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Trip Hobson, marketing senior, hits the shot while being in the lead during the MSU Invitational Golf Tournament at the Wichita Falls Country Club on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Photo by Harlie David

Men’s golf team wins first at invitational

Cortney Wood October 17, 2017

As he loaded his golf clubs, Trip Hobson, marketing senior, smiled with confidence. His first win as a Mustang was in the books after a "tough personal season," he said. More than 12 hours of play...

‘Stars shine bright’ at Noche de las Estrellas

Cortney Wood October 17, 2017

A fraction of a second before the roaring applause erupted, Velia Lozano's, custodian and facility services member, delighted squeal rang out in the suite. The crowd turned to her, smiles blinding, and...

Homecoming court elections close Oct. 13

Cortney Wood October 11, 2017

As part of the introduction to Homecoming week, students can vote for Homecoming Court on their portal until Friday, Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. The Office of Student Involvement and Student Government Association...

Erika Collborn, attendee, Tara McKnight, attendee, and Ginger Cross, attendee view student made bowls during the Empty Bowls of Wichita Falls at Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU, Oct 10, 2017. Photo by Francisco Martinez

Empty Bowls event fills community through engagement

Cortney Wood October 10, 2017

From the nationally crafted art pieces that symbolize hunger to the more than 1,000 bowls donated by the Wichita Falls community and to raise awareness for food insecurity in the community, the sixth...

Eva Kor, holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate, speaks to the audiance about her experience of being a holocaust survivor during the first Artist Lecture Series in Akin Auditorium on Sept. 21. Photo by Justin Marquart

Forgiveness trumps hate in eyes of Holocaust survivor

Cortney Wood September 22, 2017

She has every right to burn with anger. At age 10, Nazis stripped her from the only home, the only family she knew. Ripped away from her mother, father and two older sisters, Eva Mozes Kor was left...

Taylor Robinson, exercise physiology junior, signs the poster. Photo by Elias Maki.

About 700 people gather in support of injured football player

Cortney Wood September 18, 2017

  [Editor's note: The Wichitan staff has confirmed late Tuesday evening that Robert Grays died after injuries sustained in Saturday's game. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends...

During his presentation on plate tectonics, Richard Hanson, geology, energy and environment professor from Texas Christian University, discusses his time in Zambia, Africa, working on field geology.

Scientists justify field at colloquium series

Cortney Wood September 12, 2017

The hum from the projection screen retracting filled the lecture hall as 50 pairs of feet exited the presentation. After his 40-minute presentation over tectonic evolution, Richard Hanson, school...

Whitney Irish, pre-dentistry freshman, waits in the Accademic Success Center on Aug. 16. Photo by Justin Marquart

Mustangs Advising Center dissolved

Cortney Wood August 17, 2017

To create new Tutor and Academic Support Programs, administration dissolved the Mustangs Advising Center to create unified departments and increase student success through established in-house advisers...

University social media coordinator A.J. Lopez gives a presentation on Snapchat on Social Media Day, Oct. 24. Photo by Dewey Cooper

Social media connects students to campus

Cortney Wood May 11, 2017

With more than 6,000 student on the campus, administration alongside student organizations work to get information out to students through emails, web word alerts and D2L notifications, but for students...

Most traffickers have between three and five victims working to exchange sex acts or anything of value. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 laid the foundation for sex trafficking legislation in the United States. Guerrilla Traffickers are violent pimps that severely harm victims. Photo illustration by Bridget Reilly

Wichita Falls battles human, sex trafficking

Cortney Wood May 2, 2017

If she doesn’t earn him $1,000 tonight, she won’t get dinner. She has to turn at least two more “tricks,” or “daddy” won’t let her go to bed. She’s serviced three “Johns” already,...

Taylor Morrison, mass communication junior, has completely rebuilt and reconstructed the window frames of the steel bus to be double insulated for more comfort on his summer long trip accross the country. Photo by Cortney Wood

Travel drives student to see beyond hometown

Cortney Wood April 26, 2017

Routine plagues him. Wake up. Class at 9 a.m., and get out at 4 p.m. Go to work, get home, maybe play with the dog a little bit. Then repeat the same thing day after day. Looking back, the only...

Courtny Wood

Let’s talk about sex

Cortney Wood April 19, 2017

So, I’m a virgin. Maybe that’s why I was so shocked when an LVN plopped a plastic penis on the desk in front of me and asked if I knew how to put on a condom. With a frantic shake of my head,...

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