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 Anonymous On Monday, October 3, Vice President of Student Affairs Kerri Jarzabski was announced to be “no longer with” the University. Jarzabski held this role for one year, immediately following the dismissal of former Vice President of Student Affairs…
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By Alexander Gilbert As the new academic year starts at Western New…
By Cole Strzelecki Within any college or university, there exists an administration.…
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…
Hosted by the Class of 2022 Council The Western New England University Class of 2022 Council is organizing a 5K Walk/Run called WNE Walks honoring one of our own, Dave Stawasz. Traditionally,…
By Hailey MacDonald, Editor-in-Chief On the evening of Thursday, March 25, I was added to a GroupMe chat by one of my friends. The group chat was called “We deserve to be…
By Olivia Cushman As of January 1, 2021, Massachusetts minimum wage is now $13.50 per hour, up 75 cents from the 2020 minimum wage of $12.75 per hour. Lawmakers in Massachusetts are…
By Meghan Greene The 2021 Spring Event is on… It just looks a little different this year. The performers for this year’s Spring Event were announced Friday, March 12 during the Spring…
By Andrew Joseph Moore It was not that long ago when the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, had everything going for him. He was seen as a leader during the President…
By Cassie Baudouin The Office of Student Affairs has been putting on “Wellness Fridays: DoNOt Stress” every single Friday where they give out free donuts to students. On Fridays, you can expect…
By Hailey MacDonald, Editor-in-Chief Red hues and spotlights filled Wood Auditorium during the TEDxWesternNewEnglandUniversity event on Saturday, March 20. The audience members, gifted with a bag of TEDxWNE goodies upon arrival, patiently…
