Texas State students develop cultural awareness during study abroad trips
Brianna Benitez, Life and Arts Reporter
August 15, 2019
Each year, students get the opportunity to escape their comfort zones and surround themselves with different cultures and customs as they take the leap to study abroad. Studying abroad enables students to become familiar with various geographic locations, languages and traditions. Students who study...
REI The Meadows Center teams up with REI Co-op for an informational outdoor experience
Brianna Benitez, Life and Arts Reporter
August 6, 2019
The Meadows Center and REI Outdoor School have partnered to offer environmental learning and outdoor activities at Spring Lake. REI Outdoor School is a series of classes and tours led by outdoor experts that aim to teach outdoor skills and techniques. Classes and tours are held throughout the count...
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood review
Caleb Watkins, Life and Arts Reporter
August 6, 2019
Quentin Tarantino's ninth film focuses on the life and career of actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), his stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) and the struggles the men face. "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" was one of my most anticipated films of the year. This movie is director Quentin Tarantino's ni...
Lion King (2019) Review
Caleb Watkins, Life and Arts Contributor
July 25, 2019
The original "Lion King" from 1994 is one of the best — if not at the best — movies Disney has ever created. From great storytelling, compelling characters and emotional scenes to phenomenal voice acting from legends like James Earl Jones as Mufasa, the original animated film was such a hit it had...
Crawl Review
Caleb Watkins, Life and Arts Contributor
July 18, 2019
It is difficult to expect one thing out of a movie and receive something entirely different. In both of the recent Godzilla movies, I went in expecting each to be an action-packed, two-hour monster mash movie but instead watched people talking about how threatening the monsters are for roughly 120...
Student organization grows a passion for plants one seed at a time
Brianna Benitez, Life and Arts Reporter
July 9, 2019
The Plant Biology Society is an up-and-coming organization dedicated to helping maintain local greeneries and spread the importance of sustainability through volunteer work. The organization started January 2018 after several students from Sunethra Dharmasiri’s botany class were encouraged to start...
Professor begins research to address “farmer suicide crisis”
Kyle Chitwood, Life and Arts Contributor
July 9, 2019
A new study is taking a novel approach in developing mental health support systems in farming and rural communities to address the “farmer suicide crisis.” Associate professor in the School of Social Work at Texas State Erica Nason and her co-investigator, Abby Blankenship, assistant professor...
Spider-Man: Far From Home Review
Caleb Watkins, Life and Arts Reporter
July 9, 2019
After the events of Endgame, Peter Parker goes on vacation to Europe and must save the world from new threats. Being the Spider-Man fan I am, I was really hoping "Spider-Man: Far From Home" would end the streak of subpar Spider-Man movies before it's time, not including the three Sam Raimi ...
City of San Marcos launches program to reduce residential move-out waste
Brianna Benitez, Life and Arts Reporter
July 9, 2019
The City of San Marcos and Texas State have partnered to create a donation program, Bobcats Give Back, in an effort to reduce landfill waste. Bobcats Give Back is a sustainability program created to alleviate large amounts of trash that accumulates during summer move-out season. Students and San...
Industry hosts closeout to Pride Month
Ivy Sandoval, Life and Arts Reporter
July 9, 2019
The first month of summer has come to a close, along with Pride Month. June is christened as Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, a series of demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ+ community in New York City that occurred throughout the month of June 1969. The month gives LGBTQ+ members an...
Midsommar Review
Caleb Watkins, Life and Arts Contributor
July 9, 2019
Midsommar is a wild two-and-a-half hour ride of pure terror as you follow a group of friends visiting a cult in the middle of nowhere. Ari Aster is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers and directors. If you have not seen his first movie "Hereditary," I highly recommend watching it. Aster keeps his s...
