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Litterbugs light up campus after games

by Kristina Norman Staff Writer

In Mississippi State University’s fight for a litter free campus, the university wants tailgaters to take ownership of their trash and the proper disposal of it.

Sid Salter, MSU’s chief communications officer and director of the office of public affairs, said game day litter from tailgating has become a serious issue and needs more attention.

“Too many of our fans– including students–are simply dumping trash and food waste on the ground,” Salter said.

To combat litter and find solutions, Salter said MSU’s Special Events, Game Day Committee, Athletics and the Office of Public Affairs have collaborated with fans, commercial tailgating companies and student and alumni groups.

Salter said the collaboration between the various departments and groups resulted in the placing of recycling (green) and trash (black) containers in the Junction and other areas across campus on game day.

Salter said he wants to

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The Drill Field is littered with trash after Saturdayʼs Mississippi State Universityʼs football game against Auburn. The Cowbell Cleanup cleans up the trash after every game.

have a satisfactory feeling of having a well maintained campus from students and others on campus who tailgate.

“We need Bulldogs to take more pride in our campus and help us keep it clean and safe,” Salter said.

Christine Lashley, MSU’s sustainability coordinator for planning, design and construction administration, said Cowbell Cleanup, a new

university volunteer program which began this fall under the university’s Maroon Goes Green initiative, seeks to educate recyclables (aluminum, clean cardboard and plastic) from nonrecyclables.

Lashley said students who volunteer for Cowbell Cleanup meet in the Colvard Student Union three hours prior to kickoff. In the Union, students receive the items

they will hand out: business cards, stickers, and blue bags for recycling and black bags for trash.

Lashley encourages those who tailgate to bag their own trash instead of leaving it scattered everywhere. Lashley said once the trash is bagged, all they need to do is set it on the ground and landscape will dispose of it for them.

Right now, Lashley said her chief focus on campus

is beautification and getting students to pickup after themselves. Eventually, she said she would like to move that focus to recycling. Many students, she notes, are first generation recyclers and come from cities or towns where re-cycling does not exist.

One of the things Lashley would like to see on campus, is more trash cans with more information on them about

recycling. At the moment, recyclables get tossed together and the university separates them. However, this can lead to problems with contamination resulting in the entire bag of recyclables ending up in the trash “Once somebody throws a sandwich in there [or] half can of coke and it spills all over everything that recycling is no good,” Lashley said.

Other things Lashley hopes the university will achieve include: bringing back composting, and becoming carbon neutral which the university has plans for achieving by 2042.

Collin Graff, a member of the Student Association Environmental Cabinet and officer for Students for Sustainable Campus, said so far everyone he has encountered tends to be very polite and willing to recycle.

“No one’s ever been like ‘I don’t want to do that,’” Graff said.

Katie Depperschmidt, a senior forestry major and member of Students for Sustainable Campus, said Saturday marked the first time she volunteered with Cowbell Cleanup. Depperschmidt said she was surprised at people’s interest in recycling.

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The Dude set for a makeover

by Devin Edgar Staff Writer

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Mississippi State University Dudy Noble Field is under construction until the 2019 season.

Having unveiled the Dudy Noble Master Plan in 2014, Mississippi State Athletics will soon be starting construction on what is expected to be one of the greatest ballparks in college baseball.

The design teams of Wier Boerner Alin Architecture from Jackson, Mississippi, and Popolous, national baseball stadium experts, produced the original proposal of the field

master plan. The two teams will have the construction documents ready for release

by Jan. 1, which will expedite the construction process.

Associate Athletic Director and head of Facility Planning and New Contruction, Bobby Tomlinson said the goal is to have the documents ready for bidding by March 1, 2017.

“If we get favorable pricing from those bidding, construction will start immediately after the 2017 baseball season,” Tomlinson said.

If construction begins as planned, Dudy Noble will be renovated for the first time since 2000. The field and stadium were originally constructed in the late 1980s.

Aside from the new construction, other Dudy Noble Stadium Projects, like the heavily anticipated jumbotron, will be ready

by Jan. 1 for the upcoming season in Dudy Noble/ Polk-Dement stadium.

This HD video board is still a hot topic, considering MSU will soon be home to the largest jumbotron in

not only the SEC, but all of college baseball.

