By Krystin Nichols Western Herald A “cease and desist” order against Western Michigan University’s Sigma Pi has been put into effect by the  university after an 18-year-old woman fell from a balcony during a party at the fraternity’s house. The woman, from Portland, Mich., was found around 12:50 a.m. by police who were contacted for a noise violation at [...]

By Kallie Leonard
News Editor

Western Michigan University Police and the Kalamazoo Township

Fire Department were seen on campus outside Haenicke Hall on Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the building.

By Ben Coleman
Western Herald

Primary voters went to the polls in Kalamazoo’s 28 precincts Tuesday to choose who will be the Republican and Democratic candidates for everything from governor to state senator to U.S. representative.

By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald

The Western Michigan University campus is on alert following a Saturday morning attack on a female student.

By Krystin Nichols
Western Herald

The Western Michigan University campus is on alert following an early morning attack on a female student.

The incident happened around 6 a.m. between WMU’s Elmwood Apartments and Smith/Ernest Burnham’s residence hall.

By Elliot Novess
Western Herald

Researching and renovating the culture of a student center is central to in Edmud Mirecki’s visions of what a student center could be.

Mirecki is one of three candidates who are running to be the next director of the Bernhard Center.  He addressed the Western Michigan University community Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the South Ballroom of the BHC. He has his own vision that a student center, besides that, is the living room of a campus.

By Chad Houts
Western Herald

A 45-foot-long gray whale rests alone on a patch of lawn near the Faunce Student Services building on Western Michigan University’s main campus, and it’s making a big splash – pun intended.

By Elliot Novess
Western Herald

Candidate for the new Bernhard Center director, Julia Wingard, has respect for what student’s wants and needs are as the Bernhard Center transitions into a new era.

Wingard engaged the student body during her speech on Monday, July 26, in the South Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. She knows that researching the changes students want to see to in the Bernhard Center will create the ideal student center.

By Ben Coleman
Western Herald

A panel of experts on energy policy met Monday at Western Michigan University’s Fetzer Center to engage a group of junior and senior high school students from throughout the state. Students listened to the panel and asked questions about the changing nature of energy policy.

By Ben Coleman
Western Herald

The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees voted Friday to increase tuition by 7.4 percent, starting this fall.

University officials recommended that the board make the tuition increase during the Board of Trustees’ meeting at WMU’s Bernhard Center.