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About Georgia Romig

Georgia Romig is The Prairie's Web Editor. She has been contributing since 2006, became a staff reporter in 2007 and an editor in 2008. Her job is to maintain The Prairie web site and social media outlets. She is a Graduate Student majoring in Communication. You can contact her on Twitter, Facebook or by e-mail.

Coffee Memorial Blood Center to host blood drive

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Shawn Walker, Junior Pre-Med student, after donating blood. Photo by Georgia Romig.

Shawn Walker, Junior Pre-Med student, after donating blood. Photo by Georgia Romig.

Web Editor’s Note: To see more photos of the blood drive, click here.

WTAMU is hosting a Blood Drive from April 2 to April 5.

Donations are taken at the JBK Student Center and the “Bloodmobile”, located in front of the Dining Hall from 9 to 6 p.m.

The drive will be sponsored by the Coffee Memorial Blood Center. Since 1949, CMBC has provided life-saving blood products and transfusion services to patients throughout the high plains. One of their regular donation stops is WT. Their last donation drive was on Feb. 6 – 9.

CMBC recently put out a call for donations to help people injured during Spring Break. As written on their Facebook Page on March 29, “Coffee Memorial was already facing an uphill battle with the blood supply following the automobile accidents over Spring Break. However, with several local traumas last night, our blood supply is in critical need of several types in this order of emergent need O-, A+, B-, O+ and A-.” Continue reading →

Facebook IPO brings changes, shows weaknesses

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Facebook logo.

Facebook logo.

On Feb. 1, Facebook went public, providing a long-awaited look into one of the tech industry’s most closely-watched companies.

In eight years the site has become the Main Street of social media, where people meet friends and find businesses.

At the moment, no one knows how much the stocks will be worth, but most estimate the price will be high. More importantly, perhaps, is what the filing says about the company.

For all its strengths, the IPO has revealed that Facebook still has a lot of weaknesses. Continue reading →

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Winter Weather Resources

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Worried about the weather? Check out the following resources to stay up to date. We’ll also be posting news and updates on Twitter and Facebook.

You can also view the following maps provided by the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) for Amarillo and Canyon, Texas. These maps update every five minutes.

Canyon, Texas Weather

NOAA Weather Map for Canyon, Texas

Amarillo, Texas Weather

NOAA Weather Map for Amarillo, Texas

British and Buff Debaters Team Up for Annual Debate

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On Oct. 18, students filled the Classroom Center to hear two inter-country teams of debaters duke it out over the issue of political party spending during elections.

WTAMU first hosted the UK debaters in 2006 after successfully winning the bid to host the team. It is one of the four schools in Texas that hosts the team as part of their national tour.

The tours, put together by The Committee on International Discussion and Debate of the National Communication Association, have been part of an exchange between the United States and the United Kingdom since 1922.

Each debate team consists of one UK debater and one person from the WT Forensics team. Forensics Director Connie McKee chooses which two Forensics Team members will compete. Continue reading →

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