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Priority registration proposal for athletes causes controversy

Priority registration proposal for athletes causes controversy

Shari Smith October 24, 2017

To reduce scheduling conflicts, Greg Giddings, assistant professor of English, proposed that student athletes to get priority registration to the Faculty Senate on Oct. 17. Student athletes would be...

Liz Cathcart, marketing sophomore , practices her dribble and warms up for the game at mustang madness, Thursday, Oct 19, 2017. Photo by Sara Keeling

Mustangs Madness: needs improvements

Alyssa Mitchell October 20, 2017

Basketballs bouncing, music blaring and hundreds of students in the stands cheering and anticipating Mustangs Madness to unfold on Thursday, Oct. 19 after the homecoming torchlight parade, pep rally...

Quade Coward, senior in exercise physiology, prepares to throw the ball during the MSU football home game against Oklahoma Panhandle State.

Sports continue to make history

Mercy Yermo May 11, 2017

As the school-year comes to an end, 6 a.m. practices, study-hall, long bus-rides, conference championships, endless tears, two-a-days, and glorious moments also do. However, every bit of hard work...

Brandon Neel looks to pass during the game against Western New Mexico, Feb. 18, their last home game, which the team won 89-72. The players, however, lost their last game against Cameron Feb. 21.

Men’s basketball wins against Western New Mexico

Leonardo Gonzalez February 21, 2017

The men's basketball team pulled a win during the last home game on Feb. 18 against Western New Mexico after trailing the past six games.  Brandon Neel, applied arts and sciences junior, said, "We needed...

Athletes and coaches strive to succeed in post-season play

Dominick Haskins January 25, 2017

In collegiate sports one of the most common, realistic goal for any coach or player is to get to post-season play. If a team has a bad regular season but do better than expected in the post-season then...

Forward Nick Powell, undecided junior, tried to block a USAO athlete at the Mustangs first basketball game of the season. Midwestern won 107-75. Photo by Bridget Reilly

Men’s basketball wins 107-75 in first game of season

Bridget Reilly November 1, 2016

ScoringScience and Arts (Oklahoma) scored first at 19:33at the half MSU leads 54-35Magnus Richards fouls out with 3:15 minutes to go final score 107-75Thoughts from Nick Powell, undecided juniorIn the...

Jordan Stevens, senior, pushes past players from Oklahoma City University at the season opener Nov. 15. Photo by Rachel Johnson.

Mens basketball tramples OCU in season opener

Jacob Smith November 18, 2015

Winning a game is one thing. Winning the first game of the season is another. Completely dominating that game and scoring more than 100 points is an entirely different thing. That is exactly how the...

Many Beginnings: A History of Women in Sports at Midwestern State University by Sherry Anne Gill Gillespie and Karen K. Rogers

Womens sports focus of new book

Yolanda Torres August 11, 2015

REVIEW Many Beginnings: A History of Women in Sports at Midwestern State University by Sherry Ann Gill Gillespie with Karen K. Rogers explores the account of women’s athletics since the start...

Expanded parking lot will cost basketball court

Ethan Metcalf May 6, 2015

Expanded parking lot will cost basketball court from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. The university’s outdoor basketball court will be paved over this summer when construction begins to extend a nearby...

Expanded parking lot coming fall 2015

Ethan Metcalf April 16, 2015

Expanded parking lot coming fall 2015 from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Parking has long been a contentious issue for MSU students, and with construction of a new dorm beginning in May, more than...

Mustang basketball teams prepare for regionals

Harley Warrick March 10, 2015

Mustang basketball teams prepare for regionals from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. With the NCAA Division 2 basketball championship beginning on March 13, both the men's and women's basketball teams...

The Stang Gang leads the student section at the 2014 Homecoming game, also being the last game of season, on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Sabina Marroquin, history education senior, won 2014 Homecoming Queen and Elijah wire, sport and leisure studies senior, won 2014 Homecoming King. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Local group attempts to raise school spirits

Matt Jobe February 20, 2015

They are easy to spot. Standing in the front row of every football game, shirts off, and paint on their chests. Running flags up and down the sideline, yelling and screaming, cheering and jeering. They...

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