By Piper BlakeWeb Content Manager With the Black Lives Matter movement and the impending election, emotions are running high and the mass media is using this to their advantage. People can be led like sheep when they are emotionally vulnerable, … Continue reading How To Be a Journalist in Times Like These
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Universities that have moved classes online during the COVID-19 pandemic have forced students to miss the end of their spring semester on campus and worry about how the virus will affect them in the … Continue reading College Students React to Missing Out on the Spring Semester
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Vendors at the San Marcos Farmers Market say that buying local is a way for residents to support small businesses and the community. Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, … Continue reading The San Marcos Farmers Market is an Annual Weekend Event that Showcases Local Vendors
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 … Continue reading How to Determine Your Mental Health During Quarantine
By Piper Blake Assistant Web Content Manager Since March 17, there have been several briefings and statements by the White House concerning COVID-19. Here are a few key points: MARCH 16 The White House Coronavirus Task Force warned that even … Continue reading White House Continues to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager With the spread of the COVID-19 comes the need for preventative action to be taken by all who could be affected. However, that does not give people the excuse to be disrespectful of others … Continue reading What to Avoid With the Coronavirus
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager March 14, 2020-7:55 p.m. Information has been updated since President Donald Trump’s address. SAN MARCOS, Texas— Today, President Donald Trump held a press conference, on the actions being taken by his administration to lessen the effects of … Continue reading Donald Trump Addresses Nation About the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Plan
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager It’s every parent’s fear, that once they break and allow their child to get a puppy, it will turn into the real-life version of Cujo. An article from The New Yorker describes this perfectly in another … Continue reading A Dog Mom is still a Mom
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Recently, I decided to watch “Eat Pray Love” for the first time in my life and it raised some serious questions about my future career and life plans. I went into this film thinking, “This … Continue reading The Heart of a Wanderer
By Brittany AndersonAssistant Web Content Manager It’s Shakespeare like you’ve never seen before. Texas State’s “Measure for Measure,” which runs from Feb. 11 through Feb. 16 in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre, is a modern twist on the Shakespearean classic — … Continue reading “Measure for Measure” Review
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager So, Netflix recently released the first season of Sex Education early 2019 and it immediately left an impact on its viewers. The second season is just as uncomfortably raw (pun-intended) as the first, but … Continue reading Sex Education Review
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager New Year’s resolutions suck. That’s just a fact that every person who tries to commit to a resolution sooner or later figures out. I personally hate resolutions due to the pressure that they put … Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions Suck
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Since this semester began, I have set the goal of living a healthier and happier college life. College can be hard when it comes to staying healthy due to minimal healthy food options and … Continue reading 5 Ways to Stay Fit and Healthy During the School Year
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Spooky season is here– and that means Mala Luna is too! The two-day concert event will be taking place this week in San Antonio, Texas, on Oct. 26 and 27 at the Nelson Wolff … Continue reading Mala Luna is Here!
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager The School of Mass Communication and Journalism (SJMC) is one of the largest schools within Texas State with a wide array of majors students can choose from. These majors include public relations, journalism, advertising … Continue reading Mass Comm Week: Digital Media Alumni Share Career Experiences
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Caroline Janes is one of KTSW’s many on-air DJs. Not only does she work for the programming department, she is also a music assistant director and has worked with Other Side Drive and the … Continue reading Meet the Staff: Caroline Janes
By Lauren Jurgemeyer and Piper BlakeWeb Content Manager & Assistant Web Content Manager Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opens at Texas State in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre on Oct. 1 and runs through Oct. 6. Stoppard’s play … Continue reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead: Review
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager VSCO is an app for Apple and Android users that allows you to edit photos with presets and create your own filters. The app is user friendly and for photographers who know Lightroom, you … Continue reading Are You a VSCO Girl?
By Piper BlakeAssistant Web Content Manager Everyone knows about how hard it is to keep up long distance relationships in college but what about keeping up relationships in college? This isn’t just about keeping your connection with your significant other. … Continue reading Keep in Touch
By Piper BlakeWeb Content Contributor With the premiere of season eight of “Game of Thrones” and the recent release of “Avengers: Endgame,” I have been dodging spoilers all over social media. Whether it’s flat out details that you catch by … Continue reading How to Avoid Spoilers
