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Accounting senior Kassidy Knight is held up by cheerleaders kinesiology senior DanLee Duncan, mechanical engineering junior Robert Hollingsworth and nursing senior Ashleigh Miller as they all stand in front of the bonfire, Oct. 29.

GO STATE! Everything MSU Has Given Kassidy Knight

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor February 25, 2022

Kassidy Knight spent all four years of her college career here at MSU. A Wichita Falls native, Knight said that she always had her mind set on attending Midwestern. “From a young age, I knew I was...

MSU Cheer celebrates winning 3rd place in the 2022 UCA College Nationals in Orlando, Florida, Jan. 14. Photo courtesy of Collin Stokes.

MSU Cheer wins third at the UCA College Cheerleading National Championship

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor January 28, 2022

The MSU Cheer team took the mat on Friday, Jan. 14, in Orlando, Florida, at the UCA College Cheerleading National Championship. The team was able to place third in the Open Co-Ed Game Division. Head Coach,...

Using one hand, kinesiology and english senior Danlee Duncan holds up dental hygeine sophomore Annee Qualls.

“I never thought I’d be a cheerleader,” A look at MSU’s cheer captain DanLee Duncan

Thalia Doe, Feature and Sports Editor October 13, 2021

DanLee Duncan, kinesiology junior, has done just about everything. Chances are, you’ve seen him at one point on campus whether with the MSU Texas cheer team, his fraternity, at fundraisers or university...

MSU Cheer performs their game-day routine.

MSU Texas Cheer takes home silver at Nationals

Amos Perkins, Editor in Chief April 29, 2021

The MSU Texas cheer team competed in the UCA and UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship and finished second place in the Open Coed Game Day Division Wednesday, April 28. "This...

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With fall sports gone, cheer turns their attention to nationals

Amos Perkins, Managing Editor October 9, 2020

When the Lone Star Conference announced there would be no contact sports for Fall 2020 due to COVID-19, it wasn't just those teams that were affected. The Midwestern State cheer team will miss an important...

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The other cheerleaders

Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter December 3, 2019

What the pep band lacks in pom-poms and megaphones, they make up for with cheers, jeers and energy. When fans enter the Colosseum for a maroon and gold basketball game, they know the players on the...

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...

Cheer sponsor resigns after 15 years

Mandy Saal April 15, 2015

Sue Witherspoon has been the cheer sponsor and administrative assistant for student development and for the past 15 years. She will resign as cheer sponsor at the end of this school year. “I have...

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