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Former U.S. Senator of Indiana speaks to IWU

Today, former Sen. and Ambassador to Germany Dan Coats, will be speaking to IWU students in the Student Commons at 1:15 p.m.
Coates is running for a U.S. Senate seat again this election. According to the Vice President of College Republicans Zac Aument (fr), Coates chose to speak to IWU because he believes that it is…

Student board reviews conduct

During its final meeting of the 2009-2010 academic year, the Student Government Association passed two key resolutions that will be in effect next fall.
Student development has decided it is going to implement a new Student Conduct Review Board. The new system consists of a board that reviews students’ behavior and decides what actions to take…

Cultural climate evaluator visits campus

In the upcoming 2010 school year, Indiana Wesleyan University will implement numerous initiatives to improve various aspects of the campus. One of these, concerning campus diversity, became more of a reality with the visit of Cultural Climate Evaluator Dr. Pete Menjares on April 7.
Menjares, who currently serves as the associate provost of leadership diversity at…

Break the chains reaches out to Marion

Four students from Indiana Wesleyan University are trying to change the world by helping those who have been hurt by human trafficking, and they are asking for your help to break the chains.
IWU students Lexi Griffin (fr), Amy Yoder (fr), Katelyn Barnhart (so) and Shara McClanahan (jr) saw a need last semester and decided that…

Garbage project lays out statewide problem

Typically, students spend a class period in a classroom, not elbow-deep in garbage. But for Dr. Grace Ju Miller’s “Environment and Society” class, sorting through waste is just another way to learn.
The class, which is currently focusing on waste management, recently spent time sorting through 24 hours’ worth of trash from Elder Hall, Burns Hall,…

SGA’s proposal turned down: budget cut

Preliminary reports show that SGA’s extensive budget proposal will not pass. This proposal presented earlier this year to numerous administrators at Indiana Wesleyan University, which asked for a 280 percent increase in funding for student organizations. That would bring the budget for SGA to more than $70,000, and would allow for SGA senators to receive…

FUSION draws high school students to IWU

On March 26 and 27, Indiana Wesleyan University will open its campus to almost 800 high school students for Fusion, a high school youth conference.
This conference has a specific focus, and according to Travis Pryor (sr), an executive director for production and activities, “Fusion is a high school youth conference designed to help change and…

IWU secretary publishes book on Genesis

On Friday, March 19, Cheryl Edris, the secretary of the natural science division at Indiana Wesleyan University, signed copies of her recently published book, “An Inescapable Presence: A Study of Genesis,” at IWU’s book store.
Published by Tate Publishing & Enterprise, the book contains 55 chapters, and each is a lesson from the book of Genesis.
Edris…

Massive drug bust in Huntington, Indiana

Nearly a year of police work led to the arrest of 28 individuals involved in “Operation Huntington Cocktail” Thursday, March 11. These 28 people were accused of dealing prescription drugs and marijuana, according to Fort Wayne’s The Journal Gazette.
Carrying warrants for 31 people, nine teams of police officers set out to make the arrests before…

Apple campus store shuts down

As the spring semester 2010 ends, Indiana Wesleyan’s campus Apple store will close its doors. The store, currently located in the 1920 Gallery in IWU’s Student Center, houses a mixture of student artwork and Apple products that students can purchase during the gallery’s business hours.
The 1920 Gallery, which is intended as a venue for student…