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My first Homecoming Experience

Adaobi Ezeodum October 28, 2014

I came from a junior college in New York so I never had the opportunity to experience homecoming. In fact, prior to attending MSU, I never knew what homecoming was or what it meant. I heard it mentioned...

Vote or not, get involved

The Wichitan October 28, 2014

Our view: Voting in state and local elections this year is important, but informed voting and political and social engagement are even more important. As gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott said in...

Homecoming election more secure… maybe

The Wichitan October 23, 2014

Our view: We applaud Student Government efforts to legitimize a fraud-tarnished homecoming election, but their efforts to make the election merit-based have failed because the qualifications of the candidates...

‘If only I knew that when I was a freshman’

Adaobi Ezeodum October 22, 2014

Every year there's an influx of students from all parts of the world and all walks of life, all looking for one thing more or less: a sound education which in turn leads to a more defined future. Freshmen...

Matthew Swiger is a criminal justice junior

Column: ‘MSU is what you make of it’

Matthew Swiger October 21, 2014

When I read the words of guest Columnist Heath James in the Oct. 15 issue of The Wichitan, I was livid at his passionate attack over Midwestern State University being ‘irrelevant.’ As a writer,...

Adaobi Ezeodum

Ebola panic unnecessary in United States

Adaobi Ezeodum October 17, 2014

Mom called last night. She said, “Adaobi, there’s Ebola in Dallas, be careful, oh.” I just chuckled and said, “OK, mum, I will.” She heard the news about a Liberian man who visited...

Would you recommend MSU? Not yet

Ethan Metcalf October 8, 2014

I just filed for graduation and had the pleasure of filling out the school’s exit survey. It was as run-of-the -mill as surveys can be, but it presents students with one crucial yes-or-no question:...

Jeffrey Oxford, chair of foreign languages

Knowing foreign language gives students competitive edge

The Wichitan October 8, 2014

A liberal arts education undeniably has a politically-charged history. Although the term derives from the Latin word “liberalis” (meaning gentlemanlike, open-handed, or generous), the “artes...

No longer liberal arts

The Wichitan October 7, 2014

Our view: Midwestern State University, a proud member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts College, is quickly losing touch with what qualifies us to be a COPLAC school.  Between the presidential...

Athletics director: Division II athletes play for love of sport

Athletics director: Division II athletes play for love of sport

The Wichitan September 30, 2014

Many pro football players make millions, shirk their family responsibilities or worse, are catered to by our society, then traverse the legal system leaving this country to speculate who will be in jail...

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...

Administrators look the other way

The Wichitan September 22, 2014

OUR VIEW: You can't have a policy that says no drinking while student life administrators do nothing while walking around tailgaters who were openly drinking. It's hard to imagine tailgating without...

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