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Organización Estudiantil: Iota Omega

Organización Estudiantil: Iota Omega

Bradley Pollock, Bilingual Multimedia Reporter May 6, 2025

Iota Omega es una sociedad de honor nacional para estudiantes universitarios de primera generación, la cual fue aprobada en WT el 24 de enero de 2024. Para este artículo, hablé con Gracee Roberson,...

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Building Careers: WT’s resources for internship preparation

Building Careers: WT’s resources for internship preparation

Jade Ramos, Contributor April 30, 2025

Internships are a crucial step towards career success, yet every year, many West Texas A&M students find themselves asking the same question. Where do I even start? At WT, the Office Career and...

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Sipley converses with actors at the opening night after party.

A funny story was written on the way to the forum

Ashlyn Harvell, Contributor April 30, 2025

Musicals can be magical. Entire stages of people singing and dancing effortlessly. Stories that transport you to a world that parallels your own or somewhere so different you’d think it was a dream....

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WT Outdoors: Where adventure meets education

WT Outdoors: Where adventure meets education

Jade Ramos, Contributor April 30, 2025

West Texas A&M’s Virgil Henson Activities Center (AC), built in 1970, is a hub where students and the public can educate themselves, challenge each other and build friendships. It is home to many...

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Cousins Hall main entrance. April 14, 2024.

Stepping back in time: A short history of Cousins Hall

Aspen Durham, Contributor April 29, 2025

In 1920, to accommodate the rapidly increasing enrollment rates at West Texas State Teachers College, Cousins Residence Hall was built in the center of the campus. Cousins Hall was a women-only dorm and...

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Storm north of Amarillo, Texas at 6:30 p.m. on April 25, 2025.

Late Night Tornado warning sends WT students and panhandle residents into action

Mikaela Mercado, Contributor April 28, 2025

What started as a calm spring evening on April 25, 2025, turned into a tense and unforgettable night as tornado warnings and sirens echoed across Canyon and Amarillo, Texas, around midnight. Students at...

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Comedy Tonight, Tragedy Tomorrow

Comedy Tonight, Tragedy Tomorrow

Ashlyn Harvell, Contributor April 28, 2025

WT Theater’s last production of the 2024-2025 season, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, is a hilarious, picture perfect, masterpiece. Forum, a comedy, was first published by Burt Shevelove...

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Photo of the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum following closing. Apr. 8, 2025.

Panhandle Plains Historical Museum shut down indefinitely

Maddox Nite, Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2025

On Mar. 24, 2025 the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum (PPHM), was closed indefinitely to the public due to life, safety and fire concerns. This decision was made by West Texas A&M University President,...

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The International Student Organization hosted an International festival in the JBK on April 22.

Life as an international student at West Texas A&M University

Henrique Ferreira, a freshman music performance major from Cerquilho, Brazil, experienced West Texas snow for the first time in his life shortly after he arrived in the United States. “I arrived here...

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Canyon communities banding together to feed college students

Canyon communities banding together to feed college students

As the week comes to an end, several international students grapple with the idea of where their next meal is going to come from. On one hand, student organizations and churches have banded together...

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Flyer for CSAW Hayden Pedigo concert. (Taken from wtamu.edu)

Hayden Pedigo: songs that tell a western story

Miguel Hinojosa, Contributor April 23, 2025

The Prairie News is a student-led free press. All opinions expressed herein are solely those of the writer and not those of WTAMU. Hayden Pedigo, avant-garde musician born and raised in Amarillo, Texas...

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Explore Peru by studying abroad

Explore Peru by studying abroad

Mikaela Mercado, Contributor April 23, 2025

West Texas A&M University’s Spanish Department is offering students a chance to experience the rich culture, history, and language of Peru through a summer study abroad program. From May 31 through-...

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