In the late 1950’s, when kids were trying to learn how to play the guitar or keep rhythm on drums, Paul Brock, Manus McGuire, Garry O’Meara and Denis Carey were in the beginning stages of learning...

Emma Love has been named the LSC Runner of the Year. It has been a long journey for Love, who has been running for WT’s cross country team since her freshman year after she was convinced to attend WT...

The Lady Buffs basketball team is starting out the spring semester 15-2, with an average of 89 points per game. This past weekend was a high for the Lady Buffs as they won games against Texas A&M...

Oct. 18 marks the 50th year for volleyball at West Texas A&M University. In the spring of 1964, Coach Allene Stovall started WTAMU’s first volleyball and women’s basketball programs. From 1964...

Sept. 9 marked the beginning of the final season of the well-known biker show, Sons of Anarchy. The show started off as a hard-core biker club that was devoted to the family business of selling guns. Through...

For months there have been rumors swirling around about the new features that Apple has added to the iPhone 6. Each year Apple releases the next generation of the smartphone. Though this year, Apple...

West Texas A&M administration has hired a new student affairs  Vice President to over see the Code of students, Emergency notifications, Student Honors, Notary and Student judicial affairs and...

The number of WT students living on campus is the highest it has ever been. WT reports the number of students living on campus is just below 2,400. “We are completely full. The rooms that are left...

“The show was a smash hit. We had a great audience. We had some technical difficulties, but the show went on,” Leslie Williams, Associate Professor and Director of Dance, said. With finals just...

While most people tend to think that the tap water they are drinking is relatively safe and contains no chemicals, it wasn’t the case for the townspeople in Whiteface, Texas. “The project started...

West Texas A&M University and Amarillo College held their yearly art show on April 4. The art show was hosted by the Amarillo Museum of Art, where more than 100 students and faculty from both AC...

“I know they will be proud to say they participated in this global event that only three universities in the entire United States were a part of,” George Lozano, senior Advertising and Public Relations...

For any club to be put on the map competitively or academically, the club must participate in events and have a strong relationship with its members. The Block and Bridle club is one of those groups. “We...

For the longest the time I have wanted to travel somewhere outside of the US but due to money and my parent’s uneasiness of the unknown, my only option was and is to daydream. Well, a group of...

For the world of science, cloning has been one of the many things that has slowly started to become a hurdle that only the brave dare to jump. Ty Lawrence of the WTAMU agricultural department and Dr....

  WTAMU’s first production of the spring semester, “The Government Inspector,” started on Feb. 21 at the Branding Iron Theatre. Each semester, the theatre switches off between comedy...

After five years of campaigning the university has managed to raise $35 million for the students of WT.  The campaign has raised money for countless scholarships and opened new teaching positions...

Musically inclined students at WTAMU have a variety of options at their disposal when looking for live music events, both on and off campus. The Department of Music hosts a large number of events...

On Jan. 30 the Herdsmen, the Herdsmen Hearts, and other citywide organizations will participated in their annual Relay for Life event to help raise money for the American Cancer Association. The event...

Basketball games: fans attend them but some do not stop and think about what goes on after a game. Since 2002, these games have been held at the First United Bank Center, also known as the FUB. The...

WTAMU set a goal and reached it. For the past five years, the top of the WTAMU website home page has had a graph representing the money that has been raised. West Texas, its students, community and...

On Tuesday, January 14, the CORE, Campus Organization, Resources and Entertainment, started the semester out by going crafty. Two events were hosted through the same group called “Everything But...

When the words “Bath salts”, “Skunk”, “Spice”, or “Molly” are spoken, they seem like every day words but they’re actually names of the street drugs that are being referred to as synthetic...

Frank McCoy, one of the co-founders of PDAPS (Palo Duro Area Paranormal Society), sat down with the Prairie recently to discuss who they are and how their business is going. The following interview covers...

The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Texas Medieval Association took place in the Legacy Hall from Sept. 27- 28. Medieval Scholars, Graduates and Professors from all over the country participated in hearing...

New York’s Best Selling author of Womenomics and Senior ABC news correspondent, Claire Shipman was featured as the keynote speaker for the Communication Hall of Fame Banquet, Friday September 20,...