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Saturday morning shooting report lacks evidence BY KAITLYN BYRNE Editor-in-Chief
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Jordan Brightwell organizes a display at Burlaep’s new store on North Jackson Street, which sells clothing, camping equipment and artwork.
Profits from the Old House will help fight local and international poverty. BY KAITLYN BYRNE Editor-in-Chief
Burlaep, a non-profit clothing company founded by Mississippi State University students, now has a store location after four years of selling clothes for a cause through its website. Burlaep’s store, named the Old House, is located downtown at 122 North Jackson St.
and sells anything from shirts and artwork to hammocks and other camping equipment. Cleat Morris, one of Burlaep’s founders, said artists can submit their artwork to art@burlaep.com to have pieces sold in the store. “We felt like there wasn’t much of an avenue for art students or even local artists to sell their artwork, so we are selling artwork as well,”
he said. “I really think once art students find out there is a place to sell artwork here in Starkville, they will be eager to get their work in here, and I think the community is just as eager to have a location to purchase local artwork.” Morris said the Old House follows the cause-based mission of Burlaep, and a percentage of each sale will go to a local or international cause.
Morris said he and his friends came up with the concept of Burlaep after becoming dissatisfied with how they were spending their time in college. Instead of “wasting time,” Morris said he and the other founders felt called to use their college years to make an impact in the lives of others. “We started a Bible study, and during an accountability
group meeting we talked about how we weren’t really doing anything worthwhile,” Morris said. “ We weren’t happy about it. One day we stayed up till about four in the morning and came up with Burlaep.” After about a year of planning, Morris said Burlaep sold its first piece of clothing — the first of many that would benefit local and international missions to eliminate poverty. SEE BURLAEP, 3
Fitness program helps reach health targets BY PRANAAV JADHAV Staff Writer
The Sanderson center will host a fall fitness program for students struggling to achieve fitness goals, where a certified trainer will help students meet their potential. The registration for this program has begun. Jason Townsend, associate director at the Department of Recreational Sports said he is grateful for MSU’s health and fitness atmosphere. “I think we have an edge on the competition even in Mississippi now with the campus recreation facilities that have grown, as long as we can keep up with the trend and make it exciting and real for everyone, I think we are in a good position to genuinely become healthier,” he said. Townsend said most of the services offered are going to be free unless more staff needs to be brought in. “We don’t want to break
According to Mississippi State University officials, a Maroon Alert issued around 1 a.m. on Saturday may have been about a false report. Sid Salter, director of University Relations, said MSU police received a call that a shooting took place at Sprint Mart on Blackjack Salter Road around 1 a.m. on Saturday. Salter said MSU police responded and were told the shooter fled toward campus. Salter said the university issued the Maroon Alert based on this information to warn students and faculty. Twenty minutes later, the police were told the shooter got in a red car and drove away from campus down Oktoc Road. “The crisis action team formed, and when we got the information that (the shooter) fled down Oktoc Road, we stayed at the crisis center until we were sure MSU police had checked to make sure residents halls were secure,” Salter said. Salter said the crisis center closed at 2 a.m. on Saturday and left an alert up until daylight as a precaution. Salter said no shell casings were found at the scene, and no victim has come forth. “There is no evidence yet that a shooting occurred,” he said. “The university responded to a report that may have been a false report. There is no indication that he or she was an MSU student, and there is no indication that anybody from MSU was involved.”
Budget cuts create issues across several departments BY PRANAAV JADHAV
someone’s bank. We don’t want to hurt the wallet. We want them to participate. We don’t want the fees to be too high,” he said. Paul Walker, junior political science and economics major, said he does not visit the Sanderson Center regularly but believes in the advantages of a personal trainer. “I ran track in high school and learned a lot of good workouts then, so whenever I go I usually do workouts similar to those. Personal trainers can be great motivation, and if you’ve paid for them, it gives you an incentive to go to the gym,” he said. “But I guess the most important thing is how motivated you are in your workouts and how knowledgeable you are about working out. But even then you can just go online and learn everything you need to know about working out.” Townsend said he believes online resources face a credibility crisis and are unsafe.
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ZACH BOOZER | THE REFLECTOR
Sanderson Center trainer, Danielle Henley, works on her cardio using the treadmill.
Fall 2013 has brought an influx of student workers without jobs on campus. Mississippi State University, however, doesn’t deal with a uniformed campus-wide budget cut or modifications in the student worker policy. Don Zant, director of budget and planning, said in an email there have been no university-wide budget cuts recently. Any decisions regarding the employment of students would have been made by the employing department. Most graduate students are funded by MSU or an external source, such as the federal government or private assistantships and fellowships. Colin Mahony, senior majoring in mechanical engineering who plans to graduate in December, said he is forced to forgo graduate school at MSU due to the lack of funding opportunities.
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