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Nov 15, 20211 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....

Passion City Music Coming to HSU By: Annabelle Smallwood

HSU Brand

Nov 15, 20212 min read

Passion City Music Coming to HSU By: Annabelle Smallwood

Passion City Music is coming to Hardin-Simmons University on Nov. 9, for a city-wide night of worship. Passion City is a church located...

Fall 2021 Homecoming King and Queen By: Haleigh Smith

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20212 min read

Fall 2021 Homecoming King and Queen By: Haleigh Smith

The fall 2021 Homecoming season was full of fun festivities for all in attendance. Throughout the week Sabers hosted events such as the...

The First Hardin-Simmons University Clubs By: Marie Moreno

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20212 min read

The First Hardin-Simmons University Clubs By: Marie Moreno

A lot has changed for Hardin-Simmons University in the past 105 years that The Brand has been around. The first edition of The Brand came...

HSU Cowboys Sink Southwestern During Homecoming Game By: Jia Spangler

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20211 min read

HSU Cowboys Sink Southwestern During Homecoming Game By: Jia Spangler

Homecoming weekend is one of the most lively and celebrated weekends on the Hardin-Simmons University campus. After such a unique...

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20212 min read

Dog or Cat Person? By: Alex Guillory

Most everyone I meet knows where they stand in terms of the age-old question: dogs or cats? They either say, "Oh, I am definitely a dog...

Basketball Then and Now By: Haleigh Smith

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20212 min read

Basketball Then and Now By: Haleigh Smith

According to The Brand publication of 1916, the Simmons basketball team (now known as Hardin-Simmons Cowboys) would meet up with the...

Throwback Thursday: HSU School of Music By: Lauren Jackson

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20212 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...

Reasons Why Being a Possum is Probably Not the Best Idea By: Emily Williamson

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Oct 29, 20212 min read

Reasons Why Being a Possum is Probably Not the Best Idea By: Emily Williamson

My high school chemistry teacher was known for a speech he would give to the class after the most difficult test of the year. At Amarillo...

Sigma Alpha, Theta Alpha Zeta win SING! 2021, Alpha Iota Omega Coming in Second

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20212 min read

Sigma Alpha, Theta Alpha Zeta win SING! 2021, Alpha Iota Omega Coming in Second

By: Emily Williamson and Annabelle Smallwood The first place winners of All School SING! 2021 (part two) were Sigma Alpha and Theta Alpha...

HSU Brand

Oct 29, 20212 min read

105th Anniversary of The Brand By: Annabelle Smallwood

This year, The Brand is celebrating its 105th anniversary. Since the beginning of The Brand in 1916, students have pushed to have a...

Getting to Know Some of Abilene’s Public Servants By: Emily Williamson

HSU Brand

Oct 19, 20213 min read

Getting to Know Some of Abilene’s Public Servants By: Emily Williamson

Last week, public servants from two different Abilene organizations came to speak to Hardin-Simmons University students, the Abilene...

The “Why” of Fall Break By: Haleigh Smith

HSU Brand

Oct 15, 20212 min read

The “Why” of Fall Break By: Haleigh Smith

Have you ever wondered why we have a fall break? Besides the obvious reason that it is nice to have a weekend off, what if I told you it...

HSU Role Models: The Ambassadors By: Jia Spangler

HSU Brand

Oct 15, 20212 min read

HSU Role Models: The Ambassadors By: Jia Spangler

Coming into a brand new school with new people and not living at home can be the first big life change new college students undergo....

A Review of “Blithe Spirit” By: Haleigh Smith

HSU Brand

Oct 15, 20212 min read

A Review of “Blithe Spirit” By: Haleigh Smith

The recent production of Blithe Spirit put on by our very own Hardin-Simmons University Theater Department was anything but boring. I was...

My first experience at the circus as a 20-year-old By: Annabelle Smallwood

HSU Brand

Oct 15, 20212 min read

My first experience at the circus as a 20-year-old By: Annabelle Smallwood

I remember being a little kid and wanting to explore everything. I was excited about everything that I was able to see, and I was able to...

The Return of Homecoming By : Lauren Jackson

HSU Brand

Oct 8, 20212 min read

The Return of Homecoming By : Lauren Jackson

After severe weather conditions placed a sudden halt to Hardin-Simmons University’s Homecoming last spring, HSU is excited to welcome...

International Students - The Walking Miracles on Campus By: Annabelle Smallwood

HSU Brand

Oct 8, 20214 min read

International Students - The Walking Miracles on Campus By: Annabelle Smallwood

Across campus, one group of students perhaps do not get the recognition that they deserve: the Hardin-Simmons University International...

Throwback Thursday: All-School Sing By: Gretchen Cobble

HSU Brand

Oct 8, 20211 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...

the great candy corn debate By: Jia Spangler

HSU Brand

Oct 8, 20211 min read

the great candy corn debate By: Jia Spangler

Fall is finally back and Halloween is just around the corner which means candy corn is back on the shelves.. Despite the fact that this...

Week of Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 Vol. 9, Issue 11

Week of Monday, Dec. 2, 2024
Vol. 9, Issue 11