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The Delta Statement

The student news site of Delta State University

The Delta Statement

The student news site of Delta State University

The Delta Statement

Love Sick

Love Sick

Aallyah Wright, Editor February 24, 2016

Why am I here? I seem to tune out the world more and more… Why aren’t you near? I seem to push you away, Even when it hurts me to the core… Why can’t I live? The pressures of...

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Absent Mind

Absent Mind

Alecia Wilson, Copy Editor February 24, 2016

What’s on my mind? What are my thoughts? What is real? What is not? I’m not sure because I forgot. What time is it? What’s the time that it was? Questions. Questions. In...

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But Would You Hit Me?

But Would You Hit Me?

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

Domestic violence is a real and serious matter. Millions of women are battered and bruised everyday. The absolute sad part about domestic violence is the majority of the time it is commited by a spouse,...

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Photograph of Janie Magee

Green Light: Janie Magee

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

Janie Magee is an instructor and the clinical director for the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Delta State. Magee came to work at DSU in the fall of 2011. She was a rehab director at a...

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(From Left to Right: Sarah Fortenberry, Alecia Wilson, Kole Oakes, Jess Bennett, and Nick Houston | Photographer: Aallyah Wright)

Da Awards Ceremony A Success

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

Delta State’s literary magazine, Da, hosted its 2nd Annual awards reading on Wednesday, Feb. 17. A pretty good crowd showed up to support and listen to the winners read. The emcee for the award ceremony...

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BSU hosts Bake Sale

BSU hosts Bake Sale

Jontil Coleman, Web Manager February 22, 2016

The Baptist Student Union of DSU held its annual bake sale in the student union on February 11th and 12th to raise funds for their student missions. Donations for the fundraiser came from local churches...

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Photographer: Najawon Wilson

GRAMMY Museum Mississippi Set To Open In March

Jontil Coleman, Web Manager February 22, 2016

Set to open on March 5, 2016, the GRAMMY Museum is expected to be a main attraction in the Mississippi Delta. After six years of establishing a firm foundation in Los Angeles, California, the GRAMMY...

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Todd Davis

Green Light: Todd Davis

Katherine White and Sheldon Ransom February 22, 2016

Todd Davis is part of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department at Delta State University. He runs the OKRA Camp and is Director of Outdoor Recreation. Davis has been a teacher at DSU...

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Repentance

Repentance

Jimmieria Chillis February 22, 2016

There's no use for such a thing A string no thread A bird with no song to sing You've no wisdom to know the vastness of knowledge how to tall the papyrus reed will grow You've no understanding...

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What Lurks Beneath

What Lurks Beneath

Jamarrez Davis, Staff Writer February 22, 2016

It's always the scariest thing they can think of Usually hidden, rarely they are right out in the open Society harbors fear of them Their variety and differences are almost mindboggling Some...

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The Reality

The Reality

Jamarrez Davis, Poetry Writer February 22, 2016

Strewn across a path so wide Lay fragments that aren't easily hidden A puzzle so complex and impromptu That we never are fully able to see it To each their own because we all possess it Is this...

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Who Are You to Tell Me Something?

Who Are You to Tell Me Something?

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer February 20, 2016

Most people in the working force all dread something about their jobs. Whether it's the hours or the pay, something about the person's job sucks. Most of the time, if not all the time it is a person of...

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