Without junior forward Sergio Kerusch in the rotation, Western went 7-7 through the months of December and January. With him, the Toppers nearly overcame their road woes last Thursday at Louisiana-Monroe and followed up by thrashing Troy 87-69 Saturday night. Although the team never used Kerusch’s absence as an excuse for losing, senior guard A.J. Slaughter said [...]
What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done? In December, my best friend and I were bored. We were obsessed with going to Atlanta to shop. It was right before finals week… We left at 3 a.m., got there around 9, went to two stores and came back. Who is the most influential person in your life? My [...]
Laurel Wilson
09 February 2010
Versailles freshman Brittany Feroze works in the microbiology lab on Monday. Feroze works two jobs, one at the lab and the other at Kohl’s department store, in order to make enough money.
Tessa Duvall
09 February 2010
Western is now heating its campus with cleaner energy, thanks to a newly-installed natural gas boiler. The boiler, purchased last semester, has been up and running since Jan. 23, Facilities Operation Manager Dale Dyer said. Dyer said the boiler produces 50 percent of the steam needed to heat the campus at any given moment and uses [...]
Michelle Day
09 February 2010
One year ago, Junkyard Gypsies was just an idea of co-owners Kellie Steen and Kim Simpson, both of Bowling Green. Steen was in the process of setting up a booth when Simpson’s husband offered two houses on Kenton Street to rent. The walls in these houses are now covered from floor to ceiling with items from [...]
Laurel Wilson
09 February 2010
This July, faculty and staff will get a raise for the first time in two years. A plan for faculty and staff retention was included in Western’s updated strategic plan, and it calls for increased compensation. The budget cuts in recent years have meant that faculty weren’t given salary raises, which led to a situation where Western [...]
