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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

What Easter Means to Me

What Easter Means to Me

Katherine White, Staff Writer March 29, 2016

Easter to me is a time when families can come together to eat Sunday lunch and retell a story that has been told for centuries. It is the story of Easter. In my family we gather on Easter Sunday at my...

Soundtrack of Life

Soundtrack of Life

M. Brynn Bertrand March 29, 2016

Life has a soundtrack. The music is in the way we speak, The things we do, And how we feel.   Every word, Hello, Goodbye, I love you.   Every action, A hug, A...

Lunacy

Lunacy

Alecia Wilson, Copy Editor March 28, 2016

You dwell where the sun won't travel Choose to live among the unraveled "Experience is the best teacher" But how can you teach the unteachable Unthinkable Without the best teacher Taking...

Flyer from the Delta State University website.

Preparing for Go Green Weekend

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer March 28, 2016

Go Green Weekend will be held on April 1-3. It will be the third annual Go Green Weekend at Delta State. Director of Recruiting, Caitlyn Thompson said Go Green Weekend’s name "encompasses many of...

Lady Statesmen Season Review

Lady Statesmen Season Review

Gared Watkins, Staff Writer March 26, 2016

The Lady Statesmen of Delta State experienced great amounts of success this basketball season. The Lady Statesmen captured their 16th GSC Women's Basketball Tournament title and the first since 2008-09....

Few of the winners at the Mississippi Press Awards.

The Delta Statement wins record first place awards at Mississippi Press Association competition

Elisabetta Zengaro March 25, 2016

Editors and staff of The Delta Statement, Delta State University’s student-led newspaper, won 12 awards, including a program-record of six first place awards, in news, editorials, sports, photography,...

Sun Drop and Mountain Dew

Sun Drop and Mountain Dew

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

Sun Drop You are all I can find, all they sale, what gets me through a day, helps me keep calm, satisfies my need, but you will never be my Mtn Dew.   Mountain Dew You are...

Photo of Stephanie Messer as a undergraduate student

Green Light: Stephanie Messer is Fashion Forward

Aallyah Wright, Editor March 25, 2016

  "Three words!" Stephanie Messer said while laughing. "Just three? You're asking the wrong thing of an English major!" Anyone who knows Messer knows that she is a very flamboyant person...

Graduation, Then What?

Graduation, Then What?

Gared Watkins, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

Many college students go through each semester overcoming obstacle after obstacle. No matter what area of study an individual may be in, we all have to use critical thinking skills and deal with some form...

Green Light: #UniteToFight

Green Light: #UniteToFight

Aallyah Wright, Editor March 25, 2016

Delta State University junior, Stephon Jackson, has been battling with sickle cell anemia since birth. To help bring awareness to the disease, Jackson is starting an organization called United Sickle...

Be the Light

Be the Light

Aallyah Wright, Editor March 25, 2016

Have you ever stopped to think about how the decisions you make affect everyone else? Maybe, not even a mass audience, but a small crowd? Every day of my life, whether I'm having a great day or the most...

Love's Mystery Parade

Love’s Mystery Parade

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

I see your face Yet, I don't know your name You come to me in my dreams Whispering the calling of my name Appearing with an outlined radiant glow I'm losing myself in your eyes Can you...