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Sorority and fraternity spring recruitment

Sorority and fraternity spring recruitment

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor January 24, 2022

Spring recruitment is upon the SWOSU campus. With everyone’s schedules being busy, the organizations are planning on recruitment activities being on different weeks throughout the spring. Sororities: The...

Pie-a-Phi Event

Pie-a-Phi Event

Sydney Graves, Campus Editor October 12, 2021

Phi Delta Theta’s Pie-a-Phi event was last week from Oct. 5-7. All donations went toward the Live Like Lou Foundation and to help raise awareness for ALS, the neurodegenerative disease. The cost...

Syds Survival Guide- Studying Part 3

Syd’s Survival Guide- Studying Part 3

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor March 15, 2021

Hey! It’s Syd with another installment of how to study. This week I’m covering specifically how to study, and I don’t mean highlighting every word in your textbook. There are different techniques...

Syds Survival Guide to Studying - Part 2

Syd’s Survival Guide to Studying – Part 2

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor March 8, 2021

Hey! It’s Syd, and I’m back with Part Two of our survival guide to studying. This week’s focus: Environments for studying. Let’s face it, your environment affects not only how you feel, but...

Syds Survival Guide to Studying - Part 1

Syd’s Survival Guide to Studying – Part 1

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor February 22, 2021

Hey, it’s Syd again! I’m back again with another survival guide to studying in college. To make it easier on you guys, I’m going to break this survival guide into sections to give you in-depth...

Parked cars at SWOSU on Wednesday morning. Photo: Johannes Becht

Syd’s Survival Guide to beating the cold

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor February 9, 2021

Welcome back to another edition of Syd's Survival Guide! Today, we’re covering the best ways to survive the cold temperatures on your way to class - or just making it to your car. If you’re anything...

Representative Turner

Representative Mauree Turner speaks at SWOSU

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor February 1, 2021

Oklahoma Rep. Mauree Turner (D) came to SWOSU's campus on Monday, Jan. 19, as part of Martin Luther King Jr. week put on by the Dean of Students Office. Mauree is the first non-binary congressperson...

Syds Survival Guide to Finals Week

Syd’s Survival Guide to Finals Week

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor December 2, 2020

Welcome back to another edition of Syd's Survival Guide! This week's topic: Surviving Finals. As if regular exams and papers weren't already stressful enough, finals week seems to take on an additional...

Syds Survival Guide to power outages

Syd’s Survival Guide to power outages

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life Editor November 16, 2020

Hi, I’m Syd, the newest addition to the Southwestern newspaper staff. For my first article, I wanted to talk about something we’ve all had trouble facing, especially if living on campus: power outages. Power...

Syds Survival Guide to Motivation

Syd’s Survival Guide to Motivation

Sydney Graves, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Campus Life EditorMarch 29, 0202

Welcome back to another survival guide! Let’s talk about the thing that’s been affecting us a lot this semester: a lack of motivation. I don’t know about you guys, but my motivation to do a...

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