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Senior Political Science major Tristeza Ordex-Ramirez served 11 years in the Marine Corps and was a drill instructor for 18 months. 
Photo courtesy of Tristeza Order-Ramirez

Ordex-Ramirez overcomes hardships to graduate from Wesleyan

May 7, 2018

On graduation day, Texas Wesleyan will be losing one of its most capable and loud students. Political science major Tristeza Ordex-Ramirez who, since coming to Wesleyan in 2016, has rebuilt the Student...

SGA International Students Representative Hasibullah Aimaq is running for vice president.
Photo by Hannah Lathen

SGA candidates campaign

May 1, 2018

Campaign season has begun for Texas Wesleyan's Student Government Association positions for the 2018-2019 school year. SGA President Alyssa Hutchinson and At-Large Representative Jonathan Kigigha are...

Nicholas Davis, pictured here at meeting last semester, resigned from SGA on Friday.
Photo by Hannah Lathen

SGA discusses new constitution

April 30, 2018

Texas Wesleyan's Student Government Association Treasurer Nicholas Davis presented a new constitution at Friday’s general business meeting that would replace the current one. "I want to break SGA into...

SGA At-Large Representative Ebeline Luna presents a bill for a cookout in West Village on Thursday. 
Photo by Hannah Lathen

SGA to host cookout in West Village

April 23, 2018

Texas Wesleyan's Student Government Assocation will be holding a cookout in West Village from noon to1:30 p.m. Thursday after passing a bill at Friday’s general business meeting. SGA Representative...

Students gathered across the street from Lous Place where a Board of Trustees was held Friday morning. The students protested the 16-hour block rate change. 
Photo by Hannah Lathen

Students protest Board of Trustees meeting

April 20, 2018

Around 20 Texas Wesleyan students protested outside a Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning due to their continued concern over the 16-hour block rate change. This is the second protest students have...

People gather at the Dallas City Hall after a march for immigration reform. Photo by Hannah Lathen.

DACA killed; Dreamers left in limbo

April 18, 2018

For some Texas Wesleyans students, stress from finals and graduating could be overshadowed by the fear of having to leave the United States to go to a country they don’t know, and the fact that their...

SGA At-Large Representative Ebaline Luna presents a bill at Fridays meeting.
Photo by Hannah Lathen

SGA to put suggestion boxes around campus

April 16, 2018

Texas Wesleyan's Student Government Association will put suggestion boxes in nine buildings on campus to receive feedback from students after passing a bill at the April 13 general business meeting. Representative...

Texas Wesleyans SGA is hosting Spirit Week, where students can dress up to win prizes.
Graphic by Hannah Lathen

SGA hosts Spirit Week

April 11, 2018

Students can pull out their Hawaiian shirts and ‘90s windbreakers because Texas Wesleyan's Student Government Association is hosting Spirit Week from April 16 to 20, when students can dress up and win...

Slabach apologizes for miscommunication over 16-hour block rate change

April 9, 2018

Texas Wesleyan President Frederick Slabach attended Friday’s Student Government Association general business meeting to discuss the 16-hour block rate change and hear letters from students. In March,...

University President Frederick Slabach speaks to students during the protest. 
Photo by Hannah Lathen

Students protest 16-hour block rate change

March 28, 2018

About 30 Texas Wesleyan students gathered Wednesday afternoon to silently protest the 16-hour block rate change. The protest was held on the third floor of the Oneal-Sells Administration Building outside...

Senior music major Alli Perez has stayed at busy since starting at Texas Wesleyan in the fall of 2014. She has participated in several music concerts, she had a role in Theatre Wesleyans  Urinetown, and she is also an RA and a cheerleader. Photo by Hannah Lathen

Senior says thank you to Wesleyan

March 26, 2018

Eye-opening. That is how senior Alli Perez, a music major, cheerleader, RA and ritual vice president of the Sigma Alpha Iota music organization, describes her four years at Texas Wesleyan. The singer...

Zahraa Saheb speaks at her last SGA meeting. 
Photo by Hannah Lathen

SGA moves away from stipends

March 20, 2018

Texas Wesleyan's administration is discussing different routes for paying members of the Student Government Association. At the March 9 SGA meeting, Eugene Frier, executive director of eSports and recreation...

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