Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor Armed with caffeine and study guides, students of Western are starting to take on their first midterms of 2019. If anyone made new year’s resolutions to study more, they will be tested starting this week. In order to help...
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How to start a new club
Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor Western is home to a wide variety of clubs and organizations, from Unidos to the Communication club to the Triangle Alliance. There’s something for just about everyone. However, there’s always room for growth, especially when there...
Clubs from Western’s history
Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor Today, Western has grown to around 5,000 students, and with the population the number of clubs has grown. We have a number of clubs that are more recent additions, but some, like some of the fraternities and the Black Student Union,...
Jubilee’s just desserts
Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor There’s a new place in town — specifically, in downtown Independence. The previously empty corner store on Monmouth Street is now Jubilee, a dessert bar that also serves coffee, wine, mimosas and beers. The shop, under the same owner...
Shopping fair trade
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Interview: Auditing classes for personal growth
Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor If there’s anything nearly all students can relate to, it’s the stress of class requirements, grades and graduation. This is often related to the further stress of thinking about where graduation will then take us, and our entrance...
The best winter sledding spots
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The perspective of a first generation college student
Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor Western has a wide diversity of students from different kinds of backgrounds. Some come from a family of college graduates, while others are the first generation to take on the challenge. While the college experience can sometimes be...
What to look for in a new roommate
Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor For most people, part of the college experience is finding and living with a roommate. Sometimes it’s a friend or acquaintance, but other times students have to wade through their options of strangers to find one they’re comfortable...
The benefits of learning another language
Rebecca Meyers | Lifestyle editor It’s not uncommon for a certain number of language classes to be a requirement for graduation, both in high school and in college. It’s also not uncommon to hear people say “Yeah, I took a few years of Spanish a while ago but I don’t...