The Southwestern University Megaphone

04/01/2021

Check out your April horoscope!

Lifestyle April Horoscopes for Fools Brooke Shattuck April 1, 2021 Share Aries: Your good vibes don’t make up for your lack of personality. Ta**us: Try ordering something other than chicken nuggets off the menu. We know you’re stubborn and don’t like change, but give it a try. Gemini: You’ve...

04/19/2020

Board of Trustees Announces New President, Dr. Laura Trombley
by Claire Misfeldt
"On April 2, the Southwestern University Board of Trustees announced Laura E. Skandera Trombley, Ph.D. as the sixteenth president for the school. She will also be the first woman president in Southwestern’s 180 year history.
Dr. Trombley will start on July 1 and take over interim president, Dale Knobel..."

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https://megaphone.southwestern.edu/2020/04/19/board-of-trustees-announces-new-president-dr-laura-trombley/

03/13/2020

SU Student Relative Shares Her Experience with the Coronavirus
by Katy Davidson

"This year, the coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and as more cases began to grow across the country, many people had to be cautious and delay work. Emily Davidson, who works in China as a counselor helping Chinese students apply for American colleges..."

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https://megaphone.southwestern.edu/2020/02/21/su-student-relative-shares-her-experience-with-the-coronavirus/

03/06/2020

How are student voices involved in the Southwestern University Presidential Search?
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Features News President Search Committee Looks for Interview Advisory Group Members Claire Misfeldt March 5, 2020 Share On February 18, an email was sent out to Southwestern Community with an update on the search for a new President. They will start conducting interviews for the semi-finalist candid...

02/29/2020

Have you heard of the Golden Pirates, Southwestern's very own e-sports team? Discover how student Jo Garza started the Super Smash Bros. Tournaments on campus, and don't miss the next Smash Tournament tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 29 in Olin 105.
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Sports Southwestern E-sports are ‘Smashing’ it up Demi Tomasides February 28, 2020 Share “I don’t think I could ever play like that.” When Jo Garza was 13 years old, they waited an hour and a half in line at Best Buy to play two minutes worth of Super Smash Bros 4, the newest generation of...

04/12/2019

Check out this Bystander Intervention Training happening TODAY at noon:

Features Lifestyle Recognise. Choose. Act. Bystander Intervention Training at Noon, April 12 Allison Bradford April 12, 2019 Share Recognise potential harm. Choose to respond. Take action. Those were some of the key concepts given to us during bystander Intervention Training. What makes up those con...

04/09/2019

Have some free time this week? We Are Women is putting on an empowering three day event, read about it here:

Arts And Entertainment Features We Are Women: A Three-Part Event Vivienne Miller April 8, 2019 Share It’s that time of year for We Are Women! This is the fourth year that this event has been empowering Southwestern students, and this year that tradition continues on. This year’s event includes t...

04/04/2019

Georgetown has an incredibly talented community; check out how Ashlee Reed from Georgetown High School successfully got her short film into the GTX Film Festival here:

Arts And Entertainment Features First Look at “Ranked” in GTX Film Festival Juan Mojica April 4, 2019 Share The week before the GTX Film Festival, I had the pleasure of meeting with Ashlee Reed. Ashlee Reed is a junior at Georgetown High School who got her short film “Ranked” into the GTX Fi...

03/11/2019

Intramurals have made their place here at Southwestern, but recently there's been an addition to the sports we've come to know. Quidditch has left the Wizarding world and has come to SU! Read about it here: https://megaphone.southwestern.edu/2019/03/10/quidditch-comes-to-su/

02/13/2019

Features Lifestyle 309 Coffee: Our New Caffeine Dealer? Kay Teekell February 12, 2019 Share A sweet scent fills the air as my Goodbye Earl tea, a mix that smells comfortingly like Fruity Pebbles, steeps on the table in front of me. At 8:30am on a Friday morning, two owners of Georgetown’s new 309 ...