By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
Orientation is one of the most important activities that each university makes for its new students.
September 2, 2010
Western Herald Online News Service
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
Orientation is one of the most important activities that each university makes for its new students.
By Katrina Murphy
Editor in Chief
You bring in the last of your boxes, hug and kiss your parents goodbye and shut the door behind them.
You’re finally on your own. But now what do you do?
Western Herald
As a new academic year approaches, we here at the Western Herald would like to take the time to share with our readers who we are, what we are here to do and what our visions are for the year.
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
The core mission at Western Michigan University is to meet the needs of society and to respond to the requirements of a rapidly changing world. To fulfill this mission, a center for studies, consultations and community service should be established.
I am writing to strongly encourage everyone in Kalamazoo’s 60th District to elect Chris Praedel as our next State Representative. Chris was born and raised in Kalamazoo and knows exactly what we need to succeed and thrive as a city. As a professional here at WMU, I have served as Chris’s Advisor and Supervisor, and have…
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
When looking at the Western Michigan University website, it makes me wonder why there isn’t a comprehensive link or booklet that lists useful resources for students within different departments.
Most universities provide their students with a link or a booklet on the useful websites that help the students explore the main concepts in their majors.
By David Alexander
Western Herald
July 4. For many people it brings to mind several things: apple pie, a day off work, the sudden proliferation of the old Stars and Stripes, and perhaps most notably, fireworks. Lots of fireworks.
Have you heard that Western Michigan University is taking away the right to pay tuition with Visa and then charging 2.75% for paying with a credit card? Has anyone noticed how, while they said that money was previously coming out of tuition, they’re not lowering the tuition at all, they’re just taking the extra money [...]
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
Nursing has become one of the most important fields for students looking for jobs in the U.S.
There is an increasing demand of nurses nowadays in our country because of the establishment of new hospitals and of the immigration of American nurses overseas.
By Andrew Mell
Western Herald
Unarguably the most important, most-watched and most anticipated sporting event in the world is underway and it seems like we’re finally starting to care.
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
The Western Michigan University library is one of the few distinguished libraries in the United States.
Western Herald
There was an energy in the Kalamazoo community the week Kalamazoo Central’s video, one of six of 1,000 entries, was being voted on by the public; then ultimately chosen as the winner by President Obama himself in the national 2010 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.
By Zeke Trezevant
Sports Editor
President Barack Obama came to Kalamazoo Monday to speak at Kalamazoo Central High School’s 2010 commencement. Personally, I’ve heard the president speak on two occasions before this but neither of those (including the inauguration) compared to Monday. Monday was a day I’ll never forget simply because I highly doubt I’ll ever be that close to another United States president.
By David Alexander
Western Herald
After much deliberation and planning, the groundbreaking of the new Sangren Hall is under way.
I wish I could be as excited about it as everyone else seems to be.
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
Linguistics has become one of the most important majors offered by most American universities.
There is a high demand in the world for the specialists of linguistics who can teach the science of language in all its perspectives, such as the syntactic, semantic, morphological and phonological aspects.
By Hassan Al-Momani
Western Herald
A Teaching of English as a foreign language certificate (TEFL) is now highly demanded by a lot of academic centers and institutes in the USA and overseas.
By Katrina Murphy
Editor in Chief
William Drayton once said that “change starts when someone sees the next step.”
As the new editor in chief of the Western Herald, I am looking forward to making changes in the way we view, cover and share news on Western Michigan University’s campus.
As the exiting Hillel President and a former WSA senator, I could not be more confident to pass down my Hillel responsibilities to Erin Kaplan. Over the last month, I have worked with Erin to transition her into the Hillel presidential position and was quickly able to gain insight into her daily life. I was truly amazed at Erin’s ability to multi task, balance her multiple board positions, put school first, and at the same time, have a clear vision of what she wants to accomplish for the student body.
It’s a fact: financial illiteracy is common among ‘The Millennial Generation’, the moniker given to those born between the early 1980s and the early 1990s.
According to a 2004 study by Harris Interactive for Northwestern Mutual, only 5 percent of those in their early and mid-20s felt that they were “very knowledgeable” in business dealings and investing.
By Megan Higdon
Western Herald
Writing a reflection about my first year at WMU is probably one of the most difficult tasks I have done all year. Good or bad, of the experiences I had throughout my first taste of college there are none in which I regret. I refer to WMU now as my home, and although it has some irritating qualities it is worth being commended.
By Andrew Mell
Western Herald
Finals week. Once again we’ve made it to the last week of the semester. Only a few exams from now, most of us will be packing in the academia for the summer and doing things that are much more constructive. The exams are hard enough, but unfortunately that’s only one of the obstacles we face to get through this final week of school.
Is this becoming the Era of Questionable Promises? There’s the Michigan Promise — enough said on that. And then there’s the Kalamazoo Promise — a whole ‘nother beast that’s being studied and copied . . . and the verdict’s not in yet. And then there’s the Western promise — well, “sort of” promise. Called the Western Edge, it’s a “customer service” type promise in the form of a contract, but it’s not widely known, nor is it available to all students.
By Hassan al-Momani
Western Herald
Each semester students feel stressed and anxious about final exams and grades. This is a natural feeling related to the eagerness to pass the exams and get high grades. Some students exaggerate in their fear of final exams because they do not know how to overcome their stress and worries. Other students have the ability to deal with final exams successfully through organizing their studying and preparing well for exams.
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