2008 Woodie Awards
Students stroll through campus with a bit more assurance knowing emergency call boxes are never far from their side. Fifty-one blue light emergency call boxes are strategically placed across Western Illinois University's campus. These specialty poles act as a system that allows students who find themselves in an emergency to press a button and receive aid. (0) comments
Western Illinois University will be experiencing '90s nostalgia next week as Homecoming events take place with the theme "Rocky Loves the '90s." Residence halls and student organizations will use creativity and skills to compete in a series of events to see who has the most Western pride. (0) comments
A Peace Corps information meeting was held Tuesday in the University Union Fox Room. Aimee Schattner, a Peace Corps recruiter and volunteer, led a presentation and explained the many benefits of serving, how one gets into the Peace Corps and what one does as a volunteer. (1) comment
1WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is considering taking ownership stakes in certain U.S. banks as an option for dealing with a severe global credit crisis. An administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no decision has been made, said the $700 billion rescue package passed by Congress last week allows the Treasury Department to inject fresh capital into financial institutions and get ownership shares in return. (0) comments
Find your way through the corn maze held by Western Illinois University's Horn Field Campus every weekend this month. The maze will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in October. The letters WIU, RPTA and HFC are carved into the corn this year. (1) comment
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Also Thursday, bombings targeting police killed 10 people and wounded 14 in Pakistan's volatile northwest and the capital - reminders of the challenge facing the country as its lawmakers pursue a national anti-terror consensus. (0) comments
Air pollution and pollution in general have created a problem for students, residents and the surrounding environment. Although Macomb's pollution level is considered normal related to similar locations, it is becoming more noticeable everyday. Current air quality in Macomb is rated 64 on a 100-point pollution scale and follows closely with the town's water quality, which obtained a 60 out of 100. (0) comments
Keith Holz, assistant professor of art at Western Illinois University, does not particularly like or dislike photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, the subject of his lecture last Wednesday in Malpass Library. Instead, he sees him as an important figure in art history, and said, summarizing his body of work, "(Mapplethorpe) has pictures for everyone, and pictures to upset just about anyone. (0) comments