By Allison Johnson Assistant Web Content Manager The Float Fest lineup has dropped. Last year was pretty dope, and Float Fest has been honest about the mess-ups last year, so I think they’re ready to execute plans for a speedy … Continue reading The Float Fest Lineup Has Dropped
By Allison Johnson Assistant Web Content Manager You do not need everyone and their sister on your social media accounts. I’m talking about the guy you met at the bar, your buddy from physics and possibly even your Dad, too. … Continue reading Social Media Probs
By Allison Johnson Assistant Web Content Manager Over spring break, rumors sparked that Big Sean cheated on Jhene Aiko. Despite them shutting down the rumors, people came to Jhene’s defense. Everyone was confused why anyone could cheat on a beautiful … Continue reading Be Worthy Enough For You
By Allison Johnson Assistant Web Content Manager If you haven’t heard, Viacom is rebranding Spike TV, which means programming will be a little different. Here is what to expect on the Paramount Network. Waco- A six-part series about the 1993 siege. … Continue reading Spike TV’s Rebranding Makes Me Nostalgic
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor Many people begin the semester emailing GroupMe invites to the entire class. “Let’s have a way of communication to exchange notes,” said the GroupMe owner. Not a bad idea. After all, if we miss … Continue reading Don’t Abuse Your Class GroupMe
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor Fact: Not everyone who wants stricter gun control is out to take away everyone’s guns. Now, since we got that out of the way this conversation will be easier to have. From an observation … Continue reading Gun Control
By Allison Johnson Assistant Web Content Manager Today is an important day where we remember a man who spent his life dedicated to fighting injustice. His leadership during the civil rights movement set the example for how humans should combat … Continue reading Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. and the Importance of Letter From Birmingham Jail
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor For the past month or so, there have been endless tweets of black students in their caps and gowns captioned with a sad background story. The captions all go along the guidelines of graduating … Continue reading I’m Writing About My Grit, Not My Sad Story
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor Lately, I’ve been trying to understand the hype behind YouTube vloggers. It could possibly just be that I don’t have a relationship with these famous YouTube vloggers and I feel like most of their … Continue reading Why Do People like YouTubers So Much?
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor The last time I saw snow was six years ago! Today, I wake up to Facebook statuses filled with “Snow :D” captions or in my case being a huge cheese ball and posting lyrics … Continue reading Snow Day in San Marcos
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor My senior year of high school, I applied to Texas State to study mass communication. That year, I began to expand my range of where I received content from, knowing I would someday like … Continue reading Barstool Sports: Not Only For The Boys
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor I feel like almost everyone I meet at Texas State is a business major. Nothing wrong with it of course, but some of them are almost unnerving when I tell them I’m an electronic … Continue reading The Places Mass Communication Majors Will Go
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor Cyntoia Brown was a victim of human sex trafficking at the young age of 16. I don’t know about yall, but as a young woman, this is one of my biggest fears. Not only … Continue reading Celebrities Take Action for Cyntoia Brown
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor Kirsten Danis, the managing editor of The Marshall Project, spoke several times over the course of Mass Comm Week last month. I loved that her job and speech related to the Common Experience theme … Continue reading Journalism for Accountability
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor I remember renting movies at Blockbuster and seeing the cover for Saw, and thinking, “well that looks disgusting.” I gave in a couple of years later and watched the first two movies. Yes, the … Continue reading JIGSAW: A Spooky Review
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor This year, Pitaya made its debut in San Marcos. It is a boutique located on 230 N. LBJ Drive; next to Crafthouse. If you think online boutiques have cute clothes, but don’t think their … Continue reading San Maximum: Pitaya
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor I’ll just put this out here, names are getting more and more creative these days. Yes, the black community is especially known for unique names that are far from the basic. People of the … Continue reading Stop Discriminating Against Names in the African American Community
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor On October 10th, Anthony Graves spoke at Evans Auditorium about his experience on death row for a crime he had not committed. It was a normal day for Anthony Graves when someone told him … Continue reading My Experience with Anthony Graves
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor The world is aching for the victims and their loved ones. What happened in Las Vegas is sickening and the work of the devil. Situations like this cause people to want to stay cooped … Continue reading Safety Tips for Large Events
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor As an avid Twitter user over the years, I’ve noticed the trend of “stans”. It’s a blend of two words: stalker and fan. Basically, if you are an obsessed fan of a celebrity, you … Continue reading Twitter Stan Craze
