How to Follow or Subscribe to The University Star

You can follow The University Star through its website, where a newsletter signup and an Instagram feed are both featured on the homepage. The site is the student news publication of Texas State University, and its front page is organized around Latest News, Editor's Pick, and Trending Stories, so you can either subscribe for updates or browse by section without creating an account.

Subscribe to the Newsletter

The homepage includes a "Subscribe to Our Newsletter" prompt. That is the site's stated subscription channel for getting content delivered rather than checking the page manually.

• What you need: an email address and access to the universitystar.com homepage.
• What to do: locate the "Subscribe to Our Newsletter" section and enter your email where prompted.
• What to expect: newsletter delivery of The University Star's content. The available site information does not specify frequency, send times, or whether any login is required, so treat those as unconfirmed until you see the signup form itself.

If the signup form asks for more than an email address, that detail would appear on the form — it is not described in the site information available here.

Follow on Instagram

The homepage embeds an Instagram feed under the heading "INSTAGRAM FEED," linking to the profile @universitystar. Following that account is the direct social option shown on the site.

This is useful if you prefer scrolling a feed over reading email. The embedded feed shows recent posts without leaving the homepage, while following the account adds new posts to your own Instagram timeline.

Browse the Site by Section

If you would rather not subscribe at all, the homepage is already organized so you can find current content quickly:

Each story listing includes a headline, author name and role (for example, News Reporter or Sports Contributor), and a publication date, plus a "Read Story" link. A "View All" link appears at the end of the News section for older items.

What You'll Be Following

The University Star covers Texas State University and the surrounding San Marcos community. Recent homepage items illustrate the range:

• Campus and local government: City Council budget and stormwater utility rate decisions, EMS rates, and the fiscal year 2027 budget.
• University administration and policy: a court ruling in a former history professor's lawsuit, and a state directive on a three-year degree framework.
• Student life and community: a letter to the editor about overcrowded university shuttles, suicide prevention coverage, and profiles of student clubs and cultural events.
• Sports: TXST victories and losses, including a program-first Pac-12 win.
• Campus news: reporting on a missing student whose remains were identified.

Because the publication is student-run, bylines identify contributors and editors by name and role, which makes it easy to see who reported a given story.

Practical Notes

• No account is mentioned for reading. All homepage stories are listed with direct "Read Story" links, and nothing in the available information indicates a paywall or login requirement for reading.
• Subscription is separate from following. The newsletter is an email signup; Instagram is a social follow. You can do either, both, or neither.
• Check the date on each story. Listings carry explicit dates, and the homepage mixes very recent items with slightly older ones, so the date is the reliable signal of how current a story is.
• The Trending list is not chronological. It ranks by readership, so a trending item may be several days older than the top Latest News story.