Posted on 01 May 2008
“Here comes Fuzzy,” is something Sgt. Mike Waldrop often heard from members of facility management when he made his rounds through campus buildings. Waldrop, 40, will leave his nickname at Western when he retires today after 17 years with campus police. Waldrop’s uncle, Gary Raymer, was chief of police in Bowling Green and his grandfather, Everett Tabor, worked as a Western campus officer from 1971 to 1982.
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Posted on 01 May 2008
Three years before the Virginia Tech shootings, Western officials began implementing a comprehensive, campus-wide emergency warning system. The sixth and final phase of the emergency plan – the installation of speakers on top of three campus buildings – is complete and will be tested May 12 or May 19, Telecommunications Director Edwin Craft said.
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Posted on 29 April 2008
The family of a Western student killed in an automobile accident involving a Bowling Green police officer agreed to a settlement of $1 million with the city of Bowling Green, according to a statement from the family’s attorney, Phil Grossman of Louisville.
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Posted on 24 April 2008
About 27,000 Kentucky college students counting on a loan from the state’s student financial aid agency may have to find another lender. The Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp., better known as The Student Loan People, announced Friday in a press release that it was suspending loans to first-time borrowers beginning May 1.
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