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The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

After filling the role on an interim basis, Angie Reay steps up as executive director of student wellness, Feb. 8.

Reay details plans to bring wellness to students

Cecil Witherspoon, Editor-in-Chief February 10, 2023

A wide array of MSU’s student services are now unified under the leadership of one woman: Angie Reay. Reay, after more than a decade at MSU, has accepted the position of executive director of student...

Mysterious smells in Centennial Hall

Joey Arthur, Reporter March 11, 2022

On Thursday, Feb. 17, There were reports of a mysterious smell and smoke coming from Centennial Hall’s Penthouse. A campus-wide emergency email was sent out to students telling them to keep away from...

Previously Diversity and Inclusion Chairwoman, Brittany Roberts has becomethe Vice President of SGA, Feb. 7, 2021.

New SGA administration brings change to MSU

Samuel Koone, Managing Editor February 25, 2022

As MSU nears a halfway point in the spring semester, the members of the new student government administration inch closer and closer to completing their terms. With each new administration comes new officers,...

Students sit together and enjoy the food and music of the Soul Food Social, Feb. 17.

“I am the Black Print” a Black History Month Celebration

Stephanie Robledo, Editor-in-Chief February 25, 2022

The Black Print is this year’s theme for Black History Month at MSU. The Black Print is defined by the Black History Month Committee as ‘the first to influence all aspects of life; past, present, and...

The Bolin Planetarium plays "Oasis in Space," which shows a view of Earth from space, Feb. 16.

Bolin Science Hall welcomes new renovations and reopens planetarium

Abigail Jones, Reporter and Business Manager February 25, 2022

Bolin Science hall has big renovation plans on its horizon. An approval process for the renovation plans is to take place over the next three years. The dean's office for the McCoy College of Science,...

Accounting senior Kassidy Knight is held up by cheerleaders kinesiology senior DanLee Duncan, mechanical engineering junior Robert Hollingsworth and nursing senior Ashleigh Miller as they all stand in front of the bonfire, Oct. 29.

GO STATE! Everything MSU Has Given Kassidy Knight

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor February 25, 2022

Kassidy Knight spent all four years of her college career here at MSU. A Wichita Falls native, Knight said that she always had her mind set on attending Midwestern. “From a young age, I knew I was...

The fire at Legacy Hall left damages in the lounges of Hall B on floors two to four, Jan. 29.

Legacy Fire Briefly Disrupts Campus Life

Samuel Koone, Managing Editor February 11, 2022

On Friday, Jan. 28, a fire broke out in Legacy Hall’s 4B lounge. The fire was extinguished by the automatic sprinkler systems in the building and all students were evacuated safely. Campus and city police...

Theatre sophomore Luke Craddock, theatre sophomore Davis Scobee and theatre freshman Brayden Young co-star as Yvan, Serge, and Marc in Yasmina Reza's "Art."

MSU Theater performs Yasmina Reza’s “Art”

Abigail Jones, Business Manager January 28, 2022

The MSU theater program recently put on Yasmina Reza’s “Art,” a play about friendships, perspective and, of course, art. They held shows on the Fain mainstage at 7:30 p.m on January 21 and 22 and...

BREAKING: University Police search Legacy Hall for weapons

BREAKING: University Police search Legacy Hall for weapons

Stephanie Robledo, Managing Editor November 13, 2021

Friday night, Nov. 12, armed University Police arrived at Legacy Hall, closed the fourth floor off to students and searched the building. This was in response to a report by a Legacy Hall resident that...

Ghostly rumors of MSU campus investigated

Ghostly rumors of MSU campus investigated

Fisher Seigler, Reporter November 3, 2021

According to a 2019 survey by multinational market research group Ipsos, just under half of Americans believe in ghosts. Wichita Falls has its own ghostly rumors, such as Witch’s Gate. From an article...

Accounting senior Kassidy Knight is held up by cheerleaders kinesiology senior DanLee Duncan, mechanical engineering junior Robert Hollingsworth and nursing senior Ashleigh Miller as they all stand in front of the bonfire.

MSU students get lit the night before homecoming literally –

Thalia Doe, Sports and Feature Editor November 1, 2021

The night before homecoming here at MSU Texas, was a night of overwhelming anticipation and excitement. The torchlight parade consisted of a march led by band, color guard, the MSU cheer team and then...

Mechanical engineering junior Jabez Mackey, radiology junior Ebany Hanna and mechanical engineering junior Miguel Bethel turn around the Caribbean Student Organization boat before finishing first in the Cardboard Boat Race.

The Caribbean Student Organization races to the finish line

Thalia Doe, Sports and Feature Editor November 1, 2021

In MSU homecoming tradition, the annual boat race took place at Sikes Lake Friday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. The boats are created by the organizations participating by just using cardboard and duct tape. After...

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