Sunday, March 14th, 2010Elliot Novess (Western Herald)Robert and Thomas Trainor’s lecture “Entrepreneurship in a Global Economy: A Family Experience” gave Western Michigan University students a look at how a family business can survive, change and thrive over 57 years. The Trainor’s lecture was held March 11 in Schneider Hall’s Brown Auditorium was a self-reflection of their family dynasty. Their [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010David Alexander (Western Herald)Risks are everywhere. But some potentially catastrophic risks can be avoided with sound planning, according to one risk expert. Professor William Leiss spoke of limiting and managing the risks involved with topics ranging from unsound economic policy to potentially devastating cosmic events last Friday in Western Michigan University’s Chemistry Building. Leiss was born in [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Photo curtesy of Beth Grego (ry-Wallis ) – Sheila Clothier, returning coach, site liaison and teacher at Portage Central Elementary runs with the girls at the 2009 GOTR 5K event. Fritz Klug News Editor In late May, the streets surrounding the Vine Street neighborhood are closed and people line the sidewalks with folding chairs, noise makers and video cameras. [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Josh Holderbaum (Western Herald)A visiting corporate restructuring expert wants government to focus less on saving companies and more on putting people back to work. Sheldon Stone presented the lecture “Strategic Corporate Restructuring” Feb. 26 as part of the Keystone Community Bank Haworth College of Business Breakfast Lecture Series. Stone, a WMU alumnus with bachelor’s and master’s degrees [...]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010Kayle Dembowski (Western Herald)On Feb. 23 at Western Michigan University’s multicultural center in the Trimpe Building, students attended a presentation and open discussion about campus “isms” such as racism, sexism, classism, ageism, and other issues involving diversity. The campus “isms” presentation is the first program among “The Real Talk Diversity series”, which is aimed toward raising [...]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010Josh Holderbaum (Western Herald)Students will see big changes in academic buildings and apartments on campus in the near future, according to two Master Plan review sessions held this week. The review sessions were held Monday and Tuesday at the Western Michigan University Fetzer Center hosted by David Dakin, WMU Director of Campus Planning. The Master Plan serves [...]

Thursday, February 18th, 2010Megan Higdon (Western Herald)With the election for the new Western Student Association president only a month away, candidates Aaron Booth and Andrew Ladd are keeping a good pace and Western Michigan students interested. Andrew Ladd, currently serving as Speaker of the WSA senate, had only good things to say about his campaigning so far. “I have a [...]

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 By Fritz Klug (News Editor)From the firebombs of Dresden, to the fallout in Hiroshima, to the napalm clouds in Vietnam, and the unmanned drone bombing in Pakistan, civilians have been the victims — and often the targets — of military bombings. The development and acceptance of this “particular war crime” will be the topic of Ronald [...]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Megan Higdon (Western Herald)Although many student organizations find themselves receiving funding through the Western Student Association’s Allocations Committee, the WSA also has a budget of its own, which it can use to sponsor events. The starting balance for the WSA’s collaborations fund was $12,000 and has not depreciated by much since August — $11,320 remains.  Making [...]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Josh Holderbaum (Western Herald)A guest speaker in the engineering department wants students to be ready for a very “green” job market when they get done with college. Chris Comperchio, district manager for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning company Trane, discussed “The Key to ‘Greening’ Our Communities’ Monday at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences [...]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Josh Holderbaum (Western Herald)The Kalamazoo County Transportation Authority wants to begin discussing a transition of bus services from the city to the county. The KCTA discussed that in their 2009 annual report with the Kalamazoo City Commission Monday. “Public transportation keeps the community moving,” said Linda Teeter, KCTA chair. “We know that each year our needs continue [...]

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Western Michigan University is (currently seeking to recruit 2) 00 students to become Fall Welcome Ambassadors for Fall Welcome Week. The week, which runs from August 31 through Sept. 3, is designed to help incoming freshman and transfer students transition into life at WMU and become successful students. Informational meetings about the positions were held [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010Elliot Novess (Western Herald)The Google search engine has become the foremost consultant for societies day-to-day knowledge, similar to an old form of communication, the Bible, according to John Durham Peters, who will give the lecture “God and Google,” later this week. Peters will look at the similarities between the old and the new: the Bible and [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010Fritz Klug (News Editor)Engineering students at Western Michigan University are being recognized this week in a series of social events, fundraisers, and dinners during Engineers Week. Every year, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences has hosted a dinner for students, but this year, the student leadership council asked if they could do more, said Scott [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010Jason Koole (Western Herald)Western Michigan University’s Muslim Student Association will host their biannual dinner and lecture on Friday in hopes of bridging the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims on campus. The keynote lecture, “One God, Many Names: Muslims, Christians and Jews All Call Upon the Same God” will be given by Umar F,aruq Abd-Allah, Ph.D. and [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010Ranchithaa Antatory (and Daing S). Nasir Western Herald A two-day workshop was held to discuss chapters in a forthcoming book by Western Michigan University philosophy professor Fritz Allhoff, “Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture.” At 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 12, Vishal Garg, a graduate student from the philosophy department, gave his response to Chapter Eight, “ Civil [...]