Zoe Toal-Weaver, a second-year MSU Diamond Girl, said the jumbotron is by far what she is most excited about.

“It’s going to bring a lot of good publicity to our already stellar baseball program,” Toal-Weaver said.

Tomlinson said other new additions, including 360 degree field access and viewing, will provide the opportunities to correct technical issues that many people do not ever see.

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Students ‘travel the world’ with Passport

by Vanessa Gillon Staff Writer

Mississippi State University Student Association is hosting an event that aims to break the ice and introduce cultures to students around campus.

The event is called Passport and will take place today at the Amphitheater. The idea is you are granted a

“passport” to travel around and visit the different booths that will be set up featuring different ethnic organizations around campus. Students can be informed and learn about different cultures as they do this.

Student Association President Roxanne Raven said this platform was created, so students and other members of the

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Bulldog family can meet others from around the globe and learn about their culture.

“It is our hope that students will have fun while making lasting memories and create new friendships and learn about that person and where they came from,” Raven said.

“Universities are unique hubs of global communities,” Raven said,

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“and it is important to take advantage of events such as this that expose students to all the different cultures we enjoy on campus in a convenient location as that is hard to accomplish outside of the university setting.”

According to the student association, this event is sure to accomplish their goals of helping others explore a notion of a different world

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and atmosphere.

Josh Dixon, director of the SA Diversity and Outreach Committee, said everyone can hope to experience and gain insight from various traditions of the multi-cultural organizations that MSU embodies.

“We hope people will come out and support because the overall take away from this event is to

show that knowing about more than one culture will really broaden the student’s horizons and urge them to be more inclined on visiting other countries, talking and befriending people from different cultures, and of course, being informed about those different cultures,” Dixon said The event is free to all and will begin at 6:00 p.m. and run until 7:00 p.m.

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“I’m used to seeing so much litter and trash on the streets,” Depperschmidt said. “It seems like people are taking better care now.”

Sarah Darrow, member of SA’s Sustainability Commission and Students for Sustainable Cam-pus, said it was also her first time volunteering. Darrow said she could not get over the manners and attention of the people she encountered.

“Everyone was so polite,” Darrow said. “When you would walk up, everyone in the tent would turn to you not just the one or two people you were talking to.”

Rapheal Ellis, who works for the university’s landscape department for facility management, said cleanup begins Sunday morning at 4:45 a.m. with 50 to 100 workers. Depending on the mess, it can take anywhere from three to five hours to get the campus back to its

original condition.

Ellis said the worst game day pickup he has taken part in followed last fall’s MSU and LSU home game, which took close to seven hours to complete.

Besides litter, Ellis said he sees lots of food waste.

Much of the food he see is perishable, though most often there are cookies, cakes and chicken wings.

Among other things, people have left include, televisions, broken tents and chairs.

J.D. Hardy, MSU’s associate director of engineering services for planning, design and construction, said Cowbell Cleanup is just one of the many things the university hopes to achieve with Maroon Goes Green.

Other things the university is striving to improve through the initiative include reducing energy,

water and transportation use.

Water bottle stations he notes are one of the things paid for by the university’s Green Fund and the university’s bicycle repair stations.

Hardy said success with Maroon Goes Green shows a growing interest to make the campus more sustainable.

“There’s a need and desire to do better with our base streams and recycling,” Hardy said.

What is keeping the university from achieving this goal, Hardy said, is someone dedicated who can pull it all together.

Despite the challenges, Hardy believes Christine Lashley, the university’s sustainability coordinator, has the passion needed to achieve those goals in the midst of adversity.

“There’s going to be times when you don’t get as many volunteers as you would hope to get,” Hardy

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said. “You’ve got to keep your eyes forward and press towards tomorrow.”

Hardy noted Lashley’s commitment to the brand new volunteer program, Cowbell Cleanup. He said she even created the email cowbellcleanup@msstate. edu for the company.

Although Hardy wishes a quick solution concerning game day could be found, he admitted he has looked but unfortunately none exist. Problems faced by MSU, he said, can also be seen at many other SEC conference schools with people who come to tailgate and then leave the university in disarray.

