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Ethan Metcalf, Wichitan Editor

Smoking ban is an insulting lie

Ethan Metcalf September 23, 2014

It was almost five years ago, on Jan. 1, 2010, when the campus smoking ban went into effect, prohibiting the use, sale, advertisement, free distribution and discarding of tobacco products in all...

University network manager warns of phishing scams targeted at students

Ethan Metcalf September 21, 2014

In a mass email sent during the first week of classes, PC and networking services manager Jim Hall warned of phishing emails specifically targeted at students and faculty. "The semester startup phishing...

Search firm representatives seek campus input on presidential search

Search firm representatives seek campus input on presidential search

Ethan Metcalf September 17, 2014

Two representatives from Academic Search, the firm hired by administrators to search for a new university president, visited campus Monday and Tuesday for "town hall" meetings to gather input from...

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Caribfest organizers give preview of event

Ethan Metcalf September 17, 2014

Caribfest is an annual event coordinated by the Midwestern State University Caribbean Students Organization. Caribfest began 17 years ago and every year the event has grown and attracted large...

Online survey avenue for student input

Ethan Metcalf September 16, 2014

Our view: While the town hall meetings are over, students can still submit input on the presidential search using online tools provided by administrators.  The presidential search is nearly halfway...

History professor, 79, dies of pancreatic cancer

Ethan Metcalf September 16, 2014
James R. King, associate professor of history, passed away after a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 79.

Student input can’t be ignored in president search

Ethan Metcalf September 9, 2014

Our view: At this Monday's student town hall meeting, we need to do more than suggest what we want in our next president. We need to demand that our input is actually considered, and we need to demand...

Ice bucket challenge craze is lesson in responsible giving

Ice bucket challenge craze is lesson in responsible giving

Ethan Metcalf September 2, 2014

Our view: The Ice Bucket Challenge may have been a fun way to promote a good cause, but it should also serve as a lesson that giving to charity should achieve more than entertaining us and making us...

Jesse Brown, junior in criminal justice and business, and Matt Milholloe, junior in finance, converse during the Student Government Associations first meeting Sept. 3. Photo By Yasmin Persaud

Elected officials outline semester goals at first student government meeting

Ethan Metcalf September 2, 2014

About 60 students came Tuesday night to the first Student Government Association meeting of the year, this time in the Clark Student Center Comanche Suite instead of their old venue, CSC Shawnee. SGA...

Enrollment remains steady despite rise in residents

Ethan Metcalf August 26, 2014

The rising number of resident students may give the impression that the university's student body is growing, but the enrollment numbers paint a different picture. With 5,916 students enrolled in 2012...

Ricky Randall, a senior in finance, at the Hotter’N Hell in Wichita Falls, Texas. Randall placed 10th in the Mens Pro race Friday, Aug. 23. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Crosswinds, fatigue problematic for riders at this year’s Hotter’N Hell

Ethan Metcalf August 23, 2014

The Hotter'N Hell 100 is a major attraction for cycling enthusiasts, but for professionals and the MSU cycling team, that attraction becomes a battle against elements and fatigue, and in some cases,...

Andy Hollinger, The Racing Post editor, Robert Clark, vice president of administration and institutional effectiveness, Chris Baab, Megan Baabs father, and Charlie Zamastil, director of cycling, present the $10,000 check to Midwestern State University before the start of the Hottern Hell womens criterium Friday.

Memorial fund for female cyclists presented to MSU

Ethan Metcalf August 22, 2014

When Megan Baab was 8-years-old her father issued her a challenge. Ride in the Tour d'Italia on a 5-speed Pacific bicycle and he would buy her a bike of her own. "I had to buy her a bike," Chris...

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