Herald Newsletter 10-23-2024

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Political Science Professor and Department Chair, Scott Lasley, spoke to the SGA senate on the importance of voting and making it a habit on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Photo by Jacob Sebastian.

SGA to put up new flag outside Mahurin Honors College, two appointments made at weekly meeting

The WKU Student Government Association passed three new bills to increase representation, grow the Borrow-a-Calculator program and provide financial support to Registered Student Organizations at its Oct 22 meeting

Resolution 5-24-F asked for SGA support to display the flag of Myanmar on the empty flagpole outside the Mahurin Honors College Senator Van Zing, author of the bill, said that this bill came about when several students expressed that there wasn’t a Myanmar flag to represent Burmese and Chin students here on campus

Project 2025 Forum informs students on issues surrounding the upcoming election

The Black Student Alliance partnered with the Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta and Sigma Gamma Rho sororities to host a Project 2025 Forum Tuesday evening in DSU Nite Class. Scott Lasley, WKU Department of Political Science Chair and professor, and Saundra Ardrey, retired WKU political science professor, spoke to students about what Project 2025 is and how it could impact the nation in the upcoming election.

According to Lasley, the Heritage Foundation, an organization that dates to the twentieth century, is driving Project 2025

Erik Menendez Story’ dramatizes case that captured the nation

Nicholas Basile | News reporter

A cold-blooded murder, or a desperate act of self-defense?

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” offers a chilling dramatized perspective on a crime that captured the nation, not just in 1996, but to this very day. The show is inspired by the true story of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who conspired and committed the murder of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in 1989

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