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Women's coach named
Mexican exchange programs
College Bowl team pla('es
April 211. 19') 4
Midwestern State University
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Dr. Louis J Rodri ~u ~z. uni vc rsil y pres ide nt. prc~ntcd an aware.I. of_appredation to Swtc Rc prcscn1auvc David CounLs of Knox City. Cou nL< represents D1s1nct 70: however. he ha.-. ~ n in,;; trum cnta..1 in ~upponing MSU programs in the State legislature. A lunc hl'.on w ~ ri ven fur Coun ts in the C lark Stude nt Center on lY1onda y . 'Tvc never Jx,c n on a camp us ,;, ,,h a hc ue r atm osphere." said CounL<. Wi1h regard s lo the SGA's
n::~oluuon on pra;•cr. "'The student body is wa.nt.ing to have prayer. that's an indicator tho.t they fMSU students) arc gelling their prioriti c..< s1rai gh1." he said.
Finnell tells MSU to start building coalitions
~h.Jll ~ rc:L-rJntt:d to coOs1s1 of the fn ll ov. H1 m..· d mHlf Qul.'cn .lfld Kin;. l ~d: and LorJ \tJ ~\l,,;.~, r.:m. S<.:nH r Durh..: , , and Du ke . Hy Brian Ballard Jur1 1 r Du . ~;.•, , JnJ D uk t: . Snphomnrl.! A.~ i:dt Editor T cxa.< Slate Re p. ChJ rl es Pnr. . . c, ~ .tlld Pnn\-e . Fr~,hri :rn Prin l.'. l.''-"- :rnd . Tn.: n:qu i n.:mcn h fur tltL· -...: hu nor, Finnell told MS U aoministra Pn:-... -l.' \\111 ht. the '-'r.i.: I< r m~~rn f\\:r, pf hoth <.t: \ C"- tors and facult y at a lunc heo n .1nJ , cull ~' nf(t rTTI w the "-lJnd.1rd .s ~:um:nll y ,n hi , honor Apnl 26 1h a t MS U s hould build po l111 cal li.!>t1.-·J in LI-: ...• \ fSl . H.1:, Jt-.1,11 k coJ l1t1ons wuh th e 16 01hcr k r. n .1n (jhJJJI. "G ,\ \ 11..t· pr.:, u.k nt. ;.1 n • 1ndl.'Jx: ndcnt un1vcp;;1uc.s. n un . . l· J tt-.•H At.Jdt·m11. C, un1.. il mt: l J. nJ l n<l c pc nd t: nl uni vc r,1111: , LnJmn · J"' ! .Ja cptL' J 1h: Lh..: J ' lfl!! r1..·,r ,/ u tir111 wa c le ft out of ~J)C(..' 13 1 fun d tf'J t v. .J~ pJ._,~ J h) l ~- -· \ 1uJcn1 ~c n Jll.: 1.:.1rll, r in g ml.!a~urc~ fo r higher c du t.h 1, ,,:m .. ., ~u ca1i o n hy 1hc B ro L<:g,s!J " {,m: 11.1 u~, n, ',\ .:fl.' .lll\·r !i.: t.1 h 1r ( JUL\tand in~
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T he fu nding hill passed hy the n:cc nt k g1,b1 urc pcm111 , liu.• Uni va s 11 y nl Tc ~a-' ~ys ll: m .ind th ..: T-.; x J.s /\ & ;,i.1
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\Vh c n Finn e ll was fir~t c ln·tcd to his pos iti on. he n:prL"sentcd only four l·oun • 11 e'i But 1ha1 wa_c;; 27 years
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Liberal Arts grads see 'the big picture' ;,rLS <.h.-- g rl'\:, mJl~c 1h1· m di!· , 1r.1hk In l .. c 1, nvc..·r fh ..: p.1,t
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