This Saturday, the Wesley Foundation is hosting a Halloween Costume Party. It is set to have a spider theme. They have all kinds of fun activities planned including a costume contest, a picture scavenger hunt and a possible trick-or-treat contest. There will be desserts and drinks provided. Students are encouraged to come dance, hang out and join in all of the activities. The fun begins at 7 p.m. at the Wesley Center, so gear up in your best costume and …

Kayla Goodman

This week was interesting as we did something we haven’t done before. We highlighted a sports “story” for the main topic of this week’s issue. We wanted to do a cover story over Natalie Johnson, who is a Senior volleyball player here at WTAMU. We wanted the front cover to have more of a Sports Illustrated look for this issue.
Also, we wanted to cover a great organization that does many community service projects around campus and Canyon.
S.A.G.E does a …

Official poster.
The movie that everyone is going to and talking about right now is Paranormal Activity. This movie features an engaged couple that lives in a seemingly nice house in the suburbs. The girl, Katie, is followed by a demon her entire life but is never provoked until her boyfriend, Micah, decides to catch it on tape. More and more things begin to happen and it soon becomes a dangerous situation. The movie is a documentation of their lives and …

PHOTO | MEGAN GERBER – Joey Willareal, Thomas Harris and Andrew Striley runs as a team at the LSC meet.
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The Buffaloes’ cross country team tallied 144 points, capturing sixth place at the 2009 Lone Star Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by West Texas A&M University.
The men’s coaches were in charge of setting up the layout and preparing the eight-kilometer course at the WTAMU Horse Center.
Although the course runs through a pasture, there …

Bumblebee to… Killer Bee?
I walk into the room and see the generic costumes; witch, cat, princess, bumblebee, pirate and policeman. Seems harmless enough, but this is different from the costumes of my youth. These have been replaced with sexy kitten, slutty pirate and dirty cop. When did Halloween turn into a night at the local gentleman’s club?
Halloween has become an excuse for girls who are normally conservative and reserved to let loose and release their inner dirty girl. The days …

PHOTO | MEGAN GERBER – AND THEY'RE OFF!: Women's Cross Country begins the six-meter race.
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The Lady Buff cross country team seized fifth place with 58 points at the 2009 Lone Star Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by West Texas A&M University on Oct. 24. The six kilometer race trailed through the pastures of the WTAMU Horse Center.
This is the first time WTAMU has hosted the LSC Cross Country Championships, so there was much …

The Iron Mask poster.
For the fourth consecutive year, the West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra will present a live-cinema performance.
This year they will be presenting the 1929 classic, The Iron Mask, featuring Douglas Fairbanks. The WT Symphony Orchestra will be under the direction of Dr. Mark Bartley, assistant professor of music. They will provide live musical accompaniment while the black-and-white film plays on wide screen.
“We’ve had great success with horror in Phantom of the Opera and comedy with City Lights …

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A rare and unusual exhibit, of the Red River War, has found its way into the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (PPHM).
A Running Fight: The Red River War in Art, as it’s been labeled, “Is the first of its kind to focus particularly on the art of the Red River War,” said Michael Grower, curator of the PPHM. Bit and pieces of The Red River War have been displayed in other exhibits and galleries, but a complete collection has …