OneSearch: McFarland Library online search receives update
Meghan Sullivan, Staff Writer
March 28, 2019 • No Comments
OneSearch received a new look recently. Since the system was launched on Jan. 31, students and faculty have all had to make adjustments with the new system. If students at SMSU are occasionally frustrated with the change in the system adopted by the Minnesota State system this year, they should know they are not alone. Pam Gladis, SMSU University Librarian, and the rest of the library’s staff...
Baker to be future EPSH Department Chair
Hanna Vos, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019 • No Comments
As she sat in the teal chair, Professor Lori Baker seemed to exude professionalism. Her office was cozy and inviting. She had comic strips, children’s artwork, and a poster from the band U2 pinned to a bulletin board. Pages and pages of work from her years of teaching at SMSU were crammed onto a hulking bookshelf. Baker grew up in Nebraska and attended university in her home state. She attended...
Trump declares national emergency over border wall
Dalton Dahl, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019 • No Comments
President Donald Trump declared the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border to be a national emergency on Feb. 15, as he seeks to fulfill his campaign promise of a wall to be constructed on the border. Taxpayers’ money that had already been allocated by Congress for other purposes will be redirected for the 230 miles of barrier. At the same time this national emergency was declared, Trump also approved...
Collin Drey, Staff Writer
April 8, 2019 • No Comments
There’s a lot of games that people could consider influential for their genre. Mario 64 was influential for 3D platformers, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time was influential for adventure games, and Final...
Dalton Dahl, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019 • No Comments
The historical setting for this game is World War II and it offers an experience like its predecessor, Battlefield 1, that game took place during World War I. Essentially, the developers literally recycled...
Kyle Cox, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019 • No Comments
With the rise of games like Fortnite, PUBG, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout Mode, newcomers to battle royal (BR) games may have encountered some trouble getting wins to due to a skill gap. Even...
Maurren Ndubuisi, Staff Writer
April 8, 2019 • No Comments
The Out of Silence readings hosted by The Women’s Studies Committee (WSC) were centered on series of short vignettes that reflect the real-life experiences of people, which afterwards transitioned into...
Desiree Bauer, Commentary Editor
April 8, 2019 • No Comments
The First International Women’s day was in 1911. About seventy years later, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week. The popularity of this week grew and...
Dalton Dahl, Staff Writer
April 8, 2019 • 1 Comment
Mar. 15 was a dark day for New Zealand, a country that had never experienced a tragedy of this magnitude. I used some of my personal time to read sections of the accused shooter, Brenton Tarrant’s, manifesto...
Gwyn Dus, Staff Writer
April 8, 2019 • No Comments
Picture this: you are up on a stage in front of a few judges and many other countless faces; college students, parents, friends, professors. You stand up there ready to give the best speech you’ve ever...
AJ Rusch, Editor-in-Chief
February 14, 2019 • No Comments
40 years ago: The Southwest State Bronco’s duked it out with a local Citizen Band Radio operators at the second annual benefit wheelchair basketball game that was held at Southwest State. All...
AJ Rusch, Editor-in-Chief
February 14, 2019 • No Comments
With this win, Tom Brady is the only player in NFL history to have won six superbowls. Heavy is the hand the wears all six rings. You may not be a fan of the Patriots, and that’s okay. But, you can’t...
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Desiree Bauer, Commentary Editor
April 9, 2019 • No Comments
The SMSU Softball team began their conference play with a strong start on Tue. against the Sioux Falls Cougars. Junior Madison Krog gave the Mustangs a 1-0 lead in the bottom...
AJ Rusch, Editor-in-Chief
April 8, 2019 • No Comments
Game 1: Mustangs vs. Mavericks The Mustangs played the Minnesota State Mavericks in back-to-back games on Thurs., Mar. 21 at Woodside Sports Complex Park in Mauston, WI. In...
Lacey Barke, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019 • No Comments
Kicking off the first round of men’s basketball tournament action will be SMSU’s very own Mustangs, as they compete for the NSIC Tournament Championship title. The...
