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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

Faculty pay House Calls to dorms

Nick Lanier, Reporter • September 19, 2018

Housing and staff members in the residence halls hosted the first House Calls event on Sept. 17, as an opportunity for students living on campus to open their doors to their peers, as well as faculty...

The social tolls of moving from dorms to apartments

brittni vilandre • January 16, 2018

A new semester brings a new lifestyle to students who make their first move from dorm rooms to apartments. Some students find the transition to be just what they needed while others feel as if they "jumped...

Living on campus: tips from a junior

Rachel Johnson • August 25, 2016

Welcome to some of the best (and worst) memories you will make. You will have a hate-love relationship with your residence hall room and roommates by the time you leave, but you will never forget the memories...

Kristi Schulte, housing director, gives details about the faculty-in-residence apartment in Legacy Hall to the Board of Regents during a walk-through on Aug. 4. Photo by Dewey Cooper.

Nearly 500 students to call Legacy Hall home

Jacklyn York • August 19, 2016

Within days after classes were out in May of 2015, the parking lot behind Pierce Hall was blocked off. Residents lost 220 parking spaces.During the next 18 months, contractors turned the parking lot into...

Construction should help, not harm

The Wichitan • May 4, 2016

With the construction of the new dorm, mass communication building and turf fields, the rise in construction workers and their equipment is inevitable. Sections of parking lots have been closed or blocked...

Hearing about the fun activities there were going to be and the delicious food, Camillle Robertson, pre med sophomore, says she had to be there. Especially to play some volleyball, free food, and to meet new people. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Local, foreign students face similar challenges in first week of school

Nizhoni Terronez • September 2, 2014

For college freshmen, the beginning of each new school year marks a period of adjustment. The transition from high school and living with mom and dad to the higher expectations of higher education...

Mills: Only freshmen in Trigg; Mustang Village to cost MSU students $2,400/semester

Kayla Sims • March 5, 2014

New freshman housing plans starting next fall semester from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Midwestern State University is seeing an increase in the number of freshman applicants for the upcoming fall...

Non-freshmen marginalized

Non-freshmen marginalized

The Wichitan • March 4, 2014

OUR VIEW:  While asking non-freshmen to move out of their dorm rooms is far from ideal, it’s the best option until the new dorm building is constructed.  As the incoming freshmen class continues...

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