The Wichitan

“Don’t Look Up” presents a story we may not want but one we might deserve

Joseph Nelson, Entertainment Editor • January 28, 2022

“Don’t Look Up” is the most recent film from writer/director Adam McKay, boasting a star-studded cast, a premise ripe for social commentary, and a tendency to throw subtlety out the window for overly...

Climate Change Guest Column: Initial Responses to Technogenic Climate Change

Edward Burke Roberts, Guest Contributor • January 17, 2022

Edward Roberts, under the anonym “strannikov”, has written flash fiction since 2007 appearing online at Delicious Demon, Language Is a Virus, Gone Lawn Journal, Metazen, Dead Mule School of Southern...

Climate Change Guest Column: A Most Uncertain Fiction

Edward Burke Roberts, Guest Contributor • January 17, 2022

Edward Roberts, under the anonym “strannikov”, has written flash fiction since 2007 appearing online at Delicious Demon, Language Is a Virus, Gone Lawn Journal, Metazen, Dead Mule School of Southern...

Climate Change Guest Column: Naming the scourge we made

Edward Burke Roberts, Guest Contributor • November 11, 2021

Edward Roberts, under the anonym “strannikov”, has written flash fiction since 2007 appearing online at Delicious Demon, Language Is a Virus, Gone Lawn Journal, Metazen, Dead Mule School of Southern...

Editorial: What is yet to come?

February 28, 2021

After Texas and much of the southern US were hit with abnormally low temperatures and heavy snowfall, many were left asking, "What is yet to come?" While some skeptics have attempted to use the cold to...

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...

Global warming: it’s real

The Wichitan • January 22, 2020

OUR VIEW: An entire continent has been on fire since September 2019, yet there are still people who deny climate change is a reality. Last year, one of Texas's largest cities was drowned and caused...

The environment should be a priority on campus

Todd Giles, Guest Columnist • February 12, 2019

Back in 2014 I had the privilege of hosting a Philosophy Club panel discussion with professors Rebecca Dodge (Environmental Science) and Lucy Schultz (Philosophy) on environmental science and ethics. It...

Water conservation panelists discuss initiatives

Samuel Frederick, Reporter • April 17, 2018

To discuss the past, present and future initiatives toward water conservation in Texas and Wichita Falls, the Environment Science Organization members held a panel discussion in Dillard 101 on April...

About 100 students attend panel on climate change

Tyler Manning, Reporter • November 14, 2017

To inform students on the specific science behind Earth's changing climate, William Meddaugh, professor of geoscience, hosted a lecture discussing the topic in Bolin Room 100 on Nov. 9 as a part of the...