Hardy said he hopes to increase awareness through student groups already in existence on campus, like Students for Sustainable Campus, to grow awareness and help make MSU a green university.

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Other new additions to expect in the finished project are upgraded field lighting and more seating in the grandstand, which will allow Polk-Dement stadium to host the largest crowds in college baseball.

Although these additions are expected to increase attendance and add hype to the program, people like Jacob Robson, former MSU

outfielder, believe this will really benefit those who are already involved in the program.

“I think it will give us more of a professional image as we compete every year as one of the top baseball schools in the country,” Robson said.

Robson, now playing in the MLB with the Detroit Tigers organization,

understands that every young baseball player’s dream is to one day play in the MLB; he said these changes will give Dudy Noble more of a “big league” atmosphere.

Part of the big league experience comes from fan involvement, and the fans are expected to love the new stadium just as much as MSU students and those involved in the

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baseball program.

Robson said the players will realize how much support they have behind their program, from the loyal fans all the way to the relentless staff who helped make this project possible.

“I believe this could result in better on field performance,” Robson said.

Aside from current MSU baseball players, the project is also expected to draw in

Wednesday October 5, 2016 6:43 p.m. A student reported his motorcycle helmet was damaged while left unattended in the parking lot at Critz Hall.

10:14 p.m. A student was arrested in Starkville on a warrant for speeding.

Thursday October 6, 2016 3:31 p.m. A student had a seizure at the Henry F. Meyer Media Center. The subject was transported to OCH by ambulance.

4:59 p.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for aggravated assault.

Friday October 7, 2016 3:22 p.m. A student reported his roommated spashed water on his Dell laptop causing it not to work.

4:56 p.m. An employee reported missing property during inventory at the CAVS building.

5:10 p.m. A student reported the mirror on his vehicle was damaged while parked in Cresswell Hall’s parking lot.

10:13 p.m. An employee was arrested on Blackjack Road for driving with a suspended driver’s license.

Saturday October 8, 2016 1:38 a.m. An officer reported hitting a car window on Tracy Drive that was speeding, causing damages.

1:41 a.m. A student passed out in Montgomery Hall. The subject was transported to OCH by ambulance.

2:59 p.m. A visitor was arrested in the Junction for public drunkeness and idsorderly conduct.

3:08 p.m. A visitor reported her vehicle was keyed and damaged while parked in the gravel lot behind the Pace Seed building.

5:33 p.m. A student reported he was assualted on Friday while walking on campus near Bost.

9:19 p.m. An R.A. reported an unknown male was in possession of alcohol in Deavenport Hall.

1:34 p.m. An officer responded to Critz Hall in reference to pine straws being on fire. SPD was called.

more interest from possible recruits, as they will be more inclined to learn about MSU’s baseball program and what sets it apart from other schools and programs across the country.

For now, students can expect construction to begin in June, after the 2017 baseball season. Although a summer starting date means it will not be ready for the 2018 baseball season,

enough construction will be finished by then, so the Diamond Dawgs will not have to relocate during the season.

After the 2018 season comes to an end, construction will continue like normal.

If all goes as planned, the finished project and newlyrenovated Dudy Noble Field and Polk Stadium will be ready for the 2019 season.

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Bulldog Bash impacts more than Starkville economy; it also affects MSU students making sure Bulldog Bash could even take place this year. The SA realizes these injuries are always possibilities and that this event is not to be taken lightly; however, after 17 years of passing down knowledge, we have learned to mitigate the various issues that arise.

That is why we start planning the day the directors are selected. This year, I began working the day after I was elected searching

the sacrifices I mentioned above. Though cabinet Contributing Writer and executive members are tired, many will tell you that Monday morn ing working Bulldog Bash is one after Bulldog Bash, The of their favorite memories Commercial Dispatch from their time in the SA due released an article entitled to the amazing service they “Shortened Bulldog Bash are able to provide to the stucosts Starkville Businesses dent body.

Sales.” This is the most No one involved in the recent article in a string of SA has ever sought acknowl11 that have covered the edgement for the sacrifices event since this summer.

