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The Bolin Fountain is turned on again on in the 2015 fall semester after being off for two years due to stage 4 and 5 drought along with broken parts. The foutain is located in the middle of the quad between Dillard, Martin Library, and the Ferguson building. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Bolin Fountain showers again

Taylor Warren September 14, 2015

After two years of remaining empty and bone dry, the Bolin Fountain, located at the Dillard quad, showered back to life Sept. 9. To ensure it will operate efficiently, maintenance workers have been...

Sarah Cobb, mathematics assisstant professor, picks up trash in the grass as a volunteer at the Sikes Lake cleanup, Sept. 12, 2015. Photo by Rawlecia Rogers.

Sikes Lake ‘cleans up’ its act

Mekala Conway September 14, 2015

More than 160 volunteers met and picked up 500 pounds of trash at Sikes Lake, Sept. 12 along the lake’s shores and pathways, the 10th year of the cleanup. Activities Committee Chairperson for...

Austin Leverage, finance junior, tosses the ball while his partner, Jared Rivas, biology sophomore, during a game of bean bag toss set up by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in the new designated tailgating section of the parking lot outside of Memorial Stadium, Saturday Sept. 5, 2015. Midwestern State beat Truman State 31-3 in their opening game of the season. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Tailgating Rules Affecting College Experience

Taylor Courtney September 12, 2015

  No drinking. No games. No music. Tailgate is over by half time. Security. Less underage drinking. Better game attendance. These are some of the issues going back and forth from students to...

The Golden Thunder Band does a special tribute to the band Queen as their second performance in their first halftime show of the season at Memorial Stadium, Sept. 5. Photo by Rachel Johnson

$111K donation to fund band uniforms

Emma Labedis September 12, 2015

The band will be receiving new uniforms next spring, through a $111,000 donation from the James N McCoy Foundation."The McCoy Foundation was very generous and donated money going toward the purchase...

The first Faculty Forum of the year, six faculty members talk about, Valuing the Liberal Arts & Sciences in the 21st Century, in Shawnee Theatre, which more than 160 people attended. Sept, 10. Photo by Francisco Martinez.

200 discuss importance of liberal arts education

Melissa Laussmann September 11, 2015

The first Faculty Forum event earlier this month at Shawnee Theatre greeted a full house. More than 200 students packed the theater to listen to a discussion by panelists from different colleges about...

Students take a break in the Moffett Library coffee shop, Sept. 15. Photo by Shelby Sawyer

Taste, quality lacking at library’s ‘Starbucks’

Yvette Ordonez September 11, 2015

As a part of a new dining contract students got access to a Chick-fil-A and Burrito Bowl. But perhaps it was the Starbucks — rather 'We Proudly Serve Starbucks Here' — now located in the Moffet...

Hana Beloglavec, visiting instructor and international award-winning trombonist, helps James Ivey, music and mechanical engineer senior, in a private lesson, Sept. 9
. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Visiting trombonist works to perfect music

Taylor Warren September 11, 2015

International award-winning trombonist Hana Beloglavec joined the music department as a visiting instructor. “I love teaching and working alongside young students so I am happy to be here,”...

Bowling for Soup is an American pop-punk band originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1994. The band consists of Jaret Reddick, Erik Chandler, Chris Burney, and Gary Wiseman. Photo courtesy Bowling for Soup.

Bowling for Soup to headline final FallsFest Sept. 26

Kristina Abeyta September 10, 2015

Every September for the past 29 years as the Junior League of Wichita Falls hosts its own outdoor weekend festival, Lucy Park gets flooded, not by rain, but with vendor booths, beer tents, bouncy...

Panel to discuss value of liberal arts

Panel to discuss value of liberal arts

Melissa Laussmann September 9, 2015

To clarify the meaning of a liberal arts education, Todd Giles will moderate a panel at 7 p.m., Sept. 10 in Shawnee Theatre. "My hope is that this panel will foster more public discussion on campus...

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Dillon Thompson, senior in accounting, cleans Sikes Lake with his Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers April 23, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Sikes Lake Cleanup Saturday

Mekala Conway September 8, 2015

Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m., Sept. 12 on the east side of Sikes Lake to begin part of an annual tradition — the Sikes Lake Cleanup Jim Hensley, president of the Rolling Plains Chapter of the...

Police chief reviews parking, tailgating changes

The Wichitan September 3, 2015

At the first Student Government Association meeting of the year, members and chief of police Dan Williams highlighted changes coming to campus this semester, namely tailgating practices and parking lot...

Luzmila Moreno, triple major in criminal justic, political science and spanish, joins members of the Midwestern Indian Students Association for a group dance at the International Fair music breakout session on March 29, 2014. Photo by Ethan Metcalf.

MSU sets new record for incoming international class

Kristina Abeyta September 3, 2015

The 141 new international students entering this fall set a record. Well, two records to be precise. They are part of the 575 group of international students or campus, a record number. And they represent...

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