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Buffs handle swine at Rodeo Austin

Maddox Nite April 22, 2024

West Texas A&M University’s Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences took 25 agriculture students to organize, plan and participate in the youth swine show at Rodeo Austin Livestock...

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A view of Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, which is located 5 miles south of Umbarger and Hwy 287 towards New Mexico.

Indigenous Peoples Day at WT

Marcus Rogers, Editor-in-chief October 10, 2022

Oct. 10, 2022 marks Indigenous Peoples Day. This holiday falls on the second Monday of Oct. and has since replaced Columbus Day for a number of reasons. The major reason is that Columbus Day signifies...

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Op-Ed: Decline and division in American news media

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter October 4, 2021

In the 1976 film “Network,” news anchor Howard Beale loses his cool on air and boosts ratings with his impassioned, honest and unscripted rant on the state of the world’s affairs. This prompts the...

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The 2021 Graduates of Distinction, Don Bell and Johnny Treiche, and First Choice Awards, the winners Virgil Bartlett and the Tri-State Fair and Rodeo. from the Department of Agricultural Sciences scholarship reception.

WT Agriculture preparing for the future

Marcus Rogers, Staff September 16, 2021

For the past 20 plus years, the Department of Agricultural Sciences has been preparing the next generation of agriculturalists in the Texas Panhandle by financially helping students pay for their college...

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New, more contagious COVID-19 variant has reached the US

New, more contagious COVID-19 variant has reached the US

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter February 10, 2021

Later last year the citizens of the United Kingdom were plunged into another, stricter lockdown due to a new strain of the COVID-19 virus. This variant differed from the previous one by being far more...

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The Office of Student Engagement is now completely virtual.

The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership goes virtual

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter November 14, 2020

West Texas A&M University’s Office of Student Engagement and Leadership (OSEL) has moved online due to the ongoing issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The office, which declares itself...

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The West Texas A&M’s  Mass Communication Department hosted a Media Communication Association meeting Thursday, Oct. 15 over zoom.

Media Communication Association Online Event

Skylerr Patterson, Senior Reporter October 23, 2020

The West Texas A&M University’s Media Communication Department hosted a Media Communication Association meeting Thursday, Oct. 15th over Zoom. The event included words from panelists Jill Whitfield,...

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The Prairie Pioneer seeks to spread the panhandle’s news

The Prairie Pioneer seeks to spread the panhandle’s news

Jonah Dietz, Senior reporter February 8, 2020

  The Panhandle comprises 26 counties of the state of Texas. These counties house a plethora of cities and a vast array of small towns too numerous to count casually. It boasts the second largest...

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WTAMU Nursing announces move to Amarillo

Olivia Spiezio November 23, 2019

West Texas A&M University’s president Walter Wendler announced Tuesday that the Department of Nursing would be relocating to the university’s Amarillo campus by fall of 2021 and they will buying...

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F1RSTGEN Banquet celebrates students, community

November 8, 2019

West Texas A&M University’s F1RSTGEN organization held their first annual banquet honoring first-generation college students on Thursday in Jack B. Kelly Legacy Hall. According to their page on...

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The Legacy brings ‘Weird Stories and Dark Tales’ to Barrel and Pie

The Legacy brings ‘Weird Stories and Dark Tales’ to Barrel and Pie

Olivia Spiezio November 1, 2019

West Texas A&M University’s creative writing journal The Legacy held its second annual Halloween reading at Barrel and Pie on October 29, sharing 13 macabre and chilling poems and short stories written...

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The U.K. Debaters standing by their poster in the Fine Arts Complex.

U.K. Debaters discuss potential change in classification for Olympic athletes

Stock Chenault October 28, 2019

On Monday at Legacy Hall, Jack B. Kelly Student Center, two members of the WT Forensics Team debated with two colleagues from the U.K. The topic was a proposal to make the Olympic games categorized...

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