Western Weezer fans are logging onto Facebook in an attempt to bring the band to the Hill.
Weezer is the face of the new Motorola CLIQ phone from T-Mobile. T-Mobile is hosting a competition between universities called the Motorola CLIQ Challenge, according to its Facebook application.
Weezer released its newest CD in early November, according to Weezer’s [...]

Western officials are discussing taking more precautions to ensure Homecoming festivities are safe for students next year.

Howard Bailey, vice president for Student Affairs, said Homecoming parade participants next year may be required to have a fire extinguisher on every float.

That idea follows an incident at last week’s Homecoming parade when a float created by FarmHouse and Sigma Nu fraternities and Alpha Omicron Pi sorority caught fire after an electrical short on the float.

Charley Pride, director of student activities and organizations, said a float has never ca

A fraternity is making its way back to Western after a 34-year absence.

Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will return to campus in fall 2010, said Gary Wiser, coordinator of student activities.

ATO was the first fraternity at Western to lose its national charter in 1976 for lack of organization and membership, according to a November 1976 Herald article.

Sounds of singing voices reverberated from Diddle Arena walls as alumni, friends and family celebrated the winners of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show at about 11 p.m. Saturday.
Some steppers cried and others smiled, but all sang along to the hymns of the winning fraternity and sorority.
Last year’s champions Delta Sigma Theta sorority and Alpha [...]

Delta Sigma Theta sorority and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity won the National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show tonight.
Both organizations also won last year.
Judge Deanna Coles, a Zeta Phi Beta alum, said both groups were chosen for the execution of their steps and their stage presence.
President of the Alphas, Marcus Steele, said this was his first year [...]

An exonerated death-row inmate, a mother of a man on death row and a murder victim’s family member all came to Western to share their stories Thursday night.

They started telling those stories at 6 p.m. in the Mass Media Auditorium as part of Journey of Hope, an organization that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty, according to the organization’s Web site.

Western was the last stop of the Journey of Hope tour through Kentucky, according to the organization’s Web site.

Harold E. Alexander’s coworkers liked having him around.

Alexander, 52, died at 12:03 p.m. on Nov. 2 at The Medical Center.

He was born Sept. 20, 1957 in Simpson County.

Alexander was a cook employed by Aramark at the Fresh Food Company in Downing University Center.

Upset after Maine didn’t legalize same- sex marriage, Western students decided to start a gay rights rally Wednesday at Centennial Mall.

Bowling Green senior Skylar Baker-Jordan was upset that Maine didn’t vote same-sex marriage into effect, the same decision California citizens made this time last year, he said.

Health Services received 700 more doses of swine flu vaccine Wednesday.

The second shipment arrived late last night, said Terri Cunningham, marketing coordinator for Health Services.

Some members of the Western community got in line early Monday morning to be among the first people at Health Services to get the swine flu vaccine.

Health Services received 400 doses of the vaccine last week after requesting 2,000 doses earlier this semester and asking for an additional 500 doses last week, said Terri Cunningham, Health Services marketing coordinator.

By 4 p.m. Monday, Health Services was out of the injection form of the vaccine and had 20 doses left of nasal spray form, said Stacie Sutter, Health Services business manager.