About
About Us
The Prairie is a student-operated magazine (formerly newspaper) at West Texas A&M University. It functions to inform, educate and entertain readers accurately and responsibly. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the administration, faculty or staff.
The editorials that appear on this page represent the opinion of The Prairie editorial board. The views expressed by other columnists are the writers’ opinions and do not necessarily reflect the board’s views. The Prairie welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must be signed, including the writers department or major, address and telephone number. Letters will be edited for length, grammar, clarity and libel. Letters may be delivered to The Prairie, Fine Arts Complex Room 268, or e-mailed to theprairiemail@yahoo.com.
Deadline for advertising, news briefs and news releases is noon Friday for the next Thursday’s publication. Advertising rates are available upon request at (806) 651-2413. The Prairie has not verified the legitimacy of the advertising appearing in the Prairie; therefore, the paper cannot be held liable for any advertising claim made in this publication.
Periodical postage is paid in Canyon, Texas. USPS Number 441-200. Postmaster: Please send address corrections to WTAMU Box 60754, Canyon, Texas 79016. The Prairie has a circulation of 3,000 and is printed by North Plains Printing.
History
Back in 1919, the students on The Prairie staff set high standards for the school newspaper.
Taken from an 1922 yearbook:
“To arouse interest in college enterprises and education affairs, to print news of interest to the student body, to provide a medium through which the students may express their views, to give practice to students in journalistic writing and to advertise the Alma Mater in the eyes of those outside the school’s doors. It is the hops of the staff that this aim is being upheld and that the hundreds of students derive much benefit and diversion from The Prairie’s columns.”
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