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How will New Mexicos free college impact WT?
How will New Mexico’s free college impact WT?
Graduating students reflect on their time at WT
Graduating students reflect on their time at WT
Cross Hall located on the WTAMU campus (Photo/ Victoria Fatiregun)
Residential Learning Communities are coming in Fall 2022
What will WT students be doing over the summer?
What will WT students be doing over the summer?
Students’ union shows potential for change
Students’ union shows potential for change
ASO President, Victory Suobite
WTAMU’s African Students Organization president: Victory Suobite
The Multicultural Centers lounge has multiple chairs, a TV and a bar with a whiteboard for artwork or mathematical equations, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2019.
Multicultural Center brings diversity closer to the students
A decorative wall for photo shoots, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019.
Vietnamese culture night promotes international appreciation
Spanish film festival shows Devils Backbone
Spanish film festival shows Devil’s Backbone
Photo courtesy of the WTAMU Theatre Department The cast of this years production of Our Town, a small portion of the talent found in WTAMUs Fine Arts Department, featuring two of the students accepted into IPAI.
Fine arts students aim for international opportunity
Pictured is Ms. Angela Allen, the chief of diversity and inclusion officer at WTAMU.
Op-Ed: Angela Allen, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Photo provided by WT Communication and Marketing
An ‘Encounter’ with James Joyce on Tap for WT’s Great Books Series in May 
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WT Donning of the Stoles Ceremony Set for May 6 
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Late Myrna Raffkind to Be Memorialized with New WT Professorship in Education 
The Brand, a magazine published by the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, celebrates is 10th anniversary this year. Staff members include, from left, Rylee Johnson, Shelby Ford, Tess Gore and Addey Small, pictured with adviser Dr. Tanner Robertson. Photo provided by WT Communication and Marketing
Ten Years of the Brand: WT to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Ag Magazine 
Katsina Cardenas. Photo provided by Katsina Cardenas
Behind the major with Katsina Cardenas: Respecting the land
Beyond ‘Blue’s Clues’: The story of Steve Burns
Beyond ‘Blue’s Clues’: The story of Steve Burns
Sissy Bartletts English Shepard Kobe
Dogs are the new probiotics for humans
Gwynn with friends at the Agricultural Sciences Complex. Photo provided by Carmen Gwynn
Behind the major with Carmen Gwynn: City girl turned country
The wardrobe staple of Spring 2022: The slip dress
The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has come to a close
The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has come to a close
OP/ED Sports and how it has been gendered
OP/ED Sports and how it has been gendered
WT students and Brianna Jarrett, a mix of skiers and snowboarders, throw up the Buffs hand sign after an enjoyable trip at Wolf Creek Ski area, Pagosa Springs,CO.
WT Rec Sports gives students the opportunity to try winter sports
WTAMU marked game ball
WTAMU ends football season in a win
The Prairie News image
WTAMU vs. Bethel College
The Song of Achilles: Fate, love and glory
‘The Song of Achilles’: Fate, love and glory
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Book and movie review: ‘Redeeming Love’
(Image/Kaylee Jo Neeley)
Book review: ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’
Here lies the ‘Stranger Things’
Here lies the ‘Stranger Things’
WT Opera production crew dims the lights of the Branding Iron Theater before the start of Magic Flute.
Night at the Opera
Katelynn Kenyon reviews work at the Testing and Tutoring Services in the Classroom Center. Photo taken March 9, 2022.
WT receives millions in endowments while student workers miss out
NEMA Meeting
Wesley Fall Retreat
West Texas A&M played Texas A&M International on Tuesday March 2 at 1:00 p.m.
The Dust Devils kick where it counts
West Texas A&M proudly sports Buff merch in support of the Lady Buffalos first home volleyball game of the semester.
West Texas A&M’s Lady Buffs Ace their first home game
Pictured is Ms. Angela Allen, the chief of diversity and inclusion officer at WTAMU.
Op-Ed: Angela Allen, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Op/Ed: Growing through the most intense but worthwhile stage of my life
Op/Ed: Growing through the most intense but worthwhile stage of my life
(Photo/Cayenne Williams)
Op/Ed: Finding my ‘why’ and embracing change
Screenshots of Yik Yak posts made by WT students during the Buffs Around the World event on April 6, 2022.
Opinion: We are tired of the ‘lip service’ about addressing racism at WT
Visitors walk around the WT section of the Student/Faculty Exhibition on the second floor of the Amarillo Museum of Art. Photo taken April 16, 2022.
Op/Ed: Visiting AMoA helps reduce stress during finals
Student Press Freedom Day 2022
Student Press Freedom Day 2022
Jeffrey Williams depicted in his graduation announcements.
Op/Ed: Two years in a flash, or how I somehow earned a minor
Students live in a society where they are told more is better. With this kind of thinking, its easy to become overwhelmed.
OP/ED: Negative effects of a heavy workload
The Prairie News image
University traditions: the big ‘whoop’ and 11 others
While many social groups have become more diverse and open, there still seems to be some negative views connected to the church.
Op/Ed: Religion on campus
F1rstgen at WT: My personal experience as a first generation college student
F1rstgen at WT: My personal experience as a first generation college student
Photo display of the missing victims of the ferry attack
Three years since the Sewol-ho Ferry
Mick Jenkins
Mick Jenkins
Stuff You Should Hear Because...
Stuff You Should Hear Because…
The Rey Theory
The Rey Theory
The Bottom Line About Borrowing
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Laws and rights of service animals. Courtesy Project Canine

Don’t get put in the doghouse: know the law about service animals at school

Olivia Spiezio, Senior Reporter • February 28, 2020

College is a very hard time for anybody attending. Between the vastly increased workload expected academically, living away from home for the first time and most students beginning to have ‘adult’...

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The Multicultural Centers lounge has multiple chairs, a TV and a bar with a whiteboard for artwork or mathematical equations, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2019.

Multicultural Center brings diversity closer to the students

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter • December 6, 2019

Those who walked the halls of the Jack B. Kelly Student Center before this fall semester will remember the Apple store between Starbucks and the university bookstore that became a construction site,...

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A decorative wall for photo shoots, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019.

Vietnamese culture night promotes international appreciation

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter • November 22, 2019

West Texas A&M University’s Vietnamese Culture Night took place Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Jack B. Kelly Student Center’s Legacy Hall. The Vietnamese Student Association hosts the event every...

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F1RSTGEN Banquet celebrates students, community

November 8, 2019

West Texas A&M University’s F1RSTGEN organization held their first annual banquet honoring first-generation college students on Thursday in Jack B. Kelly Legacy Hall. According to their page on...

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A screening of the documentary, Wont You Be My Neighbor? as well as a discussion panel was held to end the week.

Diversity week asks: Won’t you be a neighbor?

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter • September 27, 2019

The Office for Diversity and Inclusion hosted a viewing of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”, Morgan Neville’s critically acclaimed documentary on famous children’s television star Fred Rogers, at the...

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