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State Hoops prevail in SEC contests

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Mississippi State basketball was clicking on all cylinders this weekend.

The men’s team set the tone on Saturday by capturing a 68-58 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Hump.

Not to be outdone, the women’s team responded with a victory of their own and defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 61-52 in Starkville on Sunday.

The win put the record for the No. 16 ranked women’s basketball team at 24-6 overall and 11-5 in league play. It also secured the team a tie for second place in the southeastern conference, which is the highest finish in program history.

As for the men’s team, their conference victory over the Gamecocks improved their overall record to 13-15 overall and 6-10 in conference play.

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Left: Dominique Dillingham takes a jumper during the No. 16 Bulldogs senior night victory over Alabama.

Right: Senior guard Craig Sword goes up for two of his 14 points in a 68-58 home win over South Carolina on Saturday.

The King’s Dream: Forum discusses MLK’s dream and faith

by Emmalyne Kwasny Staff Writer

On Thursday, Feb. 25, Mississippi State University hosted the Veritas Forum in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium.

Christopher Clark, assistant professor of political science at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and Christopher Snyder, dean of the Shackouls Honors College and professor of history at MSU, presented on the topic: “Can We Have Martin Luther King’s Dream without His Faith?”

Susan Seal, assistant professor of international agricultural and extension education in the school of human sciences, moderated.

Clark and Snyder started the night by discussing Martin Luther King’s dream and how it was centered on hope because of the Christian faith in the future coming of complete restoration to a broken world.

They said his complete dream is unattainable without Christian faith.

They claimed that one of the main problems in today’s world is the disconnection between what people say

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said. “If you want to be elevated, you actually have to demote yourself, be willing to be selfless, to be misunderstood, to be made fun of.”

The second annual MSU Veritas Forum was very successful and went as intended, according to Seal.

“It was a great evening that brought faculty, students and community leaders together to discuss the difficult questions associated with social justice and Christian faith,” Seal said.

Mississippi State University offers Equine, Eventing and Equestrian teams to undergraduate students who are interested.

MSU was the first to start both an Eventing and Equestrian team in Mississippi, both supported by the Department of Animal and Dairy Science at MSU and the local equine community.

The focus for the MSU Eventing team which entailed both competition and community outreach.

In November the team participated in a collegiate eventing challenge in Lexington, Virginia ,of which, during the Virginia Horse Trials, the team placed second.

Team President, Juliana Santiago placed second in the individual competition.

Also during the fall, the team held an open house for the community at their training barn, Redbud Farm, where they used the day to educate people about their sport.

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Emmalyne Kwasny | The Reflector Christopher Snyder (left), MSU’s dean of the Shackouls Honors College, Christopher Clark (right), a political science professor who visited MSU from North Carolina and discussed the role of religion and morality.

and their actions; that people do not live our lives as though they truly want equality. Clark and Snyder also challenged the church to be truly united as many are still segregated by race or political beliefs.

Clark said even those who do not claim to be Christians can use King’s life as an example of how we should treat others.

“Even those who do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God would agree that he was a man whose example was one of feeding

the poor, clothing and sheltering those in lower classes,” Clark said. “ This is what Martin Luther King Jr. exhibited and what we also should.”

Even though the United States has made tremendous strides concerning civil rights issues, it is still far from achieving King’s dream of perfect equality and freedom for all people today.

Clark emphasized the need for people to realize the issues in front of them before trying to do

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“In order to be responsive to different issues even beyond racial ones, you first have to recognize that the issue is there,” Clark said.

Both professors challenged listeners to be heroes of change within their respective communities, regardless of what culturally defines someone as a hero.

“In Christianity, the way up is actually down. If you want to be a hero, then serve, give of yourself, act in a sacrificial manner and love your enemies,” Clark

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Before the start of the game, the as the Crimson Tide outscored the The Bulldogs began closing out Bulldogs honored their lone senior, Bulldogs 16-11 before the half. the game with a smooth offense as Sherise Williams with a heartfelt In the third quarter, both teams Alabama tried to rally late. Okorie video. Head coach Vic Schaefer spoke performed well on both sides of the led the defense as Dillingham kept on how she has developed as a player ball. With Vivians back in, Alabama’s the team from closing any gaps in and thanked her for pushing herself defense kept focusing on shutting the score. She scored seven of the 15 every game. Her teammates also her out but luckily the Bulldogs were points in the fi nal quarter. commented on her beautiful heart and equipped with multiple weapons like Though shaky at the end, the rich personality.

