John Campbell A&E Reporter The year 2013 is a big one for Western Michigan University’s School of Music. Sophomore Aaron Bomer playing on a Steinway & Sons piano in a practice room in Dalt...
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Ambrosia Neldon News Editor 118 Bigelow Hall was the first address that I didn’t share with my parents. Six students have opted to live in Bigelow Hall for the past four years. Left to right: Jodi...
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Ambrosia Neldon News Editor Following an investigation, WMU Campus Police have found that the robbery reported on the morning of April 12 did not actually occur. File photo The patron who reported the...
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Katie King News Reporter Instead of being bossed around this summer, one Western Michigan University student will be his making all of the decisions for his own painting company. Jake Debs, sophomore...
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Scott Preston News Reporter Iran’s only Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi, spoke to a full house in the Bernhard Center’s East Ballroom Friday. Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi speaks at Frid...
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Ambrosia Neldon News Editor According to an email from President John Dunn, the university has decided to postpone the building of the new Valley dining hall after the final assessment of the location...
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Katie King News Reporter People have always been fairly forthcoming on social media sites, but WMU has recently jumped on a new social media trend that encourages students to share their secrets. The...
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Aaron LaRoy News Reporter Western Michigan University President John Dunn and his colleagues are currently looking for an architectural firm to take charge of the renovation of East Hall, according t...
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Kenny Wenzel Sports Reporter Looking for something to do Friday, April 12 at 9 p.m.? The Western Michigan football team is hosting their first spring practice under the lights at Waldo Stadium. Cour...
Read More →Christina Cantero News Reporter Several on-campus jobs are available to students who are looking to work this summer or next fall, according to BroncoJobs. Residence Life is seeking a student receptio...
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Megan Wenzl News Reporter The Equality of Transportation Initiative adds $8 to WMU students’ tuition to shuttle aviation students from WMU’s main campus to Battle Creek, according to a pr...
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Ambrosia Neldon News Editor Beginning next fall, students will pay an additional $13 on their tuition, as both referendums proposed on the Western Student Association ballot have been approved by the ...
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Kenny Wenzel Sports Reporter With both Western Michigan’s hockey and men’s basketball seasons ending over the past week, this Friday starts off a relatively slow week for WMU athletics. Me...
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Christina Cantero News Reporter An $8 fee stands between students in the College of Aviation (CoA) and an expanded bus route to the Battle Creek campus. Beginning March 25, all students at WMU can vot...
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Erin Gignac Editor-in-Chief I don’t get nervous very often, but when I was on air for the first time at WIDR-FM my white-knuckled hands were clutching the sound board for dear life. I stuttered the ...
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Meghan Chandler Newsletter Editor Western Student Association elections are now halfway over, but there is still time for Western Michigan University students to vote. Below you will find a polling gu...
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Aaron Fishell and Rob Wetterholt Jr. Sports Reporters The Mid-American Conference held its women’s gymnastics championship meet on Saturday March 23 at Western Michigan University’s Read F...
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Christina Cantero News Reporter The Western Student Association (WSA) elections are coming up soon, and Dillon Buckland is one of the first to announce that he is running for president. Courtesy photo...
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Ted Yoakum News Reporter UPDATE:The forum has been rescheduled for Friday, April 5. Students and others interested in the future of U.S. immigration laws are encouraged to attend a forum held on Frida...
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Kenny Wenzel Sports Reporter The No. 3 seed Western Michigan Broncos hockey team lost on Saturday to the No. 7 University of Michigan, 5-1, ending their hopes of becoming the final CCHA champion. ...
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Kenny Wenzel Sports Reporter The No. 3 seeded Western Michigan Broncos dropped their opening game in the CCHA quarterfinals, 4-3, to Michigan on Friday night inside WMU’s Lawson Ice Arena. Ph...
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Meghan Chandler Newsletter Editor The police were called to a demonstration Wednesday to maintain the peace while a community member shouted to students that they were going to hell. The demonstratio...
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Ambrosia Neldon News Editor For the past 60 years, WIDR (originally coined “In-Dorm Radio”), Western Michigan University’s student-run radio station, has been a huge part of the ent...
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Ted Yoakum News Reporter Claims that WMU will begin demolition on three of its original buildings on East Campus as early as May have no basis in fact, according to the university. Western Herald F...
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Katie King and Kenny Wenzel News and Sports Reporters Police were called to a demonstration at the flagpoles at WMU that got out of hand on Wednesday in which a community member shouted to students t...
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Tyler Wilson News Reporter What likes it hot, spits, has hair and humps? The furry creatures that visited Western Michigan University’s campus on Wednesday. Katie King/Western Herald Hillel @ WMU, t...
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Katie King News Reporter Planning an event outdoors can be difficult in any season, and spring weather is challenging to predict, especially in April. Last year, Western Michigan University’s Relay ...
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Ted Yoakum News Reporter It was a memorable first meeting for the two newly sworn-in members of the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees, as around 30 members of the WMU part-time instructor ...
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Christina Cantero News Reporter Interested in an on-campus job? Employers at WMU are looking for interns, servers and tutors. The Fetzer Center in the Haworth College of Business is looking for a banq...
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Scott Preston News Reporter Last week senior faculty of the Department of World Languages and Literatures were surprised to learn that Japanese had become the most widely enrolled language within the ...
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