I mention above and gladly The Commercial do the work thanklessly. I Dispatch is doing am so thankful that its due diligence our student body to expose the that this “I cannot express how thankful understood economic impact weekend was out of this event has on I am for all the support that was the SA’s control, and Starkville busiI cannot express how nesses, but as stu- shown despite [this weekend’s] thankful I am for dent body presall the support that ident, I feel it is circumstances.” was shown despite my responsibility the circumstances. to shed light on Now, I think it is the physical and emotional for new locations in the city time to shed light on all that impact this event has on our that could possibly hold this the SA does for the city after students. event after being informed 5 months of tension between I personally left last week the original location would the SA and city newspapers, with a corneal ulcer, an acute be unavailable. officials and business ownupper respiratory infection The SA realizes the eco- ers. and a limp. Other students nomic impact of Bulldog When we compare the working the event passed Bash on the Starkville economic impact on the city out due to exhaustion, Community is vital. We are from one year to the next received puncture wounds thankful for the partner- and blame a decrease in sales and crushed fingers from ships we make and realize solely on an issue that no one lifting heavy production how invaluable and unique had control over, students equipment, cuts in their they are to our university cannot help but to feel alienhands from picking up glass and its city. However, the ated by some members of and various other injuries.

SA members and our advi- the community, which could Our advisors and staff sors truly enjoy doing all the make students feel viewed as members missed out on work that goes into Bash only financial pawns, not time spent with their fam- because of what it means to human beings. ilies. Our directors did not the student body.

I think the future of sleep for over 24 hours the Giving students some- Bulldog Bash holds so much day of show. With the loca- thing to look forward to at potential, however this rests tion issues that arose this the end of the week, some- on mending these relationyear, the directors, staff and thing they can brag about ships and strengthening myself put more time and to their friends at other partnerships between stuenergy than ever before into schools, is why the SA makes dents and businesses.

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A defense of true capitalism that a worker exchanging their labor for wages is not volunContributing Writer tarily doing this because they do not have a choice. Well, that simply is not true. No outside Capitalism is often viewed entity is threatening a use of in a negative light. This is force against the worker if he/ especially true amongst she decides to not sell his labor Millennials who are skeptical for wages. of our current political sysThe decision is completely tem. Nonetheless, critiques of up to him/her, and by volcapitalism stretch back many untarily exchanging his/her centuries, the most notable labor for the wages paid by the critique being that of Karl employer, he/she leaves betMarx. Marx believed capitalter off. He/she has money to ism exploited working class purchase items he needs and citizens because they were not wants. Capitalism is the only wealthy and had only their economic system that does labor to sell. not use force to alter the end Modern critics of capitalgame. The only end game in ism cite the economic system capitalism is pleasas immoral, saying it is ing consumers and a system that operates “In a corporatist style economy, making a profit off on greed and focuses on of that satisfaction. the needs of the few at In our current the expense of the many. corporations only need to befriend However, there is a dif- members of congress who will defend political climate, there are a lot of ference between free critics of our ecomarket capitalism and their interests.” nomic system, such corporatism. Despite as Bernie Sanders. what critics may say, However, do not I believe capitalism is who will defend their interests. let political rhetoric distort moral.

I refer to this as “crony your view of what a free marFor sake of distinction, I am going to focus on free market capitalism,” and I believe ket system is supposed to be. this is the system the U.S. The free market is the reacapitalism vs. corporatism.

Free market capitalism is operates under. This type of son why we have such a plethan economic system in which economy does not promote ora of goods and services. You prices are set in an open mar- competition; it discourages it. don’t like Walmart? You can ket, determined by consumers Government officials make go to Kroger. Don’t think the and the laws of supply and entry into the market difficult iPhone is for you? You have demand, and government for small businesses, so larger a plethora of other options. intervention in the market- firms maintain status at the Think your Ford is less than place is not admitted. The top while immoral politicians satisfactory? Get a Chevy.

Under the free market sysmarketplace is a vast arena in fill their pockets.

There is also a moral case tem, the consumer is king, which goods are produced for true capitalism. Under a and firms work to ensure we and services are offered.

Consumers are the top free market system, an indi- are happy. The power is in our benefactors in this system vidual is free to pursue one’s hands and in our wallets.