Dillingham and Morgan William. Bulldogs closed the game with a nine In the first half of the senior night Coach Schaefer said he noticed the point lead winning 61-52. game, Alabama came in strong Crimson Tide’s attempt to key in on With the conference win against beginning with a quick four points Vivians. the Crimson Tide, the women’s and competitive defense that kept the “I realized that they target and team secured the third place spot for Bulldogs on their toes. Their run was guard Victoria pretty tough now, but Bulldogs in the SEC tournament. cut short when Morgan William scored it leaves Dominique open and gives Schaefer applauded the growth his the first Bulldog bucket with team has exhibited six minutes to go in the first this year after the quarter. Victoria Vivians game.

“I watched these ladies fight to get themscored her 1,000th point “I watched these selves to 11-5 and to be no worse than before being sat down for ladies fi ght to get an early two fouls late in the themselves to 11-5 third and almost tie for second is quite quarter. Lone senior Sherise and to be no worse Williams was a starter for the than third and almost an accomplishement and I’m very proud game to honor her last regular tie for second is quite season performance at The an accomplishment of these girls.”

Hump and contributed and I’m very proud of to the Bulldogs’ explosive them,” Schaefer said.

-Head coach Vic Schaefer start. Alabama was silent With the number halfway through the first three seed in the SEC quarter and watched the Bulldogs build her a chance to show her skills,” tournament, the girls will head to a comfortable gap to end the quarter Schaefer said. Whenever Vivians was Jacksonville, Florida to play Georgia, ahead 17-9. in trouble or not in a position to take Ole Miss or Vanderbilt in Veterans The Crimson Tide fought an uphill the shot, Dillingham and William Memorial Arena on March 4. After the battle during the second quarter. took charge and produced the points SEC Tournament, the Bulldogs will Alabama had an impressive 73 percent the Bulldogs needed. go compete for a chance in winning a shooting for the half. Their guard Chinwe Okorie dominated the National Championship in the NCAA Hannah Cook and Quanetria Bolton Crimson Tide with rebounding National Tournament. took over as the Bulldogs defense help from Vivians. Alabama did out The men’s team will travel to began to sputter. The Bulldogs rebound Mississippi State 30-21, but Oxford Wednesday to face bitter collected six fouls in the quarter. their plight was incomplete shots. in-state rival Ole Miss. Tipoff is set Going into the last three minutes of With back to back field goals and free for 6 p.m. MSU will then have a threethe half, the Bulldog offense began to throws late in the third, the Bulldogs day layoff before they face Auburn in progress as they went on a 6-0 run led put up a 10-point lead entering the the Hump for their fi nal game of the

by Dillingham. Fortunately, the fi rst fi nal quarter in an attempt to pull season. The home contest will tipoff quarter’s margin served as a safety net away. at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 11:07 a.m. A student was arrested in Starkville on a warrant for speeding.

10:57 p.m. A visitor passed out at a concert at the MSU Horse Park.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 12:15 a.m. A student was arrested at the Pointe Apartments for trespassing.

11:28 a.m. A student reported losing her ring at the Sanderson Center.

11:58 a.m. A student reported his laptop stolen from McCool Hall.

12:51 p.m. A student reported her bicycle stolen from a bike rack at Ruby Hall.

11:17 p.m. A student was arrested in Butler Hall parking lot for disorderly conduct and possession of alcohol in a dry county.

Justice Court citations and referrals were issued.

Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 7:56 a.m. A visitor was arrested on Blackjack Road for speeding 48/0, suspended driver’s license and no insurance. Justice Court citations were issued.

4:25 p.m. A student reported her cell phone stolen from the Humphrey Coliseum.

Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 12:21 a.m. A visitor was arrested on Hardy Road for speeding 36/20 and a warrant for false pretense from Lee County.

