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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students are told to stay six feet apart when interaction is necessary, while also limiting these interactions. For this school year, clubs are having to accommodate for this by using various streaming sites to hold events and reach out to new and current members.
News
The Nacogdoches Fire Department sent one engine, one command vehicle and eight firefighters on Sep. 11 to California to aid with the wildfires. This deployment was a part of the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System, TIFMAS, which sends needed resources throughout the state, and aids in th…
When Gabrielle Harris, a senior political science major from McKinney, and Larissa Charles, and environmental science major from Houston, got to college, they wanted their voice to be heard and to enlighten students on political issues in this country, so they joined College Democrats of Ame…
Rusche College of Business está ofreciendo una carrera de emprendimiento que empieza este semestre debido a la alta demanda por los estudiantes. El programa fue aprobado oficialmente durante el verano, después de haber pasado el último ciclo de currículo y luego haber sido aprobado a nivel d…
Generation Jacks, or GenJacks, will host their FirstGenFriday event from 9 to 11 a.m. on Sept. 18, in front of Steen Library. The group had to reschedule the event as it was originally planned for the first week of school, when the campus was encouraged to evacuate for Hurricane Laura.
Due to Coronavirus, the Fall 2020 Intramural Sports schedule will be modified to fit into the guidelines created by the CDC. These guidelines include a physically distant check-in process, cleaning of the SFA Campus Rec Intramural equipment and face covering requirements for participants.
University Dining Services has updated their safety protocols in compliance with Covid-19 preventative measures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students and staff for the Fall 2020 semester.
The Rusche College of Business is offering an entrepreneurship major starting this semester due to high demand by students. The program was officially approved in the summer, after going through the curriculum cycle last year and then being approved at the department, college and university levels.
Sports
The Lumberjack football team will be back in action at 2:30 p.m. Saturday as they travel to the Alamodome in San Antonio for their second game of the season against the UTSA Roadrunners.
Ladyjacks soccer heads east this weekend for a contest with the University of Louisiana-Lafayette set for 1 p.m. Sunday at the Ragin’ Cajuns Soccer/Track Complex.
The Lumberjack football team kicks off the 2020 season at 8 p.m. Saturday, September 5 from the Sun Bowl for a matchup with the UTEP Miners.
The SFA Athletics department was hit with penalties regarding an administrative error, which resulted in academic progress report (APR) scores for three sports along with the participation of 82 ineligible athletes from 2013 to 2019. As a result, 289 wins by football, men’s basketball, baseb…
SFA outfielder finds family in teammates
SFA senior guard Kevon Harris was named a Lou Henson All-American following the end of the Lumberjacks’ 2019-20 basketball season.
Opinion
As we know, we are all living in a time where we want to purge anything toxic from our lives, routines, thoughts and vocabularies. This expectation has been long overdue; recently, people are beginning to demand accountability on those who bring toxicity into any area of livelihood, most spe…
Como todos sabemos, vivimos en un tiempo en donde queremos deshacernos de cualquier cosa tóxica, ya sea en nuestras vidas cotidianas, pensamientos, o vocabulario. Esto ya hacía falta; recientemente la gente ha estado pidiendo cuentas a las personas que intoxican cualquier aspecto de la vida …
Online classes are not preferred by most students, but they also aren’t preferred by most professors either. Many realize that face-to-face learning is the most effective in encouraging engagement and learning from students. The closest way to mimic the traditional classroom was through the …
I was sitting on my couch patiently waiting for my dad to arrive home. I was scared, anxious, not knowing what was about to happen. I was hoping for the best but expecting the worst. I remember just staring at the wall, no TV on, no music playing, just me going over multiple scenarios in my …
Nacogdoches is the proud home of Stephen F. Austin State University, the force that brings thousands of students, families and jobs to Nacogdoches. Over the years, Lumberjacks have increasingly chosen to live, work and play in the Oldest Town in Texas. As a result, we’ve experienced a steady…
Entertainment
SFA Gardens will be hosting a Fabulous Fall Festival plant sale throughout the month of October. People can make reservations to shop for two hours between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday Oct. 1 through the 30, or on Saturday, Oct. 3 or 17. People can begin making reservations Friday…
This semester, the School of Music has resorted to holding certain classes outdoors underneath tents to ensure that students and staff are being safe while singing and playing wind instruments.
SFA has recently partnered with the city of Nacogdoches to help work with local businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak. In an email sent out on Aug. 31, SFA President Dr. Scott Gordon announced that the school was partnering with Nacogdoches to work with local businesses to help students st…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, various sororities and fraternities on campus had to hold their rush weeks, a process in which they induct new members, differently to abide by the requirements set to help stop the spread of the virus.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students are told to stay six feet apart when interaction is necessary, while also limiting these interactions. For this school year, clubs are having to accommodate for this by using various streaming sites to hold events and reach out to new and current members.
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