Quivira puts a twist on their pen pal project this year. This new version includes having members of the club drawing writing prompts out of a box and then sending that person what they wrote of the writing prompt they drew out of a different box.

Growing up, many are told not to play with their food. However, an Emporia State contest encourages the exact opposite.

This Saturday, Commercial Street will be filled with festive music and entertainment as the community celebrates Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).

Thousands of children all around the world grow up fascinated by dinosaurs and the seemingly endless possibilities of what they were like.

Diversity Student Programs and the Ethnic and Gender Studies departments at Emporia State are collaborating on a social justice film series viewing this year in the William Allen White Library Learning Commons.

Earthly Delights is a name seemingly right out of a storybook. 

Stepping into the world of an artist and experiencing their works first-hand is oftentimes an endeavor that seems out of reach. However, for campus and community members at Emporia State, seeing art on display is only a gallery away.   

Sitting in class, trying to stay awake during the seemingly endless monologue students are suddenly jolted by the loud pop of a gunshot. The professor shouts to close the door as an alarm sounds and the sound of police sirens blare from a distance. After hours of waiting under desks with han…

Emporia State recently approved two new programs around dyslexia, a certificate and a concentration as part of the Instructional Specialist master’s degree.

Amid the ongoing pandemic, many black history celebrations have had to transition to an online format, changing many annual traditions. 

As Lyon County prepares to pass 4,000 total COVID-19 cases amid a selective vaccination process, variants of the virus introduce new concerns.

As the entire world continues to feel the jolt of the coronavirus, 2021 kicks off for students and faculty at Emporia State as not only a new year and a new semester but compared to last January, a new world.

With help from the Cadeceus society, the American Red Cross will be hosting the second in a series of local blood drives tommorrow from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Emporia State University Union Ballroom. Donors can check in ahead by filling out the RapidPass.

Emporia State President Allison Garrett met on a livestream video call with other faculty members to answer questions about COVID-19 and the campus. Kelly Heine, Chief Marketing Officer for Marketing and Media Relations, guided the forum to answer any concerning questions. Approximately 37 v…

Despite the many changes that have come with this fall semester, a new club has started meeting. The club, called Blended, focuses on multi-racial and multi-cultural students here on campus. 

Emporia State band and choir held their Masterworks Concert at Feb. 24 in Albert Taylor Hall.

Jim Persinger, psychology professor, was selected by the Emporia State Marketing and Media Relations to interview for the Today Show regarding teen surveillance apps and their psychological effects.

If you’re anything like me and are still adjusting to this whole, “adulting” thing then you may not know what the hell to do with that document called a W-2 you received from your boss.

            This week, I read The Memory of Lemon by Judith Fertig. This is a fiction novel, but it reaches out to creative writers. With there being a creative writing group here at Emporia State, I figured this one was for them.

One winter, as facilities was clearing the sidewalks for students in a snowstorm, Mark Runge, then facilities director, noticed a path in the snow between the residence halls and the library. To help students better get through that area, Runge added that path to the priority list of sidewal…

Members of the Homecoming Court were notified Oct. 8 of their nominations.

Editor’s Note: The following contains a frank discussion about rape.

On September 18th, the Hybrid Vigor Cycling Club had their first meeting of the semester. The club is a group for anyone interested in experienced biking. The club leader is Alexander Barnes, graduate biology student.  

Cathryn Crosby, program coordinator for the Department of Instructional Design/ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages programs, has proposed a TESOL and applied linguistics undergraduate program. Emporia State currently offers the TESOL program as an endorsement for teachers as wel…

The Vigil for Hope candlelit event was cancelled due to the rain 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 at White Memorial Park. Though the event was cancelled, the vigil has still had a lasting impact on people every year.