11:42 p.m. A student reported his vehicle was damaged while parked behind Memorial Hall.

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comments from many in attendance.”

The Veritas Forum is a non-profit Christian

organization that was started in 1992 at Harvard University. The goal of the forum is to engage students

and faculty in discussions about questions that are often ignored or overlooked because they are hard to answer and focus on the relevance of Jesus Christ to all aspects of life. Hundreds of universities host this event across North America and Europe all with differing topics addressing difficult questions such as ‘What does it mean to be human?’ Is there any meaning in death?” and many others.

The Veritas Forum provides a safe place for Christian students and faculty to come together

to discuss hard questions that cannot be addressed in the normal class setting as Bob Daniels, MSU Veritas Forum chair, said.

“It is perceived that it is more and more less acceptable to speak about God and the things of God in academic settings these days. Part of the reason Veritas was started here was to give a voice to Christians on campus and to also bring up the hard questions and have dialogue back and forth about these important questions,” Daniels said. “It brings forth the opportunity to have discussion about

EQUINE Open House participants had the opportunity to meet the team and the coaches, Betsy Ball and Jessica Shull, along with participating in a raffle and carnival games. The spring semester started in Florida with many of the team members competing in the winter show circuit.

In April the team and their coaches will return to Starkville to complete their competition season in the summer at Redbud Farm.

At the beginning of November, the equestrian team traveled to the Fall Classic, the fi rst competition of the season, at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. The Fall Classic was the largest intercollegiate equestrian competition, which was hosted by Berry College with 13 colleges competing.

The teams competed in western horsemanship, hunt seat equitation and

these hard topics along with brilliant faculty and colleagues and students.”

The MSU Veritas committee meets throughout the year to plan for the annual event. It specifically works along with the Veritas organization to find topics that are most relevant, that students are interested in and those that would be beneficial to students, faculty and the Starkville community.

The entire event was recorded and will be available on the veritas.org website within two or three weeks.

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equitation over fences courses. Out of the MSU team members, 12 placed in the Top Ten, with two seventh-placed ribbons, four sixth-placed ribbons, four fourth-placed ribbons and one third-placed ribbon. Kelly Moore, a freshman pre-accounting major from Georgia, won the fi rst place ribbon in novice equitation over fences. The most recent competition was held at the end of February where the team traveled back to Berry College.

Molly Nicodemus, advisor for the equestrian and eventing team, said the team is part of the Intercollegiate Horseshow Association ,which was established in 1967.

“We’re within one region and we compete against schools in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia,” Nicodemus said. “The way that it is set up is that the team travels to the host college and the different schools will have different members that will ride.

What the members do is they select out of a hat the name of a horse, hop on an unfamiliar horse, without the chance to practice on them, they go into the arena and are judged on how they can ride an unfamiliar horse and look good in the process.”

Nicodemus said they have both English and Western riders which make up an English team and a Western team.

“IHSA is set up so you have different levels of riders,” Nicodemus said.

“We have two riders that have never shown before, they’re in the beginner class, all the way up to an upper level, what we call an open rider.”

Nicodemus said all different levels make up a team and contribute equal amount of points toward the team total by the end of the weekend.

In preparation for events the team members have the opportunity to take advantage of riding classes offered by the department weekly, training from Nicodemus and graduate assistants. Nicodemus said building a relationship with the local horse community has been wonderful.

“They also practice with some local barns and work with the local trainers so that they can get as much practice, on as many different horses and get as many different people working with them,” Nicodemus said. “We’ve been very fortunate. We’ve had a lot of local trainers that have donated their time to work with the team.”

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Everything Matters

Support for local music scene encouraged Sarah Dutton is a junior majoring in communication. She can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

If you ever spark up a conversation with someone about music, you might agree upon the notorious opinion that the southeastern regional area does not have much of a music scene. You may hear that the majority of their musical culture consists of being known for its traditional blues, jazz and country vibes–not much else, and that the music deriving from each location is not much to bother with when you have much more prominent scenes with more driven musicians elsewhere in the U.S. However, dedicated locals might beg to differ.

