Chicken Wings: One-dozen wings, fried in a pan until crisp. Add favorite sauce and two tablespoons of melted butter to a separate bowl. Drop wings in and toss until coated.-Adam Roberts, Sports Editor Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts: One can water chestnuts. One-half pound of bacon. Wrap chestnuts with bacon. Put toothpicks through them. Put in [...]
By Kelly Mason Staff Reporter Depression in winter may be more common than people realize. The winter blues can seem normal and in most cases, disappears when spring comes around. The cause of this seasonal melancholy is a type of depression known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. SAD is a type of depression a [...]
By Liz VandenHeede Staff Reporter Despite being in the midst of a Michigan winter, local experts said they believe in a workout that can be done virtually anywhere and without extensive gear. Local runners and fitness gurus gathered at Bronson Athletic Club to present “Runner’s Night.” The event was put on by Kalamazoo Area Runners, [...]
Nora Strehl Editor-in-Chief East Campus advocates met for a campus town hall meeting yesterday, Wednesday, Feb. 1, to discuss Western Michigan University’s birthplace and its, now, more foreseeable future. The meeting was organized by WMU’s Office of Community Outreach and the Western Student Association; as well as, Students for East Campus. In attendance to provide [...]
By Gabi Crowley Staff Reporter When it comes to snow removal on Western Michigan University’s campus, authorities don’t mess around. “It’s a substantial amount of work that has to be done,” WMU Executive Director of University Relations Cheryl Roland said. Roland said as soon as snow begins to fall, WMU grounds crews are out making [...]
By Erin Gignac News Editor Tonight’s Western Student Association meeting produced two new prospective leaders. Matt Vargo, current president of OUTspoken, and Nikki Ledbury, president of Drive Safe Kalamazoo, officially announced their candidacy for president and vice president, in that order, of the Western Student Association, according to their campaign’s press release. Students can vote [...]
Catie Dymond Staff Reporter It was another great win for Western Michigan University’s track team as they end up with their fourth non-scored victory at the Indiana Relays. The undefeated team has many individual students showing talent that could lead them to become MAC champions or even qualify for the Olympic trials. “We have a [...]
Katie Krausman Staff Reporter The WMU synchronized skating teams have just recently returned from their 2012 Mid Western Synchronized Sectional Championship competition in Plymouth, Michigan, and the girls are returning far from disappointed. “I think that our success at mids was not only determined by our high placement, but also by the amount of personal [...]
Bethany Bohlen Photo & Art Editor The Western Michigan University gymnastics team scored a 195.300 to 192.800 win over Bowling Green on Sunday, Jan. 29. This match-up resulted in WMU’s second top-10 overall total score of the year, as well as the second highest in the history of WMU’s gymnastics program, according to the WMU [...]
By Patrick Littleton Staff Reporter The Western Michigan University hockey team split its home and home series this weekend against Bowling Green State University and is tied for second place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings. On Friday, the Broncos scored three second period goals to win 4-1, in front of 3,314 fans at [...]
Tyler Pease Staff Reporter The Broncos won their fourth conference game of the year, defeating Miami of Ohio at home Saturday afternoon. The Broncos improved their overall record to 10-11 and moved above the .500 mark in conference where their record stands at 4-3. They currently stand in a tie for second place in the [...]
By Taylor Larson Staff Reporter The students of the Western Filmmakers Association have completed their first feature length film, “The Day Job.” Filmed on a true college budget and remarkably well assembled. Piecing together a cast, crew and set out of virtually nothing and managing to make something out of it all is no easy [...]
Erin Gignac News Editor The Office of Sustainability has a problem: it is under publicized. Lack of publicity can lead to misinformation, at times. Harold Glasser, the executive director of the Office of Sustainability and professor of Environmental Studies, encourages his students to combat the misinformation with pure facts. Many people may remember the “heated” [...]
By Ociel Torres Staff Reporter “You talked. We listened!” is the heading on the many posters plastered all over campus, from designated bus stops to residence halls. There is a new program currently in the works at Western Michigan University, and although it’s only a trial period, it could prove to be of great use [...]
By Nathan Palcowski Staff Reporter On Jan. 22, 2012, not only did Penn State University and the rest of the college football world lose a coach, they lost an icon. Legendary football coach Joe Paterno passed away from lung cancer at the age of 85. Paterno had been the head football coach at Penn State [...]
