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Student services and extracurriculars take a cut

Krystina Martinez April 10, 2012

Web Editor's Note: The list of approved allocations is posted outside the Student Affairs office in the JBK. The final recommendations for Student Service fee allocations for the 2012-2013 school year...

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Social, traditional media explodes over Trayvon Martin

Krystina Martinez April 10, 2012

The Feb. 26 shooting of 17-year-old Florida teen Trayvon Martin has captured national attention. He was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watchman. The controversy comes...

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Budget Meeting Dates. Graphic by Krystina Martinez.

WT town hall budget meeting looks at the 2013-2014 year

Krystina Martinez April 3, 2012

A town hall budget meeting was held on March 27 to discuss updates for the 2013-2014 school year. “State appropriations have declined [14 percent] over the last couple of years,” WTAMU President...

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Student Government, SIFE calls to “Fill the Field”

Krystina Martinez March 27, 2012

WTAMU Student Government and Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) will be co-sponsoring a humanitarian project called “Fill the Field,” which will take place on April 4 at the Buffalo Sports Park from...

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Graphic courtesy of courtesy of Wt’s Parking Services.

WT’s traffic appeal process to change

Krystina Martinez March 6, 2012

WTAMU announced a change to the traffic appeals process on Feb. 20. The new process will allow students to appeal parking tickets prior to payment. “There was some current concern about paying...

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WT’s Student Fee Committee holds second budget meeting

Krystina Martinez February 28, 2012

The WTAMU Student Fee Advisory Committee met on Feb. 24 to continue the discussion on student fee allocations for the next school year. The meeting’s agenda covered allocations towards academic organizations...

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A money puzzle. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.

WTAMU Student Fee Advisory discusses budget

Krystina Martinez February 21, 2012

Members of the WTAMU Student Fee Advisory Committee met on Feb. 17 to discuss the allocation of student fees for the 2012-2013 school year. “We’re going to try not to raise [fees] because they’ve...

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WTAMU’s Code of Student Life will undergo revisions

Krystina Martinez February 15, 2012

The Code of Student Life Committee, which consists of WTAMU students, faculty and staff, will be accepting proposals for changes to the Code of Student Life. “The Code of Student Life is the rules and...

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Twitter announces new withholding capability

Krystina Martinez February 7, 2012

On Jan. 26, Twitter announced on its blog the capability to “reactively withhold content from users in a specific country while keeping it available in the rest of the world.” The announcement...

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This Week in Photos: Miscellaneous

This Week in Photos: Miscellaneous

Krystina Martinez February 7, 2012

Check out the miscellaneous photos for this week! To read the articles related to these stories, click here: Cornette Library at WTAMU offers Kindles for checkout Twitter announces new withholding...

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WTAMU’s Student Senate works to fill vacancies

Krystina Martinez January 31, 2012

As of Jan. 26, the WTAMU Student Government has 22 vacancies in its senate. According to the Student Government Constitution, the Senate must have at least 51 percent or two-thirds of their seats filled...

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Then there were five: GOP candidate gives up bid

Krystina Martinez January 24, 2012

On Jan. 19, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he was ending his election campaign, just days before the South Carolina primary. Although Perry’s campaign started off strong, the announcement...

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