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Nowhere but up: Coaches and athletes rejoice for return of athletics after 15 years

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Summer King

Photographer

If you are a student at the Mississippi University for Women— or if you are a member of the Columbus, Miss. community— then you might be roughly familiar with some of the W’s history. Nov. 10, 2002 was a terrible day for the nation, Lowndes County and the W’s campus. Tornadoes were ripping us apart. Unfortunately, the old athletics program couldn’t continue after this. In 2003 the W officially announced that intercollegiate athletics would be ending.

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Spectator Spotlight: Tatjana Matthews

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Anna Dudley

Reporter

This spotlight features Tatjana Matthews, head softball coach for Mississippi University for Women’s Lady Owls.  Matthews, affectionately known as “Coach Tot,” is originally from Charleston, S.C. and started the position in January 2017.  Matthews has a lifetime of wisdom and experience to guide her and the team through this experimental season ahead.

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Old and new sports stir excitement

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Casanda Anderson

Senior Reporter

After 15 years, sports have finally returned to The W. Coaches from various states are happy to be a part of this historical moment.

Coach Roxanne Hernandez, originally from Long Island, N.Y., is the head volleyball coach. Hernandez chose volleyball over basketball and started playing volleyball when she was in the seventh grade. She continued playing from middle school to college.

Horror enthusiasts flock to see 'It' on the big screen

Robert Scott
Reporter

Audiences all over America flocked to theaters to see the film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986
novel “IT.”

The novel had previously been adapted as a miniseries in 1990 but with the television
constraints, many of the core themes of the novel were not able to be explored. The film,
however, definitely does not shy away from them.