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Behind the Major with Dylan Lease: Between molecules and mental health

Behind the Major with Dylan Lease: Between molecules and mental health

Kaelin Collar May 7, 2025

Dylan Lease is a sophomore at West Texas A&M University pursuing a bachelor of science in biochemistry. Lease is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and relocated to Amarillo several years ago....

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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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Behind the Major with Floribel Chavez: Turning barriers into bridges

Behind the Major with Floribel Chavez: Turning barriers into bridges

Kaelin Collar April 30, 2025

Floribel Chavez is a senior working towards a bachelor of art while majoring in Spanish at West Texas A&M University. Chavez is from Tyler and is driven by a desire to make a difference in the lives...

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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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Born This Way; the truth behind DEI bans

Born This Way; the truth behind DEI bans

Ashlyn Harvell, Contributor April 30, 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. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed into order the action...

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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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Halie Stoneking warming up before she goes up to bat. Mar. 23, 2025.

Spring sports in full swing

Aspen Durham, Contributor April 29, 2025

Sports are an integral part of our daily lives and society. While playing sports has numerous physical and mental benefits in people, watching sports can have just as many health benefits. In fact, watching...

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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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Ask the Professor: Dr. Andrew Li

Ask the Professor: Dr. Andrew Li

Maddox Nite, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2025

Dr. Andrew Li is the Williams professor of management for the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business at West Texas A&M University. Williams, having obtained a Master’s degree in industrial...

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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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