Kristen Epke

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Stories from Kristen Epke

Campus ranks high in Texas on safety issues
Kristen Epke
Monday, December 7th, 2009

The University ranks 27 for campus safety among Texas public schools and 107 nationwide, according to a survey conducted by StateUniversity.com.

Among the University of Texas System schools, the Tyler campus ranks fifth behind the Brownsville, Pan American, San Antonio and Dallas branches, according to the survey.

Student safety and campus crime are sometimes overlooked during the college evaluation process. “We believe it is important for students to be aware of crime on campus and in the surrounding community,” said Dominik Mazur, founder of StateUniversity.com.

Flag of Honor
Traveling wall pays tribute to American veterans
Kristen Epke
Monday, November 16th, 2009

MINEOLA — American Veterans Traveling Tribute spread across the lawn outside the city’s civic center as visitors quietly paid their respects to the soldiers who served their country.

The Wall — the focus of the display — stands 8 feet high and more than 370 feet long and is inscribed with the names of thousands of people who died in the Vietnam War. It’s an 80 percent scale model of the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall located in Washington D.C.