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130 th YEAR ISSUE 36
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884
MSU Police Department hosts bomb dog training by Taylor Bowden News Editor
Earlier this month, Military Working Dog (MWD) teams from multiple law enforcement agencies across the state swept across Mississippi State University’s Davis Wade Stadium, and K-9 units with their noses in the air attempted to detect chemicals commonly found in improvised explosives on Feb. 16. The reason this occurred without the accompaniment of a Maroon Alert and the evacuation of campus, was the F.B.I. had placed the materials themselves, and the agencies gathered for the opportunity to train their K-9 units to respond to these rare and dangerous components, an opportunity that is not readily available due to the chemicals being highly hazardous and too risky for most police departments to keep on hand for training purposes. MSU Police Department Chief Vance Rice said the training session, which included officers
and dogs from MSU, Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department, MS Highway Patrol, Mississippi Fire Marshall and Southaven Police Department, was very valuable. “There are some specific explosive materials that terrorists use that are extremely dangerous to handle,” Rice said. “So police units just don’t have them. Everything went great, we felt like it was a successful day of training.” Special Agent Brandon Grant, a bomb technician for the F.B.I., said in a MSU press release the training was to improve the dog’s detection of chemical and improvised explosives. “This is the second time we have done this (joint training), and by far the largest turnout we have had,” Grant said. “This is very important training primarily because the dogs can sweep a large venue, a school, a stadium, or a mall, in a rapid fashion. Humans can use equipment that can also detect explosives, but dogs can find them quicker.” Grant also said the materials the dogs were being trained with were often used by terrorists.
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Mississippi State University Police Officers stand under the Davis Wade Stadium with their K-9 partners. MSU Police Department currently has three K-9 units, all Belgian Malinois.
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Vet School scholarship created in name of MSU Graduate Students by Reed Gaddis Staff Writer
by Nicole Lee
A new scholarship will soon be available for veterinary students of Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Full-time students in CVM’s Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program will have the opportunity to receive a scholarship named the Dr. Elizabeth B. Ezelle and Mr. Robert L. Ezelle Endowed and Annual Scholarships. Recipients must keep a minimum 3.0 grade-point average (based on a 4.0 scale). The married couple who initiated the scholarship are both graduates of MSU who reside in Zachary, Louisiana. Robert Ezelle, previously an equipment engineer for ExxonMobil Global Services Corp, is a 2005 Millsaps graduate. In 2010, he completed mechanical engineering studies in the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. Elizabeth Ezelle, received an undergraduate degree in 2006 from Millsaps College and attended CVM at MSU from 2007 until 2011. Currently Ezelle practices in Zachary at Plains Veterinary Hospital.
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On an overcast morning in Starkville, students gather in the crowded, stuffy hallway outside of Dorman room hall 100. At the turn of the hour, the auditorium doors open suddenly and the flood of students enter as the search for the perfect seat begins. The students wait patiently as the sound of their muffled conversations echoes throughout the spacious auditorium. All at once, a hush comes over the room as the squeak of sandals is heard from behind. Dr. Carskadon has just arrived. Dressed in his typical attire of a blue oxford shirt, pressed navy pants and Teva sandals complete with thick black socks, Dr. C continues down the aisle and approaches the podium. “Good morning, scholars,” Dr. C kindly says as he passes. Students are more than just students if you ask Dr. C, they’re scholars.
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The scholarships were created by the couple using the ExxonMobil Foundation matching gift program. Elizabeth Ezelle said veterinary medicine started as a childhood dream. “Through high school and college, I just knew I would want to go into veterinary medicine,” Ezelle said. “Since I’ve graduated I’m still at the same job. It’s a mixed animal practice and I’ve been there for almost five years now.” Ezelle said she wanted the scholarship for compassionate students. “Grades matter a little bit but I really would like more emphasis put on bed side manner and their compassion than their GPA,” Ezelle said. Ezelle told the main reasons she and her husband came up with the scholarship. “One, is to help out students with the scholarship part of it and two, the funds going to the vet school. I just really appreciate the Degree I got from there and what it’s done for me.” “My husband and I are big bulldog fans and if we were going to have the opportunity to send some money somewhere it was always Mississippi State,” Elizabeth Ezelle said. SCHOLARSHIP, 2
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