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Beyond the 9-to-5 with Dr. Shanna Peeples

Blass Guerrero, Former Senior Reporter, Former Video and Audio Editor October 26, 2023

Dr. Shanna Peeples joined the Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences in 2020. Peeples graduated from West Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in English in 1997. In 2013,...

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Dr. Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus in her office.

Ask the Professor: Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus

Jo Early, Editor-in-Chief September 25, 2023

Dr. Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus is an assistant professor of sociology at the Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences. Dr. Kraus teaches a variety of sociology courses, and her research...

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Hispanic students struggle to obtain bachelors degrees due to financial stress

Hispanic students struggle to obtain bachelor’s degrees due to financial stress

JoLina Lopez, Blass Guerrero, and Julie Chavez May 18, 2023

For many Hispanic people in the Texas Panhandle, pursuing a college education can feel overwhelming. Financial difficulties have been identified as the biggest barrier for Hispanic students looking...

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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

Marcus Rogers, Reporter April 20, 2022

With finals around the corner, breaks are a necessity to keep your sanity. The next time you’re in need of a break, consider visiting the Amarillo Museum of Art (AMoA). Amarillo College and West Texas...

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Students’ union shows potential for change

Students’ union shows potential for change

Marcus Rogers, Reporter April 20, 2022

A set of promising moments for labor unions are currently in progress around the U.S. At West Texas A&M University, a professor advocates for a new sector of political involvement on campus. Over...

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View of passenger vehicles in the south and northbound lanes of Interstate 27 from East Country Club Road in Canyon.

America continues to expand its automobile dependance with interstate highways

Marcus Rogers, Reporter April 3, 2022

On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed into law a bill that extends local Interstate 27 from Raton, New Mexico to Laredo, Texas. Congressman Jodey Arrington for Texas’ 19th Congressional District,...

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Here lies the ‘Stranger Things’

Here lies the ‘Stranger Things’

Marcus Rogers, Reporter March 1, 2022

Perhaps one of Netflix's most successful shows, “Stranger Things” had an official release date drop for its fourth installment. Netflix announced that “Stranger Things,” a sci-fi drama created...

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The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, is a guide to Indigenous liberation and the fight to save the planet. (Photo/Marcus Rogers)

How to not get lost in climate doomerism

Marcus Rogers, Reporter February 16, 2022

“The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth,” by The Red Nation, is a 150-page culmination of honest history and directions to help pull the people of the world out of a constant cycle of despair...

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Love in its many forms

Victoria Fatiregun and Hannah Valencia February 14, 2022

In the world, there exists many different kinds of love. The source of these types hails from the Ancient Greek era. Cosmopolitan explores the eight different types of love, which focus on how we relate...

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‘Manifestations’: Finding beauty in the intensity of nature

Hannah Valencia, Senior Reporter February 2, 2022

The Texas Panhandle region has long inspired artists, including a well-known former professor at West Texas A&M University, Georgia O’Keeffe. Now a new assistant professor of art and design at WT,...

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A student barista contracted under Aramark Corporation, prepares a specialty iced drink for WT students during a drink rush in the Jack B. Kelley Student Center.

One way to improve workplaces: Coffee

Marcus Rogers, Reporter February 1, 2022

Eversince the Starbucks location in Buffalo, N.Y., shocked the corporate world in Nov. 2021 by being the first unionized Starbucks since the 1980s, 60 more starbucks location have filed for a union election...

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WT Opera production crew dims the lights of the Branding Iron Theater before the start of Magic Flute.

Night at the Opera

Marcus Rogers, Reporter February 1, 2022

Branding Iron TheaterMozart’s “Magic Flute” performance by West Texas A&M University Opera on the night of Jan. 28 finished with a four-minute nonstop applause, despite challenges from COVID-19. WT...

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