Newspaper adviser gives final goodbye to Alva

By MELANIE WILDERMAN Northwestern News Advisor Goodbye from me as the teacher: In December I received bittersweet news. I was hired as an assistant professor for the journalism college at OU to begin in August. This has been my goal since pretty much forever, therefore “sweet!” However, bitter, because I truly enjoy what I have [...]

City official speaks with student on local dining selection

By MICAH SAMPLES Staff Reporter Dr. Bo Hannaford, Northwestern’s Dean of the school of professional studies, and a newly elected member to the city council was interviewed on the issue of the lack of restaurants in Alva. Questions were asked and results of poll and interactions were given to Hannaford. Q: The pole on RangerPulse [...]

Student on student interview about lack of restaurant choices

By ANDREW MCNABB Staff Reporter Me: Do you think there should be more choices to eat here in Alva? If so why do you think it’s important? Bruce: Yeah I do think there should be more choices. I think it would add to the appeal of Alva and having healthy alternatives is good for college [...]

Q & A with local businessman on need for new restaurants in town

By Michael Collins Staff Reporter In pursuing a civic journalism project over the topic of the sparse number of restaurants located in Alva, I sat down with the Sandwich Shoppe owner Charles McDonald. Charles or “Charlie” has been in the food industry for 17 years. Q: How long have you owned the Sandwich Shoppe? A: [...]

Three Northwestern students in custody for assault and battery

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By COTY GREEN Editor for Northwestern News According to a statement filed by Alva Police Officer Kristina Jones, three Northwestern football players, 19-year-old freshman Justin T. Woody, 20-year-old sophomore Oluwatayo O. Adewon and 21-year-old junior Andrew King were arrested Thursday, May 2 at the Ament Hall dormitory for an assault and battery incident against another [...]

Rangers end season with tough home stand

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By BRENDA HEARN Staff Writer The Rangers baseball season came to a close this last weekend against Southwestern Oklahoma State here in Alva. They lost the three games against the Bulldogs. In the first game on Friday the Rangers lost to the Bulldogs when they scored four runS in the eighth inning for the 5-4 [...]

Northwestern 2013 Outstanding Seniors announced

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Eight Northwestern seniors receiving the Outstanding Senior Award are among the award recipients at this year’s Spring Reunion Day Awards Ceremony April 27 at 5:15 p.m. in the Student Center Ranger Room on the Alva campus. A committee selected Jessica Blanchard, Cali Crissup, Janel Mitchell, Clay Reed, Morgan Reinart, Rhiannon Sherrill, Myka Storie and Jill [...]

Former golfer turned co-editor says goodbye to Northwestern

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By JAY LEE Co-Editor for RangerPulse Sorry, sports fans, this week I’ve decided to keep it local and to just take a moment to reflect on my time here at Northwestern and how good it was to me. I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go at the start of my senior year in high [...]

Student athlete reflects on time in a foreign land

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By CLAY THOMAS Northwestern News Assistant Editor 1,360 or 2,188. That is the number of miles (or kilometers) it is from Alva to Toronto. That is the distance that nine Canadians traveled to become students at Northwestern. Jeff Martin, a sophomore from Ajax, Ontario, is here as a member of the Northwestern baseball team; however, [...]

Are you Miss Northwestern Material? No! Because I am not a material.

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By BIMALA GURUNG Staff Writer You are five foot five inch female or above, and you have flawless skin with perfect curves. Then you are beauty pageant material, like Miss Northwestern. I am 5’2”, 130 lbs. And have pimple marks all over my face, which according to social standards is not the beauty queen material [...]

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