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130 th YEAR ISSUE 43

THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884

Local Band Tesheva releases first EP, performs Saturday Tesheva is a local Starkville band that consists of former and current Mississippi State University students Mike McCoy, Vaughan Brenner, Matt Dunaway and Caleb Hutson who play their funky rock and blues infused music whenever they get the opportunity. “We’ve played shows for a case of beer sometimes.

by Sarah Dutton Staff Writer

Tesheva, one of Starkville’s local funk and blues bands, have just released their first EP and will play at Dave’s Darkhorse Tavent this Saturday.

We’ve done that in the past two months,” Hutson said as the rest of the band members quickly agreed with a chuckle. Each member agrees that although the music industry is heavily saturated, they continue to play their music just for the sake of performing with one another and for others, regardless of the outcome.

The Tesheva EP was recently produced after thoughtful writing and a quick yet intensive recording process. Each member contemplated and conveyed their personal perspective toward the EP leading up to the recording, whether it was over cigarettes, beer, or South Park episodes. They arranged to meet

with Keatzi Gunmoney, owner of Wormwood Manor in Starkville, to initially record their contributing track for the collaborative Del Rendon tribute album he is working on in remembrance of a late, influential Starkville musician. However, Hutson and Gunmoney arranged a track listing prior to their

recording date in order to also record their EP on the day of, even though they had a show later that evening. Tesheva managed to contribute to the tribute album, track eight songs toward their EP and still perform at their pajamathemed show that night at Dave’s in less than 24 hours. RELEASE, 2

Chase Shaw | Courtesy Photo

(From left to right) Guitarist Mike McCoy, bassest Matt Dunaway, frontman Caleb Hutson, and drummer Vaughan Brenner have been playing together under the name ʻTeshevaʼ and have just released their first EP recorded by local producer Keatzi Gunmoney.

Two former MSU students plead guilty to attempting to join ISIS Greenville for their attempt to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). As reported by The Clarion Ledger, ISIS is an Islamist militant group that has seized land stretching from northern Syria to central Iraq. They also have recruiting campaigns via social media and other virtual means that has extended its reach

by Lacretia Wimbley Editor-in-Chief

Former Mississippi State University students Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla and Jaelyn Young recently plead guilty before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in

throughout the world. Dakhlalla plead guilty on March 11 before Chief U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock of the Northern District of Mississippi for conspiring with Young, who plead guilty on March 29, for attempting to provide material to support ISIL. Young, 20, of Vicksburg, Mississippi and Dakhlalla,

23, of Starkville, Mississippi were arrested on August 8 at the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA) near Columbus, Mississippi. Both were students at MSU in the past year with Young having been a sophomore chemistry major and Dakhlalla having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in May 2015. ISIS, 2

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U: S M f o International Veterinary Pathology graduate student Lena Lee People by Nicole Lee Staff Writer

On a bright March day, Lena Lee ascends the stairs of the microbiology lab, puts on her lab coat and goes to work. It’s here that Lee’s passion of testing hypotheses and solving problems becomes a reality. Away from the bustling Mississippi State University campus, Lee sits on a lab stool and checks on her latest experiment. The hum of the lab equipment provides the only audible noise as Lena peers over a microscope. As a doctorate student in veterinary pathology, Lee’s fi rst encounter with Mississippi State was in her home country of Taiwan. Lena Lee studied under Chung-hsi Chou, MSU alum and microbiology professor, at National Taiwan University. He

encouraged her to follow in his footsteps as an i nt e r n at i on a l student at MSU. Her passion for m ic r obiolo g y grew as MSU provided her with a place to become an i ndependent researcher. However, overcoming the uncertainty of a new country and language became a d i f f ic u lt obstacle. With the help of her lab partner and the President of the Taiwanese S t u d e n t Associat ion, Cherry Ho, Lee began to adjust to life Nicole Lee | The Reflector at Mississippi State. International student Lena Lee (pictured,) who is originally from Taiwan, spends much of her time in MSUʼs microbiology lab working toward her doctorate.

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Chadwick being drained for new sea wall by Emmalyne Kwasny Staff Writer

Mississippi State University’s Chadwick Lake is currently being drained to stabilize the lake’s northwestern bank that has exhibited erosion over time. A section of the track that surround the lake has been closed since March 1 and will continue to be until the project is completed. The exercise track around Chadwick Lake will continue to be open with a small portion of it closed along the construction site. People using the track will be forced to turn around or go around the work site at that point.

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Andrew Collins, Campus Connect Forecast (Department of Geosciences)

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HI: 71 LO: 46 SKY: Cloudy

HI: 64 LO: 41 SKY: Sunny

HI: 68 LO: 45 SKY: Sunny

POP:30%

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FORECAST: Friday will be mostly cloudy with a possible short evening shower. Saturday will cool off but will still be warm and mostly sunny. Sunday is full of sunshine and warm.

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