Again this year Western has a very low rank in the Summit sports standings: Commissioner's Cup- 7th out of 8 Men's - 7th of 8 Women's- 8th of 8 If you look over the past number of years, this low achievement by WIU teams is nothing new. Why can't Western attract a higher quality of student athletes?...

Yes, a lot of males went to college for the deferment. I had a high lottery number so I didn't worry about that too much. Besides the things mentioned in my early post, add the drug culture and hippy lifestyle to all of the other " things" going on during this time period, it certainly was...

Saw on the news a story about Kent State and the shooting in 1970 ( I believe). If you don't know, US National Guard troops opened fire on a crowd, killing four- two who were bystanders.( One, if I remember, coming out of the library). Just finishing my sophomore year, and this did and has had an in...