Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist  Our world is ever-changing, it is very evident. If you are failing to keep up with the times, that is totally on you, not on the rest of us. Repeatedly, people are being misgendered, mistreated, and downright disrespected. And for what? Because your closed mind cannot comprehend …

Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist  On Monday March 27 at 6pm at TJ Leland’s, the department of English and Modern languages hosted Writers Fest, an open mic event. The event was planned by PSU’s Creative Writing Program. This event was open to the public, high school students, and university students as an …

Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist  For hundreds of years, women have faced adversity in society and in our world. In fact, it has been over 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, yet we still have not had a female president. With that, there are fewer than a quarter of …

Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist  During the week of Feb. 27-March 4, the Student Government Association (SGA) is hosting a campus-wide Diversity Week in collaboration with other organizations on campus.  The Student Government Association (SGA) serves the student body of Pittsburg State University on a campus-wide level by voicing the concerns and …

Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist  In previous semesters, students would be dropped from their courses if they had failed to pay or make payments on their tuition. Now, in the new year, the policy has been changed. Students will no longer be dropped from their courses if they fail to pay their …

Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist  We are only weeks into the new year, yet, there have been 44 mass shootings within this time span. With 73 deaths and 100+ injured, what is going to be done? On New Year’s Day alone, there were six shootings, resulting in four deaths and 29 people …

Bella Mezzacapo reporter   A job posting was made on Jan. 19, 2022, to fill the position of Title IX Coordinator here at Pittsburg State University. Finally, in November of 2022, the position has been filled.  Jamie Thayer, former Title IX Investigator at the University of Arkansas and seven-year probation and …

Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist   What started as a project for art students turned into a coloring book with a purpose. The purpose is to teach guests as well as local children about Southeast Kansas. However, the students also learned about the area in the process.  “One of our courses coming out …

Bella Mezzacapo reporter  At this point in the semester before our two upcoming breaks, a lot of us can likely say that we are feeling a little tired, lazy, down in the dumps, and just over it all. These feelings can be described as one word and phenomenon: burnout.  Burnout …

Bella Mezzacapo photojournalist  Chivalry: the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, to be chivalrous is to be very polite, honest, and kind, especially by men toward women. In today’s day and age, we commonly hear the words “chivalry is dead,” but …