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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

The Place in Your Mind

The Place in Your Mind

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer February 11, 2016

Fireflies dancing in the wind, Blue Autumn in a Winter Wonderland, Narnia on the other side, A storm on your side. Reality fades, Imagination becomes, Dreamland, Freedland. Open the door and experience this, Or ride the storm out? Reality soon becomes imagination, Imagination soon becomes reality.

Beholding Their Beauty

Beholding Their Beauty

Dymontre Holmes February 11, 2016

Behold, the beauty that stands before you Has no shape or size. Nor does the color of their skin come without judgment. To view them with your eyes and to gaze upon their glory. You try to...

Statesmen Trounce Argos at Home

Gared Watkins, Sports Writer February 11, 2016

CLEVELAND, Mississippi – Delta State University's offensive dominance included five Statesmen scoring in double figures en route to a 74-48 victory over West Florida on Thursday night at Walter Sillers...

Professor Patricia Roberts shown in her office. (Courtesy Delta State University)

No Boundaries

Aallyah Wright, Editor-In-Chief February 9, 2016

Walking into DSU’s journalism program my freshman year, I did not know what to expect. I was extremely quiet, and I never did too much talking. I soon met the very outspoken, wise woman known as Patricia...

Green Light: All Gas, No Brakes

Green Light: All Gas, No Brakes

Aallyah Wright, Editor February 9, 2016

Twenty-two year old, Treyzar “Boochie” Eatmon, is an entrepreneur and current student at Delta State University. See why he shines so bright. Eatmon started his own organization, All Gas No Breaks,...

Queen

Queen

Jamarrez Davis, Poetry Writer February 9, 2016

Elegance carved in her DNA, Smile as beautiful as a full moon, Her home plays as odds against her. But adversity just isn't her tomb, Her strength rivaling hardened metal. She faulters like any...

Delta State journalism students Laura Orsborn (left to right), Elisabetta Zengaro, Conor Bell (back row), Tiago Doneux, Aallyah Wright and La Tia Penn display a record number of Mississippi Press Association awards for news, editorials, features, photography, graphic design and general excellence. The awards were presented at the annual Better Newspaper Contest in Jackson on March 26. Associate professor Patricia Roberts, Delta Statement advisor, is fourth from left. (The Delta Statement)

Forever Grateful For Your Presence

Alecia Wilson, Staff Writer February 9, 2016

Professor Roberts: You taught me so much in so little time. It breaks my heart that you can't teach me again in this lifetime. As I write this, I smile as the tears flow because I know that you are...