Category: Staff Editorial
Texas State athletic officials seem to be forgetting Coach Brad Wright has been a part of a lot of firsts and records for the football team.
In 1980, Southwest Texas State won its first conference championship in 17 years while Wright was a player. As assistant coach more than 20 years later, he helped the Bobcats to their first NCAA Division I FCS playoff berth. The team won a co-Southland Conference championship that same season.
"As the senate knows, there has been considerable criticism by a number of well-meaning people of the naming of names in public before the individuals have had an opportunity to be heard."
Is that a quote by ASG Sen. Jon Riggs, creator of the controversial Texas State Traitors Facebook group?
No, that was Joseph McCarthy.
No one will argue Texas State could use more loyalty and pride. The University Star ran an editorial Oct. 13 criticizing students for wearing other schools’ gear. Our stance on school pride is clear and unyielding.
Students from Texas State are teaching a University of Texas economics professor a lesson.
A brief, seemingly innocuous comment by Dan Hamermesh at the end of a story published in The Daily Texan sparked an online storm Wednesday at Texas State. The comment read, “We are not Austin Community College or Texas State University. We should be training the leaders of tomorrow to think.”
For off-campus students with no parking permits, empty spaces at night are equivalent to the untouchable childhood cookie jar.
It looks tempting, but the consequences of bad behavior are hardly worth it.
The after-hour empty spaces in lots could be resources for nighttime use. Students who live off campus still utilize the library and Derrick Hall’s computer lab. They still have group meetings. And they still attend university events.
Veteran's Day will be a somber holiday this year.
College-aged students these days are a unique bunch in at least one away — they were raised with the Internet.
Associated Student Government senators and executive board should be no strangers to the opinions page. This semester, The University Star has not been very outspoken on the performance of the student representatives.
But we have been watching ... and taking notes.
Now it is time to give ASG its mid-semester report card.
These grades are not final and ASG has time to fix any poor scores or ruin its good grades. Extra credit will be considered on a case-by-case basis. More than two absences will result in a failing grade.
Art students are striking deals for classes, housing is beyond capacity and students are being stalked for parking spaces.
According to the Oct. 29 issue of The University Star, officials will tighten admission when the university lacks adequate resources to provide for students.
Sure, more students are admitted than actually attend, but the reality is more individuals are enrolling at Texas State. Art students postponing graduation and sophomores allowed to live off campus are proof. So one has to ask, are there really enough resources?
The University Star editorial board is endorsing Ryan Thomason and John Thomaides for City Council Places 5 and 6, respectively.
Politics is a good way to make money.
Our country’s senators drive swanky cars and are allowed to park anywhere they want in the country’s capitol without fear of getting towed. Members of Congress can retire at 60 and receive a full pension, whereas the rest of us generally have to wait until we turn 65. They have the power to “bring home the bacon” to their communities and ensure federal money gets back to their constituents.
