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The Student News Site of Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern

The Student News Site of Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern

Veni, Vidi, Vici Vanilla Red Bull

Veni, Vidi, Vici Vanilla Red Bull

Lucas Punneo, Writer October 24, 2024

If you’re new ‘round here, Red Bull releases a Summer and Winter edition every year, with national releases in May and November respectively, plus an exclusive release at Walmart a month before. The...

Terror Trot

Terror Trot

Coy Pope, Media Manager October 22, 2024

On October 30th, SWOSU Parks and Recreation Management’s Community Recreation class is hosting a Terror Trot! This 5k and 1-mile fun run is for all ages and will feature all kinds of scares throughout...

SWOSU Serves Project

SWOSU Serves Project

Amanda Taylor, Reporter October 14, 2024

Each fall, all incoming freshmen are required to enroll in SWOSU Connect. The basic idea of the course is for students to familiarize themselves with the campus and the community of Weatherford as a whole...

TKE Jumpathon

TKE Jumpathon

Mikaela Souders, Reporter October 2, 2024

Every year, the fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), hosts a “Jumpathon” at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. During this fundraiser,...

Top Movies To Catch This Halloween

Top Movies To Catch This Halloween

Amanda Taylor, Writer October 2, 2024

For many people, the fall season includes Pumpkin Spice & everything nice. For others, nothing says Halloween more than Haunted Houses and Scary Films.  With Halloween being on October 31st, there...

Yo, Legal and Ethics!

Yo, Legal and Ethics!

Chandana Krishna Murthy Rao (Ash), The Southwestern Contributer September 25, 2024

Welcome to the wild world where legal stuff and moral stuff collide like two superheroes with different superpowers! In today's chaotic universe, the lines between legally cool and ethically groovy often...

Blood Donation

Blood Donation

Ela Dougherty, Reporter September 18, 2024

I saved three lives today! Hi, my name is Ela Dougherty, and today I donated blood. I have donated blood several times, but I was shocked to learn that when donating blood, it is split into three parts,...

Mini Bios - Student Workers

Mini Bios – Student Workers

Lucas Punneo, Writer September 16, 2024

Being new on campus can be isolating, possibly hundreds of miles away from the nearest person you know, every face can seem frightening; overwhelmed by thousands of new people, and not feeling like you...

Crowder Lake University Park

Crowder Lake University Park

Coy Pope, Media Manager September 12, 2024

Did you know that as a SWOSU student/faculty member, you have access to a nine-hole disc golf course, axe throwing, and kayaking/canoeing all for free? One of the best advantages that comes with being...

Disney College Program

Disney College Program

Kimmy Jones, Student-Life Reporter September 12, 2024

From the classroom to the Magic Kingdom, the Disney College Program(DCP) takes college students and allows them to live and work at Disney World in Orlando Florida. The Disney College Program is a paid...

National Donut Day

National Donut Day

Jessica Dooty, Reporter June 7, 2024

Happy National Doughnut Day! Or is it donut?   Did you know that the stigma around cops loving doughnuts started during World War II? In the forties and fifties, law enforcement had to work...

Hadley Tate's take on SWOSU Rodeo

Hadley Tate’s take on SWOSU Rodeo

Jessica Dooty, Reporter May 2, 2024

Where the orange sunset touches the horizon, the Westerners practice night and day to put their cowboy skills to the test. A month ago SWOSU hosted its 51st annual rodeo at the BOP Ram Rodeo Grounds...

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