A graduating senior’s perspective
Cortney Wood, MSU Graduate
May 24, 2020
I truly thought I was okay today. I knew I wasn’t going to walk across the stage on Saturday, May 16. I knew there weren’t going to be documentary screenings, the mass communication final capstone project, the night before even after dropping one documentary to start another midway through th...
Crazy things to do in quarantine
Christian Oseguera, Reporter
May 24, 2020
It’s suggested that everyone continues to practice safe social distancing. "Don’t hang out with large groups of people. In fact, don’t hang out with anyone outside your family," they say. The healthcare system knows what’s best for us, but we know what’s even better. Go out there and enj...
The season for tornado watching
Christian Oseguera, Reporter
May 23, 2020
Buckle up folks! Tornado season is upon us! This means there may be more destruction caused towards you than what your ex did! Better hop on and jump on those trampolines before they get blown away and who knows when you’ll see them next. They may even go to the county that’s next to you! Head over...
Tough times in quarantine
Christian Oseguera, Reporter
May 22, 2020
Times are tough, especially during COVID-19. We would’ve never thought that we would get to this point of being so isolated from each other. No one predicted that this would happen. Just because life has changed drastically, doesn’t mean you can give up. There is always light in any situation. Th...
Road trip fun
Christian Oseguera, Reporter
May 21, 2020
Road trips with friends always bring the best kind of memories, and Wichita Falls is the perfect place to depart from to go on a road trip. Lubbock may not seem intriguing, but there are bars and the college feel is definitely there. The basketball and baseball teams have been hot as of lately, s...
Time to decriminalize?
Bridget Reilly, Photography Editor
April 30, 2020
"Neither the marijuana user nor the drug itself can be said to constitute a danger to public safety." - Richard Nixon With numerous shelter-in-place laws, states across the US are grappling with what is essential in that part of the world. Connecticut has limited social gatherings to five people. ...
OUR VIEW: Mother Nature had its best celebration in years
April 28, 2020
Because of the international crisis of COVID-19, people all over the world have been in self-isolation and/or quarantine. This has left a positive impact on the environment since there has been less pollution in the air from automobiles and factories. While many have been enamored with the pandemic...
Hope amidst COVID-19 panic
Jasmine Amo, Finance Senior
April 21, 2020
Feb. 12 marked the record high for the Dow Jones, a whopping average of $29,551.42 displayed an astoundingly historic day for the nation as we drew closer to financial resilience. On Feb. 28, a little over two weeks later, the nation watched in horror as the market endured a 14% drop. Mangled in tension...
Wedding tips for COVID-19 pandemic
Amos Perkins, Managing Editor
April 12, 2020
Planning and having a wedding at any time is incredibly stressful; planning and having a wedding during a worldwide pandemic, however, feels impossible. My fiance and I's wedding is scheduled for June 20th and was originally scheduled to take place at our hometown church. Since originally making our...
MSU should go pass/fail
Amos Perkins, Managing Editor
April 12, 2020
With the transition to exclusively online classes in full effect at MSU, many students have seen their grades drop, and the best solution is to move to pass/fail. Many students didn't sign up for online classes to start with because they knew they wouldn't do well at them and are now left with no...
A letter to the editor from a retired professor
Stewart B. Epstein, Retired College Professor of Sociology, Social Work and Psychology
April 3, 2020
With the rise of the far-right and radical-right, we have not only been experiencing the growth of "Survival-of-the-Fittest" Social Darwinist ideology in today's Republican Party (especially in the U.S. Congress) featuring their desire not only to cut and spending on all of the federal government social...
When it comes to Coronavirus, we’re all in this together
March 31, 2020
We at The Wichitan understand that self-isolation is hard for everyone. Humans are social creatures, and we're not meant to be away from each other this long. However, it's important to remember as hard as social distancing is, it's something we have to do to keep everyone safe. As the majority of colle...