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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
Blue lights around campus act as quick ways for students to report emergencies, Sept. 8.

Understanding Title IX and knowing how to make a report

Stephanie Robledo, Editor-in-Chief • September 9, 2022

Students received three crime alerts concerning fondling within the week leading up to the first day of classes. Two incidents occurred in the residence halls and one near Ligon Coliseum. The second crime...

Pizza and condoms

Students attend ‘pizza and condoms’ with residence life, housing staff

Sky Barron, Reporter • March 6, 2019

The Residence Life and Housing Staff hosted ‘Pizza and Condoms’ for students to learn more about safe sex on Feb. 27 in the Legacy Multipurpose Room. To start off the event, Director and Coordinator...

Student wait outside Clark Student Center to get their "Consent is Mandatory" shirt, prompting a discussion of what consent means on Consent Day Sept. 6, 2018. Photo by Bradley Wilson

After incident in bar, student reminds others to be aware of surroundings on Consent Day

Bridget Reilly, Reporter • September 6, 2018

It was supposed to be an evening of fun and celebration as Paxton Wade, kinesiology senior, and Kenna Brackeen, a graduate of MSU Texas, set out to celebrate Wade's roommate's 24th birthday Sept. 1. The...

Consent is not as simple as yes or no

Maria Gutierrez, Columnist • April 23, 2018

On Aug. 29, 2017, I was sexually assaulted by a guy I thought was into me. That’s usually how it goes. Don’t get me wrong, people are drugged by strangers or taken from their homes, but for the...

Security increases effort in sexual assault awareness

Brittany Hill, Reporter • October 26, 2017

A campus security authority reported being notified by a hall resident of a sexual assault having occurred in a resident's room in Killingsworth Hall late night on Oct. 10.  The complainant wished to...

Tessa Dschaak, theater sophomore, and Jonathon Stone, theater junior, perform and teach student athletes about sexual assault on Jan. 25. Photo by Bridget Reilly

Athletes learn about sexual assault

Greta Lazzarotto • January 25, 2017

Sexual assault and abuse is a widely discussed topic on many campuses around the United States. On Jan. 25 in the Dillard College of Business Administration, a  theater department instructor organized...

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