Ashlyn Harvell

Ashlyn Harvell, Co-Associate Editor

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Why is the sky blue?

Ashlyn Harvell, Co-Associate Editor • March 26, 2026

Here in the Texas Panhandle we get to experience a beautiful array of colors most every night and morning as we move around the sun. Orange, purple, pink, red, you name a color and we probably...

State Rep. Canidate Cullin Knutson – The Prairie Files

Ashlyn Harvell, Co-Associate Editor • February 28, 2026

On the second episode of our all new video format podcast, Ashlyn Harvell talks to Cullin Knutson, running for state representative. This is pt. 1 of a series of interviews with all three candidates for...

It all started with a post

Ashlyn Harvell, Co-Associate Editor • February 15, 2026

Lisa Jackson, West Texas A&M University alumni, found out about the closure of the museum and decided to take action. Jackson took to Facebook, calling for a protest and found herself the leader of...

PPHM; What’s really going on?

Ashlyn Harvell, Co-Associate Editor • February 5, 2026

You are 8 years old, just a third grader against the world, trying to make it through your first year with the pressure of a STAAR Test. Today is special, you aren't worried about a test or homework, because...

WT hosts annual Festival of Lights

Ashlyn Harvell and Samantha Wilhelm • December 12, 2025

On Dec. 3, 2025, West Texas A&M University (WT) partnered with the City of Canyon to put on its annual campus-wide “Festival of Lights.” As a cherished tradition for the community, this year marked...

Ripptaggs Vintage Clothing store opens two locations

Ashlyn Harvell, Co-Associate Editor • November 21, 2025

Former WTAMU football player, turned vintage clothes shop owner, Michael Geeker just opened two locations of his store Ripptaggs. There is one next to campus at 2323 4th Ave, and another located in Amarillo...

[Photo] “It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you”: The amazing history of South Africa

Ashlyn Harvell, Co-Associate Editor • November 6, 2025

A mural painted across a building representing Cape Town and its beauty.

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A child smiles for the camera, excited to see our group in Langa.

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One of the government provided housing buildings in Langa.

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A sign from Apartheid times displayed in a museum located in Laga, one of the oldest townships at 100 years.

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A view of Capetown from the shore of Robben Island.

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...

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....

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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