by Brian Wagenaar | Nov 9, 2022 | Features
Keith Carlsen. Photo by Lance Koudele “We spent insane hours over there…I would get a 32 oz. soda at the Taco Bell and then we would just stay up all night trying to finish the thing,” remembers Keith Carlsen, Top o’ the World’s editor during the 1994-1995 academic... 
by Brian Wagenaar | Nov 5, 2022 | Spotlight
Decorating the solar panels on Nov. 3. Photo: Matt Harris Western Solar Society (WSS) held their third in a series of Solar for Ukraine events this past Thursday, Nov. 3. At Thursday’s event, around 15 students prepared and decorated seven high-grade,... 
by Brian Wagenaar | Oct 22, 2022 | Features
Cordoba, Spain. Photo courtesy of Hannah Mae Gigstad. “Going abroad is a great opportunity — not only to just travel, learn, and grow as a person — but it can also give you a leg up in your field,” says Hannah Mae Gigstad, Western’s new coordinator for study away... 
by Brian Wagenaar | Oct 9, 2022 | Sports
Photos by Matilda Sleider Mountaineers, including #8 sophomore forward Kylee Smith, face off against Adams State at the new Katy O. Rady Field Through the first 13 games of the regular season, Western women’s soccer is off to a 5-7-1 start, including a 3-4... 
by Brian Wagenaar | Oct 8, 2022 | Features
On Oct. 7, I had the chance to talk with Kim Ribich, a Crested Butte resident who has owned her own consulting firm, Kim Ribich Consulting LLC, since 2013. That business originally focused on nonprofit consulting and conference planning, but more recently has pivoted...