By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor Nearly 35% of San Marcos residents are living in poverty. In Hays County, 8,520 children are food insecure. This giving season, help the San Marcos community by providing a sense of security for those who … Continue reading What You Can Do To Help The Less Fortunate This Fall
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor The Texas State University Strutters dance team is the largest college dance team in the United States. Founded in 1960, the Stutters will celebrate their 60-year anniversary this school year. Sixty years of many NBA … Continue reading Humans of San Marcos: Meet Ravyn Ammons
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor It was the week before school started and I was sitting on my phone, scrolling mindlessly. I started to think about how often I spend time on my phone. So, I decided to delete all … Continue reading I Gave Up Social Media For a Week– Here’s How It Went
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor I know that it can be hard to stay interested in classic novels due to their elevated language or outdated scenarios, so I am introducing some of my favorite page-turners that are relatively easy to … Continue reading My Top 5 Favorite Classic Novels
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor When you enter college, every study habit you’ve considered fool-proof is put to the test. The concept of self-discipline becomes far more evolved. You’ll have late nights staring at empty word documents and days filled … Continue reading B2SB: The Writing Center
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor Before you know it, you’ll be walking down the quad lugging around a backpack full of textbooks. We can all agree syllabus week is the best, but once the professors start laying down the homework … Continue reading 10 Tips for a Productive Semester
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor SAN ANTONIO — The Professional Tour Guide Association of San Antonio (PTGASA) celebrates its 25 year anniversary of establishment this year. To commemorate the anniversary, PTGASA is offering a series of free tours on Sept. … Continue reading The PTGASA Celebrates 25 Years
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor Regardless of how you get your news, unfair news practices are unavoidable. As the era of “fake news” is upon us, it has become increasingly difficult to determine how reliable a piece of information is. … Continue reading Fact or Fiction: Navigating Information in the Era of Fake News
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor You’ve seen it in movies and television: the passed-out students with drawings on their faces. You’ve heard the excuses, “We’re in college! This is what it’s all about!” You’ve been into the apartments with empty … Continue reading How College Culture Tells Us Alcoholism Doesn’t Exist
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor The Fourth of July is a perfect time to get together with friends, family and, of course, fireworks. As important as it is to have fun on this Independence Day, it’s just as important to … Continue reading 5 Safety Tips for the Fourth of July
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor Twitter is an awesome way to stay connected with what’s trending in the world, but it’s just as important to stay connected with what’s trending locally. These San Marcos-based Twitter accounts will provide anything from local … Continue reading 5 San Marcos-Based Twitter Accounts You Should be Following
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor “The Defining Decade” is a book every 20-somethings needs to give a read—it would be an understatement if I didn’t say this book completely changed the course of my life. Author Dr. Meg Jay reflects … Continue reading The Defining Decade: A Book Review
By Ally BolenderWeb Content Contributor The effects of the vaping epidemic are becoming increasingly evident at Texas State University. Students who excessively use vapes, especially the JUUL, are a distraction to other students and pose a threat to the San … Continue reading When the JUUL Goes to School
