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Women’s Soccer Captures Share of LEC Regular Season Title, Will Take on Castleton in LEC Semifinals
By: Lucas Rodrigues Western Connecticut State University’s Women’s Soccer team closed out their season in typical fashion, winning 11 of their final 13 games to capture a share of the Little East Conference regular season title. The final game of the season concluded with WestConn and Mass.-Boston, the two highest-seeded teams entering the LEC Tournament,…
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WCSU Admissions Hosts Open House for Prospective Students
Who wants free donuts, a break from the cold, and a picture with Chuck? On Sunday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Admissions Office at Western Connecticut State University hosted an Open House for current high school students who are interested in or have already applied to WCSU. The Feldman Arena in…
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Men’s Soccer Finishes Regular Season Strong, Hosts Mass.-Boston in First Round LEC Tournament Matchup
Western Connecticut State University’s Men’s Soccer team finished their regular season in impressive form—two big Little East Conference results earned them a spot in the conference tournament and home field advantage as they take on Mass.-Boston tonight at 7 p.m. in the Westside Athletic Complex. The Colonials sealed a 5-0 win on Senior Night against…
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White Supremacist Stickers Found Across Midtown Campus
On Monday, Nov. 4, a day when student organizations brought the campus community together for their “Unite Against Hate” demonstration in response to the previous week’s incident involving incendiary posters, flags, and graffiti, more white supremacist materials were found on Western Connecticut State University’s Midtown campus. WCSU Campus Police released another public summary regarding suspicious…
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Campus Community Responds to Hate
The Echo previously reported on hate-related vandalism that occurred on the WCSU campus on Halloween night. Unite Against Hate was one campus response to this. Students wore black in solidarity and spoke about their concerns, their fears, their needs, and their demands. Other members of the university community, including WCSU President John Clark and Provost…
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Racist Graffiti and Flyers Found on WCSU Campuses
During last night’s holiday storm, a group of people in Halloween masks were caught on security cameras placing flyers across Western Connecticut State University’s Midtown campus and hanging a flag associated with the Alt-Right and white supremacist groups in the 5th Avenue parking garage. Some time during Halloween night on Westside, a vandal graffitied the…
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Putting the Lit in Literature: Connecticut’s First Literary Festival
On Oct. 5, the first-ever Connecticut Literary Festival was held at Real Art Ways in Hartford, Conn. The event was organized by Yale Writers’ Workshop director Jotham Burello, and Director of Creative Writing at Quinnipiac University Kenneth Cormier. Literary lovers got to experience an all-day artistic affair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in a…
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‘When Felonies Turned to Fellowships, I Knew I had Turned a Corner.’ Reginald Dwayne Betts Talks Criminal Justice Reform, Poetry, and Education at WCSU
He’d also just been sentenced to nine years in prison. The decision to become a writer on the day of his sentencing was somewhat of an impulsive one, Betts told the audience in Pinney Hall on Thursday night. Perhaps it was not impulsive in the same way as his decision to commit a carjacking and…
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