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Since 1919

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Since 1919

The Prairie News

Art by Chris Brockman.

WTAMU reaches $35 million mark

Cheyenne Black January 31, 2014

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...

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Rick Bass gives a speech for the Western Writers Series.

Western Writer Series hosts Rick Bass

Megan Moore January 28, 2014

The Western Writer series partnered with the Department of English Haley Professorship, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and Cornette Library in hosting Rick Bass, American writer and environmental...

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Career Services gives students a hand

Alyssa Bonner January 28, 2014

Career Services is one of the many places on campus that can help students. They offer assistance to students seeking part-time or full-time jobs and internships, many workshops to assist in professional...

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One of the works on display at the Pastoral art exhibition.

“Pastoral” art exhibition visits WTAMU

Jessica Malacara January 28, 2014

The formal art gallery in Mary Moody Northen Hall is featuring unique art from Jan. 16 through Feb. 15. Victoria Taylor-Gore, artist and WTAMU alumni, shows off her photograph and video collages with...

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Students decorated incense bottles in the JBK.

CORE sponsors Everything But the Mime

Cheyenne Black January 21, 2014

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...

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Turkey run for fun

Josh Mullins December 3, 2013

  The Turkey Fun Run has been a program sponsored by WTAMU Rec Sports since its first race approximately 30 years ago and has been held every year since. This year participants of the fun run...

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Students of the WTAMU Chorale singing traditional carols in front of Old Main. Photo by Natalia Molina.

Lighting up WTAMU

Jasmine Aranda December 3, 2013

Last Monday WT held its annual Carol of Lights event outside the steps of Old Main. Well over a hundred people attended to see the campus lit up, enjoy holiday music, help donate to Toys for Tots,...

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CORE hosts girl’s and guy’s night

Jenna Harrison November 26, 2013

The CORE Office hosted a guy’s night and girl’s night on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. The guy’s night was held at the Virgil Henson game room, and the girl’s night was held at the Cousin’s ballroom. “The...

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Bulletin Board supporting Veterans.

Military Appreciation Week at WTAMU

Ana Villagomez November 19, 2013

West Texas A&M University was named as one of the top military-friendly universities by Military Advanced Education (KMI Media Group) and G.I. Jobs magazine. WTAMU is an institution that...

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Dr. Robin Capt. Photo courtesy of the WTAMU website.

Details on Dr. Robin Capt plane crash

Luke Ware November 19, 2013

WTAMU professor Dr. Robin Capt died in a plane crash on Nov. 11 along with her husband William Michael Capt, 48, and son William Michael Capt II, 19. Flight records show that Capt and her family...

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Dr. Jeff Doty gives Shakespeare lecture

Alex Gonazalez November 19, 2013

On Nov. 14, Dr. Jeffrey Doty gave a lecture in part of the Remnant Trust Lecture series, titled “Improbable Shakespeare Or, How a Playwright (of all things) Became our Greatest Writer,” at Legacy...

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Fraternities, sororities not stereotypical

Connor Woods November 19, 2013

As you watch a movie about a college campus, you often come across a fraternity or sorority, and more times than not these students are seen as a rowdy bunch of partiers. Although people realize the...

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