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Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter
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Graduating in 3 Years: An obligatory but welcome retrospective
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Op-Ed: The French Dispatch is a marvel within its own niche
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Op-Ed: Eternals is a middling Marvel movie with miraculous moments
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Op-Ed: Monstersongs is a WT talent showcase
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The WT students behind the Monstersongs curtain
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Op-Ed: Decline and division in American news media
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![Prairie News Movie Review](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2.png)
Op-Ed: A letter to Dear Evan Hansen
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![West Texas A&M University's Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex, photo courtesy of WTAMU](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cofah-slide-fac-ext-900x450.jpg)
WT Theater Productions: What, how and why
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![The Prairie News - Film Retrospective](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-11-at-19.03.18.png)
Op-Ed: Please watch Labyrinth
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![The Texas A&M system has decided to begin the process of normalization. (Photo courtesy of WTAMU)](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Buff-Statue-900x401.jpeg)
WT begins return to normal over summer
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![Prince Philip died on the 9th of April, 2021.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/urn.jpg)
Op-Ed: You don’t have to care about the monarchy
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Dealing with burnout in college
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![The Medley Cast sing the untitled opening number.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/oGVSi2lYKj64HQBqw9sUub9cqyljj1bB4cpTV1jz-900x405.jpeg)
WT’s Theater Program stream [title of show]
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![Around 45 million Americans are struggling with student loan debt.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MAWEeYhFWwscpoMCsPzmdQCzi9zHKU3ZnxIR7IxV.jpeg)
Op-Ed: Joe Biden should cancel student loan debt
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![New students can now expect to spend less time living on campus. From wtamu.com](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Capture.png)
WT makes changes to their housing and meal plan requirements
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COVID-19 one year later
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![The Jack B. Kelly Student Center's Legacy Hall, where the second annual Black History Month celebration banquet took place. From wtamu.com](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jbk_legacyhall.jpg)
WT celebrates 2nd annual Black History Month Commemorative Banquet
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![Op-Ed: Framing Britney Spears brings past mistakes back into frame](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/freebritney.jpg)
Op-Ed: Framing Britney Spears brings past mistakes back into frame
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Op-Ed: Earwig and the Witch fails to enchant
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![Lauren Landtroop as Phaedra.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/PhaedraMain-900x613.jpg)
WT’s production of Phaedra brings ancient tragedy to home screens
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Celebrating Black History Month at WTAMU
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![New, more contagious COVID-19 variant has reached the US](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bacteria.png)
New, more contagious COVID-19 variant has reached the US
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![The Jack B. Kelly Student Center's Legacy Hall, where the second annual Black History Month celebration banquet took place. From wtamu.com](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jbk_legacyhall.jpg)
WT to celebrate second annual Black History Month Banquet
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![The note all The Office fans woke up to on January 1st, 2021.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/office-ransome-2.jpg)
Op-Ed: Why Peacock’s hostage situation isn’t going to work
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![Biden giving his inaugural address. Courtesy of NBC News.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/biden.jpg)
Joe Biden inaugurated as 46th President of the United Sates
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![A large shift from such platforms as Twitter has already happened, but is not projected to last long.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Switch-to-P.jpg)
Conservatives flood alternative social media platforms
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![The Office of Student Engagement is now completely virtual.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/OSEL.jpg)
The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership goes virtual
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2020 Election results and opinions
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![As the semester progresses, COVID-19 cases rise.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Covid-on-campus-900x516.jpg)
COVID-19 continues to spread on campus
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![The main ensemble cast join together to lip-sync the grand finale.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/theory-900x400.jpg)
The Theory of Relativity showcases WT’s versatile Theater Department
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![WTAMU's Virtual Distinguished Lecture Series brings Wendy Trevino and Natalie Diaz.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/latinx-poetry.jpg)
WTAMU Distinguished Lecture Series showcases Poetry of Displacement
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![Cover art for "The Wonderful You".](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Wonderful-You.png)
WTAMU alumnus publishes her book “The Wonderful You”
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![Homecoming activities mostly cancelled](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/homecoming-cancelled.png)
Homecoming activities mostly cancelled
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![What vaccine producers would like us to know.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vaccine-cover.png)
The COVID-19 vaccine continues to cause strife
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![In Germany we had a saying for the 2016 election. "Do you want the plague or cholera?" How can a country be reduced to that choice?](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/third-party.png)
Op-Ed: Why can’t we choose neither?
