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The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

MSU should have a fall break

Ryan O'Malley, Reporter October 21, 2018

Have you ever been jealous that your friend attending another university has a break during the fall and you do not? It's that time of year again where many universities are having a fall break and...

Student, Provost consider adding fall break

Serah Welborn April 1, 2015

Suprena Poleon, chemistry senior and senator of the Caribbean Student Organization, may serve as the student voice in bringing changes to the academic calendar that will make the fall and spring semesters...

Staff Editorial: We need a fall break

Ethan Metcalf November 12, 2014

Our view: Midwestern State University needs to institute a fall break. Students and faculty endure 61 consecutive class days in the fall while the longest uninterrupted stretch in spring is only 39 days....

Despite 61-day marathon, fall break not part of MSU culture

Courtney Gilder November 12, 2014

During the fall semester, students, faculty and staff must go 61 consecutive days without a break, from Labor Day to Thanksgiving. For a student taking a load of 12 hours, that comes out to an estimated...

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