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 Clarice Berardinelli The past few weeks have been chalked full for Student Senate. Right now, as the current Senate’s term wraps up, we’re completing some tasks we’ve been working on all…
By Emma Schultz The beginning of the Fall 2021 semester marked a historic change for the overall health of Western New England University students. The offices of Health Services and Counseling Services…
By Kelsey Stewart The United and Mutually Equal (U&ME) club is dedicated to having an inclusive school community and being somewhere students of our university can understand where other students come from…
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…

