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University to host Pink Dawg Walk in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month JOHN LEE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Mississippi State University’s Department of Health Promotion and Wellness is hosting the annual Pink Dawg Walk, which is a free public event that raises awareness for breast cancer. The Pink Dawg Walk provides opportunities to learn about proper nutrition, exercise and self-exam tips at various educational stations along the walk. All breast cancer survivors are invited as special guests. JuLeigh Baker, Health Education Specialist for Health Promotion and Wellness at MSU, is helping run the event and said she is looking forward to people
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New mental health clinic opens in Starkville KARIE PINNIX STAFF WRITER
A new mental health clinic has opened in Starkville, allowing for residents of the Golden Triangle area and students of Mississippi State University to receive proper outpatient treatment for a variety of common mental health illnesses, such as
depression and anxiety. Right Track Medical Group, which opened a Starkville office on Sept. 20, is now letting patients from Starkville and the surrounding counties call in or walk into the facility to make an appointment for several available services including psychiatric assessment, medication management and therapy. CLINIC, 2
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Right Track Medical Group recently opened a new location at 100 Starr Ave., Suite A.
Cowbell Cabs offers free, safe ride service to students CHRIS LOWE STAFF WRITER
Students looking for a ride home after a night of fun have more options than Uber or a traditional taxi, thanks to the Mississippi State University Student Association. A newly bolstered SA initiative, Cowbell Cabs, offers a more financially accessible way for these students to get home safely. According to the SA’s website, the Cowbell Cabs free taxi service is available to all MSU students from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. every Thursday,
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Friday and Saturday excepting home football game weekends. Students can call the service and will be driven for free, along with one guest, back to their place of residence from any establishment in Starkville. Jake Manning, the SA president, said the goal of the service is to provide a safe transportation option for students. “It’s ultimately a safe ride service. We do not want people getting around unsafely, whether that be drunk and intoxicated, whether that be walking home by themselves. CABS, 2
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coming out to support breast cancer survivors. “The Pink Dawg Walk is our signature breast cancer awareness event,” Baker said. “It is a free community and
and prevention while we celebrate our survivors. This is the sixth year we’ve hosted the walk.” Baker said people who participate can look forward
“We will have free snacks and t-shirts while they last for participants, so it’s first come, first serve,” Baker said. “Breast cancer survivors will receive a special t-shirt at the event, and our sponsors will have tables set up as well to interact with participants. This is a fun way to bring awareness to a very serious disease, and we hope many people come out to join us.” Carol Faulkner, a breast cancer survivor and employee for the Division of Student Affairs at MSU, said she is in full support of the Pink Dawg Walk as it reminds her every year of what she, and countless others who have fought and survived breast cancer, have gone through.
“This is a fun way to bring
awareness to a very serious disease, and we hope many people come out to join us.”
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campus event that we host to bring awareness to early detection of breast cancer, supporting cancer patients
to some casual exercise at their own pace while learning interesting things at different stations during the walk.
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Leah Boyd crowned as 61st Miss MSU LYDIA PALMER STAFF WRITER
Mississippi State University held the 61st annual Miss MSU Scholarship Program in Bettersworth Auditorium in Lee Hall Friday night. Leah Boyd, a senior music education major from Madison, Alabama, won the title of Miss MSU as well as the private interview portion. The night began with an introduction of the host, Christopher Hawkins, the assistant director for Student Activities, and cohost, Mary Margaret Hyer, Miss Mississippi 2019. Hawkins said the program has been going strong for so many years because it gives participants a chance to impact those around them. “It’s an opportunity for a young lady to kind of be able to give back to the university, to the community and to be an example and good mentor for young people,” Hawkins said. Hawkins also said the event is important because it gives all of the girls, not just the winner, a platform to voice things they care about. This year’s 17 contestants began the process of preparing for the pageant at an interest meeting that was held one month ago. After this, contestants are each required to take headshots, raise funds for an advertisement and raise $100 for the Children’s Miracle Network, Hawkins said. The actual rehearsals for the program began only one week prior to the event, said Camille Green, a sophomore wildlife science major and one of the candidates from the pageant. This year, one of the main components of the competition was the “Social Impact,” or
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Leah Boyd, this yearʼs Miss MSU, was crowned by Mary Margaret Hyer, Miss Mississippi 2019, at the Miss MSU Scholarship Program.
