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The Delta Statement

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The Delta Statement

The Social Work and Music Program Mashup

The Social Work and Music Program Mashup

Bugg Davis May 3, 2017

The Mississippi public school system has taken some hard hits to the budget in recent years, and this effects Delta State University because it is a public institution. Some of these budget cuts have led...

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Opinion: Mississippi’s Education Vacuum

Opinion: Mississippi’s Education Vacuum

Nick Houston May 3, 2017

The Freedom Project is an afterschool and summer program that helps underprivileged students in the Mississippi Delta. They have outposts in Meridian, Rosedale, and Sunflower County. Tutors work with students...

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The Disorganized Award Goes to…

The Disorganized Award Goes to…

Bugg Davis May 3, 2017

I sat at my desk and stared at the stack of books spread across it. There were papers everywhere, crammed between books, torn and ripped, and even all over the floor. I was searching for a paper that was...

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Figures in the Dark or a Trick of the Mind?

Figures in the Dark or a Trick of the Mind?

Avery Wall May 3, 2017

Have you ever awakened in the middle of the night and been unable to move? Along with this sudden paralysis, there is a sense of something leering at you in the pitch darkness of your room—a mysterious,...

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Okra Ain’t Just Fried in the Delta

Okra Ain’t Just Fried in the Delta

Bugg Davis May 3, 2017

Spring break is a time of grand adventure, a time for the studying states, people to get away from the books, and see something beyond these cotton-covered flat lands. The nursing majors, the elementary...

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Nerf War at the Baptist Student Union

Nerf War at the Baptist Student Union

Kendall Morrow May 3, 2017

The Nerf Gun War had been the topic of conversation for weeks around the Baptist Student Union, or as we call it, BSU. People that didn’t even own Nerf guns and especially didn’t know how to use them...

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Cash Cow

Cash Cow

Rachel Red May 3, 2017

It is an universally acknowledged truth that a single college student in possession of a limited allowance must be in want of an apartment.   The drive to the apartment complex passed in a flurry...

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8 Things You Should Do Before 8am

8 Things You Should Do Before 8am

Hannah Kistemaker May 3, 2017

Everyone is looking for the newest way to improve their lives without having to do much. Here are eight ideas you can do every morning before you leave your house that will impact your whole day. These...

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bugs, birds, buildings

bugs, birds, buildings

Kendall Morrow April 27, 2017

intricately designed in small places; of one mind   whistling different notes; sing the same song   set apart; a part of one purpose  

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An Endless War

An Endless War

Rachel Red April 26, 2017

On March 9, 2017, President Donald Trump proposed a 2018 fiscal year budget that would eliminate funding for, among others, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for...

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Opinion: Ecuador’s Gatekeeper

Opinion: Ecuador’s Gatekeeper

Nick Houston April 25, 2017

The ocean blue sky, the lush green mountains towering above me, the crisp wind blowing past my curls; it is the plurality of a soothing nature. I am afraid to look down. Crowds of strangers gather to watch...

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Tough Day at the Tennis Courts

Tough Day at the Tennis Courts

Bugg Davis April 24, 2017

The Halls Ferry Road Tennis Courts in Vicksburg, Miss., hosted our Statesmen tennis team to face off against Alcorn State University on March 29. It was a tough time for the Statesmen. Alcorn University...

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