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Faculty profiles hacked, temporarily shut down

Mandi Elrod November 18, 2014

After hackers broke into the university directory last week, professors around campus began getting notifications that their pages had been hacked and found links alleging that all faculty support abortion. Campus...

Tailgaters make noise

Tailgaters make noise

Mandi Elrod September 17, 2014

Tailgaters filled the parking lot of Memorial Stadium Saturday evening for the first football game of the season. Sororities and fraternities set up grills and speakers and started the night in celebration,...

Caitlin Frame, English/Business Sophomore, and her friend Selena Punte, Market Sophomore, are here at the Sikes Lake clean up. They are picking up trash along the edge of the water, trying to do what they can to help out the environment and the community.

More than 100 students clean Sikes Lake; leaders call it a “success”

Mandi Elrod September 9, 2014

More than 100 students and community members came together early Sept. 6 for the Sikes Lake Cleanup. The Rolling Plains Chapter Naturalists organized the event and have kept it running for more than...

Victoria Shores cleans a wound obtained by Robert Founds after he fell in the Hotter’N Hell in Wichita Falls, Texas. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Keeping the wheels turning: Students volunteer in all aspects of HH100

Mandi Elrod August 26, 2014

For 30 years the Hotter'N Hell 100 has been a stipend to the city of Wichita Falls. Groups of cyclists and fans from around the world load up campers and bikes for the chance to participate in the...

Roy Vogtsberger, associate professor of biology, said, It is natural to feel proud of your students. Upon graduation, they should be ready for their next challenge in life.

Graduation affects instructors too

Mandi Elrod April 29, 2014

With sweaty hands, fast beating hearts, and excitement that holds them almost rigid, the walk across the stage at graduation on May 10 will seem like the longest walk of most student’s lives. It’s...

First student homecoming committee forming for fall 2014

Mandi Elrod April 22, 2014

Homecoming is one of the biggest student activities from high school to college, and last semester was the first time that an actual committee of students was created to plan the event. Before that, the...

Jerry Miller, custodian and locker room attendant, plans to retire by the beginning of next year. Photo by Mandi Elrod

Coliseum custodian a ‘very jolly guy’

Mandi Elrod April 22, 2014

Seen everywhere, but few actually speak to them, and even fewer know them by name. We know them as janitors, cleaning ladies and sometimes even “the help.” For those who know Jerry Miller, custodian...

President of Sigma Lambda Alpha sorority Natalie Nduku stands beside a donation box outside of the student development office holding a dress that was donated for neglected and abused children.  Photo by Mandi Elrod

Operation Quinceañera

Mandi Elrod March 26, 2014

Members of the Sigma Lambda Alpha Sorority have set up donation boxes around campus to collect dresses for Operation Quinceañera, a charity drive started by the sorority's San Antonio chapter. Sorority...

Opening night for opera

Mandi Elrod March 10, 2014

Art has many forms, and can be expressed in many different ways. On Friday night, in Akin auditorium, the department of music expressed their love of art through a showing of “The marriage of Figaro,”...

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Administrators: Value safety, convenience of on-campus living

Mandi Elrod February 25, 2014

Recently my resident advisor called a meeting on our floor to let us know of some important decisions administrators were making. During this meeting she informed us that only freshmen will be able...

Counseling Center begins academic workshop series

Mandi Elrod February 16, 2014

Time management, for the average college student, may seem like a foreign language. Between work, class and studying there’s hardly any time for extra activities. The campus Counseling Center holds...

Seniors to produce 12 one-act plays

Mandi Elrod February 11, 2014

Twelve plays, 12 directors and one stage. As the curtain rises at the beginning of each scene, the soon-to-be-graduates will produce a series of one-act plays including actors that, this year, will include...

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