International Women’s Day: 5 Woman-Owned Local Businesses to Support

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International Women’s Day: 5 Woman-Owned Local Businesses to Support

By Hannah Walls Web Content Contributor Supporting local businesses is always a wonderful way to connect with your community, and it is especially important to support the individual owners behind these businesses. According to the National Association of Women Business Owners, there were over 13 million women-owned businesses in the United States as of 2021. Here are some great women-owned businesses in San Marcos to visit and support this International […]

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International Women’s Day: Queer Women in History

By Autumn McGowan Web Content Assistant Manager International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated on March 8th every year. It’s a day to celebrate female-identifying people across the world and reflect on the achievements and accomplishments of the women before us. When reflecting on the roles that women have played in history, it’s extremely important to highlight queer women. Although they may or may not have been recognized as […]

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International Women’s Day: Women Pitted Against Women

By Allison Schroeder Web Content Assistant Manager Women, including those who identify as women, around the world are notoriously known to be on the receiving end of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. But it doesn’t just stem from men, it also stems from other women. When it finally feels like a battle is over, it almost feels although women are also pitted against each other into a whole other level of […]

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International Women’s Day: The Women of SNL

By Hannah Brown Web Content Contributor When digging through 47 seasons’ worth of archives since 1975, it’s obvious that women-dominated sketches became more apparent in the mid-2000s. For many of these female comedians, their reign on the stage has already come to an end, and International Women's Day is a perfect time to commemorate their performances and contributions to the late-night comedy showcase. Saturday Night Live is known for having […]

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International Women’s Day: Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling

By Preethi Mangadu Web Content Contributor For many women, it is more difficult to climb up the career ladder than it is for men. This is due to the metaphorical barrier that higher-ups create which prevents women from being promoted and being compensated at an equal level, otherwise known as the “glass ceiling.” The “glass ceiling” theory was coined by Marilyn Loden, a managing consultant, in 1978 during a panel on […]

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International Women’s Day: Women for Climate Justice

By Lea Mercado Web Content Assistant Manager International Women's Day is a day dedicated to showing appreciation to the women who work hard to positively impact our lives. Those who choose to celebrate may adorn the women in their lives with flowers, gifts or maybe take over some of their responsibilities as a display of appreciation. But the focus of this year's celebration requires far more than pleasantries. It requires […]

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Spring Into Living Your Best Life

By Celeste Parler Web Content Contributor Within a matter of weeks, we will no longer have to suffer through a Texas winter anymore. As fun as winter can be, we are overdue for better weather and a healthier state of mind. Just think about all the differences between winter and spring. Winter shuts us indoors. Nighttime creeps up earlier and earlier in the day. Everything seems grayer and bleaker. We […]

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Photo is taken from a high window. In the window, there are curvy wooden lines. What is outside the window is a bird’s eye view of Texas State University. There are a lot of trees and buildings with red rooftops. In the middle of the view is a large university building with cream-colored bricks and a red rooftop. Behind that building is a tall apartment building that is white with yellow squares on the left side of it and windows spaced out throughout the building. The sky in the picture is very cloudy and grey but there is some sunlight peeking out of the clouds.

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Best Study Spots on Campus

By Mikayla Anding Web Content Contributor In-person classes mean staying on campus almost all day with breaks to study. If you’re like me, you enjoy finding new spots to study to change it up occasionally. Our campus is huge and there are plenty of little nooks and areas to study that you may not have tried or even heard of. I asked around to my friends what their favorite places […]

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Preview: Women’s Basketball Sun Belt tournament

Carter Bordwell Sports Reporter Coming in as the six-seed in the Sun Belt Conference, the Texas State women's basketball team (14-13 overall) will take on the eleven-seeded South Alabama Jaguars (8-17 overall) in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament Wednesday afternoon in Pensacola, Florida. This matchup will be the first time that these two teams have played all season after the game got canceled due to a […]

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