Stephanie Diaz

Some Texas State professors are talking about changing the university's alma mater. The alma mater is the school song that's played at many university gatherings. Stephanie Diaz reports on why some people want different words to be used.

Psychology Professor Shirley Ogletree recently asked the Faculty Senate to consider a resolution that might lead to changing the words of the decades-old song.
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Ogletree says making the changes would be in keeping with this year's Common Experience theme.
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For example, Ogletree and other faculty members would like the phrase "cheering the oppressed" changed to "freeing the oppressed" to show the university's resolve to fight oppression in all its forms.
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Reaction to the proposal has been mixed -- many students simply don't know about it.
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But freshman cheerleader Samantha Martinez knows the school song:
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Students, alumni and faculty will have a chance to offer their opinions about the proposed change, as will the descendants of Jesse Sayer who wrote the song.
Stand up: “Texas state’s Alma Mater was written in the early 1900s. It is usually introduced to students during New Student Orientation, and it’s been a tradition to sing it at the end of an athletic event and at graduation. For Bobcat Update, I’m Stephanie Diaz.”
SB –Ogletree singing- (5): “O, Alma Mater, set upon the green hills..”