By KTSW Executive Staff To our dedicated listeners and followers - Consistent with the values that we uphold here as a community of student employees and volunteers at KTSW, the official radio station of Texas State University, we stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in recognizing the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and the many others that have died at the hands of police […]
By Rachael GerronWeb Content Contributor As we all know by now, the black community needs support. It shouldn’t have taken another victim of police brutality, but here we are again. It appears that this time led to an overwhelming sense of change. People are changing. Nearly 30 million Instagram users joined in on Blackout Tuesday in order to amplify the Black Lives Matter Movement. Participants posted a black square with […]
By Timia CobbWeb Content Contributor The U.S. law system has many critics. Many of these critics believe that the system of police officers and various forms of prisons, jails, detention camps, etc. are dishonorable and are in dire need of reform. Not everyone wants reform. Some are fighting to abolish the whole system. Since the murder of George Floyd, a magnitude of citizens has protested for police defunding and reform. […]
By Gena SysavathWeb Content Contributor “Emmett Till” can be seen along with many other names being spread across multiple signs during the recent protests around our country. Yet not many people know who he was and how important he is to the Civil Rights Movement. So, let me ask you a question: who is Emmett Till? Emmett Till was a 14-year-old kid who grew up in Chicago Southside’s working-class neighborhood. […]
By Gage Sutton and Josh OrozcoSports Director and Assistant Sports Director Texas State student athletes and staff gathered together with San Marcos police officers on campus on Wednesday, June 10 for a unity march in response to the recent nationwide protests against police brutality. The mile walk began at the J.C. Kellam Building on University Drive and ended inside Bobcat Stadium. Participants sat in the stands of the vacant field […]
By Jason Arline, Christopher Brocker, Ethan Hamilton and Gage SuttonMusic Journalists Enraged, infuriated, sadness and despair. These are just a few of the words that encapsulate the feelings of Black Americans and people today after the murder of George Floyd due to excessive police force. This situation has lit a fire over hundreds of years of oppression against the Black community at the hands of police. Protestors have been gathering […]
By Andrea MauWeb Content Contributor On Sunday, I attended the Austin Rally & March For Black Lives. The experience was transformative not just for me personally, but for Texas as a whole to have so many come out in support against police brutality. Let the march not end here. The Black Lives Matter movement is a part of a bigger, more important change within our nation. I’m not here to […]
By Stacey RamirezWeb Content Contributor Every year, Texas State University announces a new theme for its Common Experience initiative, and with it a book that embodies that theme. For the 2017- 2018 year the theme was “The Search for Justice: Our Response to Crime in the 21st Century” and the book chosen was Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. Right now, I think there is […]
By Ally BolenderAssistant Web Content Manager In this time of uncertainty and fear, there is also a remarkable amount of resilience, compassion and determination. If you are looking to show your support to the black community (financially speaking), here are some black-owned small-businesses with original products to purchase from. These are a few of the online shops I have been browsing recently, all of which spread across the nation. Hopefully […]
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