Gallery
Texas State baseball players use ‘hairy’ offseason to prepare for spring
Kate Connors, Sports Reporter
August 2, 2020
Itching to get back to action after a promising season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, many Texas State baseball players have chosen to play summer ball to stay in shape for the upcoming school year. Bobcat pitchers Wes Engle, Jacob Little and Otto Wofford joined the Round Rock Hairy Men a...
Fishy Business: A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery undergoes busiest time of year
Rebecca Harrell, Multimedia Editor
July 30, 2020
Less than a mile off IH-35 stands an agricultural establishment pivotal to Texas waters and wildlife. Built in 1949, A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery is responsible for spawning, hatching and raising numerous species of freshwater fish to upkeep its population within state waters. The hatchery is one of five ...
(Photo Gallery) Student-workers adjust to campus jobs during pandemic
Rasika Gasti, Multimedia Contributor
July 25, 2020
Despite a global pandemic and a summer filled with uncertainty, Texas State student-workers continue to show up to their respective departments for work. To remain safe, many front desks have implemented protective countertop sneeze guards. Everyone on campus must wear face coverings when around others....
(Photo Gallery) Social justice caravan parades through Hays County
Sydney Swatsworth, Multimedia Contributor
July 18, 2020
Advocacy organizations Mano Amiga, Mothers 4 Black Lives and Where We Thrive organized a caravan that traveled through San Marcos, Kyle and Lockhart to shed light on local historical Ku Klux Klan activity and unify these communities in the fight for racial equality and justice. Participants in the...
(Photo Gallery) Texas State kicks off Summer II, introduces new Alkek Design Lab
Sydney Swatsworth, Multimedia Contributor
July 6, 2020
Texas State announced July 2 it would be moving the majority of face-to-face classes for summer II to an online format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The only exceptions are classes that require a face to face component for licensure or degree requirements. A campus usually occupied by thousands...
County residents demand release of jail inmates amid COVID-19
Jaden Edison, Editor-in-Chief
June 30, 2020
Demonstrators organized a caravan outside the Hays County Historic Courthouse and Law Enforcement Center June 30 demanding the release of pretrial detainees from jail amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The demonstration, organized by Karen Muñoz and Tomas Diaz de Leon, was in response to reports of inmates...
(Photo Gallery) Intimate protest gathers in support of Black Lives Matter
Rebecca Harrell, Multimedia Editor
June 12, 2020
A group of less than 20 San Marcans gathered at the Hays County Historic Courthouse June 12 to speak out against social injustice and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The rally was hosted by Black Lives Matter San Marcos and organized by Erika Klodnicki who started the rally by sharing he...
Three days, three protests: San Marcos shouts for Black Lives Matter
Daniel Weeks and Rebecca Harrell
June 7, 2020
Three rallies in San Marcos from June 4-6 brought hundreds of community members out to protest amid national outcry for black lives, systemic equality and against police brutality. Demonstrators gathered in the lawn of San Marcos City Hall June 4, kneeling and sitting silently for an hour in remembrance of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other black lives lost at the hands of po...
(Photo Gallery) San Marcans rally at courthouse for Black Lives Matter
Rebecca Harrell, Multimedia Editor
June 5, 2020
From toddlers to adults, members of the community gathered at the Hays County Historic Courthouse in support of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as LGBTQ+ Lives Matter. The peaceful protest, organized by Erika Klodnicki, was advertised through a Facebook event with over 200 responses. The rally began at 6 p.m. with words from Klodnicki and ot...
(Photo Gallery) San Marcos community gathers at City Hall to honor black lives
Jaden Edison, Editor-in-Chief
June 4, 2020
Following national protests for black lives lost at the hands of police, San Marcos community members gathered at City Hall June 4 to take part in a protest advocating for black lives and justice. The protest began with community members sitting and kneeling in silence for nearly an hour, holding...
(Photo Gallery) Hays County honors fallen soldiers at Veterans Memorial
Rebecca Harrell, Multimedia Editor
May 25, 2020
Although Hays County's annual Memorial Day ceremony moved online due to COVID-19, people gathered at the Hays County Veterans Memorial to celebrate and pay respects to those who lost their lives serving the country. The Hays County Veterans Memorial was built in 2000 after Vietnam veteran Richard ...
(Photo Gallery) UPD, Chartwells provide food to Hays County first responders
Jaden Edison, Editor-in-Chief
May 14, 2020
University Police Department officers and Chartwells teamed up Thursday to show appreciation to Hays County first responders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the Hays County Sheriff's Department, San Marcos Fire Department, San Marcos Police Department and more, in face masks and gloves, showed...