Before you join the swarms because pleasing the consum- own economic self-interest. er means that the producer Economic self-interest is as of angry millennials rebelling is making money. But what simple as it sounds: individ- against a system that has literkeeps prices low and con- uals pursue what is best for ally given them the clothes on sumers happy? Competition. them, in terms of prices and their backs, know the truth about capitalism and instead Multiple firms are competing quality.

The foundation that capi- rebel against a corporatist with one another in the market, all trying to make the best talism is built on is voluntary government that allows firms product possible and listing it exchange. Marx would argue to grow too big to fail.

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at the lowest prices possible. In this way, consumers maintain their happiness, and the marketplace weeds out the winners and losers amongst the competing firms.

Corporatism, on the other hand, is far different from the free market. Corporatism is a type of capitalism that has been tainted, soiled by crooked government officials and envious business owners.

In a free market system, firms must compete with one another and please the consumer in order to stay afloat.

In a corporatist style economy, corporations only need to befriend members of congress

Condoning Trump is condoning rape culture

by Natalie Bullock Staff Writer

By now, I am sure you have heard or read the appalling comments presidential nominee Donald Trump made about women in 2005. The audio recording, released by The Washington Post a few days ago, seems to have rattled the entire United States–news outlets are going haywire and Facebook users are spreading their opinions in spirited debates. At the same time, somewhere in this country a woman is crying in desperate, agonized fear after being sexually assaulted.

I do not know the latter for certain, but statistically, it is extremely likely. According to RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, an individual is sexually assaulted every two minutes in the United States.

With women accounting for nine out of 10 rape victims, it is easy to imagine the amount of sexual assault that occurs against women every single day.

These women are crying in fear. Not only because their rapist will most likely walk free–97 percent of sexual predators do– but because we live in a country that allows and even condones the continuation of rape culture.

We condone it so much that we have even allowed a man who abusively talks down on women to become a presidential nominee.

This is not the first time Trump has made lewd comments about women. He has been saying rude things about half of the planet for decades–a quick Google search will provide enough material to make you want to barf for days.

Everything from saying he found 12-year-old Paris

I hold men to a higher standard than that. Men are capable, intelligent individuals who do not have to degrade women just to be “one of the guys.” If you think so little of men that you do not believe they can talk about women in a civil fashion, then what does that say about our culture? Are those defending Trump not the same people who scream “not all men?”

Trump’s language is not just harmless guy talk. It is

“Trump’s language is not just harmless guy talk. It is misogynistic and degrading to women and men alike–and it is very, very dangerous.”

Hilton attractive, to agreeing with Howard Stern that his daughter, Ivanka, is a “piece of ass” and, as was revealed last week, saying he can grab women “right by the p***y” because of his celebrity status.

Many people, men and women alike, are chalking Trump’s comments up to just “locker room” talk saying that this is just how men are and we should know this by now. This disturbs and infuriates me for many reasons– but it really should infuriate men the most.

misogynistic and degrading to women and men alike– and it is very, very dangerous.

I can see how people want to blow Trump’s comments off as just words, claiming we as voters should be paying attention to the “real” issues.

Nonetheless, I want you to stop and think about the power the president holds.

If Trump becomes president, I have no doubt sexual assaults would rise, or at least attitudes toward them would become even more flippant.

Why? Because when you

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have a man with as much influence as the president of the United States talking about women in such disparaging ways, as he has done for decades, it only encourages the palpable rape culture we already have in our country.

With rapists hardly serving any time as is, how do you think people will react if the President publically does not care about rape, either?

Zerlina Maxwell, a writer at Time Magazine, said, “It’s no surprise that we would refuse to acknowledge that rape and sexual violence is the norm, not the exception.

It’s no surprise because most of us would rather believe that the terrible realities we hear about aren’t real or that, at least, we can’t do anything about it.”

Living in a society that ignores rape culture, blames its victims and claims we are defenseless is something every woman in America has been made used to throughout her life.

But we are capable. We are every bit capable. We can choose not to vote for Trump when election day arrives.

We have to stand and raise our voices against the culture he promotes. We might be victims of this culture, but this does not mean we should be victims of defeat.

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Logan Schaefer brings unique sound to Starkville

by Hannah Grace Mitchell Contributing Writer

On Oct. 8, Rick’s Café in Starkville welcomed two talents, Logan Schaefer and Muscadine Bloodline, to the stage. Rick’s Café is host to various artists looking to start up their music careers and play for large audiences of people to get their name out in the public.

