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Mizzou Poem

*Mizzou* In 1911, the Mizzou family came home&Gave the United States Homecoming.The rallies of school spirit that have sprinted throughAmerica’s high schools and universities are trackedto the same footprints:A Streak of Tigers.Tigers that have fought Jayhawks since the mid-19th centuryin

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University of Missouri – Kansas City Poem

*UMKC* Roo-Root for the Roos,Raise the Gold,Surf the Blue,In hostile terrain—Move past the Boos,They couldn’t walk a mileIn the Roo Crew’s Shoes. Son,When you get to Kansas City,Make your own way as you follow my footsteps.I want you to call

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Washington University in St. Louis Poem

*Wash. U.* We Believe“Happiness and Moral Duty are inseparably connected.”Fair Washington, Our Home—For the virtuous & eclectic.Sweet are these halls of blended lights endowed in truth,Blessed Heartskeep these days—Days of yore & days of youth.Eternity is the straw for which

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Poem

*Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota* What kind of student will you be?What kind of leader will you be?God gave your being the capacity to become—Not to merely be.Through His charism we are adorned with virtue,And serene with the spread of

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University of Minnesota Poem

*University of Minnesota* Minnesota is blessed with water in acres,Our many lakes and skyscrapers make us great,We run through our mills and life’s purity distilled: This is the Gopher State. Over 10,000 lakes form the Land of Sky-Blue Waters,Between the

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Michigan State University Poem

*Michigan State* MSU entrants travel cross-country across the Red Cedar River of East Lansing to reach the epitome of the college experience.They are greeted by abundant trees, winding roads, and gothic architecture beyond the forested corridors. At the intersection of

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Eastern Michigan University Poem

*Eastern Michigan University* SWOOP DOWN!(clap-clap)SWOOP DOWN!(clap-clap)SWOOP DOWN!(clap-clap)SWOOP DOWN!(clap-clap)SWOOP DOWN!And LAND! In the land of Green and White!SWOOP DOWN!You Eagles and FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!SWOOP DOWN!But don’t ever let your feet touch the ground!SWOOP DOWN!You’re flying with the Eastern Eagles Now! Hear

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Western Michigan University Poem

*Western Michigan University* 🎵 Kalamazoo is the only place BroncosFly with the best,Galloping Pride,when we die—we can rest.Until we reach the sky,We’ll keep on Galloping High—withBrown and GoldBronco Pride. It’s fall. Time for the Bronco Bash:Here comes the Stampede—Ready to

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Northern Michigan University Poem

*NMU* At the heart of Northern Michigan isA mound of flowers and shrubs laid in the colors found inside all of us—&Radiating in our great outdoors.We are the North Wind of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,Wildcats who have followed White Rocks to

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Wayne State University Poem

*Wayne State University* There’s a new line coming in this fall,Let’s see how fast this thing goes.In these four years it’s pedal to the metal,Our speed doesn’t tire through the reels of the roads.30,000 Warriors collide,BurningGreen and Gold—Until Wayne State

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