As the bear head logo turns 20 this year, the university took steps over ... for the school — which was then known as Southwest Missouri State — Onstot said it was a design of a bear leaping ...

Members of the Southwest Missouri State University debate team prepare for a match. Seated from left to right are John Pope, Tom Muskrat, and Duane Cox, while Mildred Wilkerson and John Tadych stand.

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Southwest Missouri State University For years, the University of Missouri in Columbia had adamantly opposed the name change — and it's not happy now. Missy Shelton of member station KSMU reports.