Joey Arthur, Entertainment Editor
• February 24, 2023
Welcome back to this week’s edition of the Wichitan’s Song of the Week. Still in celebration of Black History Month, this week’s pick is “Nina Cried Power” by Irish-born singer-songwriter Hozier...
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Imagine you're in school again, and your answers to last night's math...
BIOGRAPHY
As we take this Martin Luther King Jr. Day to recognize a pioneer in the civil rights movement, we do so amidst some of the worst political and racial tension the nation has seen in a very...
In 1978 Ron Stallworth, the first black police officer in Colorado Springs history, convinced a member of the Ku Klux Klan that he was a white supremacist. “BlacKkKlansman,” a film that’s almost...
During the Jim Crow era, African-American travelers in the South were unwelcome in many hotels, restaurants and even some towns after sunset. They were aided by a small, pamphlet called “The Green Book,”...
Campus officials and students commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by laying a wreath around the memorial plaque on campus just outside Clark Student Center...
OUR VIEW: Historical markers enhance the student experience by reminding students of the school's history while encouraging students to stand up for their beliefs.
Last week, university administrators...
Students gathered in the Clark Student Center Comanche room as they waited for Syreeta Greene’s speech about the Dakota Access Pipeline on Jan. 26. Greene, director of equity, inclusion, and multicultural...
A group of 202 women, men and children of the Texoma area gathered in Wichita Falls the morning of Jan. 24 to take place in the Women's March on The Falls, a sister march to the women's march on...
The shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black teenager, has been a groundbreaking controversy for the past two months. The shooting continues to spark riots, protests and unrest in Ferguson,...
Seven protesters lined Midwestern Parkway to advocate that active duty police officers wear cameras.
Inspired by the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, the protesters held signs with messages such...
