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A Winter’s Coat

A Winter’s Coat

Jack Vernon, Social Media October 2, 2018

I wake up and it’s dark and I have no idea where I am at, it feels like just a couple seconds ago I was with Jack and the rest of the family being loaded onto a weird bird thing in what seemed to be...

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History Gone in a Flash

History Gone in a Flash

Riley Hardin, Publisher October 2, 2018
90 percent of the Brazilian Museum of History burnt down, so what do we do when history is gone?
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Italy: Not the Wonderland You Thought

Italy: Not the Wonderland You Thought

Jonathan Boles, Photography October 2, 2018

Italy has greatly suffered from what is commonly known as “The European Migrant Crisis” over the past three years. Since the crisis began, Italy has accumulated an estimated 500,000+ immigrants. This...

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Chicago County Property Tax Divide

Claire Foster, Da / Events October 2, 2018

After a year-long investigation, The Chicago Tribune has found that the tax assessments of residential homes in Chicago counties have been completely wrong for many, causing intense grief and tension within...

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Financial Hurt: How Students Struggle with DSU’s Aid Department

Financial Hurt: How Students Struggle with DSU’s Aid Department

Saavedra Martin and Liz Howell October 2, 2018

Many Students believe that the Delta State University Financial Aid Department has functioned improperly in handling student account issues. With nearly 100 students in the “final purge” of classes,...

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What if You are not a Christian?

What if You are not a Christian?

Abeer Jehanzeb, Da / Events October 2, 2018

Delta State welcomes many international students from around the world, bringing cultural and religious diversity. With the majority among them being Muslim, students have decided to form a Muslim student...

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The Artist

Madison Kalia, Copy Editor October 1, 2018

I stare at the wall. I have no choice but to look at it. I sit too close to see anything else. So, I look at the not-so-ever-stretching plane. I wonder to myself why this wall decided to become a wall...

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DSU Writing Center Receives New Computers

DSU Writing Center Receives New Computers

Kjirsten Whitsell, Editor in Chief September 28, 2018

At the beginning of the 2018 Fall semester, Writing Center Director Dr. Judith Coleman received news that the campus Writing Center would be getting new computers. The four current computers that the...

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Short-Term Memory Loss: How the Statesmen Plan to Turn Around the Season

Short-Term Memory Loss: How the Statesmen Plan to Turn Around the Season

Delvin Weems, Photography September 28, 2018

With three losses already this season, Delta State's football team is moving on with some help from selective short-term memory loss.   The team is no longer focused on the past games. The Statesmen...

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Saavedra's Bio

Saavedra’s Bio

September 23, 2018

Saavedra Martin is a freshman and is from Horn Lake, Mississippi. The diversity and small campus of Delta State University (DSU) are what attracted her most to obtain her English degree here, which she...

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Put a Ring on It (Equality Version): The MANgagement Rings

Put a Ring on It (Equality Version): The MANgagement Rings

Avery Wall, Editor-in-Cheif April 30, 2018

Sitting on my bed, legs crossed, and a blank comment for a discussion on Canvas staring laughingly at me, I tap the keys half-heartedly in a rhythm that does not match the beat of the music I’m listening...

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I Guess it Rains Down in Africa

I Guess it Rains Down in Africa

Hailey Alderman, Staff Writer April 30, 2018

“I guess it rains down in Africa” blares through your dreams and jars you back into consciousness. At first you look around thinking you are still sleeping, because why on earth would that song be...

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