Governor Greg Abbott Overrides San Antonio & Bexar County Rules on Religious Gatherings Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Governor Greg Abbott Overrides San Antonio & Bexar County Rules on Religious Gatherings Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

By Arlett RamirezAssistant Web Content Manager AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has handed down an executive order that allows churches, synagogues and mosques in San Antonio and Bexar County to technically resume in-person religious services. Local San Antonio officials believe that religious leaders will still attempt to hold services remotely and not endanger their congregants. Abbott’s new order classifies religious services at places of worship as essential – overruling previous […]

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How to Determine Your Mental Health During Quarantine

By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Quarantine is best friends with cabin fever and it’s honestly not a relationship I support. As we all know, cabin fever can make people irritable and stir crazy which can put your mental health in danger. Cabin fever is defined by Dictionary.com as a state characterized by anxiety, restlessness, and boredom, arising from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place. This is what […]

April 1, 2020 103

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How Kinsa Can Change the Game for You and COVID

By Andrea MauWeb Content Contributor Kinsa Inc. is a company based out of San Francisco, California, and has employed a unique user-based technology to prevent infectious local illnesses since 2012. Kinsa Inc. has surged in popularity recently due to their technology’s aid in the COVID-19 pandemic, and is a useful tool to properly monitor and thus prevent the spread. The Kinsa app’s interface. Screenshot by Andrea Mau via Kinsa. The […]

March 31, 2020 100

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Virus-Themed Vacation

By Ashton HermanWeb Content Contributor As I sit in my hometown house with a cat to my left and some loose pillows to my right, I can’t help but loathe hearing the term “COVID-19.” For a week now, all that I’ve seen and heard over a plethora of medias is anything and everything Corona related. So I thought, in a fit of irony, I should put together a list of […]

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03/27/20 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

By Juan GarciaNews Director SAN MARCOS, Texas – Several programs at Texas State donated their personal protective equipment (PPE) to local medical facilities in an effort to meet the demand brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak. The department of physical therapy at the Round Rock campus donated 150 surgical masks to Austin State Hospital, 150 masks to St. David's Georgetown Hospital, and four boxes of exam gloves to Dell Seton […]

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03/26/20 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

By Juan GarciaNews Director SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Hays County Sheriff's Office will not use the curfew passed in the county judge’s stay home work safe order as the basis for traffic stops. The curfew runs from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. and will be in effect until Apr. 10. Sheriff Gary Cutler said deputies will assume cars on the road are being used for essential business or other […]

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Films for Social Distancing

By Andrea MauWeb Content Contributor Like most, I’ve been spending the last few weeks confined to my home burning through my must-watch list. The following are the best films and TV shows I’ve come across during this hermit period that I would like to share with the rest of shut-ins with excess time on their hands. Scene from Laundryman. Screenshot by Andrea Mau. Laundryman is a Chinese film by Lee […]

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03/25/20: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

By Juan GarciaNews Director SAN MARCOS – Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra is announcing a “stay in place” order for county residents today to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The order is expected to have an 11 p.m. curfew. Hays County reported two new cases of the COVID-19 virus yesterday, bringing the total number of cases in the county to nine. “We don’t have a choice,” Becerra said […]

March 25, 2020 66

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Spread Information, Not Ignorance

By Tiger ShiWeb Content Contributor It was a calm night in February. I was walking back to my apartment from the bus stop after returning from a night class. As I stepped in the front door, my roommates and friends were there in the living room playing video games. A friend stood up immediately and sprayed me with Lysol antibacterial while shouting, “Coronavirus!” The whole room froze then laughed, including […]

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