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The Wichitan

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The Wichitan

According to Zippia, 79% of students say they’ve been encouraged to follow their dreams by a teacher. Photo courtesy of Pexels.

What’s Your “Why?”

Tyler Martin, Reporter December 2, 2022

Being an education major, the main question everyone asks me is, “Why?” They want to know why I am choosing to go into a field plagued with terrible pay, potentially dangerous working conditions and...

Zendaya plays recovering drug addict Rue Bennett in HBO's "Euphoria," 2022. Courtesy of HBO Entertainment.

Enter into “EUPHORIA” season two part three

Natalie Cook, Reporter February 25, 2022

EPISODE 6: This episode is what I had been waiting for. After last week’s episode was mainly focused on Rue (Zendaya), we are finally getting some much-deserved answers. Like I have said before,...

Musicians impress at second annual Woodwind Day

Tasia Floissac April 11, 2018

Beneath puckered lips, warm lights reflected against the cold shiny metal that trembled as Joseph Schwantners’ Black Anemones (1981) pierced through the walls of Akin Auditorium on April 10. Shattering...

Carl Marshall and cast members rehearse "Snuff that Girl" at rehearsal for "Urinetown" Feb. 4, 2018. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Prospective students join musical cast

Mekala Conway and Jacob Smith February 8, 2018

The stage smells of fresh sawdust and wet paint. Dust mites are seen in the bright stage lights, masking the audience and turning the rest of the auditorium into an endless expanse of black. The only thing...

High school art show kicks off

Alyssa Mitchell January 30, 2018

The annual High School Art Competition opened this week in the Fain Fine Arts Center Foyer Gallery. The art show will be housed in the gallery from Jan. 29, until Feb. 3. The gallery consists of at least...

Amanda Bergstrom, incoming business marketing freshman, signs up for more information from the Midwestern State University Cheerleading Squad during the organization fair part of Mustangs Rally held in D.L. Ligon Coliseum, Saturday Oct. 28, 2017. "I loved the large faculty here, and the faculty to student ratio [18:1]. I love how the professors really want to know you and how you are not just another number," Bergstrom said. Photo by Rachel Johnson

366 prospective students attend Mustangs Rally

Herbert McCullough October 31, 2017

The admissions office organized the fall 2017 Mustangs Rally where prospective students were introduced to the university on Oct. 28. George Castro, admissions counselor, said the goal of Mustangs Rally...

Dale Heidebrecht, director of the production, talks with college and high school students before rehearsals begin. Feb. 28. Photo by Arianna Davis

Opera Workshop opens March 3

Tyler Manning March 1, 2017

SUMMARY What is it? The Opera Workshop occurs in the spring and serves as a voice-training course. This year, it is an ensemble. When is it? Performances open to the public March 3 and March...

Theater students answer questions that prospective students have about the program during Discover MSU on Feb. 3. Photo by Justin Marquart.

53 prospective students and guests Discover MSU

Robin Reid February 8, 2017

It was a crisp, gray morning as 24 students and 29 guests entered the winding halls of Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts, on Feb. 3, in attendance for the first Discover MSU event of 2017. Historically,...

Kathy Browning

Financial aid informs incoming students, parents

Leonardo Gonzalez February 7, 2017

About 50 students and parents gathered in the Comanche Suites Feb. 7 to learn about the availability of financial aid and the admission requirements for incoming students.The Financial Aid Night’s main...

Larry Hamilton, retired art teacher, talks with his old students Jenna Ward, Rider student and first place winner in two categories, and Carli Ward, Rider student, and their mother, Paulette Baltrunas at The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery: Opening Reception for High School Art Competition. "I want to go to art school and graduate with a degree in illustration so I can go into chracter design," Ward Said. "[I attended today because] I wanted to see what my former students are still creating and basically providing us with all this fine art work," Hamilton said.

Local artists win big in annual high school show

Lane Riggs February 10, 2016

The art on the walls invited spectators to understand not only art, but the artists behind the art, all competitors in this year's high school art competition.The talents of middle school and high school...

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