Homeshake: Fresh Air Review
By Brooke Vega Music Journalist Artist: Homeshake Album: Fresh Air Release Date: February 3, 2017 Website: https://homeshake.bandcamp.com/ Former Mac Demarco guitarist, Peter Sager, is an independent artist known as Homeshake. He is under a record label with Sinderlyn Records in Brooklyn, New York. The long wait for another album from this musical genius has come […]
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Texas State Baseball Delivers Opening Jab
By Reily Chestnut Sports Reporter With the need to pick up some confidence going into the Sun Belt tournament, Texas State struck up a huge win at home against the UT-Arlington Mavericks with the score at 7-6. Let’s set the situation going into the opening game in the final regular season series for the Bobcats. […]
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KTSW 89.9 Promo: Underground Excellence
By Asia Daggs Web Content Manager Underground Excellence is a showcase for local poets, hip-hop artists and others to perform their music. Check out the Underground Excellence promo produced by Jourdan Bazley and Patrick Vande Hey here to find out why you do not want to miss out: Featured image by Lucero Trevino.
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Netflix Originals You Should Be Aware Of
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor Perhaps you need good entertainment to distract you from the chaos that the last few weeks of school brings. Maybe you just need a motivator for the upcoming semester. Whatever the case may be, there is no problem with using Netflix to your advantage especially since you pay for […]
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Texas State Gets Caged By Ragin’ Cajuns
By Reily Chestnut Sports Reporter Texas State continues to roll through Cajun country with their woes as they fall short to Louisiana-Lafayette by a score of 4-3 in the Sunday series finale. For Texas State, it just continues the trend of struggles in conference competition as the ‘cats have now dropped four straight Sun Belt […]
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The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer: Apocalipstick Review
By Kristin Russell Music Journalist Artist: The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer Album: Apocalpistick Release date: March 24, 2017 Website: http://www.harpoonistaxemurderer.com/ The most refreshing thing a band can do is incorporate contrasting multiple music styles into a nice and neat package. The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer intertwines raw blues with psychedelic upbeat energy in […]
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One Last Thank You
By Brent Ramirez Blog Content Contributor My whole life has been a series of decisions and tasks, all of which have made me who I am today. Every single moment where I was offered a choice or a say has consequently led me here. For all I know, there could be an alternate universe where […]
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Dear Mama
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor I am grateful for every moment of life that my mother and I share, and I feel like Mother’s Day is a day to remind the queen of my life how much she means to me. Honestly, my mother has always been my main role model. I’ve aspired to […]
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Benefits to Social Media
By Kimberly Garcia Blog Content Contributor While in one of my classes, my peers around me began to bash social media and its entire presence in society. They began to talk about how they had to stay away from it to avoid feeling like they had to keep up with the crowd and the standards […]
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Artist Pass Along: David Russell
By Ezlyh Gutierrez Music Journalist David Russell is a 24 year old musician living in San Marcos, Texas, who was born and raised in Austin. Russell attended Texas State University, graduating with a double major in Communications and Spanish. Russell is a major part of the local San Marcos music scene being involved with many […]
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The Stigma of Bioethics
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor My freshman year of high school, I was introduced to the topic of bioethics. We were covering a unit that talked about Dolly the sheep. For those who are not familiar, Dolly is the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell successfully. If you’re not a […]
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The Best Movie-Related YouTube Channels
By Brent Ramirez Blog Content Contributor Growing up, I’ve always enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching movies. Whether it was going to the theaters and seeing a film for the first time on the big screen, or having a movie night at home with a group of friends, movies have always provided this indescribable joy […]
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Studio C – MR Fest Edition: Bogan Villa
By Asia Daggs Web Content Director Live in Studio C presents the San Marcos native band, Bogan Villa. We were overly excited to have the band come out and play a few songs for us. The guys are coming off of fresh album, Flowers: Live & Uncut, which was released at the end of this […]
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KTSW 89.9 PSA: Graduation Confetti
By Asia Daggs Check out the Graduation Confetti PSA produced by Anne Cox and Andrew Wright here: Featured illustration by Erin Garrigan.
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Cats and Their Calls
By Alexandra Cochran Blog Content Contributor It’s 7 AM and you’re wondering why your furry friend won’t stop begging you to get up and feed them. Jumping on your chest, licking you until you’re at your most uncomfortable. Your thoughts may sound a bit like: “How did this animal train you to wake up at […]
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7 Summer Music Festival Essentials
By Savannah Olson Music Journalist Do you smell that? That fragrance that reeks of sunscreen, freshly cut lawns, and chlorine? Well, congratulations because your nose is performing wonders and you just recognized that summer is lurking in the horizon. With summer’s call comes an abundance of outdoor events, especially if you love music. Summer is […]
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Treat Yo’ Self
By Brent Ramirez Blog Content Contributor Life can be a pain in the ass. It’s easy to get bogged down by the never ending cycle of worries. If it’s not stressing over school, it’s applying for jobs, or eating healthy, maintaining a relationship, or even remembering to turn the stove off before you head to […]
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San Maximum: Wonder World Park
By Austin Cowan Assistant Web Content Manager Wonder World Park is one of the most fun tourist attractions within San Marcos, Texas. They do not just have one of the most interesting caves found in Texas, but they also possess a petting zoo, anti-gravity house and much more. Wonder World Park has long attracted people to […]
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Finding The Right Shoes for Graduation
By Maria Martinez Blog Content Contributor Okay girls, this one is for you. The most important day of our undergraduate year, or our graduation, is fast approaching for some of us. We have all worked very hard for four years to get to this point in our career, however, we are not the only ones graduating. […]
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Texas State Baseball Stumbles in Series Finale vs. Georgia State
By Reily Chestnut Sports Reporter Following an incredible 9th inning comeback on Saturday night to walk-off 10-9 against the Georgia State Panthers, the Bobcats couldn’t hold it together as they fell 11-8 to lose the series to the Panthers. In what could be described as a frustrating time all series for Texas State pitchers, the […]
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