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Week of Monday, April 28, 2025
Vol. 9, Issue 22
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Throwback Thursday: Snow Day By: Gretchen Lumpkin
On Feb. 2-4, Abilene was covered with a beautiful blanket of snow and ice for the first time this year.. Despite the worries and anxiety...
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
The Momma’s Boys of Nix Hall By: Alex Guillory
This week I want to pay homage to Nix Hall. This semester the residence hall is being razed amid plans to replace it with either new...
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Feb 10, 20222 min read
Gobble ‘Till You Wobble By: Alex Guillory
In The Brand Vol. 99, No. 7, Ed. 1 published on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, Mindy Rogers wrote a piece over some odd Thanksgiving...
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Nov 25, 20212 min read
Throw Back Thursday: How to Beat the Finals Season Stress By: Alex Guillory
There are only four weeks left in the semester and the stress of finals season is beginning to loom over the entire campus. I feel the...
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Nov 20, 20212 min read
1916 Simmons Band By: Gretchen Cobble
This week The Brand is celebrating its 105th anniversary, with an article from the very first Simmons Brand published on Oct. 13, 1916....
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Nov 15, 20211 min read
Throwback Thursday: HSU School of Music By: Lauren Jackson
Looking back to 1972, Hardin-Simmons University’s choral groups have come a long way worth commemorating. Including the world-famous...
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Oct 29, 20212 min read
Throwback Thursday: All-School Sing By: Gretchen Cobble
Hardin-Simmons University’s All-School Sing has been a Homecoming tradition for over five decades now. For this Throwback Thursday we...
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Oct 8, 20211 min read
Throwback Thursday: Men’s Volleyball By: Alex Guillory
Today we look back at the four years of fame that men’s volleyball entered the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In 1983,...
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Oct 4, 20212 min read
Throwback Thursday: Six White Horses By: Alex Guillory
Today we look back at how Hardin-Simmons University became known for its Six White Horses. The team of horses started as a promotional...
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Sep 23, 20211 min read
Throw Back Thursday By: Gretchen Cobble
For this week’s Throwback Thursday and in honor of last week’s Mr. HSU Pageant, we look back on one of Hardin-Simmons University’s annual...
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May 7, 20211 min read
April Fools’ Throwback Thursday By: Jonathan Lumpkin
On this April Fool’s day publication of The Brand, we look back to 1991’s publication of “The Bland”. At various times in the long...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
Throwback Thursday: Spring Break Adventures By: Emily Williamson
Spring Break is always a long-awaited week off for both students and Hardin-Simmons University staff and faculty. Even COVID could not...
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Mar 19, 20212 min read
Throwback Thursday: Spring Break Adventures By: Emily Williamson
Spring Break is always a long-awaited week off for both students and Hardin-Simmons University staff and faculty. Even COVID could not...
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Mar 19, 20212 min read
Throwback Thursday: Homecoming Edition By: Emily Williamson
Hardin-Simmons University homecoming traditions have been around for many years, although some have changed throughout the decades. When...
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Feb 12, 20211 min read
Throwback Thursday for the ‘BSM’ By: Jonathan Lumpkin
On this day 44 years ago, elections for the Baptist Student Ministry, previously known as the Baptist Student Union, were announced in...
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Feb 5, 20211 min read
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