is worrying about the health of their computer. According to Tyler Payne, WMU OIT Help Desk Coordinator, one of the computer problems that the students struggle with most is that “their computers do not meet the specifications to [...]
By Katie King Staff Reporter Governor Rick Snyder cut Western Michigan University’s budget by 15 percent. WMU will be forced to make changes while trying to maintain the integrity of the school. Tuition has risen by 6.6 percent and the staff and faculty have received no additional raise. It was a shared impact, according to [...]
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