{"id":392,"date":"2018-08-23T19:34:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T19:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2020-08-04T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:16:27","slug":"traditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-no\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; margin-right:-20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-4 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"1\" data-grid-col-space=\"40\" style=\"margin: -20px -20px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-406\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-406 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions05.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Missouri Western Clock Tower\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions05-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions05-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions05.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 450px, (min-width: 784px) 600px, (min-width: 712px) 784px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/clock-tower-legend\/\">Clock Tower Legend<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions05.jpg\" data-id=\"406\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Missouri Western Clock Tower\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/clock-tower-legend\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClock Tower Legend\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/category\/traditions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Traditions<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/clock-tower-legend\/\" aria-label=\"Clock Tower Legend\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/clock-tower-legend\/\">Clock Tower Legend<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When walking under the Glenn E Marion memorial clock tower, students always walk around the seal. Legend has it if a student steps on the seal, he or she won\u2019t graduate. After commencement, new graduates walk under the clock tower, and over the seal, their first steps as official college graduates.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-409\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-409 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions06.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A soccer player rings the bell after a victory\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions06-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions06-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions06.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 450px, (min-width: 784px) 600px, (min-width: 712px) 784px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/ring-the-bell\/\">Ring The Bell<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions06.jpg\" data-id=\"409\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"A soccer player rings the bell after a victory\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/ring-the-bell\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRing The Bell\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/category\/traditions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Traditions<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/ring-the-bell\/\" aria-label=\"Ring The Bell\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/ring-the-bell\/\">Ring The Bell<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>After a Griffon victory, teams and coaches ring in the win. The tradition started with the big bell at Spratt Stadium, but now bells are rung at the Looney Field House and Spring Sports Complex as well. And following commencement, the bell is rung to celebrate the ultimate win for all students: graduation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-403\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-403 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Graduates rub the Griffon&#039;s head\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions04-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions04-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions04.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 450px, (min-width: 784px) 600px, (min-width: 712px) 784px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/griffon-for-luck\/\">Griffon For Luck<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions04.jpg\" data-id=\"403\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Graduates rub the Griffon&#039;s head\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/griffon-for-luck\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGriffon For Luck\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/category\/traditions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Traditions<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/griffon-for-luck\/\" aria-label=\"Griffon For Luck\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/griffon-for-luck\/\">Griffon For Luck<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When prospective students visit campus, they rub the Griffon\u2019s head for luck as they leave for their first campus tour. And, at commencement, students leave the University as they came in, rubbing the Griffon\u2019s head one final time for luck as they embark on their next adventure.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-394\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-394 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students show their support for Paint It Gold Friday\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions01-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions01-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions01.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 450px, (min-width: 784px) 600px, (min-width: 712px) 784px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/paint-it-gold-fridays\/\">Paint It Gold Fridays<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions01.jpg\" data-id=\"394\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Students show their support for Paint It Gold Friday\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/paint-it-gold-fridays\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaint It Gold Fridays\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/category\/traditions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Traditions<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/paint-it-gold-fridays\/\" aria-label=\"Paint It Gold Fridays\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/paint-it-gold-fridays\/\">Paint It Gold Fridays<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On and off campus, we show our Griffon Pride by wearing Missouri Western\u2019s school colors every Friday. Whether it\u2019s game day or not, celebrate the week\u2019s end by donning your black and gold. We even hold contests throughout the year where you can win prizes for wearing black and gold.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-400\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-400 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cheerleaders lead the crowd in a first down chant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions02-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions02-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions02.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 450px, (min-width: 784px) 600px, (min-width: 712px) 784px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/first-down-chant\/\">First Down Chant: M.W.S.U.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions02.jpg\" data-id=\"400\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Cheerleaders lead the crowd in a first down chant\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/first-down-chant\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFirst Down Chant: M.W.S.U.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/category\/traditions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Traditions<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/first-down-chant\/\" aria-label=\"First Down Chant: M.W.S.U.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/first-down-chant\/\">First Down Chant: M.W.S.U.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As the familiar chant begins: \u201cM W!\u201d You\u2019ll hear the booming response from the crowds: \u201cS U!\u201d It will fill the air at sporting events and spirit competitions during your time at MWSU. In fact, if you hear an \u201cM W!\u201d at any time, you\u2019ll find yourself automatically responding with a loud \u201cS U!\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-397\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fans cheer with the help of their rally towels\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions03-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions03-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions03.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 450px, (min-width: 784px) 600px, (min-width: 712px) 784px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/max-experience\/\">Max Experience<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions03.jpg\" data-id=\"397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Fans cheer with the help of their rally towels\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/max-experience\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMax Experience\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/category\/traditions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Traditions<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/max-experience\/\" aria-label=\"Max Experience\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/max-experience\/\">Max Experience<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>For the full game day experience, you\u2019ll want to join Max\u2019s Maniacs, the official student fan club of Griffon athletics. When you join Max\u2019s Maniacs, you get free Griffon gear and special offers as well as the chance to win prizes \u2013 just for attending Griffon sporting events!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-424\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-424 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions07.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Victory Plaza\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions07-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions07-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions07.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 450px, (min-width: 784px) 600px, (min-width: 712px) 784px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/24\/victory-plaza\/\">Victory Plaza<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/traditions07.jpg\" data-id=\"424\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Victory Plaza\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/24\/victory-plaza\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVictory Plaza\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/category\/traditions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Traditions<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/24\/victory-plaza\/\" aria-label=\"Victory Plaza\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/24\/victory-plaza\/\">Victory Plaza<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>After every home football victory, teammates, coaches, students and fans used to gather at the Victory Tree to hear a post-game speech from the coach, followed by the Fight Song. Today, the tree is no more, but Spratt Stadium's Victory Plaza houses a sculpture, standing tall as a nod to this time-honored tradition.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-412\" class=\"fusion-post-grid has-post-thumbnail post-412 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-traditions\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-video\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/obpx_J-dbSM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/2018\/08\/23\/fight-song\/\">Fight Song<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Missouri Western\u2019s original fight song, \u201cFight On, Griffons,\u201d was written by Carl E. Bolte Jr. in 1979, and is played by the band and sung by the crowds before every home game. Want to learn it? Watch this video and follow the bouncing Griffon to sing along!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}