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The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

MSU Indian Mascot, 1988

The history of Midwestern will always include the Indians

Brianne Fournier, Reporter May 2, 2019

For more than 12 years, Midwestern State University has been the Mustangs. Students hold great pride in wearing maroon and gold and supporting the mascot, Maverick. “I can’t imagine wearing anything...

Lucia Ramirez, radiologic technology, shows off her diploma packet. Photo by Kayla White

Traditions contribute to university life

The Wichitan May 16, 2015

From its beginnings in 1922 as a municipal junior college housed within a high school building, Midwestern State University has become a campus of 255 acres and 70 buildings offering a variety of academic...

University President Jesse Rogers holds up the Indian sign with the football players as they hold up the Mustang during the playing of the school song after the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Rogers retires under new mascot

Morgan Haire April 27, 2015

Out of 48 years at the university, the university president, Jesse Rogers, was an Indian for 39 of them. “Traditions are very hard to change,” Rogers said. “That’s a little piece of tradition...

Maverick turned 7 on Oct. 16, 2013. Photo by Lauren Roberts.

Episode 10: Changing of the Guard, part 3

Ethan Metcalf February 4, 2015

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Episode 9: Changing of the Guard, part 2

Ethan Metcalf January 28, 2015

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Episode 8: Changing of the Guard, part 1

Ethan Metcalf January 28, 2015

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