For the last 10 weeks, 14 girls have been transformed into women.
Project CLASS (Creating Leaders and Shaping Sisters) was designed similarly to VH1’s show, “Charm School,” featuring workshops and team-building activities to make eager participants more productive.
It was hosted by the Office of Diversity Programs and offered a $1,000 prize to the student who showed [...]

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Many students will remember Nov. 7, 2009 as another day of homecoming festivities. Their nights may have been full of tailgating, cheering on the Toppers and attending after parties.
But Elizabethtown senior Jennifer Nethers Gruber will remember the date for another special reason.
She wed her longtime boyfriend, Western alumnus Chris Gruber, from Louisville. The couple [...]

Engines are revved up, banners are complete and buckets of sugary treats are full as campus organizations and clubs prepare for a Homecoming tradition.

The Homecoming parade will take place today at 5 p.m. on the Avenue of Champions.

Some organizations have made floats and others chose to walk and wave.

They could be described as bargain hunting, penny pinching, thrifty, frugal or economically conscious.
But whatever they’re called, coupon clippers on campus are saving money.
“I buy a paper on Sundays and clip the coupons that I think I would need during the week,” Louisville sophomore Tony King said.
King said he knows people who use coupons for [...]

If cars could talk, Ricardo Nazario y Colon’s 1997 Toyota Camry might ask for free oil for an entire year — and a break from the road.
Colon, the director of the Office of Diversity Programs, lives in Georgetown. But he commutes about two hours to work each morning. And he has no plans to change [...]

“Have you ever had a racist thought?” Barbara Trepagnier asked.

She waited, then answered her own question, “That’s silent racism.”

Trepagnier, the author of “Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide” spoke to students and faculty Thursday night in Mass Media Auditorium about research she did on silent racism.

Left to right, John Petersen and his wife, Sandy Petersen, discuss the artwork with Provost Barbara Burch, while six artists from Mexico share their vision with Western students and faculty during the gallery showing in the fine arts center on Wednesday. BRENDAN SULLIVAN/HERALD

Excited patrons donned their favorite cowboy boots, hats and plaid shirts as they entered the sold-out Montgomery Gentry concert in Diddle Arena. The dark arena was filled with cheering fans, not limited to Western students.

Seven-year-old Daisy Epling beamed from the front row with her mother, Marylon Lampert. The concert was Daisy’s first and she showed every one of her teeth as she smiled and peered around. Lampert drove 30 minutes from Auburn to see the duo.

As freshmen begin their collegiate journeys, many often dread gaining the “Freshman 15.”

Many college students have planners filled with appointments and due dates, leaving little time to devote to cooking square meals. And a mini fridge can only hold so much fresh produce.