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OPINION: To Resolve or Not To Resolve

OPINION: To Resolve or Not To Resolve

Joey Arthur, Abigail Jones, Entertainment Editor, Design Editor January 27, 2023

Thanksgiving and the winter holidays are often a time of reflection. During those times, we think about our year so far, either to be grateful for the good times or reflect on the hard times. Regardless...

Halloween, celebrated annually on October 31, is one of the world's oldest holidays. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

Opinion: Halloween is the best holiday that ever existed

Joey Arthur, Reporter October 21, 2022

Here at Midwestern State University, we are gearing up not only for our Centennial Homecoming Celebration, but also for Halloween. From going costume shopping to shopping for candy for the Homecoming Trunk...

The Sunwatcher parking lot surrounds the Sunwatcher Apartments, Feb. 10.

Opinion: Why Sunwatcher parking lot should be for Sunwatcher residents only

Joey Arthur, Reporter February 11, 2022

*Columns are the opinions of their respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Wichitan as an organization.* As a resident of Sunwatcher Village, I am well versed in the issues...

Gabriella Pettijohn, economics junior with a Spanish minor

OPINION: The student involvement problem on campus

Gabriella Pettijohn October 18, 2021

*Columns are the opinions of their respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Wichitan as an organization.* I was a Freshman college student during the peak of COVID-19. I did...

Tale of Two States: Confederacy or abolition, George Wallace or JFK, homophobia or marriage equality, March 25.

Opinion: How to predict your side of history

Joseph Nelson March 28, 2021

*Columns are the opinions of their respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Wichitan as an organization.* Imagine you're in school again, and your answers to last night's math...

Professors need our patience and kindness amid transition to online classes

Amos Perkins, Managing Editor March 13, 2020

Before today I had a number of different messages I wanted to spread: the hysteria is worse than the disease, the NBA shouldn't have been suspended, it shouldn't have taken a pandemic to get people to...

Recovering people-pleaser

Mia Heck October 30, 2018

Just like everyone else, I spent my time with acquaintances, taking classes, joined clubs and playing sports. As I got older, these obligations started to pile up higher than I could reach. Classes...

Africa, America: Things are not always what they seem

The Wichitan February 5, 2016

Let’s take it back to August 2013, for a second. Aug. 13, to be exact. My first day in the United States of America. I cannot put into words how excited I was to be here.I  heard so many great things...

Rianne Busby, history junior, performs with the colorguard and marching band at the half-time show at Memorial Stadium, Sept. 26. "I loved that the show was a little different, it was alot more family-oriented and engaging with the crowd than our normal show would have been," Busby said. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Staff editorial: It takes a village

The Wichitan October 28, 2015

In today's world, it's the heroes who make the headlines. The athletes, the leaders, the trailblazers. It's easy to let one person take the spotlight for a team's success, a new invention, or a world-changing...

Constitution Day is Sept. 17.

Staff Editorial: Know your First Amendment rights

The Wichitan September 17, 2015

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...

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