By Leo Jennings Iryna Zarutska was a 23-year-old woman who was murdered on a Charlotte light rail train on August 22, 2025, around 10 PM. Zarutska boarded the train and was minding her own business when, around four and a half minutes later, a man sitting behind her…
By Alexander Gilbert As the new academic year starts at Western New England University, more new students than ever before are walking around campus. Of the 922 new students this semester, 805 are freshmen – making the Class of 2028…
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By Anonymous On Monday, October 3, Vice President of Student Affairs Kerri…
By Gianna Mulvey There’s something magical about a sea of people getting…
By Ryan Allen Wight In January of this year, Kristine Goodwin moved into her new position as Vice President of Student Affairs here at Western New England University. Goodwin brings with her…
By Emma Schultz The emergence of the Omicron variant has caused COVID-19 cases to spike throughout the country. The city of Springfield has seen a serious rise in cases during the month…
By Marcos Pena, Staff Writer Rivers Memorial never looked so good. After a long year, the awaited Golden Voice singing competition – held annually here at Western New England University – was…
By Cole Strzelecki, Staff Writer Recently, a few student resources moved to newer, more accessible locations on campus. The resources are the following: the BEAR Necessities market, the Queer Resource Center, and…
By Hailey MacDonald, Executive Board Each year, members of the Senior Council work diligently to put together Senior Week — one last week of events, activities, and fun for graduating seniors before…
By Megan McGuinness, Staff Writer With winter break rapidly approaching, there is lots of important information that resident students should be familiar with and many upcoming dates that students should have marked…
By Yvonne Girard, Staff Writer On December 9 in Rivers, join the Western New England University Community to celebrate The Festival of Lights! Our event on campus will feature all holidays, such…
By Hailey MacDonald, Editor-in-Chief Rivers Memorial Hall glistened with gold on Thursday, November 4 for the fifth annual African American Female Professor Awards. Hosted by the African American Female Professor Award Association…
By Cole Strzelecki, Staff Writer At the beginning of this year, on January 1, 2021, the “Police Reform Act” was put into place by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The act was named…
By Sam Chipman, Staff Writer This year has returned an essential piece of the admission process at Western New England University that was previously suspended during the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…
