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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.