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Understanding executive orders and cabinet officials functions

Understanding executive orders and cabinet officials functions

Maddox Nite, Editor-in-Chief March 21, 2025

On Jan. 20, 2025 Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president of the United States for the second time. In the time since then, Trump has signed 108 total executive actions and counting. These actions are...

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University Police Department (UPD) at West Texas A&M University.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement: What the WT community should know

Kaelin Collar, Associate Editor-in-Chief March 20, 2025

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) is a federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security that focuses on border security immigration enforcement and investigates transnational...

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The WT Wool Judging Team traveled to Denver for NWSS and came home champions last January.

Team Spotlight: WT Wool Judging

Kerrigan Jensen, Multimedia Reporter March 3, 2025

West Texas A&M University is proud to be the home to a new competitive team, wool judging. Wool judging consists of grading different specimens of wool based on certain characteristics that competitors...

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Behind the Major with Gracee Roberson: Advocating for the unheard

Behind the Major with Gracee Roberson: Advocating for the unheard

Kaelin Collar, Associate Editor-in-Chief February 26, 2025

Gracee Roberson is a senior working towards a bachelor of science while majoring in animal science, specializing in pre-veterinary medicine at West Texas A&M University. Roberson is from Sherman and...

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The WT Wool Judging Team traveled to Denver for NWSS and came home champions last January.

Setting the Standard; WT’s new wool judging team takes the win

Kerrigan Jensen, Multimedia Reporter February 24, 2025

Amy Scriffiny is a freshman from Olathe, Colorado, who is studying Agricultural Media and Communication at West Texas A&M University. Scriffiny had never judged wool before attending WT, but started...

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Behind the Major with Khyla Bender: Bringing creativity into the classroom

Behind the Major with Khyla Bender: Bringing creativity into the classroom

Kaelin Collar, Associate Editor-in-Chief February 19, 2025

Khyla Bender is a junior working towards a bachelor of art while majoring in Art Education at West Texas A&M University. Bender is from Amarillo and is working to engage more people in the beauty of...

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Ask the Professor: Nydia Olmos

Ask the Professor: Nydia Olmos

Maddox Nite, Editor-in-Chief February 10, 2025

Nydia Olmos is an instructor of social work as well as the field director for the Bachelor Social Work program (BSW) at West Texas A&M University. Olmos, being an alumni, knows WT. She also knows...

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Buffs turn passions into businesses

Buffs turn passions into businesses

Jade Ramos, Contributor December 13, 2024

At West Texas A&M University, while students balance classes, assignments and their social lives, a new trend is emerging: student entrepreneurship. Young innovators are not just attending lectures...

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"Driver" is by Kenedy Wheeler, a senior art major from Flower Mound.

New WT art exhibition showcases the versatility of printmaking

Carlie Rutledge, Multimedia Reporter December 13, 2024

On Dec. 5, a new art exhibition called ‘Spare Change’ opened in the Dord Fitz Formal Art Gallery in West Texas A&M University’s Mary Moody Northen Hall. This exhibition includes pieces from three...

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Ask the Professor: Dr. Lance Kieth

Ask the Professor: Dr. Lance Kieth

Maddox Nite, Editor-in-Chief December 12, 2024

Dr. Lance Kieth is the associate dean of the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, as well as a professor of agricultural education at West Texas A&M University. Kieth has been...

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Two international students, Tokoni Forun and Gladys Essel, explain what it is like to celebrate Christmas in different parts of the world and how they plan to spend this Christmas.

Christmas Far & Wide; how international students plan to celebrate this year

Kerrigan Jensen, Multimedia Reporter December 12, 2024

Gladys Essel is a graduate student studying for a Master of Science in Finance and Economics at West Texas A&M University. Essel is originally from Central Ghana and while at WT she is also the president...

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Beyond the 9-to-5: Dr. Li Chen

Red Tran, Video/Audio Editor December 5, 2024

Dr. Li Chen, Associate Professor of Media Communication, started teaching at West Texas A&M University in 2016. Chen received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai,...

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