By: Bryan E. Paas The Broncos led by two with 18 minutes to go in the first half before Duke stepped on the gas and never looked back. After four straight wins, including their 91-76 victory on the road against Oakland, the Broncos season looked to be headed in the right direction after their initial [...]
By: Bryan E. Paas Western’s hot streak continues as they defeat Oakland on the road winning their 4th straight game. The Broncos got out in front early with a Nate Hutcheson three-pointer in the corner on their ensuing possession and never looked back in their 91-76 win over Oakland. The Broncos would never trail in [...]
By: Bryan E. Paas The Broncos face off against Winthrop Tuesday night in what could prove to be a crucial game as the season progresses. Western has won three of its last four including a big win last Saturday against a 6-5 Duquesne team 85-71. Winthrop 4-7 sits in a similar situation as the Broncos. [...]
By Craig Manning Staff Reporter This holiday season, Western’s internationally acclaimed Jazz Orchestra is wrapping up its busiest semester yet for the ensemble, said Dr. Scott Cowan, a member of the WMU School of Music faculty and director of the orchestra. Since the start of this year’s incarnation of the 17 member big band, complete [...]
By Kelly Mason Staff Reporter The Really, Really Free Market was held in the Bernhard Center to promote a feeling of communal giving for the upcoming holiday season on Thursday, Dec. 8. This is the third year that this market has been held at Western Michigan University. It is being sponsored by the on-campus movement [...]
By Lexie Causley Staff Reporter As the semester is drawing to a close, so is the Kalamazoo United Way Campaign. While the committee has not taken a final count, as of Dec. 7, they had reached 96.7 percent of their goal, or $289,970.58. “I do hope that we reach 100 percent of our goal,” Joseph [...]
By Katie TerBerg Staff Reporter The Greater Kalamazoo Annual Holiday Food Drive is a yearly effort to help provide hungry families in the Kalamazoo area with food for the holidays. Each year, more than 100 organizations participate in this food drive, including the Salvation Army, the Kalamazoo Community Foundation and stores around the area. The [...]
By Alexandra Harvey Staff Reporter Western Michigan University’s women’s basketball team bested Southeast Missouri University 67-34 on their home court of Reed Fieldhouse., marking Broncos’ Head Coach Tasha McDowell’s largest margin of victory in her career with WMU. “I thought we did a fantastic job communicating,” McDowell said. “Just talking through all the different scenarios [...]
By Ociel Torres Staff Reporter The Board of Trustees held its last meeting of the 2011 calendar year on Thursday this week. The 30 minute meeting, which was held at the Bernhard Center, highlighted some features that will be running in the Spring Semester of 2012 here at Western Michigan University. The eight members of [...]
By Laura Levin Staff Reporter From books to cold, hard cash, book buyback is the time of year that most students anticipate. “At the end of the semester we’ll buy back students textbooks. If it’s a book that’s been adopted for a future course at WMU, we’ll pay them half of the new price,” Terry [...]
By Sam Stachurski Staff Reporter Now that finals are starting, students are likely to be spending more and more time at the library, trying to cram in a last-minute study session; what few students realize is just how much Waldo Library has to offer. The Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. [...]
By Pat Littleton Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University hockey team won both matches in its weekend series with Bowling Green State University to move into a second place tie in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. On Friday, the Broncos traveled to Ohio and won a shootout after a 3-3 tie to earn two points. [...]
By Paul VanHevel Staff Reporter Western Michigan University fans are encouraged to support the Broncos in the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl on Dec. 27. The Broncos will face off against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ford Field at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are available to the general public starting at $45 and will be available to students [...]
By Kelly Mason Staff Reporter With finals week here, students are only days away from a well-deserved break from the stress of studying. Caught in the rush of anticipation of going home for the holidays, students may forget the closing procedures taking place this week and over break. Quiet hours will begin on Saturday, Dec. [...]
Chris Willis Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University football team will play in the fourth bowl game in school history after being selected to face the University of Purdue Boilermakers in the Little Caesars Pizza Pizza Bowl on December 27 at Fold Field in Detroit. Three of the WMU’s four bowl games have come in [...]
By Charles Porter Copy Editor It isn’t an everyday event when Tai Chi, Bollywood, hula hooping, tray balancing, cabaret, traditional belly dancing moves with Korean pop, dubstep, industrial and Christmas music are seen and heard in the same room, but this is what people attending the Fall 2011 Fusion Dance Hafla held by the Middle [...]
