By Shelby Clayton — Editor-in-Chief Growing up I always wanted to be a journalist. Nellie Bly was my hero and I truly believed that I could be just like her, give a voice to people that didn’t have one. I wanted to tell people’s stories. When I came to college I never imagined that I […]
By Makenzie Plusnick— Opinion Editor “I was in FFA during high school, so I would come to Tarleton’s competitions all four years and this was the only college I ever applied for,” Sutherland said. “I knew the area, I’d been coming here the last four years, so I’m familiar here.” Sutherland came out as transgender […]
By Bailey Templin— Guest Writer At least once every semester, the Tarleton Police Department puts on a Rape Aggression Defense, or R.A.D., class for women as a way to give back to the community. According to R.A.D.’s website, the classes include “educational components comprised of lecture, discussion, and physical resistive strategies” that they teach in […]
By Abigail Farrer— Guest Writer Walk through a crowded place where teenagers hang out, and chances are high that you’ll also walk through what looks like a cloud of smoke that smells like cotton candy or blue raspberry. This cloud of “smoke” is in fact water vapor emitted by a Juul or vape. A Juul […]
This story was reported by Haley Gillespie, Kathryn Irvin, Sabrina Rodriguez, Alexis Richmond, Tobie Sparkman, Lorynne Benavides, Hannah Herring, Mason Gonzales and Isaiah Valdovinos. Tarleton State University’s next president should be a woman, a person of color, a former student, a person with a history at the university, or outsider with no ties to the […]
By Brandon Gutierrez— Guest Writer Handicap placards are issued to disabled people or others who need help being mobile to give them parking spaces close to buildings and ramps. This semester, Tarleton police caught dozens of students using handicap placards that don’t belong to them, which is a violation of state law. “Over a three-month […]
By Rachel LaCroix— Associate Producer Tarleton’s fashion studies program held its first ever annual fashion show in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center. Seniors Harlei Fain and Kallie Redding organized this event, so they could present their designs as well as the designs of their fellow fashion studies students. “I am one of two […]
By Blanca Izquierdo— Mulitimedia Journalist I grew up in a society where if you want to be happy you need to get validation from others. As a woman, some ways to get this validation are fitting in a zero size, wearing expensive clothes, or taking good selfies. I used to think that way. For many […]
By Quanecia Fraser— Multimedia Journalist To say that Texan News has meant the world to me would be an understatement. This is the news organization that introduced me to a side of journalism I didn’t know I’d fall in love with. This is the news organization that taught me how to be a leader. From long […]
By Katelyn Rivera— Multimedia Journalist In nine days, I’ll finally be walking the stage in Wisdom gym with my fellow classmates. I never though this day would come, I actually never thought about finishing college, period. The time is now, I’m finishing up projects, packing up my house and actively thinking about what’s happening next. […]