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Students dancing in Lone Star Ballet’s “Dracula”

Students dancing in Lone Star Ballet’s “Dracula”

Amanda Koontz October 29, 2014

  Jake Godek, Austin Pond, Diondra Ross, Johanna Seidel, Kelsie Chisholm, Emma Green and Jahaziel White performed in the gothic-romance ballet Oct. 24-25 at the Amarillo Globe News Center for...

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Entertainment. Art by Chris Brockman.

WT Theatre closes A Night on Broadway

Jessica Malacara April 8, 2014

A Night on Broadway was featured in the new acting studio within the Fine Arts Complex of West Texas A&M University from April 2 to April 5. Two senior musical theatre majors, Chris Ratliff and...

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Art by Chris Brockman.

The Varsity Theatre hosts free movie nights

BJ Brittain January 24, 2014

It is no secret that college students tend to find themselves strapped for cash, while having to spend any money that they do have on necessary items, such as food, clothes and books. It is hard to...

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Entertainment Story. Art by Chris Brockman.

Catching Fire Review

Megan Moore December 3, 2013

Director Francis Lawrence awes audiences with his film version of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second movie in a four part movie series. The movie broke the Thanksgiving holiday record, surpassing...

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The cast gathers after the show for a group photo.

WT’s Into The Woods

Laci McGee November 19, 2013

Into the Woods is a musical that intertwines many fairy tales.  Those tales are that of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and a tale about a baker and his wife.  The first...

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Photo courtesy of Preston Thomas.

Planetary Annihilation launches Beta

Preston Thomas October 8, 2013

In August 2012, Uber Entertainment launched a Kickstarter campaign as part of an initial wave of video games attempting to gain funding using the service. Their goal was a relatively modest $900,000....

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Klaehn and daughter navigate the 4th challenge.

Conquer Chiari 5K Run

Sterling Rusher September 24, 2013

Daniel Klaehn, an English instructor at WTAMU, organized the Conquer Chiari Fun Run on Sept. 21.  At 9:30 a.m. at Thompson Park, runners and walkers lined the starting line. “I loved seeing parents...

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Entertainment Story. Art by Chris Brockman.

Conquer Earth in Europa Universalis IV

Preston Thomas September 3, 2013

Saving the world is the task that noble goal gamers are often faced with, but every once in a while getting behind the reins of a powerful empire and conquering it can be just as fun. Paradox Interactive’s...

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Plus INT Logo (Square Version). Art by Chris Brockman.

20 – A Whole New World of Nerdiness

Preston Thomas August 29, 2013

We start off this second "season" of Plus INT by catching you up on gaming and tech you news may have missed over the summer — oh, and we branch out into a whole new world of nerdiness by getting...

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The Prairie. Art by Chris Brockman.

TRiO Offers Science and Math Sessions During Summer

John Lee April 30, 2013

Upward Bound Math-Science is part of a group of programs called TRiO funded by the Department of Education. Included in the program is a segment to occur at West Texas A&M University. The purpose...

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Entertainment Story. Art by Chris Brockman.

The not-so-magical world of “Pottermore”

Georgia Romig April 30, 2013

All right, I admit it. I was one of those nerds who stayed up until the wee hours of morning waiting to get into the “Pottermore” beta. Then, after the third time I missed the deadline, I signed...

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The Salvation Army bell-ringers will come back this holiday season. Photo by Hunter Fithen.

Charities get started on holiday season

Hunter Fithen November 27, 2012

With the holiday season closing in, charities far and wide have been getting an early start to help those in need. Every year around this time, organizations like Eveline Rivers and The Salvation Army...

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