The Facilities Management department announced today that it has hired a new director to begin work on April 5.
The new director, Charlie Jones, has a background in the education field and “improving the overall education experience for students,” according to a letter from Edwin Morgan, interim Facilities Management director.
Jones is replacing former director Bob Ware.
Morgan [...]

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 [...]

Western now has the swine flu vaccine, according to an e-mail sent today at about 4:30 p.m. by Health Services.
The H1N1 vaccines will be available starting 8 a.m. Monday and will be administered on a first-come-first-serve basis, according to the e-mail.
Western received 300 doses of the nasal spray vaccine, which will go only to people [...]

A steam pipe leaking near a smoke detector in the elevator shaft in Grise Hall set off the fire alarm at about 5:45 p.m. today, a firefighter on the scene said.