platform, portion. Each girl was tasked with choosing a cause they were passionate about and raising money and awareness for their platform. This transforms the program from a beauty pageant to a real scholarship program, said Savannah West, a junior Biology major who attended the event to support her Pi Phi sisters who were competing. “I just think that it is really empowering to younger girls that it’s not just a beauty pageant, it’s a chance for people to
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actually get some serious work done and actually make a difference,” West said. Hannah Oliver won the program last year and has served as Miss MSU for the past year, raising money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. Friday night she passed on the crown to Leah Boyd who will use her platform to represent the university and advocate for music education in schools. Another addition to the program this year was the ability for people to vote
on social media for a “fan favorite” contestant. The votes were tallied by “likes” from both Facebook and Instagram. The “fan favorite” for this year was Mary Hulbert, a sophomore business administration major. The third runner up was Sydney Slocum, a senior studying kinesiology. Rachel Shumaker, a junior communication major, was the second alternate and Maggie Shoultz, a junior marketing major, was awarded first alternate. MISS MSU, 2
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Shoultz also won the talent portion of the competition. The program teaches the girls who participate a lot about life, the Assistant Director for Student Activities Christopher Hawkins said. “I think definitely this year I put a lot of emphasis on trying not only to have an impact on the winner, but every girl that’s competing, by inviting different speakers or some staff from the university to come and talk to the girls for about 15-20 minutes about things such as personal branding, balancing life and the importance of going hard in practice or on stage,” Hawkins said. While participating in the program is a definite time commitment, candidate Camille Green said it is worth it, and she encourages girls to participate in the upcoming years. “It’s so much fun and it’s so rewarding,” Green said. “I wouldn’t trade this experience for the world.” Green said she was delighted with Boyd being chosen as this year’s Miss MSU. “I feel very relieved and also overjoyed because we have such a good Miss MSU to represent us this year,” Green said.
WALK “On May 2, 2018, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” Faulkner said. “This is a date I will never forget, and it was the day my journey began. God chose me for a reason.” After surgery and pathology report results, Faulkner said she was told she would have to receive chemotherapy and radiation. Faulkner said she embraced life with a bald head and trusted in God, knowing that she was chosen to be on this path for a reason. “It was bad enough to have cancer and the surgery, but lose my hair, too? Never question God,” Faulkner said. “I’ve met so many inspirational people along the way. People have prayed for me and with me. A dear friend, Melissa Vaughn, took me to Nashville in October to see, hear and meet Jason Aldean, who does a concert every October with proceeds benefitting the Susan G. Komen foundation for breast cancer. I will happily answer
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17 contestants competed in this year’s Miss MSU Scholarship Program Friday night in Bettersworth Auditorium. The winner will serve as Miss MSU until next year’s program and will raise awareness around campus for her social impact platform.
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questions for those that are just curious, newly diagnosed and those going through treatment. I’ve tried as best I can to be an inspiration to others.” Faulkner said she had a follow up with her oncologist on Thursday of last week, and everything looked fine. She said she will always support those battling breast cancer. “I’m thankful for my husband, Derick Childs, and my son, Jacob Faulkner for being with me every step of the way! Without them, I would not have made it. I’m praying for those who are currently battling breast cancer, and I will always be tied in pink,” Faulkner said. The Pink Dawg Walk is on Oct. 4 from 4 p.m to 7 p.m. at the Chadwick Lake Walking Track near the Joe Frank Sanderson Center, and everyone, (especially breast cancer survivors) is invited to come out and bring awareness to breast cancer.
CABS It is to get students from point A to point B safely and make sure they are secure,” Manning said. According to Jaqueline Mullen, the assistant dean of Students and director for Student Activities and Sorority/Fraternity Life, Cowbell Cabs does not just exist to make MSU students safer, there is a convenience factor at play too. Those who want to use it for any reason at all are not prohibited from doing so. “We are proud of Cowbell Cabs and how it provides a safe way for students to get home whether they are out enjoying dinner with friends or studying for a big exam,” Mullen said. “Cowbell Cabs offers a more convenient way for students who need a ride home to get one instead of waiting for a shuttle at a bus stop. We have seen the program grow each year
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where more students are using these cabs each year.” According to Manning, Cowbell Cabs has performed well recently, as the service’s three 15-seater vans have consistently reached maximum capacity. With this in mind, he professed his hope to secure more funding from the service’s backers (The
President’s Office and the city of Starkville) by demonstrating the need for more vans. Manning also said Cowbell Cabs has become a larger priority for the Student Association and that he personally hopes to grow it into a much more widely known and used service within the MSU community.
