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magazine names

See capitalization and titles.

manikin

Preferred spelling; used when writing about the St. David's School of Nursing.

mariachi

Lower case when writing in general about the music, a band or a musician. Capitalize when used with a specific band or event: Feria del Mariachi, Mariachi Vargas.

Maroon & Gold Room

A hospitality room in Strahan Coliseum where pre-game events, halftime receptions and other special events are held.

Mathworks, Texas

A program that develops model programs, including summer math camps, to engage K-12 students in high-level mathematics.

Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, The

^New Formerly the River Systems Institute, The Meadows Center for Water and the environment is a leadership initiative established to coordinate and further university-wide efforts in the field of aquatic resource management.

measurements

See dimensions.

memento

Not momento

^_New metropolitan area

Capitalize Austin Metropolitan Area. San Marcos is part of the Austin Metropolitan Area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.

midterm

No hyphen is needed when used as a noun or an adjective.

military units

These are capitalized when referring to the forces of the United States, such as U.S. Army or Air Force. Don’t capitalize informal references such as military science. ROTC stands for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, but the abbreviation ROTC is acceptable in all references to this program. Use Air Force ROTC (AFROTC on second reference) when referring to Texas State’s aerospace studies program and Army ROTC (AROTC on second reference) when referring to the university’s military science program.

Bill Miller Room

A room located on the west concourse of Bobcat Stadium. The room is a hospitality area for former Texas State letterwinners and is open during halftime of all home football games.

minuscule

Not miniscule

money

• Use $ and figures for all amounts in excess of 99 cents. Do not use a decimal and zeroes for whole-dollar amounts. Example: The book costs $14.
• Spell out cents in amounts less than $1. Example: The hamburger costs 99 cents.
• For amounts of more than $1 million, use the $ and numerals up to two decimal places: Example: a $4.2 million budget, a $1 million donation 

more than

See over.

multi-racial

Use hyphenated

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