Thursday, February 11th, 2010Megan Higdon (Western Herald)Aaron Booth announced his plans to run for Western Student Association president yesterday at WSA’s weekly Wednesday meeting. Booth has been a part of WSA for two years, serving as the Drive Safe Kalamazoo senator for the 2009-2010. As well as his presidency announcement, he announced his running mate, Joey Blaszcyk as [...]

Thursday, February 11th, 2010Fritz Klug (News Editor)Students will have a chance to hear a local leader share his experience as well as enjoy a free lunch this Monday. Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell will speak at the second annual Multicultural Leadership Luncheon Feb. 22 in the Bernhard Center’s President’s Dining Room at Western Michigan University. This year’s theme is “from leadership [...]

Thursday, February 11th, 2010Heather Ewer (Western Herald)Staff and students were able to get a full picture of the research structure at Western Michigan University Tuesday from the new associate vice president of research. Paula Kohler, Ph.D., gave a presentation at WMU’s Evaluation Center entitled, “The Direction for Research at WMU.” Kohler has been in the position since May 2009. She [...]

Thursday, February 11th, 2010Ranchithaa Antatory (Western Herald)Terrorism, counter-terrorism and torture will be the subject of a presentatioin/discussion today and Friday, Feb. 11-12 during a workshop on Western Michigan University’s campus. Titled “Terrorism, Ticking Time Bombs and Torture,” the workshop shares its name with a manuscript written by Fritz Allhoff, Ph.D, an assistant professor of philosophy at WMU. Presentations during the [...]

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Josh Holderbaum (Western Herald)Incoming students struggling with their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) can get help on Valentine’s Day. Western Michigan University will host College Goal Sunday, a free event for students and families who need help filling out their FAFSA, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Schneider Hall Business Court. The [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Megan Higdon (Western Herald)The university’s student information system was unavailable over the weekend in order for the university to update software. Services through GoWMU that were unavailable included payment and account information, course registration, and several other features that would normally be accessible on a daily basis. Cognos reporting tools for faculty and staff were also [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Josh Holderbaum (Western Herald)While many people examine authors based on what they write, two English professors want to examine authors by what they wore. Katherine Joslin, Ph.D., and Daneen Wardrop, Ph.D., English professors at Western Michigan University, discussed “Reading Dress and Discourse” Thursday night, Jan. 28 in Brown Hall. The keynote presentation in the English Department Scholarly [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Elliot Novess (Western Herald)What is behind the “W”? Student employees are. This is the theme surrounding the 24th Annual Western Michigan University Student Employee Appreciation Week starting Feb. 15. The Gary L. Belleville Student Employee and the Supervisor of the Year Awards are the main event of appreciation week. The Belleville award ceremony takes place Feb. 18 from [...]

Thursday, January 28th, 2010Sebastian Fryer (Western Herald)Princeton University professor Dr. Alan Ryan gave a lecture at Kalamazoo College Tuesday night entitled, “Academic Freedom.” The event was part of a program provided by Phi Beta Kappa, which makes available each year 12 or more distinguished scholars who visit a series of colleges and universities with chapters of Phi Beta Kappa.  [...]

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Kate Panick (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University and Central Michigan University Red Cross blood drive has been going on for the last week to help raise blood levels in Michigan Hospitals and will finish tomorrow at Miller Auditorium, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Janelle Fraley, a sophomore in dietetics, was volunteering at the snacks table [...]

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Megan Higdon (Western Herald)The Western Student Association meeting ended yesterday evening with its usual adjournment as well as an unexpected twist. Speaker of the Senate Andrew Ladd announced that he will be running for WSA President for the 2010-11 school year. Ladd has been with WSA since he was a freshman, as a senator for the [...]

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Carly Kuppe (Western Herald)Western Michigan University’s student professional chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers has won two national awards from the society. The student chapter was named Most Improved Chapter in the nation and received a certificate of commendation, according to Kim Warners, ASCE student conference chair. “Being a reasonably new program, it’s just a [...]

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Jason Koole (Western Herald)The WMU Student Recreation center is to have a Campuswide Diversity Lock-in on Friday. The lock-in begins at 10 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m. the following day. The three Greek councils, College Panhellenic, Interfraternity, and Nation Pan-Hellenic are holding the event and it is the first time that the councils have worked [...]

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Josh Holderbaum (Western Herald)Two professors want to look at authors in a different way – not by what they wrote, but by what they wore. Daneen Wardrop, Ph.D., and Katherine Joslin, Ph.D., English professors at Western Michigan University, will give lectures under the title, “Reading Dress and Discourse” at 7 p.m. Thursday in room 3025 of [...]