Bethany Bohlen Photo & Art Editor Charles-Curtis Sanders is a senior at Western Michigan University, majoring in theatre performance and minoring in dance. Q. What are your schedule & lifestyle like as a theatre student? A. To be a theater major, you have to be nocturnal. We rehearse, perform, set up, and strike (tear down) [...]
By Katy TerBerg Staff Reporter Norman Finkelstein, a prominent critic of Israeli policy in the Middle East, will speak at Western Michigan University on Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. in the North Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. The title of his speech is “How to Resolve the Israel-Palestine Conflict.” A son of Holocaust survivors, Finkelstein [...]
By Ted Yoakum Staff Reporter The inventory inside the typical Western Michigan University student’s backpack is becoming more precious than ever, with laptops, tablets, e-readers and other gadgets all competing for space against the stalwart of the American educational system: the textbook. However, in this era of hyperconnectivity, where people can access the Internet on [...]
Erin Gignac News Editor He walks down the alley and steps in the cage. Hands wrapped, pep talked, mouth guarded and probably breaking a sweat, Hector Garcia sizes up his competition. “It’s weird because one of the biggest guys I remember fighting was so stocky looking,” said Hector Garcia, a Mixed Martial Arts fighter. “I [...]
By Kelly Mason Staff Reporter Kalamazoo has transformed into a winter wonderland. Over the past week, lake-effect snow has blanketed the southwest region of Michigan, leading to the annual road plows and salt trucks moving across campus and the city. Western Michigan University uses snow melt systems at the entrances to most of the buildings [...]
By Kassie Charnley Staff Reporter The Humanities Center in Knauss Hall welcomed Brian Kalt, associate professor of law at Michigan State University, for an ethics lecture on the Ninth Amendment on Friday, Jan. 20. As stated in the Constitution, the Ninth Amendment declares that “the enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be [...]
Katie TerBerg Staff Reporter Few students can claim that they are financially stable, and with the influx of the Michigan “college tax,” their resources might become even more scarce, according to Bridge Magazine. Currently, Western Michigan University holds the eighth highest college tax rate of any public university in Michigan. In recent years, Michigan’s higher [...]
By Erin Gignac News Editor Clean water is scarce. Bathing conditions are tough. Most people still live in tents. Americans might associate these living conditions with homelessness in the United States. However, this is the daily condition of people living in Haiti. In Port Au Prince, thousands are still living in unacceptable conditions, President John [...]
The Western Herald sat down with Branden Lewis, candidate for the 27th season of The Real World. Q: Tell us about your opportunity for The Real World TV show? A: Well, pretty much around last September, when the 26th season started, was when I saw auditions for the 27th season. I quickly submitted an email [...]
By Gabi Crowley Staff Reporter As far back as Western Michigan University’s Public Safety Department Police Captain Carol Dedow can remember, the university has always received complaints concerning the lack of student parking on campus. Campus is considered “pedestrian-friendly,” according to WMU Admissions’ web page. Most parking lots are exterior to main campus, causing students [...]
By Catie Dymond Staff Reporter After all the Christmas cookies and New Year’s celebrations, it is time to hit the gym and start the new year off right. Western Michigan University offers many opportunities for its students, faculty and staff to stay in shape and prepare to meet New Year’s resolutions. “Typically, we have about [...]
By Ted Yoakum Staff Reporter College students are used to looking for that next jolt of energy to help power them through the following hour of dull lectures, whether it comes via a venti cup of Starbucks coffee, a can of Rockstar energy drink or from a vial of Five Hour Energy. Owners of electric [...]
Writer’s block is a foreign word in T. Geronimo Johnson’s vocabulary. Rough drafts should flow fast, furious and free. “That’s when you discover a lot,” he said. Johnson’s poems and short stories earned him a spot as the visiting writer and professor in the Department of English at Western Michigan University for spring 2012. He [...]
Tayler Cattera Staff Reporter The 2012 presidential election is now in full swing and candidates’ promises and proposals of how to fix the many problems facing America have been heard across the country. But there are some people that are more than skeptical that any of these promises will be met after the election because [...]
Taylor Larson Staff Reporter Every few weeks, the eggshell walls of Gwen Frostic change colors, though not from buckets of paint—rather, the gallery transforms into a whole new space by its décor, the works of student artists. Transformed from sculptural installations to yards of spun fabric, proactive charcoal sketches, stuffed animals, or highbrow, avant garde, [...]
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