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, Copy Editor On August 15, the Taliban seized Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani departed to the United Arab Emirates, who received him in a humanitarian…
By Emma Laughlin Western New England University’s Summer Orientation and Registration program, SOAR, is a day that many upperclassmen, faculty, and staff can fondly look back on. It is the two-day process…
By Emma Laughlin As we head to the end of the spring semester, it is important to look back on everything that Western New England University has accomplished in the past year.…
By Nicole Acevedo, Assistant Editor The Spring Event may have looked a lot different this year, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a blast. On Friday, April 30, 2021, Western New England…
By Cassie Baudouin We are incredibly excited to announce the start of the Black Student Union at Western New England University! The ultimate goal of this new organization on our campus is…
By Joe Africano The Class of 2022 Council hosted this year’s annual WNE Walks charity event to help a WNE family member, Dave Stawasz, who sadly passed away due to his battle…
By Nicole Acevedo, Assistant Editor On Monday, March 29, 2021, Western New England University students gathered on Deliso Lawn to peacefully demonstrate their dissatisfaction with administration’s decisions in regards to graduation and…
By Hailey MacDonald, Editor-in-Chief Those who are a part of the Golden Bear family know how special it is to be a part of the Golden Bear family — it is something…
By Ryan Allen Wight, Copyeditor On Tuesday, March 23, Western New England University’s Student Senate swore in its new leadership and membership. Having led through unprecedented events, former President Adetayo Olatinwo and…
On March 29, 2021, a group of seniors here at the University organized a peaceful and respectful protest to let their voices be heard on the matter of administration deciding to hold…