The show at Rick’s Café opened up with Logan Schaefer, a 21-year-old junior majoring in business administration and marketing from Starkville. Logan is a country artist starting to dip his feet into the music scene by playing local venues

around Starkville.

While Schaefer performs mainly covers of other country artists, his sound and voice is one of a kind. He has dabbled in writing some of his own songs but said it is easier to have a crowd interact with songs they know.

“I play mostly covers because that’s how you can get a crowd engaged,” Schaefer said. “If they can sing along to every song you play, then that’s a pretty solid show.”

Schaefer picked up his love and inspiration for music upon a childhood accident.After finding his dad’s old guitar, he had lessons for around a year but mainly taught himself how to play.

Country music is a big passion of Schaefer’s, and he said he hopes to give a small message to his listeners.

“My goal is to help my listeners feel the same passion that I feel for every song that I play,” Schaefer said.

“I want people to be able to connect with the songs and really understand the meaning of each one. That’s what makes music so beautiful.”

All of the inspiration and love for music Schaefer holds could be felt through the room when he started playing. The audience, throughout his 45-minute set, noted Schaefer’s talent on guitar and control of his voice.

He played through quite a few country songs that

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the crowd reacted to and enjoyed. Schaefer said he felt honored to open for the headliner, Muscadine Bloodline.

“Muscadine Bloodline is a great up and coming band,” Schaefer said. “I’m honored to get to open for them, and it’s definitely a big opportunity for me to get to play on the same stage as these guys.”

Muscadine Bloodline, from Nashville, Tennessee, took the stage and gave an exciting performance.

Charlie Muncaster and Gary Stanton, members of the band, are natives of Mobile, Alabama. With strong vocals and intricate musicianship, these two artists enthralled the audience

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Logan Schaefer holds his guitar during his set at Rickʼs Cafe this past weekend.

the crowd on their toes with old country hits and smooth compilations of more popular songs such as Adele’s “Someone Like You” and Shaggy’s “Angel”. The crowd did not seem to dissipate at all until the end of the show.

and brought the house down with their two hour set.

The band played a range of songs from Tom Petty to George Strait to blink182. They performed one of their original songs, “Porch Swing Angel”, which was a crowd-pleaser. They kept

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Matty’s Starkvegas Cafe will be opening in downtown Starkville, where the state theatre once was, in a few weeks.

Nestled in the heart of downtown Starkville, a new scene for nightlife, food and fun will be opening soon. The café will specialize in fast, casual dining. The goal of this style of service will be to benefit those with a half hour lunch break. Matt Willbanks, the owner of the new café, feels this aspect of service is crucial to business in a college town.

“Our cafe will have fast, casual food, where you’ll have ordering at the door.

Right when people walk in, we want to be able to greet you,” Willbanks said. “We want to be able to get folks in and out, if they have a time limit.”

As a recent graduate of Mississippi State University and restaurant worker for years, Willbanks certainly knows about time constraints and quality service. As part of the service Willbanks hopes the cafe will provide, the building retains its old timey charm and memories of recent past.

“I’ve been a student in Starkville since 2001,” Willbanks said. “I used to come into this building and watch bands. As far as the woodwork through here, it’s just got such a story. There’s so much history in this building. It’s been here since the 1930s.”

Originally, there were two movie theatres in Starkville, however, both burned down. The building for the cafe is composed of the bricks and wood from the original foundation of both theaters.

Everything that could be salvaged, was used to provide Downtown Starkville with the character and

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Mattyʼs Starkvegas Cafe will open soon in the space the state theatre once occupied.

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While renovations are ongoing, Willbanks plans to keep the integrity of the old theater. The family owned and run cafe will feature bands, nightlife and trivia, all inside the newly renovated mezzanine.

Willbanks has made the renovations as eco-friendly as possible, replacing all the lights with LEDs and doing applications online, instead of on paper. The applications appear at www. stark.vegas and hiring is for all positions. Among the current staff is an award winning burger chef and manager Amber Johnson.