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Coming back to school amid COVID-19
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![Any enjoyment I might find in the film would be taken away by my anxiety.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cinema-yes.png)
Op/Ed: Why I’m not going to the movies anytime soon
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![Cover artwork for Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play, by Joe Landry](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vintage.png)
WT Theater finds a place on the airwaves
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![Op-Ed: Looking at the silver lining of the you-know-what cloud](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cloud2-900x598.jpg)
Op-Ed: Looking at the silver lining of the you-know-what cloud
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!["I'm sorry, you cut out for a minute there. Was that an I do?"](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20200412_171115329-900x675.jpg)
Getting hitched during lock-down
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![A romanticized representation of my listless distraction, which is more accurately just a barely audible groan of frustration, brought to you by my measly skills with acrylics.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Black-rectangle--900x675.jpg)
Op-Ed: A Self-Isolating Anxious Mind
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![The cluttered desk that could belong to any one WTAMU student or professor; a reminder of displacement but also the temporariness of the change.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stock-photo-900x675.jpg)
Online courses: The shared struggle
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Artists of WTAMU
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![One of the only memorials in Spain dedicated to the victims of the Franco regime. Courtesy of the Hollywood Reporter.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/silence-of-others2-h_2018-900x507.jpg)
The Silence of Others screening asks us to consider ours
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![The five 'Somebodies' and Understanding, just before the drawing to see who will play 'Everybody'. Photo courtesy of the WTAMU website.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Everybody-61-900x600.jpeg)
The performers of ‘Everybody’ on performing Everybody
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![Chess: An honest opinion](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/chess2-900x552.jpeg)
Chess: An honest opinion
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![The Amarillo Angels set up a donation drive for children in the foster care system.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_20200219_120439921-900x675.jpg)
Amarillo Angels donation drive during Communication week 2020
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![Red Dead Redemption 2's cover art, courtesy of Eneba.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/red-dead-900x847.jpeg)
Red Dead Redemption and the new west
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Valentine’s Day with the Buffs
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![The Prairie Pioneer seeks to spread the panhandle’s news](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/prairie-pioneer-900x453.png)
The Prairie Pioneer seeks to spread the panhandle’s news
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![A familiar sight for WTAMU freshmen.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/caf-900x675.jpg)
We, the dining hall visitors: An open letter to the “Caf”
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Cats: A hairball of hubris
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![The Multicultural Center's lounge has multiple chairs, a TV and a bar with a whiteboard for artwork or mathematical equations, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2019.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191203_162332170-900x675.jpg)
Multicultural Center brings diversity closer to the students
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![A decorative wall for photo shoots, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_20191121_210234245-900x675.jpg)
Vietnamese culture night promotes international appreciation
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![Stafford Hall, fenced off and hollowed out, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_20191115_125045491_HDR-900x675.jpg)
Farewell to Stafford Hall
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![A portrait of professor Bloom, by Matthew Day.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Bloom.jpg)
Student Success Center becomes temporary art gallery
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![Spanish film festival shows Devil's Backbone](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/poster-2-900x857.jpg)
Spanish film festival shows Devil’s Backbone
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The unsung heroes of our collective learning space
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![Photo courtesy of the WTAMU Theatre Department
The cast of this year's production of Our Town, a small portion of the talent found in WTAMU's Fine Arts Department, featuring two of the students accepted into IPAI.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/48974846897_3061acfe02_k-900x676.jpg)
Fine arts students aim for international opportunity
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![Room 220 of the Old Main, location of the film festival, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20191017_1835498952495-900x675.jpg)
The Spanish film festival screens first film
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![Police officers engage in friendly conversation, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DSC_1970-900x600.jpg)
Coffee with a cop promotes friendly conversation
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![A screening of the documentary, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" as well as a discussion panel was held to end the week.](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DSC_1719-copy-900x600.jpg)
Diversity week asks: Won’t you be a neighbor?
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![The fair was advertised in more than one manner, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019](https://theprairienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DSC_1497_1-900x600.jpg)
Study abroad fair showcases opportunities for students
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