If you go out one evening to see some musicians in Starkville, home of Mississippi State University, you will come to realize that we may not exactly have an established scene, but we definitely have a small yet rich and homey music community. One of the main contributing factors is Rick’s American Café off of Highway 182. The owner, Rick Welch, attended MSU back in 1986 and worked as a bartender. As his passion toward his engineering major digressed, his position both physically in the bar and emotionally toward supporting the local music scene progressed, which led

him to buying the bar and incorporating a restaurant and venue into it to bring more music to the collegiate demographic and overall Starkville community. He has had numerous musicians not only come through, but remain loyal to their ties with Rick’s over the years as he supports each on their endeavors through their own individual musical journeys. For example, this past weekend he hosted three local Mississippi bands, Chasing Edom, The Red Thangs and Rock Eupora, who either already knew each other from playing music together in the past or were genuinely excited to get to know each other throughout the evening. They stole the stage for the night with their indie sounds flooding the room and were able to give me their own perspective on the local music scene.

Rock Eupora said they love the adrenaline from playing live and being a part of the music scene drives their pursuit in playing authentic music.

Adam Ray, guitarist from The Red Thangs, said, “There is nothing else I’d rather be doing on a Saturday night.”

Each band has not only impacted the scene in their own ways, but the impact has reciprocated itself for each musician as well. Although some of them were influenced to pursue music through their own experiences, such as listening to Led Zepplin, Billy Joel, or Michelle Branch, the impact they have received personally being in bands is just as substantial.

Rock Eupora and Chasing Edom felt being a part of their bands and receiving

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the feedback they have from local supporters has challenged them to grow as musicians, individuals and as a band altogether thus far. Blair Bingham from The Red Thangs and Heath Walts from Chasing Edom both agreed that being the ones on stage is much different than being the one in the crowd, and not many people get that opportunity.

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“I encourage you to seek a new perspective on local Mississippi music.” they will be departing on good terms fairly soon, but each hope to continue playing music because they not only need that creative outlet but want to pursue music in their separate ways after experiencing Chasing Edom for so long.

Their musical drive may stem from their own personal experiences, but it carries over to their audiences without a doubt.

Hunter Walt, Chasing Edom’s auxiliary percussionist and

keyboardist stated, “Our music keeps the Mississippi heritage and culture alive.

Hopefully people hear that and recognize that there can be good and creative music that comes out of Mississippi.”

Rays said, “It’s really amazing how many high quality and dependable, nice people you find around here.”

Clayton Waller, vocalist and creator of Rock Eupora, proudly explained how Starkville is different from Nashville in the fact that the city has shows practically every night while shows in Starkville that bring people out become an event and are more cherished.

Each of these locals that are involved in the music community and the overall scene stressed that supporting each other is a necessity.

Rick made his point saying, “I wish when I tell people about a band playing at my venue that their mentality would change from, ‘Oh, I’ve never heard of them, so I’m not going to go see them’ to, ‘Oh, I’ve never heard of them, but let me check them out.’ The more bands they come see, it gives me the money to afford to take risks on more

bands. It just snowballs.”

He also emphasized how local bands should also support each other just as much as they hope other people support them by either playing with each other, attending shows, buying merchandise, or even collaborating. When approaching the concept of supporting local musicians, it’s better to have a constructive rather than destructive mentality.

Rick’s publication assistant Allie Gaylon said “The local music scene is really important in every community and Starkville is no exception. As long as people continue to support local music, local musicians continue playing and pursing what they love, whether it’s just playing on the weekend or pursuing a career in music, and as long as we all form a community and support each other, we can keep going and keep thriving.”

Although the entire scene is changing at an incredibly fast pace with music being so easily accessible through the internet, podcasts and streaming services, it is still possible to keep your favorite musicians afloat and trending. The southeastern music scene may be on the

road of rediscovery and reinventing themselves with a new wave of technology pushing and challenging them along the way, I agree with Mod Mobilian when they say, “There is a nascent Southeast music scene.”

