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Western will hold ancestry results event Wednesday

March 25, 2019 • No Comments

The Sigma Lambda Gamma, Casa Latina, the Anthropology and Sociology Club will host an event aimed to help students learn more about their DNA history. According to Julia Albarracin, an organizer of the event, it is a two-part event that seeks to provide details and backgound about where volunteers came...

St. Baldrick’s event raises money for cancer research

Steven Barnum, News editor

March 25, 2019 • No Comments

Western Illinois University’s Tanner Hall hosted the 15th annual St. Baldrick’s fundraiser Sunday. The St. Baldrick’s organization encourages volunteer- based fundraisers to raise money for childhood cancer research. According to the group’s website, the charity organization offers more cancer...

Western Fraternity offers help in Georgia communities

Steven Barnum, News editor

March 22, 2019 • No Comments

Eight men from Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity traveled 13 hours to Rutledge, Ga. for spring break to help people with disabilities through recreational development. There, they met with seven other brothers from across the country to tackle tasks that camp staff needed assistance with over the course of the...

Art Department continues first Wednesday events

Karla Foster, Courier Staff

March 20, 2019 • No Comments

The spring time is a time where flowers are in full bloom, the temperature starts to get higher, children play basketball and lots and lots of rainfall. Even though the Spring Equinox doesn’t really start until March 20, things were already blooming at the First Wednesday event. For those who don’t...

City Council approves Sunday liquor sales

Steven Barnum, News editor

March 20, 2019 • No Comments

Businesses in Macomb will soon be allowed to sell packaged liquor on Sundays. After being part of a...

Campus Crime Reports

March 18, 2019 • No Comments

On March 1 at 6:16 p.m. Jacobi Dixon, 18, of 411 Henninger Hall, was arrested in Henninger on a McDonough County warrant for failure to appear. He was transported to the McDonough County Jail at 6:20 p.m. where he was lodged pending bond. One student was also judicially referred for illegal possession...

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Sports

Baseball continues rocky start

Brendan Reidy, Courier Staff

March 25, 2019 • No Comments

MACOMB, Ill. — The Western Illinois baseball season is off to a rocky start this year. They are off to a 7-14 start, and are 2-4 in conference play. They are set to face off against the Saint Ambrose Bees on Tuesday. The...

Leathernecks start outdoor season March 25, 2019

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Leathernecks impress in the classroom, disappoint on the court March 22, 2019

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Dungeons and Dragons regains popularity

Evan Williamson, Courier Staff

March 25, 2019 • No Comments

In 2015, a group of voice a (Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Sam Riegel and Ashley Johnson) started live streaming their Dungeon's and Dragon's games. Since then,...

Getting to know Voice contestant Abby Kasch

March 25, 2019

I had the amazing opportunity to talk with Abby Kasch, a contestant on this season of “The Voice,” who was on team Kelly. Kasch is a 20-year-old...

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