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The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
Pierce Hall will be closing for the 2022-2023 academic year, Jan. 25.

Pierce Hall to be closed down fall 2022

Abigail Jones, Business Manager • February 11, 2022

Due to post-COVID enrollment numbers, Pierce Hall will be closed down starting in the fall 2022 semester. According to Kristi Schulte, director of residence life and housing, MSU's lower enrollment numbers...

Computer science senior David Hawkins places a crate on a dolly to be taken up to a student's dorm

Mustangs Move-In

Emily Beaman, News Editor • September 1, 2021

The MSU Texas campus sprung to life during the Fall 2021 move-in weekend and the ensuing Mustangs Roundup. This year's move-in continued the more structured process that the university adopted last...

Fire in Pierce Hall: Students safely evacuated

Fire in Pierce Hall: Students safely evacuated

Abigail Jones, Reporter • February 28, 2021

A fire occurred on the first floor of Pierce Hall around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night. “We were both playing video games and then we heard the fire alarm, and we quickly realized that it was real. It...

gaming night

About 30 Pierce residents attend Throwback Game Night

Nathan Martinez, Reporter • October 2, 2018

To encourage students to get outside and to experience more activities around campus, the Residence Hall Association hosted Throwback Game Night at Pierce Hall in the first floor lounge at 8 p.m. Sept....

Make Pierce Great Again

Javier Suarez • November 29, 2017

Pierce Hall was once the go-to residence hall for incoming male freshman or sophomores attending Midwestern State. Now, since the addition of Legacy Hall, Pierce is no longer the first option for incoming...

Higgins no longer housing resident

Kara McIntyre • May 2, 2017

Rodney Roshunn Higgins Jr., 19-year-old former cornerback, was arrested and charged with sexual assault on Tuesday, April 18. Both he and the victim were residents of Killingsworth Hall when the victim...

New residence hall to be complete by mid-July

Taylor Warren • January 27, 2016

To assist with increasing number of residential students living on-campus, a new residence hall has been under construction between Fain Fine Arts center and Pierce Hall since last summer and continued...

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