“We just want to make sure our customers come in here, have a great time, eat great food,” Johnson, a current student at MSU, said. “It’s something they can enjoy and have fun in.”

The cafe will serve everything from pizza, salads and burgers to milkshakes and fresh squeezed lemonade. Also on the menu will be dishes from

the staff. All members of the staff at the cafe will be able to submit recipes that can be sold to customers.

The specialties will be dishes like Philly cheesesteak, Vicksburg tomato sandwich, hot tamales and dishes with comeback sauce.

The cafe will provide catering to large groups and would like to eventually have delivery options.

“We’ve embraced the ‘shop local, eat local’ mentality. Anybody can go to a chain anywhere in the country, but it’s different, when it’s in your area, your town,” Johnson said.

“You get to support local businesses, and keep the money in your area. We’re really excited to help build up this downtown area.

We’ve gotten to see it grow, even over the past year. It’s a really cool area that we get to help build up.”

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THE REFLECTOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2016

Bulldogs suffer loss in pivotal game

by Taylor Rayburn Staff Writer

Mississippi State’s (2-3, 1-2) bowl hopes went down drastically Saturday afternoon when they fell to the Auburn Tigers (4-2, 2-1) by a score of 38-14.

Coming off of a bye week, MSU looked to a pivotal SEC matchup against Auburn. Things did not go their way as MSU found themselves down 35-0 at halftime. MSU was dominated in all phases of the game in the fi rst half.

At halftime, MSU had just 91 yards, compared to Auburn’s 335. By the games end, the Tigers had 432 yards compared to MSU’s 289, but the big killer for MSU was on third down.

Auburn went 6-12 on third down while MSU went 6-16.

After Auburn’s starting running back Kerryon Johnson went down early in the fi rst half, backup Kamryn Pettway came into the game and rushed 39 times for 169 yards and three touchdowns. Mullen talked about Johnson and the defenses struggles as a whole.

“That was 3-yards and a cloud of dust pounding away from us,” Mullen

said. “The problem I think we had defensively was when we did get the stops to get them into distance situations we didn’t play very good second down defense.”

MSU struggled in every part of the game. The defense could not get off the field in the fi rst half, giving up 17 fi rst downs before halftime and 22 total in the game. Then the offense could not stay on the field in the fi rst half, only getting five, but fi nished with a respectable 16 fi rst downs.

There were a few bright spots for MSU coming out of the game. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Keith Mixon scored his fi rst career touchdown on a 37-yard pass from Nick Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald hit Mixon on the sideline and Mixon barely stayed in bounds before running up field and scoring. He also had another catch, an 18-yarder, giving him a total of two catches for 55-yards which was best on the team today.

“It was a great play call by coach Mullen,” Mixon said. “I just made a play, tried to stay in bounds and the DB came on a cut, and he missed the ball, and I caught it and made a touchdown.”

It was an exciting start as well. Auburn opened up with the ball, and on the fi rst drive of the game, quarterback Sean White’s pass was deflected and picked off by MSU’s Kivon Coman, giving MSU early field position as they started on the Auburn 19-yardline. They got no points out of the play, however, as Westin Graves missed a field goal.

Overall, the bad heavily outweighed the good.

Being down 35-0 at halftime does not leave MSU with a good taste in their mouth. While they did play better in the second half, a lot of that could be attributed to Auburn trying to run the clock. Riche Brown talked about how the team needs to respond to the game.

“It’s always a tough one whenever you lose, but you’ve got to stick together as a family,” Brown said.

“There are going to be good times and bad times when you are a football player; you’ve got to learn how to get back up and keep fi ghting.”

Mississippi State will try to get back to a .500 record next Friday as they travel to Provo, Utah and take on Brigham Young University.

Their game against BYU will kick off at 9:15 p.m.

The Women’s Volleyball team travels twice this week, once to Alabama on Wednesday and once to Auburn on Sunday. The Bulldogs are sitting at 3-2 in the SEC and are 11-8 overall.

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Mississippi State lost 38-14 against Auburn. The game potentially ruined MSUʼs chance at a bowl game as they fell to 2-3.

The Mississippi State baseball team opens up their fall scrimmage games Thursday, October 13 and continues through November 13. Their annual Bulldog World Series will take place November 11 - November 13.

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