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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Taxpayers and City Streets

Taxpayers and City Streets

Merissa Pittman, Staff Writer April 1, 2018

While leaving home to run to the grocery store, you encounter many sites and obstacles, such as large potholes and badly damaged streets. Unfortunately, most cities try to smooth over the potholes by filling...

FOUND IN DITCH IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI

FOUND IN DITCH IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI

Merissa Pittman, Staff Writer April 1, 2018

In Coahoma County, a body of an unknown black male was found alongside a residential roadway in a ditch during the early morning hours on Tuesday by children waiting for the school bus. Arriving at...

Antifa protest

Antifa and the Fight Against the Far Right

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief March 26, 2018

The Black Bloc, more commonly referred to as Antifa, is an Anti-Fascist movement dedicated to stopping the spread of white supremacy and far right ideology wherever it emerges. They are not one unified...

Student Loans

Student Loans

Jamie Martin, Social Media Editor March 26, 2018
How Delta State University Helps
Instead of wasting time better spent working to create new policies, government officials and President Trump should not focus on who or what to blame but ensuring the safety of students.

Blaming Should Not Be an Excuse for Inaction

Avery Wall, Editor-in-Chief March 24, 2018

In a recent NBC Think article by Dr. Whitney DeCamp, politicians including President Donald Trump pointed fingers at violent video games as one of the main causes of violent crimes, such as school shootings....

Chinese New Year in Mississippi

Chinese New Year in Mississippi

Fangsu Li, Staff Writer March 24, 2018

According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, Feb. 15, 2018, is the Spring Festival, which is popularly known as the Chinese New Year. This day is like Christmas Eve and also called the Spring Festival’s...