The Pitt State men’s rugby team played a game against the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and the Gorillas managed to break their losing streak. PSU won the game 80-0.   Men’s rugby club president and senior in communication Ivan Walter says the teams hard work throughout practice last week and their preparation for the game paid off.   “I saw us quick on …

Students everywhere have to find a way to balance school with everything else in their life such as extracurricular activities, clubs, family, friends, and life in general. Sophomore Morgan Henning balances her schoolwork with volleyball.   Henning is a psychology major with a 4.0 GPA. She has been playing volleyball since the first grade but started playing volleyball competitively in middle school.  …

The aptly named Pitts family was selected as the 2019 honorary family.   Senior Katy Pitts graduates from Pittsburg State in May 2020 with her degree in nursing,  Katy’s mother Kim graduated from PSU with a degree in biology with an emphasis in teaching and her father David graduated with a criminal justice degree and an education degree with a weights …

The men and women’s cross-country teams both placed fifth in the Missouri Southern State University Stampede on Saturday, Sept. 21 in Joplin.   Head coach Russ Jewett believes the teams raced well.   “Well, we had some goals and objectives for each team, and we reached almost all of those, so from that standpoint we were pretty pleased,” Jewett said. “You like …

The Pittsburg State University men’s rugby team played a game against the Wichita Barbarians on Saturday, Sept. 21. The Gorillas lost the game (67-10).   According to Ty Goss, junior in communication and on-field team captain for men’s rugby, the team did not do “all too bad” during the game, despite losing. Goss thought that there were things that …

Censorship had been a topic of debate for many years and will likely continue to be debated in the future.   The American Library Association puts on the annual Banned Books Week to highlight attempts to censor books in schools and libraries. Axe Library hosted several events as part of Banned Books Week …

Two Pittsburg State University students were named national finalists in the 2019 Collegiate Broadcasters Incorporated (CBI) National Student Production Awards.   Senior Hannah Short was selected as a national finalist in the category of “Best Audio DJ,” which is the second year in a row that Pitt State has finished as a national finalist in …

The volleyball team played two games over the last week. The first game was against Central Oklahoma on Friday, Sept. 20 and the team won (3-1). The next game was against Rockhurst on Tuesday, Sept. 24 and the team dropped that game (0-3).   Head volleyball coach Jen Gomez was pleased with the way the team played on Friday …

The Pitt State volleyball team travelled to Lubbock, Texas over the weekend. The team lost the first two games against Lubbock Christian and Dixie State on Friday, Sept. 13 (1-3, 0-3). The Gorillas opened Saturday’s games with a win against Black Hills State (3-2) but dropped the second game against Texas-Permian Bay (2-3). The team managed to make …

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Kansas has a higher average retail price than the surrounding states (Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Nebraska).   Among others, this was one of the reasons that the City of Pittsburg made the decision to start exploring the possibility of creating a public electric utility.   According …