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Gun laws will not end crime

Matthew Swiger October 15, 2015

January 29, 1979 was a crisp Monday morning for the students and staff waiting outside Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California. Shots filled the air and tragedy struck; Principal...

Campus police: Thefts remain steady

Campus police: Thefts remain steady

Matthew Swiger February 11, 2015

As a new semester begins, campus crime follows, and while some students feel the frequency of thefts has increased, university police Sgt. Albert Jimenes said the number of thefts is actually normal. According...

Bob Brotherton, sitting judge in Wichita Falls 30th District Court, leads a study session for a Criminal Justice class on November 10th at 6 pm in the Martin Building. Photo by Rachel Johnson

District Judge makes time for teaching

Matthew Swiger January 29, 2015

It is easy to find professors at Midwestern State University who now teach in the field they once worked, but it is much harder to find professors who still work in the field they teach. However,...

Mesquite Café is not for everyone

Matthew Swiger November 6, 2014

The Mesquite Café is a place that students go to either eat or socialize. And in my years here, the attitudes toward the cafeteria most recently seem to be increasingly negative. That said, the...

Matthew Swiger is a junior in criminal justice.

Texting and Driving Dangerous to Campus Growth

Matthew Swiger October 31, 2014

Midwestern has attracted more students from outside Wichita County, and that means the campus is now more residential. Construction in front of Pierce Hall to make another walkway reveals how much...

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,...

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