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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - Vol. 118 Issue 48
Major problem with minor policy
By Isaiah Herard
The Student Government Association (SGA) addressed a change in the major-minor policy that Western Illinois University’s faculty senate seeks to implement in the near future. According to Madison Lynn, Director of Academic Affairs, the faculty senate made proposals to vote on the majorminor policy change which would prohibit students from minoring in their same academic college. “The faculty senate is a voting committee comprised of professors from each academic college that vote on
various university policies,” Lynn said. “They were going to make a proposition that would require students to not minor in their same academic college. For example, LEJA majors would be exempt from becoming a fire science or a homeland security minor.” According to Lynn, If approved, the revised majorminor theory could prompt current and future Western students to continue their education elsewhere. “As a student this is extremely detrimental,” Lynn said. “The logical thought process in degree planning for most students on this campus is to minor in their same academic college. One of the (faculty
senate’s) suggestions to this is for students to pick up a second minor. That would obviously increase time spent on campus which would require them to take out loans and no one wants that. Ultimately these proposals can force students to leave WIU and look for other schools, and in a time of declining enrollment that’s exactly the opposite of what we want.” To combat the proposals, Lynn suggested students form a letter writing committee and bring the faculty committee all the opinions of students who are affected by the change in theory.
a pursuit effort. The chase, beginning in McDonough County and making its way through Henderson County, ended in Warren County, where the male juvenile was taken into custody in a field located on a farm south of Cameron, Illinois. Following the chase, it was reported that several McDonough County Squad cars were damaged as a result of
the male juvenile ramming or attempting to ram them with the stolen truck. No injuries have been reported at West Prairie High School as a result of the incident. The school was placed on lock down into the afternoon. West Central School District in Biggsville, Ill. was also placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure when the chase entered Henderson County.
According to KWQC News, the juvenile was placed into detention and will be charged with aggravated battery, vehicle theft, criminal damage over $500 and fleeing from authority, in addition to other pending charges. Further information is expected as this story develops. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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SGA Director of Academic Affairs Madison Lynn (top eft), Student member to the Board of Trustees Wil Gradle (right) and president Grant Reed (bottom) discuss the faculty senate's major-minor policy.
By Nicholas Ebelhack editor-in-chief
The McDonough County Sheriff’s Department responded to a 911 call at West Prairie High School in Sciota, Ill. yesterday, which placed the school on lockdown for the duration of the incident, and led to a car chase over three counties. The call was made at 11:04
a.m., when a male juvenile student, 15, was reported threatening West Prairie High students and staff. Armed with knives, which were allegedly being thrown at the feet of another student, the male juvenile fled the school after the call was made. The male juvenile was then located in a reportedly stolen truck by McDonough County deputies, who engaged in
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