Once you finish reading this, I encourage you to seek a new perspective on either local Mississippi music or southern music in general, whether it be checking out one of the bands that played at Rick’s this past weekend, buying a ticket for an upcoming show at Rick’s, or browsing the Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify. I think Dakota Davis, guitarist of Rock Eupora, put it best as he was describing their passion for continuing music in an industry already so heavily saturated and how it has impacted him when he said, “It is about being a part of something much bigger than yourself.” I guess you could say it all starts with each band going to the beat of their own drum and that new tune carrying you to a new perspective of impacting the southeastern music scene altogether starting with simply initially supporting your talented and genuine local musicians.

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Trying a vegan lifestyle will broaden horizons

by Sarah Brister Contributing Writer

Plant-based diets are the topic of conversation in the medical, fitness and Hollywood world at the moment. They are on the cover of weight loss magazines, celebrities swear by them and fitness professionals encourage their clients to engage in this diet. While the plant based diet is generally accepted and practiced almost everywhere, the plant based lifestyle is not.

The difference between a diet and lifestyle is by definition a diet is to restrict a

certain type of food for a certain amount of time to gain a specific result, while a lifestyle is a way in which a person intentionally and habitually lives or eats. For example, veganism is a lifestyle while Weight Watchers is a diet.

In places like Los Angeles, Portland and even Thailand, a plant-based lifestyle is widely common and generally accepted.

However, when we move closer toward the south we see this lifestyle disappear.

But why? Is it because we don’t have the resources, the knowledge or the ability to adopt this lifestyle?

Or is it because of southern tradition?

The south is known for its decadent, high cholesterol, salty food. We hunt, we fish and literally put butter on everything. In moderation these are all fine practices and habits, but why is it that when I tell my friends I live a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle they get so offended by me? In the south, meat is a staple in every meal but in most places it’s not. When the topic of a plant based lifestyle comes into play, many people get up in arms about it and attack me with questions. “Where do you get your protein?” “Why

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I think people get offended by this lifestyle because I and a majority of people who adopt it are challenging tradition. When you tell someone that you don’t agree with what they are doing, or that what they are doing isn’t genuinely necessary, a soft spot gets hit. But like I said, there is nothing wrong with a little butter here and a few turkey slices there. However, there is something wrong with completely attacking someone solely because they don’t

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I have definitely experienced flak and back handed comments because of my life style choices such as eating fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes and only using products with vegan ingredients that haven’t been tested on animals, not wearing makeup and choosing to spend my time traveling and exploring the world, which are linked to both my medical and personal reasons.

When we aren’t willing to stray from tradition or even try new things, we completely close ourselves off to a lot of the beautiful things

the world has to offer. I’m not saying that everyone has to be vegan or else they will never live a beautiful life. What I am saying is that everyone should try something new every once in a while and step out of their comfort zones. If you have never traveled outside of state lines, plan a road trip with your friends. If you have never touched kale in your life, just drive down to Kroger, pick some up and have some fun with it. When we try new things we get a deeper sense of what the world has to offer and that is truly what the plant based lifestyle is about.

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Rae Sremmurd performed last Thursday at the Horse Park. The group consists of brothers Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee who are orginally from California but moved to Tupelo at a young age. They performed close to home with this show.

‘Fuller House’ brings nostalgia to Netflix

by DJ Jennings Contributing Writer

“Fuller House” is awful.

It is super cheesy, the laugh track can be too much and guess what? I have loved (almost) every second of it.

The show succeeds because it knows exactly what it is and what it wants to be, at moments. It feels like the show was pulled directly from the 90’s and put onto our television screens.

“Fuller House” revolves around D.J. Tanner, now D.J. Fuller, as she deals with living alone with her three young sons after the death of her husband.

After it is made clear that taking care of three kids alone is too much to tackle, D.J.’s family decides it is best to clear out their own busy schedules and help her.

What is so impressive about the show is that the creators got virtually every cast member back to reprise their roles from the original “Full House,” minus Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as Michelle Tanner (which the writers not so subtly make light of in the first episode).

Candace Cameron-Bure is back as D.J. Fuller, acting as the Danny Tannertype character in Fuller House. D.J. has turned into the very responsible, “boring” character of the

show, and we get to see her open up more as the season progresses.

