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The Wichitan

The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan

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. ā€œTraditions are very hard to change,ā€ Rogers said. ā€œThat’s a little piece of tradition...

Episode 9: Changing of the Guard, part 2

Ethan Metcalf January 28, 2015

  University President Jesse Rogers details the beginning of Midwestern State's controversial change from the Indians to the Mustangs—a change many oppose to this day. In this episode, Rogers...

Episode 8: Changing of the Guard, part 1

Ethan Metcalf January 28, 2015

  University President Jesse Rogers details the beginning of Midwestern State's controversial change from the Indians to the Mustangs—a change many oppose to this day. Next episode: Changing...

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