Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Star Sitdown. In today's episode, our guest is Professor Gilbert Martinez. Gilbert D. Martinez is a senior lecturer and has taught Media Law at Texas State since fall 2003. He graduated with a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in New York in 2000. Professor Martinez and I discuss the roll the media plays in the public's day-to-day life, the notion of "Fake News," the first amendment, and the struggle of finding diverse true information.

The Star Sitdown is a weekly podcast hosted by Podcast Editor Kim Davis Jr. highlighting interesting people and topics throughout the Texas State and San Marcos community.

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Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Star Sitdown. In today's episode, our guest is my friend Hayden Hartrick. Hayden is the head of tech at the Texas State Comedy Association. Hayden and I discuss being away from stand-up comedy during COVID-19, the changes the Comedy Association had to make without a live audience, and the future of comedy in San Marcos and Austin.

The Star Sitdown is a weekly podcast hosted by Podcast Editor Kim Davis Jr. highlighting interesting people and topics throughout the Texas State and San Marcos community.

Hello everyone and welcome to the debut of The University Star's first podcast for the 2020-2021 school year. For our first guest, we have the Editor-in-Chief of The University Star, Jaden Edison. In this episode we talk about a variety of topics including the return back to school, the pressure of being Editor-in-Chief, mental health, and the Black Lives Matter protest that have occurred in San Marcos.

In this episode of The Block, Jaden Edison invites Associate Professor of History at Texas State Dr. Ronald A. Johnson to the party to discuss faculty and student diversity at Texas State, student impact on his life, advice for black students finding their path and more.

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Sports Editor Claire Partain, Assistant Sports Editor Colton McWilliams and sports reporter Cade Andrews have a roundtable discussion about men’s basketball’s triple-overtime thriller against UTA, women’s basketball’s weekend sweep, softball heading into Sun Belt play and baseball’s victories over the two Houston teams. Colton McWilliams breaks down and previews the upcoming football season as the team’s first spring practices begin.

In this episode of The Block, Jaden Edison invites fashion designer and VAGUE clothing line founder Richmond Kingsford to the party to discuss VAGUE, black clothing brands, respect vs. cultural appropriation, generational wealth and success and more.

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Sports Editor Claire Partain and assistant sports editor Colton McWillams return to talk about Texas State's baseball success vs. Stony Brook, softball's tournament success and more. Cade Andrews stops by to talk basketball.

Sports Editor Claire Partain and assistant sports editor Colton McWilliams return to discuss Texas State softball recent tournament in Florida, the return of Texas State baseball and more. Cade Andrews joins the crew for an update on men's and women's basketball.

In this episode of The Block, host Jaden Edison invites Texas State men's basketball's Nijal Pearson to the party to discuss the recent birth of Pearson's daughter, hometown impact, managing mental health as a student-athlete, Black Texas State, Lil Durk and more.

The Block is a podcast hosted by Jaden Edison and recorded at The University Star. Each episode, Edison invites people from different walks of life to have fun, thought-provoking and meaningful dialogue relevant to the guest's experiences.

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Sports editor Claire Partain, assistant sports editor Colton McWilliams and Cade Andrews return to discuss the latest developments in Texas State athletics. The crew discusses basketball's Nijal Pearson's recent struggles, women's basketball ending their eight-game losing streak, football and Head Coach Jake Spavital's hirings and recruitment, softball's upcoming matchup against its coach Cat Osterman, the U.S. Olympic team and more!