Jodie Sweetin returns as Stephanie Tanner. In the 20-plus gap between the end of “Full House” and “Fuller House,” Stephanie has become a world-famous D.J. known as “DJ Tanner.” She has traveled everywhere from “Ibiza, Singapore and Cleveland!”

It is a weird occupation but I do not know if I ever actually wondered what Stephanie would be doing in adult life.

One of my favorite parts of the show is Andrea Barber’s return as Kimmy Gibbler. While the other characters in the show seemed to partly advanced into the modern

times, Kimmy has stayed true to the 90’s with her outlandish outfits and mannerisms.

The main characters from the original show have also returned albeit in much smaller roles. Bob Saget as Danny Tanner is the only part of the show that felt somewhat forced, like Saget had a hard time not “acting” like Danny Tanner and not just being him like the original series.

John Stamos is easily the biggest character to return to the show, as Stamos has mostly been busy since the show ended in 1995. Not only did Stamos return as Jesse Katstopolis, but he is also an executive producer for the show. He had the most comfortable of

returns for the old main characters. He still felt exactly as I remembered Uncle Jesse.

Dave Coulier is also back as goofy Joey Gladstone.

Coulier also did not lose one step as the goof ball of the group, though the return of Mr. Woodchuck is not as funny as I remembered as a kid, maybe a tiny bit creepier.

The new kids on the show are serviceable.

Sometimes they may be a tad annoying but it is nice to watch a show with kid actors that are not completely unwatchable. Elias Harger is actually a highlight of the show, playing D.J Fuller’s middle son, Max. The only episode to feel

off is the first episode, as the writers seemed to have wanted to inject as much nostalgia as they could in one episode. After this, “Fuller House” turns into its own show, and not a terrible one, at that.

“Fuller House” is not a show for everyone. If someone was not a fan of the original “Full House,” “Fuller House” will not change their stance. It is a show made for the diehard fans of the original and it was never made to be anything different.

“Fuller House” is a 90’s show through and through, it just so happens to have been made in 2016.

If seen through that viewpoint, “Fuller House” is a rousing success.

A Night with Christy Pickering: discussing abusive relationships admit the mistakes I made.

I, however, now see that the only way I can help others is Staff Writer to admit those mistakes and share what I learned from them,” she said.

Pickering The Office of said as a Fraternity and woman “Having lived in an abusive rela- who overSorority Life along with The Center for came being tionship for 21 years, I know first fearful and Student Activities is hosting “Girl You hand how it feels to be the victim abused, Deserve Better: A she knows Night with Christy exactly what of abuse.”

Pickering” in Lee it feels like Hall’s Bettersworth - Christy Pickering, IHL Board to be afraid Auditorium at 6 and to feel p.m. member and guest speaker ashamed.

Christy “Having Pickering will share lived in an her story about abusive relabeing in an abusive tionship for relationship and how she of getting away from an abu- 21 years, I know first-hand found happiness. Pickering is sive relationship,” Mullen how it feels to be the victim an IHL Board Member, who said. “My hope is that her of abuse. I know what it is. was appointed to the Board story will touch the lives of I know what it feels like.

by Governor Haley Barbour our students and university in May of 2008. She cur- community.” rently represents the Second Pickering said she is Supreme Court District. looking forward to sharing Jacqueline Mullen, direc- her stories with others and A tor of the Office of Fraternity she hopes her courage and and Sorority Life and Student honesty will have a positive Activities, said she is excited impact on those who hear to have Pickering speak to her speak. the public about her expe“It took me many years rience and what she had to to get to the point where I endure to get to where she is felt comfortable sharing my today. story. I was embarrassed to

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“We are honored for Mrs. Pickering to be on our campus at MSU so she can tell her personal story of struggle and how she was able to overcome the tough obstacle

And…. I know how I got out safely and found happiness. I made my first mistake when I was in college at the age of 20. I don’t want these young women to do the same things that I did,” Pickering said.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend this event. It is free and there are plenty of seats available.

Participants can come out tonight not only to show support, but to learn from

someone who knows what it is like to be going through something that nobody else knows about. For more information, contact Jacqueline Mullen at jmullen@saffairs. msstate.edu.

