Goldfarb tours Asia, helps recruit international students
JAPAN - Western Illinois University President Al Goldfarb and other Western delegates visited South Korea, Japan and Taiwan in a tour across Asia March 12 to 19.…
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Therapeutic Recreation class creates summer events
College courses rarely give students the chance to help communities, learn resource management skills, design programs and earn credit all at the same time. However, one recreation, park and tourism administration class combines all these aspects to aid the mentally and physically disabled in Macomb.…
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College student health-care plan to improve
Under Governor Rod Blagojevich's proposed "Illinois Covered" plan, college students will not only have the opportunity to remain dependents on their parents' insurance plans until they are 29 years old but will also enjoy improved insurance later in life. …
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SGA talks upcoming elections
Let the debate begin. Wednesday, the Student Government Association will host an open debate for all students running for executive positions in its organization. …
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City council members debate changing neighborhoods
A discussion at Monday's Macomb City Council meeting concerning non-conforming uses of property quickly disintegrated into a talk about the residential areas surrounding Western Illinois University.…
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Library showcases exhibitsLeslie F. Malpass Library features architecture and art from several Illinois libraries
Until April 4, the "Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries" displays will each show different aspects of architecture and art from many of the different libraries located throughout Illinois. …
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Multicultural organization strives for empowerment
One fairly new organization on campus, the Alliance of Empowerment, is making a difference by offering events that involve many underrepresented groups. …
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Students don't need charity, they provide it
Editor's note: This is the second installment of a three-part series detailing Western Illinois University's impact on Macomb and its surrounding areas.
During the Fall 2006 semester, 11,368 students attended Western - the majority of them lived in Macomb and the surrounding areas. With those kind of numbers, the majority contribute to the local community in some form, whether or not they are aware of it.…
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Day in the life of...Bob Fitzgerald, OPS director
The Director of the Office of Public Safety may sound equivalent to being the Campus Sheriff, but according to Bob Fitzgerald, Western Illinois University's OPS director, the position is not what it seems.…
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Finishing college in less than four years
Students who attempt to complete college in the typical four years are sometimes sidetracked by excessive partying or failing grades, but a developing trend spreading throughout universities is graduating college in three years.…
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