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The annual Bridges International event, like always, was hosted at the Marshall E. Free Church. The event began with a get-together, where we met new people and discussed our thoughts on the year and our plans for the summer. It was very interesting to learn what people had planned for the summer and to see how they...
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SMSU has recently had the fortune of welcoming Dr. David Jones to our campus as the 11th president of SMSU. After the retirement of Dr. Kumara Jayasuriya, David Jones was appointed interim president. Jones had come from Minnesota State University, Mankato, as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. He’s also had more experience in h
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The 2025-26 Men’s basketball season came to an end on April 6th, 2026, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The championship game was between the Michigan Wolverines and the UConn Huskies. It was a good game at the start. Michigan was not making their shots, and they had to adjust. UConn was also struggling from the field as well. At the end of the first half, because
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When world events trouble students, they can step into Bill Napier’s classroom and feel at ease, but what sets his classroom apart isn’t the decor but rather the culture Napier has created. Since 1999, Napier has taught at Showalter Middle School and coached myriad Tukwila Schools sports teams. He currently teaches art and coach’s swim....
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An event hosted by the SAC every year in February that lets students get together with their partners (if they have one) to ice skate at night at the Red Baron Arena. Even if you did not have a partner, anyone could join and have fun ice skating for free if they are an SMSU...
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An event hosted by the Pickleball club in February to let students bring their partners to learn how to play pickleball while singing to the music in the background. Even if you didn’t have a partner and were not interested in finding one, you could still go and join them if you wanted to. Event Summary: On...
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Ashton Ayres has been a constant piece of SMSU for the past five years as an undergrad student, Graduate student and Assistant Director of Student Activities. Ayres has a great connection to the community of SMSU and the Marshall area. Ashton first started at SMSU as an undergrad majoring in Political Science. He later got involved with...
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On March 28th, 2026, I went to see bbno$ hosted at The Armory. He has over 14.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify and 10.3 million on TikTok. His musical genre is best described as electronic rap, and he is best known for his playfully fun lyrics and songs that leave a message. It was only a couple of years ago that I...
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Lucy Darling is the drag queen-inspired persona of Carisa Hendrix. Hendrix is from Canada and started performing magic shows with a mix of comedy. She has been named a 15-time award-winning entertainer, featured in the Guinness Book of World Records, and Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Hendrix became a global sensation during COVID when she started posting video
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