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Carl Marshall and cast members rehearse Snuff that Girl at rehearsal for Urinetown Feb. 4, 2018. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Prospective students join musical cast

Mekala Conway and Jacob Smith February 8, 2018

The stage smells of fresh sawdust and wet paint. Dust mites are seen in the bright stage lights, masking the audience and turning the rest of the auditorium into an endless expanse of black. The only thing...

The World Behind Me practices in a space in downtown Wichita Falls, Oct. 7. Photo by Rachel Johnson

For local band members, music is a home away from home

Mekala Conway November 5, 2015

The world of pop-punk music has many famous bands, including Fall Out Boy and Nirvana. These names are just some of the inspiration for the local band started by nursing sophomore Connor Murphy, called...

Sarah Chong Harmer, theatre junior, lays on the floor as he does the breathing exercises led by Christie Maturo, assistant theater professor, during a creative exercise meant to have the cast channel their characters and specific emotions during a rehearsal for Summer and Smoke, Oct. 19. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Work begins long before show opens

Mekala Conway October 20, 2015

“Places!” the stage manager calls. All the actors and actresses in the show rush backstage, their hearts pounding from nerves, their hands shaking slightly. The show begins in five minutes, and...

Christelle Billan, music performance and biology freshman, plays music on her violin during orchestra practice in the band hall, Oct. 13. Photo by Rachel Johnson

MSU orchestra performs for first time since 1971

Mekala Conway October 15, 2015

It wasn't a full philharmonic. And the 15-some members of the orchestra that performed Oct. 1 hadn't been playing together long. In fact, for nearly half a century MSU hasn't even had an orchestra,...

Music: a part of being human

Mekala Conway October 8, 2015

Tim Justus, associate professor of music, sits in his office, surrounded by books, papers, sheet music, and magazines stacked on counters and filing cabinets, and trumpets on stands on the floor. A guitar...

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...

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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...

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