Author: Charles Harder

Meet Westminster’s beer nerds

Beer. For many it’s a means of intoxication, for some it’s an art form — and for others, it’s a path to a future career in research.Will Deutschman, a chemistry professor at Westminster College, said he is, for all intents and purposes, a beer enthusiast.He’s also a beer researcher and began conducting studies at Westminster when the Meldrum Science Center first opened. It wasn’t long before he re...

Campus patrol offers tips for how to avoid Westminster’s second-most reported crime

When Grant Phillips, a junior international business major, returned from his 2017 May Term Study Experience class in Colombia, he found a broken car window and at least $1,000 worth of stolen equipment.“I thought I took every precaution I could,” Phillips said.But he’d forgotten to cover his set of 15-inch subwoofers in the back of the car — which was parked at the college’s off-campus apartment ...

ASW Clubs receives emergency funding, expects more issues with growth

As the number of clubs at Westminster College continues to grow, the amount of funding allotted to them has declined. And though the money ASW.Clubs lost this year due to initial budget cuts has since been secured, funding might continue to be an issue as the number of clubs increase.ASW.Senate granted ASW.Clubs $5,000 from the emergency fund at its meeting on Aug. 28.“While I was talking to Senat...