Pieces of College
After the mass school shooting on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla., thousands of high school and college students grouped together under the hashtag #NeverAgain to plan several walkouts during school hours to protest gun laws. In response to this, some secondary schools have begun threating disciplinary actions to protesting students. Curtis Rhodes, superintendent of the… Continue reading Students have the right to be activists
It's not every day someone comes back from Christmas to be told they're president. Marissa Quintanilla walked into her first day of classes this semester with 18 hours, two jobs, and the expectation of being vice president of her sorority, Alpha Xi Delta. She left classes that day learning she'd been appointed president of Alpha… Continue reading Quintanilla quells need for ΑΞΔ president
When a second grader proposes a plan of action to keep students safe from guns before lawmakers, that’s a problem. According to the Chicago Tribune, first-grader Ava Olsen went to recess one September afternoon in 2016 and left with PTSD. Now home-schooled, Olsen wrote President Donald Trump a letter asking him to keep kids safe… Continue reading Students gunning for stricter gun laws
Theatre Wesleyan’s production of “Important Hats of the Twentieth Century” will be a show full of firsts. The biggest one is that the show is a comedy fresh off Broadway. “We are actually going to be for what we know the regional premier (of this production),” said junior theatre major Kimberly Owen. “It’s cool because… Continue reading Theatre Wesleyan puts on “Important Hats”
Freshmen Haley Cheney, Ryan Houston, De’Laone Dobbins and Samantha Leal walked into Stella Russell Hall’s first floor hallway. The four are close friends; they hang out in each other’s rooms, eat dinner together, and share jokes. And it all started right here. “(We met) in the hallway,” said Cheney, a criminal justice major. “Yeah, we… Continue reading Freshmen give fresh view on Stella
Texas Wesleyan President Frederick Slabach hosted the first 2020 Town Hall meeting of 2018 on Tuesday afternoon in the Baker Building. The meeting focused on how the university plans to increase enrollment through academic improvement and campus renovations; the university budget was also mentioned. The meeting opened with Slabach introducing Dr. Heidi Taylor, who talked… Continue reading Slabach hosts first 2020 Town Hall meeting of 2018
Monday was bittersweet for students, faculty, and staff as they said goodbye to both Dean of the School of Arts and Letters Dr. Mark Hanshaw and Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications Darren White. Hanshaw, who’s been at Texas Wesleyan for more than a decade, had a farewell come and go party hosted in… Continue reading Wesleyan says goodbye to Hanshaw and White
Senior political science and English major Zahraa Saheb and several other seniors gathered at Lou’s Place Tuesday morning for the 2018 Spring Grad Kickoff. “I’m very excited about graduating,” Saheb said. “I’m just here to get more information about what I can do to successfully graduate.” At the kickoff, which started at 9 a.m. and… Continue reading Seniors Attend Spring Grad Kick-off
Dr. Sherree Wood attended her first University College Day on April 19, 30 years after graduating from Texas Wesleyan. “I’m here today as a friend,” Wood said, “because miss (Jessica) Davenport won the award that was named for my husband last spring (at the Texas Wesleyan Award ceremony).” Davenport, a senior criminal justice major, had… Continue reading Students display their research at UCD
Senior criminal justice major Katie Matthews made the joke that the cookies she baked for the basketball team was the key to their victory. “I’m part of Ram Squad so I thought it would be nice for Ram Squad to do something for them,” Matthews said. “I’m really big into baking anyway and everyone says… Continue reading Championship win benefits Wesleyan
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