Thanks Obama! I highly doubt it's Obama. Since most students should still be on their parents coverage, and technically everyone is supposed to have insurance anyway, who would want to buy school insurance, but they include it anyway, including forcing you to carry it if you are an athlete, an inte...

WIU, Gravina come to terms on contract extension. From WGEM Sports with Ben Marth: Western Illinois women's basketball coach JD Gravina has agreed to a contract extension to remain in Macomb. He will be paid a base salary of $132,500. Yet, Billy Wright, this year 132,504, sure to go up next year wi...

The Western Board of Trustees on Friday is scheduled to act on increases to fees, room and board, and student health insurance. Student fees for a full academic year on the Macomb campus, based on 30 credit hours, would go up $21.90 to a total of $2,725.50. On the Quad Cities campus, the full year ...

Saw today in the Peoria paper that the NCAA flies a team to a tournament game if the trip is more than 350 miles. If the trip is less, than 350 miles, the NCAA provides 2 buses to get the team, band, cheerleaders, pom squad, and administrators to the game. So who were the administrators the joined ...

Different schools interpret the rules differently and weigh the potential ramifications differently. Illinois can afford a six-figure settlement to a lawsuit. We cannot. EDIT - also, staffing. Our office of equal opportunity and access is all of 3 people. Illinois has 15, plus people in the athleti...

Honestly, my fav is Delaware's Fighting Blue Hens

ST_Lawson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:44 pm [tweet][/tweet]

No kidding on the salary upgrade! Wow.

wiu712 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:57 pm
Macomb Mayor Mike Inman was at the game.

Thank you Mayor Inman for making the drive down to the game with your daughter and her friend.

ST_Lawson wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:01 pm Did they end up showing the pep band at all on TV?

Yep, several short clips of the band.

wiu712 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:43 pm Western Baseball won the home-opener and the conference-opener today 6-5!!

Attendance = 89.

Game 2 will be Saturday at 1PM.

Sure hope this means we found out was missing during preseason!