Austin College Scraps Spring Break
It would be difficult to deny that this year has had its ups and downs, and due to COVID-19, this semester has been different. Austin College has seen its fair share of changes including adapting to remote learning and using certain doors for only entering or exiting. As the Continue Reading
New Year, New Faces: Meet Traci Howard Moore, the Director of Student Success and Transitions
Since last Spring, Austin College has undergone changes on different levels, from renovating the cafeteria to hiring new staff and faculty members. Regarding the new joiners, Austin College welcomes Traci Howard Moore who holds the position of Director of Student Success and Transitions. As the director of Student Success and Continue Reading
Roo Run 2020 Benefits Student
Every year, Kappa Gamma Chi holds its Roo Run, a 5k event benefiting a charity of the sorority’s choice. On a traditional year, participants would come together on the morning of homecoming to run a route in hopes of being one of the first to finish. Registration fees would be Continue Reading
Día de los Muertos at Austin College
The Austin College La Familia and the Spanish Language House commemorated the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead by creating altars at the Johnson Gallery to memorialize Vanessa Guillen, those who had lost their lives from Covid-19, and the honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. When arriving Continue Reading
Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
An empty notepad. Type this phrase into Google, and the first result leads to a YouTube video of Amy Coney Barrett holding up a blank notepad during one of her Senate confirmation hearings to fill the vacancy left by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Republican Senator John Cornyn Continue Reading
APO Hosts Spooky Stories Night 2020
Every Halloween, Alpha Psi Omega holds their annual haunted house event. This year, to accommodate new COVID-19 guidelines, they instead presented “Spooky Stories Night,” a series of five monologues, retelling true stories of ghosts around Sherman.
ACtivators Add COVID-Safe In-Person Meetings
The Austin College ACtivators, along with many other groups on campus, have started off this school year with strictly remote meetings due to Covid-19. This past week the ACtivators had their first meeting in-person and it was full of energy and life. Every year the ACivators hold an array of Continue Reading
Faculty experts speak with students about the 2020 election
Oh, the return of the “I Voted” stickers! One week before Election Day, Dr. Felix Harcourt and Dr. Nate Bigelow, faculty experts in U.S. history and politics, discussed hot topics surrounding the 2020 election, including Texas becoming a battleground state, voting during a pandemic, and why some experts worry the country Continue Reading
Randomized Testing Concludes
Round two of COVID-19 testing ended during the last week of October. Now, only those with symptoms of COVID-19 or those exposed to a confirmed case can receive a test. Anyone on campus or in the community can still receive a free test as long as they meet these criteria. Continue Reading
Student-Directed Show to Highlight Historic Female Physicist
On Wednesday evening, November 4, auditions for “Emilie: La Marquis Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight” by Lauren Gunderson, took place over Zoom. Students recited a one to two minute monologue for student director Abbey Goodman ’22. For Abbey, this is a chance to hone the skills she’s learned through Continue Reading
