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Brianna Richard, junior setter, cheers with her team after scoring a point against Nebraska-Kearny on Nov. 12. Alyssa Tyler The Pittsburg State Gorilla volleyball team closed out the regular season last week against the Fort Hays State University and the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The Gorillas went into the week needing …

Frida Herrera and Pamela Marquez, students in Pitt State’s Intensive English Program, man the Mexico table during Taste and Sound of Nations on Nov. 12. Most tables at the cultural food fair were dressed in traditional clothing, Mexico included traditional sugar skull makeup. Libby Davis PSU students and members of …

Student Government Association held their weekly meeting on Nov. 10, 2021. The meeting discussed and adopted 3 new resolutions regarding trigger warnings, election boards, and educational funding on campus.   Starting off with officer reports, President Brenner covered election boards and its resolution, as well as helping with elections in the spring. She …

“John Wick” is a thrilling, ass-kicking adventure through a fantastical veneer of underground assassins. The film, directed and written by Derek Kolstad, stars Keanu Reeves as the titular character, a master assassin who is called back into action after an extensive period away from the profession. Wick is taken back …

Jenna Kendrick, senior in nursing, waits for instructions to volunteer for Pitt Project outside the Axe Library on Nov. 13. Alyssa Tyler The event, Pitt Project included 102 volunteers working on 21 different jobs around the Pittsburg area. The event started on Nov. 13 after being rescheduled from the original …

We are approaching Thanksgiving Break and soon enough Black Friday brings on the holiday season.  Though many people say that is what brings celebrating Christmas, with snow, listening to Christmas music, decorating, and making Christmas cookies. Yet, that is not how celebrating Christmas should be done. Even though Thanksgiving is …

Brentan Wilson, Webb City HS senior defensive back, lifts the MSHSAA Class 5 District Championship plaque after the team’s 28-21 victory against Carthage HS. The win gives Webb City their 22nd straight district championship. Dominic Santiago The Webb City High School Cardinals football team defeated the Carthage High School Tigers …

The Pittsburg State football team bounced back after a heartbreaking loss to Washburn last week and defeated the Tigers of Fort Hays State to finish the 2021 season. The Gorillas came out with a bang. All-MIAA first team selection, senior Dallis Flowers started the game off with yet another kick …

Ballet Instructor Yana Feldman instructs a dance master class featuring ballet on Nov. 11. Alyssa Tyler The dance program at PSU held a ballet masterclass instructed by adjunct dance professor and owner of Pittsburg Ballet, Yana Feldman. The class was instructed on Nov. 9 at the Student Recreation Center. “(I …

Do you remember when your high school English teacher talked endlessly about the meaning of a blue curtain in whatever novel they had assigned that month? Do you remember when they talked about the quote, “Everyone’s equal but some are more equal than others,” in “Animal Farm” and how you …