Homecoming Sports Recap
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
October 23, 2019
Football The football team blew out Texas A&M-Kingsfield 70-35 Homecoming night Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Triston Williams (No.19), quarterback and agricultural business sophomore, led the way with a career-high 354 passing yards and tied the school record with six passing touchdowns. This ...
Homecoming festivities begin with Lip Sync and Mustang Madness
Amos Perkins, Reporter
October 15, 2019
Lights. Cameras. Madness! Ligon Coliseum was packed full of energetic students ready to dance, sing, compete and let loose. Some entertained with their athletic talents. Others showed off their creativity. More still, danced and sang from the stands and the gym floor. Homecoming festivities kick...
World stop…carry on
Aquila Freeney, Business manager
April 23, 2019
The world stopped once again for "Queen Bey" (aka Beyoncé) when she released Homecoming: The Live Album, which is an album composed of live recordings from her Coachella performance in 2018. In total, the album is 40 songs long, so as much as I would love to dive into almost each and ever...
Traditions provide a sense of campus unity
Sky Barron, Reporter
March 13, 2019
Whether students are walking from class to class, future Mustangs are touring the campus or visitors are just driving by, the history and traditions of Midwestern State University are shown through the statues, street names, and the bricks on the buildings. The campus was founded in 1922 as a local...
Homecoming parade brings alumni back to campus
Jake Clancy, Reporter
October 29, 2018
Some 50 people attended the homecoming parade Oct. 27. but the annual event that allows campus organizations to create a float and try to beat the others in a creativity competition was mostly attended by alumni. "It's a student competition," Ruby Arriaga, student involvement activities coordinator said, "s...
Mass comm students named king and queen
Tommy Chhe, Reporter
October 29, 2018
At the start of halftime, the homecoming court was introduced to the crowd. There were chatters around Memorial Stadium as the crowd waited to see who the next homecoming king and queen would be. "And the homecoming king and queen are..." Mass communication seniors Treston Lacy and Morgan Ha...
Homecoming tradition goes up in flames
Luke Bryant, reporter
October 28, 2018
Ten gallons of gasoline, well over 500 people and around 90 shirts burned. Nocona Trail south parking lot went up in flames once again for the homecoming bonfire. Whether they were there for the atmosphere, the people, or the fire, everyone experienced the tradition that has taken place as far ba...
Football falls to conference rival Tarleton State 34-35
Tommy Chhe, Sports Reporter
October 28, 2018
Against rival Tarleton State University, the Mustangs lost 34-35 at the homecoming game in front of a crowd of 9,247 people. At the 10:48 mark of the first quarter, running back and criminal justice freshman Tyrique Edwards scored the first points with a ten yard rushing touchdown after a drive of...
Cardboard boat race goes swimmingly
Angel Clara Ukwitegyetse, Reporter
October 27, 2018
This year's homecoming cardboard boat race had nearly 25 student organizations and attracted over 200 students, family members, and MSU alumni to Sikes Lake, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. First place went to the team paddling for Kappa Alpha and Chi Omega, the Engineers for a Sustainable World came in second...
Lipsync Competition kicks homecoming week into full swing
Clara Ukwitegyetse
October 23, 2018
D.L. Coliseum roared with cheers for the bravest dancers as students showed off their best moves Oct. 22 at the annual Lipsync Competition. The event, hosted by the University Programming Board, has always been a huge success as homecoming week's opening event, and this was no exception. "It's tradition,"...
_exas-sized homecoming sparks controversy
Nick Lanier, Reporter
October 23, 2018
The “T’s” around campus have been crossed out. They're gone. Well, for the next week at least. Student Government Association officials said on their Twitter feed, "To anticipate our victory against Tarleton State for homecoming, all "T's" on campus will be crossed out." Given that the theme...
Even the homecoming bonfire impacts the environment
Shannon Doss, Reporter
October 25, 2017
It's a chilly night in late October. A crowd gathers around a huge pile of wood with T-shirts from other schools pinned up on the stack. As the crowd grows, soft whispers can be heard about how big and hot the bonfire will be this year. Then, finally, a line of eight flaming torches can be seen in the...