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The Delta Statement

The student news site of Delta State University

The Delta Statement

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...

The Delta

The Delta

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

Have you ever stopped to look at at where you live and appreciate the scenery The Delta has to offer? It's an excellent and beautiful place to live. What's not to love about The Delta? Even the people...

Hunted: Prequel to Embers (Excerpt)

Hunted: Prequel to Embers (Excerpt)

Mikaela Hancock March 17, 2016

Helina glared at him. As if she could help what family she was born into! All she wanted was to scream at him. But ladies did not scream. Especially in public. So she simply forced her frown into a smile...

DSU Hosts Asset Development Summit

DSU Hosts Asset Development Summit

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer March 17, 2016

On Wednesday, March 16 from 8 to 3 pm, an Asset Development Summit, "Moving From Talk to Action: Resource and Community Forum," was held in the Jacob Conference Center in Ewing Hall on Delta State campus....

Photographer: Najawon Wilson

Buzz Surrounding GRAMMY Museum Mississippi

Aallyah Wright and Jontil Coleman March 4, 2016

There is a lot of buzz surrounding the grand opening of the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi which opens, Saturday March 5, in Cleveland, Mississippi. DSU student and member of DMI ALL-Stars, Brennan Barham,...

Eye Contact

Eye Contact

Aaron Payne March 4, 2016

I looked into the mirror, uncomfortable with what I saw. My now pale and ghostly skin glistened before me. I slowly made my way up to my face and set my eyes upon the scar upon my left cheek hesitantly....

Phone photo taken at a local church in downtown Cleveland, MS

Phoneography

Najawon Wilson, Photographer March 4, 2016

 

Photo from Keith's Facebook page.

Green Light: Keith Johnson, Prince of the Blues

Aallyah Wright, Editor March 3, 2016

Keith Johnson is a senior Delta Music Institute audio engineering major at Delta State University and is taking the blues world by storm as the Prince of the Blues. A native of Glen Allan, Miss., Johnson...

Photo of Delta Music Institute Students

DMI Students Travel to D.C.

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer March 3, 2016

Delta Music Institute (DMI) students were selected to attend an educational workshop at the nation's capital. The workshop was titled "The History of Gospel Music." The workshop is part of the "Performance...

Photo of Jon Westfall

Greenlight: Jonathan Westfall

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer March 3, 2016

Dr. Jonathan Westfall, is an assistant professor for Psychology and Coordinator for First Year Seminar at Delta State University. Westfall joined the DSU psychology faculty in Fall 2014. “I chose...