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Preparing For Winter Already?

Preparing For Winter Already?

Editorial Board
October 18, 2016

As the start of the fall season starts the Panhandle will soon be presented with lower temperatures caused by cold fronts and many storms bringing wet roads and possibly already ice and snow with the low...

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Budgeting While In College

Budgeting While In College

Editorial Board
May 3, 2016

Coming up and sticking to a budget while in college can be a challenging task, especially when most of us have little to no experience with managing out our own money. But, by sticking to a budget you’ll...

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Pizza: The love of a college student’s life

Editorial Board
April 21, 2016

Pizza. Some people like it, others hate it, but for college students, it is a prayer answered in times of need. The love for pizza is not an exaggeration. It is almost a staple of a college student's diet...

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Exercising integrity and accountability in reporting

Editorial Board
April 19, 2016

The mass media is a beautiful thing. It gives those who have an opinion or idea a medium to discuss and promotes those things. It also brought the rise of mainstream broadcast journalism. People have an...

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What Is Body Shaming?

Editorial Board
April 14, 2016

Have you ever stopped to think about how often we are told to change our appearance? That you're not enough, you're weird, average, strange, or a distraction? We constantly see magazines, ads, programs,...

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Keep up the motivation, but push down the stress

Editorial Board
April 12, 2016

Motivation can be easy to lose. College students live busy lives, with a great deal of potential for stress. The milieu of obstacles laid out can begin to seem insurmountable, one problem laid on top of...

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Fun Things to do in Amarillo

Editorial Board
March 24, 2016

For us students living in Canyon, we usually tend to get pretty bored on some days. If we ever do, nine times out of ten, we all end up somewhere in Amarillo. Other than just hanging out at coffee shops,...

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Apple’s Fight For The First Amendment

Editorial Board
March 22, 2016

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...

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Student Chic: The Clothes You Wear

Student Chic: The Clothes You Wear

Editorial Board
March 4, 2016

Walking around a college campus you always bump into two types of people. Those who woke up and got ready for school and those who just woke up. Going to school like you just got out of bed is not a norm...

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Dr. O’Brien Leaves a Lasting Legacy

Editorial Board
February 28, 2016

Dr. J. Patrick O'Brien made waves around the campus of West Texas A&M Wednesday, Feb. 24, when he announced that after 10 years as president of the university, he would be retiring at the end of the...

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Voters Should Vote Regardless of Previous Notions

Editorial Board
February 23, 2016

The election season is in full swing, and though this one has been quite eventful thus far, it has stayed relatively consistent with past elections. Candidates are taking their swings at their rivals,...

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Why Networking is Important

Editorial Board
February 18, 2016

Networking is all about making those right connections and building enduring, beneficial relationships. Many students may not know that networking is becoming one of the main reasons why so many are getting...

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The Pros of Studying Abroad

The Pros of Studying Abroad

Editorial Board
February 12, 2016

They say that going to college far from home will be one of the best experience of your life, but who ever said that obviously had never been abroad. Most universities and colleges offer programs where...

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Concealed Carry

Concealed Carry

Editorial Board
February 4, 2016

On June 13, 2015, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed into effect Senate Bill 11 while attending a shooting range in Pflugerville, Texas. Senate Bill 11 allows for licensed holders to carry a concealed firearm...

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Parking: The Last Frontier

Editorial Board
February 2, 2016

Any time the students of WT are asked what they would change about their university, one particular issue seems to be a common complaint amongst Buffs: on-campus parking. The lack of space for vehicles...

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