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Junior standout Jasmine Lee prepares to deliver a serve during Mississippi State’s weekend home slate. The No. 25 Bulldogs (9-1) beat Louisiana-Lafayette 4-0 and No. 73 Southern Mississippi 6-1 on Saturday. The team has outscored opponents 37-2 since their last loss at the hands of ninth-ranked Duke. MSU’s homestand will continue this weekend when they face Tennesse and Georgia. The Bulldogs will face Tennessee at 3 p.m on Friday and Georgia at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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Infielder Ryan Gridley (pictured) throws out a Nicholls State baserunner in Mississippi State’s victory over the Colonels this weekend.

Pitchers rule weekend Dalton Middleton is a junior majoring in communication. He can be contacted at reflectorsports@gmail.com

After the opening weekend where the starting pitching was a huge disappointment, the starting pitchers really toed the rubber and decided to show doubters what they could do this past weekend.

In complete domination Mississippi State University went 4-0 on the weekend, beating Nicholls State twice and UMass Lowell twice.

They only allowed four total runs the entire weekend, two in the game Friday and two in the later game of the doubleheader Saturday.

To begin the weekend, UMass and MSU played.

MSU could not get much offense going with only Jack Kruger and Cody Brown getting hits, but their three hits a piece gave the Bulldogs an early lead and they kept the lead throughout the entire game. Dakota Hudson pitched lights out and set his career high in strikeouts with nine and led the team to a 4-2 victory.

In the first game of the

doubleheader on Saturday, the Bulldogs took on Nicholls State. Once again, the bats could not seem to catch fire. After a scoreless five innings, MSU mustered up two runs in the sixth inning and three in the eighth. MSU won that game 5-0.

The only offensive highlights were a tworun homerun by Ryan Gridley and a three -hit performance by Jacob Robson. Pitching wise was outstanding.

Austin Sexton, who is arguably MSU’s ace, came out and threw a complete game shutout. He only allowed three hits the entire game and struck out a career high 11 batters.

Against UMass Lowell that night, MSU wound up with the same score as the Friday night showdown. In the 4-2 victory, the offense was slow but opened up in the sixth and eighth innings as well. The pitching staff was not as dominant as the previous two games, but the four pitchers combined to only allow two runs but gave up 12 scattered hits.

In the finale of the weekend series, Mississippi State took on Nicholls State looking for a weekend sweep. They scored early, and bust open the game in the second inning. They slowed down, but gave Zac Houston and company a well enough lead that they did not need to score much more. In the eighth inning, MSU added two runs to give the Bulldogs a commanding 8-0 lead which held to the end.

Houston was in control early, only allowing three hits in six innings, earning his first career win and striking out his career high 10 strikeouts. Kale Breaux, Noah Hughes and Paul Young came in and pitched an inning a piece and none of them allowed a hit.

seemed to be happy with how the starting pitching performed this weekend and their improvement since last weekend.

“I’m just overall pleased with our starting pitching.

That was something that was somewhat of a concern last weekend, and I thought all four of the guys went out and had a quality start,” Cohen said. “I know the relievers weren’t too pleased with their first performance and this was much better for them.”

Coach Cohen and Pitching Coach Wes Johnson had plenty to be happy about with the starting pitching. Over the course of the weekend, the starters each got one win a piece and overall pitched 26 2/3 innings, allowed zero runs, struck out 34 batters, and only allowed 13 hits.

There is not much more you can ask for out of a starting pitching staff.

Houston was only one of the players that was very impressed with how the pitching rotation worked this weekend.

“I think we did amazing, especially coming off last weekend where we weren’t really where we wanted to be and I think we really turned it around this weekend and everybody went out and did what they needed to do for us to win,” Houston said. “All the starters are where we want be right now and you know next weekend we have a three game series, and whatever guys they put out there are going to compete and give this club a chance to win.”

With a game coming up against Alcorn State, the Bulldogs are looking forward to playing a good game with them and then moving on to the weekend series in Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The Bulldogs will take on UCLA, USC and Oklahoma this