Marci Heatherly honored with essay award

Pittsburg State graduate student Marci Heatherly was recently selected to receive the James B.M. Schick Graduate Essay Award for her essay entitled “Beneficial Ridicule: The Felix Culpa of Women in the Satiric Verse of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.” This award is...

Small business artists bring Spring Art Walk to life

Every spring and fall, the Pittsburg Art Council takes over a section of downtown Broadway Street to bring the community together and peruse the art of local artists. This year’s Spring Art Walk was on Saturday, April 18.   Pittsburg, KS has a tight-knit community and...

Ethan Corson ‘Building Kansas’

Kansas State Senator, Ethan Corson, is running for the Democratic nomination for Kansas Governor in the Aug. 4, primary with the stated goal of building Kansas into “a state where more young people will want to build their life.” Corson introduced himself to the...

FIFA World Cup countdown clock brings excitement to Pitt

On April 17 in front of Russ Hall, the FIFA World Cup countdown clock from the Kansas Department of Commerce was installed. Part of the Pitt State women’s soccer team came for the moment.  “It’s just really cool to have something on campus that connects us to the...

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Drag takes center stage at U-Club 

Sept. 25, the U-Club at Pittsburg State University was stage lit as students gathered for the University’s annual drag show, hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Alliance. The event served as a fundraiser for Pittsburg Pride Fest, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, at...

Opportunities open at the Tech Center

From Tuesday, Sept. 23 through Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Crossland College of Technology held its annual Company Days event where students had the opportunity to communicate with representatives in their industry field and find potential employers.  The College of...

Lego building for win, brick by brick

Pittsburg State students packed into the Overman Student Center U-Club on Monday evening for Lego Night, a building competition hosted by the Gorillas Activity Board. What started as a modest event quickly drew a crowd that spilled out from the basement level, as...