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		<title>Peer to peer: Program puts students in advising role</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/03/05/peer-to-peer-program-puts-students-in-advising-role/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakia Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
When Mansfield senior Kaci Danhauer became a peer interest adviser three years ago, she had no idea the impact she could have on hundreds of lives.
Danhauer is one of 11 peer interest advisers for the Best Expectation Programs. She helps students who are on academic probation or who have received low ACT scores, said Jessica [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying the course: Kentucky evaluates higher education access</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/23/staying-the-course-kentucky-evaluates-higher-education-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ninth graders might not want to think  about college yet, but that’s when many Kentucky high schools begin pre-college curriculum.
Those efforts could be making a difference, as the number of Kentucky high school graduates who go on to attend college has increased in the last few years.
But there are still gaps in the state’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ransdell: State funding for new construction unlikely</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/23/ransdell-state-funding-for-new-construction-unlikely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa Duvall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Russell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western’s plans for construction may be stalled.
President Gary Ransdell appeared before legislators earlier this month to testify whether he wanted state funding for new construction on campus or maintenance of current facilities.
Ransdell said he asked for funding for existing facilities instead of money for new construction.
&#8220;It makes sense to take care of the buildings you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colleges push for more trips led by faculty</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/19/colleges-push-for-more-trips-led-by-faculty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakia Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More colleges are encouraging professors to lead study abroad trips for their students, according to a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Western is no exception.
Several Western educators said faculty-led study abroad trips provide a more personal educational environment.
English professor Lloyd Davies said that through faculty-led trips, students are able to grasp classroom concepts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIVE BLOG: Provost Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/15/live-blog-provost-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakia Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIVE BLOG: Provost Forum
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		<title>Students react to snow closure</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/12/students-react-to-snow-closure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Discovery
The noise from a text message alert canceling classes may not sound as nice as mom leaning in the door and whispering “No school today.” But the sweet declaration of an elusive college snow day sounded just as good to Western students.
Nashville freshman Trent Wallace said he wasn’t looking forward to waking up for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New arena planned for behind FAC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakia Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western’s choir, band and orchestra ensembles will eventually be able to spread their wings in a newer and larger music facility.
A music annex and rehearsal hall will be built behind the fine arts center on the hillside between Grise Hall and Helm Library, said David Lee, dean of Potter College of Arts and Letters.
Construction of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Icy roads reason behind day off</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Jenkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Burch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A downfall of snow and sheets of glassy ice froze the Hill earlier this week.
Between 5 p.m. and midnight on Tuesday, city police responded to 35 collisions in the Bowling Green area, said Barry Pruitt, public information officer for the Bowling Green Police Department.
There were no serious injuries, Pruitt said.
A large number of the accidents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing Act: Students manage work, classes</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/09/balancing-act-students-manage-work-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity plan to be  reworked</title>
		<link>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/09/diversity-plan-to-be-reworked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wkuherald.com/2010/02/09/diversity-plan-to-be-reworked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakia Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s more to diversity than black and white, officials now say.
The statewide Kentucky Plan for Equal Opportunities, which calls for a larger black student and teacher population at state secondary education institutions, is being updated to widen its scope of diversity.
Representatives from each of Kentucky’s public universities are working with the Council on Postsecondary Education [...]]]></description>
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