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Archie Andrews
 I didnât consider joining Western Herald when I first arrived at Western Michigan University. I was a shy 18-year-old who had never written a story in my life.Â
It wasnât until my sophomore year that Western Herald crossed my mind when I sat down next to former Sports Reporter Robert Tomlinson. I rejected his offer to take me to a pitch meeting about three times before he finally convinced me to join. He dragged me out of our English class, down to the Western Herald office, where I instantly found my new home.Â
That was where I started my journey which brought me to where I am today. I always think back to when I wrote my first story on parking, which I credit as the reason I have a name for myself in this university. It was assigned to me by my former News Editor Will Walton-Case.Â
Then Lead C&C Reporter Aya Miller laughs as the first pitch meeting of the year begins with sharing stories from over break. Now Editor in Chief, Aya becomes the first sophomore in Western Herald history to take the position. Spencer Mathews
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Western Heraldâs Editorial Board, excluding the sports section, is being terminated following an insurrection attempt against the Conqueror-in-Chief (CIC).Â
The attempt, spearheaded by former News Editor Chloe Miller, was to take place on April 1. Chloe and her fellow former Editorial Board members planned to overtake Faunce Student Services and break down the door to the CIC office, where she assumed current CIC, Aya Miller would be working.Â
Decorated in green and orange Saturday, March 13, the Kalamazoo Mall was prepped for an early St. Patrickâs Day celebration. Visitors were eager to celebrate the traditional Irish holiday this year by sipping green beer, enjoying live music and walking from bar to bar.Â
If a passersby was particularly lucky, they even got a chance to visit St. Patrick and Liam the Leprechaun themselves.
See photos from the festivities that took place outside throughout the downtown mall from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Patrons walk the streets of downtown Kalamazoo with St. Patrickâs Day green beers in hand. A very different scene from just a year ago, when any festivities that had been planned were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Spencer Mathews, Photo Editor
Gilmore Theatre Complex was vandalized with white supremacists slogans between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. the night of Wednesday, March 10.Â
The news was communicated to the Department of Theatre by Department Chair Joan Herrington in an email Thursday morning. The slogans were a racist response to Black Lives Matter, per Herrington.
âI take this moment to state that such behavior will not be tolerated,â Herrington wrote. âThis has been reported as a crime and will be fully investigated as such. If you have any information that you think would be helpful to the investigation, please share it with the WMU Police.â