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The Nature Conservancy has began to rebuild the historic Texas Oyster Reef, using an innovative approach; the project will contribute to the resiliency of Matagorda Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The reef has virtually disappeared over the last century in Matagorda Bay, which was one the largest estuaries and most productive fisheries in Texas.…

Jennifer DuBois has won many awards for her writing, but her latest novel “Cartwheel” has granted her the prestige of the Whiting Award, given annually to ten emerging writers in nonfiction, fiction, poetry and plays. This award also comes with a $50,000 prize, but to Jennifer the prize just lets her keep doing what she…

Monday night, a panel discussion called the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: What Does It All Mean?” took place at McCoy Hall. It was an event opened to the public for a better understanding of what the affordable care act does to citizens. Professor of the College of Health Professions Michael Nowicki says people…

Texas State is hosting a panel discussion to examine the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. The panelists include Mary Ann Roser, medical writer for the Austin American-Statesman; Dr. […]

The Associated Student Government held their bi-annual roundtable for students to talk with Texas State administration. These roundtables gave the students the opportunity to talk directly with administrators about any […]

Bill Taylor ran for Place 1 of San Marcos City Council against opponent Lisa Prewitt, losing with less than a 1/4 of the San Marcos vote. Taylor is the owner […]

Crossfit San Marcos has organized “Music For Miracles”, a non-proft Music event where all proceeds will benefit the Make a Wish Foundation of Central and South Texas. There will be […]

On Thursday November 14th Phi Kappa Psi will host their first charity pageant at 6:00 p.m. in the LBJ Student Center Ballroom. Not only are contestants competing for the crown, […]

Launched this past March, Bronko Box is a locally owned Eco-friendly box rental services which makes the problem of moving a whole lot easier and cheaper. Set-up in the Austin […]

This was the excitement that exploded at the Railyard on Tuesday night, where Lisa Prewitt’s political watch party was being held at, when they got official news that she had […]

Jude Prather won re-election to San Marcos City Council Place 2 Tuesday night. Prather, a veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and a Texas State graduate, was surrounded by […]

I was able to attend Place 2 candidate Thom Prentice’s watch party at Zelicks on election night. He came in third place with 11.9% of the vote. Even through the […]

The Texas State Disc Golf Club team is going to be holding their annual Bobcat Open Tournament on Sunday, November 10th. Adam Kitts, Safety Officer, gave me some details on […]

One of the topics discussed  was the changes in the election campaigning code. Some of the changes will decide how much money is being spent on elections and candidates cannot […]

Last Thursday, many students woke up to emergency alerts about flash flood warnings in San Marcos. Over night, the city of San Marcos received over nine inches of rain leaving […]