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The State Budget, Tuition Hikes, and You
Edited by Campbell Mitchell On Wednesday February 15, 2023 the Higher Education subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly held a public hearing where a multitude of WCSU students testified on their experience and what this education has done for them. A common theme of the testimony submitted was the benefits of…
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Similar Kind’s Music Career
On Thursday April 6, 2023 popular music group Similar Kind stopped in on Midtown Campus for an interview on WXCI 91.7 with DJ Mr. President. Similar Kind is an indie pop band based in Norwalk, Connecticut. The band’s discography currently consists of two EPs and eight singles, with a brand new track soon to be…
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Inspires a New Age of Animation
With its release in 2018, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, launched the animation world into an exploration of experimentation and style. As the power of animation has grown, studios have put much of their focus on perfecting realism. More accurately, capturing the likeness of humans. No one wants a stiff, uncanny valley character—unless that’s what they’re…
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Echo Privatized, Paywall to Start April 1st
This week, the Echo Student Newspaper ceased to exist as a club entity, replaced by the Echo Media Organization, a fully owned subsidiary of Campbell Consolidated Capital. The buyout was the result of austerity measures imposed on student organizations at WCSU in light of shortfalls to student activity fees and cuts to the state budget. Unable…
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Financiers’ Failures Fuel Fed’s Fears
At time of writing, two of the three largest bank failures in US history have taken place over the span of a long weekend. A collapse of Silvergate bank earlier in the week, predicted by experts and regulators based on its investment in cryptocurrency and following the collapse of cryptocurrency hedge fund FTX, led to…
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What a Student Journalist Learned From Covering The Super Bowl
Ask any sports writers in this country and they will tell you that the Superbowl is the greatest spectacle in American Sports. When the NFL reached out to my email to apply for Superbowl press credentials, I of course obliged. After various meetings and plans, my good friend Pat and I were off to Phoenix….
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Campus Radio WXCI Celebrates 50 Years
Posted February 28, 2023, at 9:15 PM. Updated March 3, 2023, at 7:20 AM. Today, February 28, 2023, the student radio station at Western Connecticut State University, WXCI 91.7 FM, celebrates fifty years on air. On this day in 1973, DJ Rabbett went live on the air under its current license from the Federal Communications…
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A First Hand Experience at the State of the Union
On February 7, 2023, Niko Bass, contributor for the Echo and on-air personality at WXCI 91.7 FM radio station, attended the State of the Union address in Washington D.C. at the invitation of Congresswoman Hayes. Reflecting on the experience, Niko has offered the following firsthand account. Stepping out of Union Station in Washington, DC,…
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