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Western wins Google challenge money
Karla Foster, Courier Staff
February 18, 2019 • No Comments
Can you smell that? The scent of fresh air and the soft cut green grass. Another thing that also smells is the sackload of cash to the Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs (IIRA) for completing the Google Impact Challenge. The Google Impact Challenge is a competition from Google in which individuals...
Western Livestock judging team finishes first at National Western Stock Show.
Tyler Moseberry, Courier Staff
February 18, 2019 • No Comments
The Western Illinois University Livestock judging team finished first at The National Western Stock Show. This win marks another in a long history of competing as one of the top-five nationally competitive judging teams. The show consists of classes (livestock) and reasons. Our placement was swine (third),...
Phi Sigma Sigma hosts annual Phi Singled Out
Marc Ramirez, edge editor
February 15, 2019 • No Comments
Wednesday night the ladies of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority held their annual philanthropic event Phi Singled Out to raise money for the National Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation. Phi Singled Out is based off of an old MTV show “Singled Out,” which originally ran from 1995 to 1998. Many singles compete to...
Downtown grant coming to Macomb
Steven Barnum, News editor
February 13, 2019 • No Comments
The Macomb City Council will be continuing ongoing discussions about how downtown businesses can receive money for improvements. A renovation grant offers financial help to downtown businesses who are looking to make alterations to their building and meet all of the criteria. The grant’s mission...
Western’s athletic training students win quiz bowl
Tyler Moseberry, Courier Staff
February 13, 2019 • No Comments
Western Illinois University’s Athletic Training (AT) students celebrate after taking home first place in the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association College Jeopardy Quiz Bowl. This team becomes the third in WIU program history to beat the opposing nine teams and take home the hardware. After talking...
Western recognized for environmental contributions
Kayla Curless, Courier Staff
February 11, 2019 • No Comments
For its seventh consecutive year, Western Illinois University has been awarded the Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Since 2008, the Tree Campus USA program has acknowledged colleges and universities that effectively manage their campus trees and have connected with their communities to go...
Titus Perez, Courier Staff
February 18, 2019 • No Comments
MACOMB Ill. — Western Illinois University Leathernecks men's basketball team (8-17, 3-9 Summit) entered the game against The University of South Dakota Coyotes (10-15, 4-8 Summit) on a three game losing streak. The Necks...
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Evan Williamson, Courier Staff
February 18, 2019 • No Comments
I'm going to be honest; I was having trouble thinking about what I wanted to write so I looked up trailers for upcoming movies. The movie trailer I saw was for “Unplanned.” You can call me a pessimist or a realist, but...
Synthwave listening to an up and coming genre
February 18, 2019
If you are looking to discover new music and you like 80’s music, there is an entire new world of sound awaiting you. Synthwave is 1980’s...