Meridian Campus Bully

Meridian Campus Bully
Photo by Kristen Hines Baker

August 25, 2008

On Friday, officials introduced a personal mascot for MSU-Meridian. Graduate student Rita Dearman enters history books as the first on the Lauderdale County campus to fill the role--and suit--of Bully. In her other spare time, the 41-year-old graduate student and mother of four is training for a Colorado Half-Ironman Triathlon next month. MSU-M Dean Donna Clevinger and Bill Kibler, vice president for student affairs on the Starkville campus, collaborated in getting the spirit equipment.