By Preethi Mangadu Web Content Contributer As a result of many being forced into a school year that was fully online due to COVID-19, the sophomores faced an unusual transition to in-person college. Being in almost the same boat as the incoming freshmen, they experience a mix of emotions as they try to adjust to this new learning environment. Unlike the freshmen, the sophomores were thrown into the mix under […]
By Autumn McGowanWeb Content Contributor Texas State graduate student Joshua Travieso has been awarded the Future Texas Business Legend Award from the Texas Business Hall of Fame. The award is a grant for $15,000 that Travieso will use to further his business, Floresville Coffee, Texas’ first independent coffee roastery. Travieso is part of the MBA program at the Round Rock campus and says when he started Floresville Coffee with his […]
By Autumn McGowanWeb Content Contributor Happy Pride Month! Things are slowly opening back up after Covid, which means that this month can be the glorious celebration of queerness it was meant to be. While we are celebrating, let us not forget that this month was chosen to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, when fed up drag queens and trans women of color decided to fight for their right to […]
By Tiger Shi & Devon BatesNews Director & News Reporter In this final episode of TSDB News, Tiger Shi and Devon Bates talks about the FDA awaiting to fully approve the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, tragic news of a UT Austin football player, a proposed ordinance for the City of San Marcos and Bobcat CARES funding for summer 2021! Featured image by KTSW Multimedia.
By Tiger Shi & Devon BatesNews Director & News Reporter In this episode of TSDB News, Tiger and Devon discuss the Derek Chauvin trial verdict, Governor Abbott’s encouragement of participating in a sales tax holiday weekend, San Marcos Fire Department members’ awards and Pfizer vaccines being made available on-campus. Featured image by KTSW Multimedia.
By Rachael GerronWeb Content Assistant Manager Texas State University students feel unsafe on the San Marcos campus after the University Police Department’s (UPD) 2020 Clery report revealed that crime rates have gone up significantly since 2017. The Clery Act is a federal law designed to ensure that universities are fostering campus safety. Some crimes listed under the Clery Act include rape, burglary and aggravated assault. The act requires universities to […]
By Andrea MauWeb Content Assistant Manager According to the San Marcos Police Department (SMPD), the number of sexual assault reports is on track (and is only expected) to rise in the San Marcos area. Chart provided by the SMPD regarding the number of sexual assault reports from 2019-2021. While the need for these reports is always unfortunate, the rising numbers may be due to a positive change in our culture […]
By Rachael GerronWeb Content Assistant Manager Beginning Monday night, water flow in three buildings at Bobcat Village residence hall caused fire alarms to go off and residents were forced to relocate indefinitely- given no housing options from the university other than to stay in a COVID-19 quarantine building in the complex. After a day of rolling blackouts across San Marcos, fire alarms went off in a building at Bobcat Village […]
By Nadia GonzalesCommunity Relations Staff Writer About two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking to BSA’s Promotions Coordinator, Eryka Thompson and BSA’s Parliamentarian, Johnna McClendon. Both of the ladies spoke to me about the purpose of BSA, what BSA typically does as an organization and some things they wanted the public and student body to know about the organization. Black Student Alliance (aka BSA) is an organization with […]
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