WHERE NEWS HAPPENS IN WEST TEXAS
Texas Judiciary Partnership with Sul Ross State University
By Gisselle Rueda, Skyline Reporter
ALPINE – In a unique collaboration between the Texas criminal justice system and Sul Ross State University, the Court of Criminal appeals will relocate to the Alpine campus to hear oral arguments in two high-profile murder cases.
The Future is Bright for Sul Ross Athletics Entering the DII Era
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Editor
ALPINE - With the opening kickoff of the first game of the 2024 football season Aug. 29, Sul Ross State University officially launched the Division II era of Athletics. This era brings with it a bevy of new opportunities and aid for Sul Ross student-athletes that were not available to them in Division III, along with some new faces at the helm of various programs.
Skyline Desk Chief Dawson Beard Announces for National Softball Tournament
By Brooke Manuel, Skyline Editor
ALPINE – Dawson Beard, a Sul Ross State University senior and Skyline Desk Chief, was hired as the Public Address Announcer for the 2024 NCAA Division III Softball National Championship in Marshall, Texas.
Border Dispute: What You Need to Know
By Viviana Sanchez, Skyline Reporter
ALPINE - Sul Ross State University’s Rio Grande Campus in Eagle Pass, Texas, currently bears witness to a state and federal confrontation at the Texas-Mexico border.
OPINION: Pro-Palestine Campus Protests
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Desk Chief
ALPINE - Typically, when I write these editorials, I know exactly how I feel about the topic beforehand, and I can articulate my opinions in writing quite easily. However, when it comes to the recent spread of pro-Palestine campus protests across the United States, I find myself at a crossroads.
Very Fair, Very Well
By Joh Covington, Skyline Contributor
ALPINE – They say that in your last moments, your life flashes before your eyes. While I am not knowingly in my final days, I am closing a chapter and reflecting on its pages. In these last, and very few, remaining weeks of school, in a semester that has blown by at the speed of light, my college experience is a common theme in my reverie.
Hand to God Review
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Editor
ALPINE - The Sul Ross Theater Program once again delivered an impactful and thought-provoking performance while leaving the audience in stitches with their adaptation of the dark comedy “Hand to God” by Robert Askins.
Lanzamiento del Diario de Sul Ross
Por Brooke Manuel
ALPINE - Durante el semestre de otoño de 2024, la Universidad Estatal de Sul Ross lanzará El Diario de Sul Ross, una versión en español del periódico escolar, The Skyline.
El Diario de Sul Ross Launching Fall of 2024
By Brooke Manuel, Skyline Editor
ALPINE – Sul Ross State University will be launching El Diario de Sul Ross, a Spanish version of The Skyline, during the Fall 2024 semester.
Sul Ross State University Teams Up with the University of Córdoba
By Brooke Manuel, Skyline Editor, and Gisselle Rueda, Skyline Reporter
ALPINE – Two Sul Ross State University faculty members and 13 students are traveling to Spain in May to kick off the collaboration between Sul Ross and the University of Córdoba that was made official in November of 2023.
Sul Ross Skyline Brings Home Four Statewide Awards
San Marcos – Sul Ross State University’s student newspaper, the Skyline, won four prestigious awards at the 2024 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) Convention, twice the number awarded at last year’s convention.
Retention At Sul Ross
By Viviana Sanchez, Skyline Reporter
ALPINE - Sul Ross State University has launched a new program aimed at improving retention called Connecting Students for Success.
US TikTok Ban: What You Need to Know
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Desk Chief
ALPINE - To the dismay of social media influencers and young adult media consumers across the nation, TikTok may finally be meeting its end in the United States as the House of Representatives has voted to ban the app in a decisive 352-65 vote.
Enrollment Continues To Increase at Sul Ross
By Viviana Sanchez, Skyline Reporter
ALPINE – Sul Ross State University’s impending transition to Division II sports, marketing efforts in El Paso, Midland and Odessa, the growth of online master’s programs, dual-credit partnerships, and improved financial aid counseling have boosted the university’s enrollment by almost 40%, university officials said.
SRSU Music Professor Nicolas Hurt Releases Album
By Brooke Manuel, Skyline Editor
ALPINE – More than a month after a screening of his short film, “Serenade, I Miss You,” at the Museum of the Big Bend, Nicolas Hurt, a music professor at Sul Ross State University, released the film’s companion album of the same title on March 15, 2024.
Skyline Editor Brooke Manuel Sparks A Movement
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Desk Chief
ALPINE – It was Oct. 31, 2023, and McNair Scholar Brooke Manuel was getting ready to speak on a panel over the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman crisis in front of an eager Atlanta audience. Among the sea of faces in the crowd was Kathe Lehman-Meyer, a communications professor at St. Mary’s University, who, like everyone else in attendance, is deeply passionate about the subject. However, it was as Manuel presented her three-part series written as a McNair Scholar and published in the Sul Ross Skyline, “America’s Shame: The Silent Tragedy of Indigenous Women,” that passion turned into action.
OPINION: “Swelce” Is The Newest Celebrity Power Couple
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Desk Chief
ALPINE - I will get my first point out of the way now as it is a very unoriginal comparison. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are the new Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, not only in terms of their influence and star power, but they also bear a striking resemblance to one another. One of the biggest athletes in the country is dating the most popular blonde in the entertainment industry (cue Spider-Man meme).
A Woman in the Spotlight: The Struggle of Taylor Swift
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Desk Chief
“Are you ready for it?”
The bass drops, rattling and filling my ear drums as the screams of little preteen girls occupy any gaps the music missed. The first confetti cannon hasn’t even gone off, the strobe lights have hardly strobed, but it already feels like a party, and our entertainment for the evening has just arrived. At least that is the elementary sensation I, a novice in the world of Swifties, felt in the presence of a pop star, but to the more experienced among us, AKA my 13-year-old niece, she was in the presence of a goddess, an icon. Taylor was a queen, the stage was her throne, and her loyal subjects greeted her with excitement and hysteria. Taylor Swift had yet to sing a note of her first song, but the fans were content enough to just look at her and embrace her energy that effortlessly filled AT&T Stadium. This is what power, acceptance, and stardom looks like. The fans were indeed ready for it, but after all these years, was Taylor?
Folklore Beyond the Stage: Taylor Swift Reveals All
By Brooke Manuel, Skyline Editor
ALPINE - A sea of tiny little screens filled the room, ready to snap a picture of the icon herself.
OPINION: SRSU Witchcraft Course, Con
By Dawson Beard, Skyline Desk Chief
ALPINE - This semester, Rosemary Briseño is teaching a course titled Witches and Witchcraft in American Literature, joining other major universities who have implemented similar courses.