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By: Sydnie Grossnickle Multimedia Journalist Texan football returns on Sept. 1 with a non-conference match-up against the Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) Delta Devils. It will be the first meeting between programs. Tarleton State...
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By: Cody Vannoy Sports Editor Tickets, parking, food and more are costs to consider when attending a professional sports game. Some may wonder, as a college student is the cost even worth it to...
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By: Cody Vannoy Sportswriter The 2020-2021 academic school year brought a lot of changes to Tarleton State University’s sports programs. Not only did the university have to deal with a worldwide pandemic, but it...
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By: Thomas Winzeler Managing Editor On Saturday, Jan. 23, Tarleton State University celebrated the grand opening of the Tarleton Texan’s newly renovated field house with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ribbon-cutting started at 5 p.m....
By: Kaley Dowell Executive Producer Due to the coronavirus Tarleton State University has officially made the decision to postpone the football season until the spring of 2021. “The health and well-being of our student-athletes,...
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Tarleton officially signed with the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) today, finalizing the move to Division I. Texan A&M Chancellor John Sharp, as well as several U.S. Representatives, joined Tarleton President James Hurley to accept the invitation from WAC Commissioner Jeff Hurd.
Tarleton State University President James Hurley announced Thursday evening that Tarleton students voted to pass a resolution which increases the student athletic fee to $35 per semester credit hour, thus enabling Tarleton to go Division I.
“We are recommending that we increase the fee from $22 per semester credit hour to $35 per semester credit hour…We cap that at 13 semester credit hours, so if you take 15, 16, 17, 18 semester credit hours in any given semester you only pay 13 semester credit hours of the athletics fee…and that will not change,” Beaty said.
“The WAC didn’t break it, we didn’t break it, it came from the Lone Star Conference because they are upset we are leaving,” Hurley said. “They are losing their flagship institution, and what’s going to happen is there are more institutions…that want to go with us, really good institutions. I think they are starting to panic a little.”
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