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Over the years, the students have perpetuated some urban legends, getting hit by a university vehicle will result in getting tuition paid, a dead roommate or professor will result in A’s in classes, the Killingsworth suicide jumper, and the campus having exclusive custom bricks.

The first urban legend says that a student that is hit by a university vehicle will have their tuition paid for by the school. However popular among students this may be, it was found to be false.

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“I’ve never heard that one. I would very much doubt it. I’m sure that obviously, any expenses would be all paid for by the university. If it was the university vehicle’s fault there could be a law  suit there, but I had never heard about tuition being free,” said Everett Kindig, history professor and author of The Better Part of a Century, a book on the history of Midwestern State University.

The next myth on the list deals with death. It states that if a professor dies during a course students will get an A and if a roommate dies the student will receive all A’s. This rumor is also false.

All A’s

Kindig said, “It’s never happened. generally if a professor dies they will substitute someone for him, so you wouldn’t get an A from that.”

Killingsworth jumper

The Killingsworth Hall suicide, is another urban legend on campus. The myth states that a girl committed suicide by jumping from her room on the sixth floor, this is false too. Kindig said  there has never been a student commit suicide by jumping out of their window since he has been teaching at MSU.

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The MSU brick

The final urban legend is the MSU brick. the MSU brick is a blend of bricks exclusive to this campus, which is why all of the buildings match.

Debbie Barrow, director of board and government relations, said a company in Texas developed the MSU brick that was used in all campus buildings but over the years the original materials ran out and a different brick had to be used to build Dillard College of Business Administration and newer buildings.

Additional reporting by: Chris Marten