Patrick Littleton Staff Reporter Western Michigan University hockey head coach Andy Murray has been selected for induction into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame. Murray has been inducted under the “builder’s” category and is joined by players Pavel Bure, Phil Housley, Raimo Helminen and Milan Novy as the class of 2012. “It’s a [...]
Cody Janczewski Staff Reporter University Theatre can confidently check the box for an exceptionally successful fall 2011 program complete with multiple standing ovations, sold out performances, and of course, the cherry topper: absolute phenomenal acting. With such a highly respected and successful performance season thus far, let’s recap: “References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” [...]
Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Situated high in a corner of the Gwen Frostic School of Art, Mindi Bagnall’s creation, “The World Wide Web,” carries an ominous message. The intricate tangle of delicate dollhouses snared in a spider’s web of cables signifies the emergence of cyberspace into the real, concrete world and what happens when technology [...]
Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Like the smooth, steady swing of jazz, Michael Dunn’s paintings have rhythm, a lively pulse and colorful beat. They also have shape, albeit a strange one—twisted and contorted, representational of space and time. Much like the music they resemble, Dunn’s paintings are free, unstructured and flowing, and can be viewed through [...]
Cassie Stagner, sophomore: Stagner helped found the Saint Claire Butterfly Foundation, which raises money for abused children, social services, and re-adoption. “I love doing that kind of work, I think it is important to help children because they can’t help themselves,” Stagner said. Kyle Berryman, sophomore: Berryman volunteered to help a disabled police officer clean [...]
Lexie Causley Staff Reporter Most high school cafeterias has had its fair share of food fights, but the thought rarely crosses a student’s mind after they enter college. However, one Western Michigan University student did just that and started her very own “Food Fight.” Freshman Molly Cahill founded a nonprofit organization in her sophomore year [...]
Katy TerBerg Staff Reporter With the new semester approaching, more and more students will start looking for jobs. Whether that job is part time, full time or an internship, a polished resume paired with good interviewing skills will increase a student’s chances of securing a job that best fits their needs and areas of study. [...]
Sam Stachurski Staff Reporter The Kalamazoo area has plenty of opportunities available both on and off campus for people to volunteer or put in hours for community service. “At any given time, we have more than 500 volunteer opportunities on our website at more than 230 nonprofit organizations,” said Amanda Reel, program coordinator of Volunteer [...]
By Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Situated high in a corner of the Gwen Frostic School of Art, Mindi Bagnall’s creation, “The World Wide Web,” carries an ominous message. The intricate tangle of delicate dollhouses snared in a spider’s web of cables signifies the emergence of cyberspace into the real, concrete world, and what happens when [...]
By Nathan Palcowski Staff Reporter Howard Wolpe, a retired professor at WMU and a former U.S. representative died on Oct.25 at his home in Saugatuck, Mich. Wolpe was 71 years old. Wolpe was Western Michigan’s first distinguished visiting professor. He taught political science at WMU for five years before making a reputation for himself as [...]
By Katie King Staff Reporter Western Michigan University is sometimes known as “Wastern,” a derogatory nickname given to the school because of partying; however, WMU is now using Dick and Jane, two fictional characters that oftentimes teach children fundamentals, to show students that being drunk is not cool. The Dick and Jane campaign is a [...]
By Catie Dymond Staff Reporter Redemption Dance team (originally called Essence) is a hip hop-based team of 17 members who bring various talents and perform multiple in-state competitions. The team began in 2007 and is currently managed by President Nathan Mark and Vice President Kryssy Dinson. “My experience on the team when I joined was [...]
By Catie Dymond Staff Reporter Michigan recruited high school students–Jessi Buis, Miya Dotson, and Kayla Weber–have signed National Letters of Intent to carry on their gymnastics careers and academics here at WMU for the 2012-2013 school year. Buis is originally from the Holland area and from West Ottawa HS. She was 1 out of 10 [...]
By Adam Roberts Sports Editor When many people look at the dynamics of the physical and physiological aspects of what makes a student athlete, some might agree that it’s the build of the athlete or the way they are aware of in-play action that creates their keen sense of playmaking. As many of these factors [...]
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