CLINIC Along with offering mental health-based resources in Starkville, Right Track Medical Group also provides individuals and families with outpatient mental-health services in North Mississippi, including Tupelo, Corinth, Olive Branch and Oxford. Dr. Stephen Pannel, psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer of Right Track Medical Group, said
Cassie Shields, a junior wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major, said Cowbell Cabs is very important for students in tight financial situations. “As a college student, I know how hard it can be financially. So, I think a free transportation service is a great idea, especially on the weekends. Students can’t survive college anymore without a job, and some students are in a situation where they have no way to get around independently,” Shields said. Cameron Moffat, a senior physics major, also thinks Cowbell Cabs is a very beneficial service. “I think it’s good that Cowbell Cabs is available to students who may need it,” Moffat said. “It seems like a safe, convenient way to get home after a night out.” Students can call a Cowbell Cab at 662-8130084. CONTINUED FROM 1
the goal of the clinic is to provide quality mental health care where it might not be otherwise attainable. “In Mississippi, access to outpatient mental health care is limited. Our goal is to help by providing easy access to comprehensive mentalhealth services,” Pannel stated in a press release from Right Track Medical Group. According to the same press release, the clinic is
focused on outpatientbased care to assess several disorders among adults, adolescents and children, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD and other common illnesses. The options for assessing treatment can include a psychiatric evaluation to identify mental health needs, optional medication management for the patient and individual and family therapy, which are divided into several sessions that include talk therapy. Coping skills groups are also available, which focus on building skills to manage certain aspects of daily life,
such as stress. Sallie Dalton, an advanced psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who works at the clinic, said Right Track Medical Group in Starkville is focused on providing a personal relationship with their patients and listening to them in order to provide them with the adequate treatment needed. “For the patients, I want them to be able to live their most successful lives … the goal is for their symptoms to reduce or completely resolve and then to hopefully prevent relapse,” Dalton said.
Right Track Medical Group is also available to take in patients who are students of MSU, as well as a significant population in the city of Starkville, to better allow them accessible mental healthcare that can provide them with a safe place to vent their struggles and personal issues with a line of staff dedicated to serving their clients. Dalton said the mental illness rate among university students is increasing. “According to a research study done by National Association of Mental Illness, 450,000 college students were surveyed and the depression and anxiety mental illness rate among these college students actually increased 6%. None of the statistics usually say that it’s getting better, especially here in Mississippi.” Dalton also said the clinic will serve patients from ages six and up, and is looking to serve nontraditional students, particularly those who are of older age than most college students, as well as faculty of the university. This new clinic is geared to help students in all classifications, whether they are looking for a onetime behavioral therapy session, or are looking for a personalized treatment plan for their mental health needs. Alana Buchanan, an
biochemistry and the secretary of the mental health awareness club Active Minds, said she is excited that students will have an option for additional help outside of MSU’s Student Counseling Services. “I think it’s wonderful that we have more resources for students and other individuals in the area who may need a little more resources. The campus counseling center is absolutely wonderful, but I am also very excited that if someone needs a little more than what the counseling center can offer I’m very pleased that the option is there,” Buchanan said. According to Dalton, Right Track Medical Group also hopes to bridge the gap between traditionally low mental health services in Mississippi and providing high quality mental-health services. It is a goal Right Track Medical Group hopes can be achieved by their open communication lines through staff and readiness to respond to any clients’ needs. For those interested in finding out more information about the clinic, there will be an open house Oct. 15. This is an event where anyone can visit the clinic, have a chance to meet the staff members and access more information about the types of outpatient resources the
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Climate change is here to stay, so the time to act is now BRANDON GRISHAM
is a junior majoring in business information systems. Contact him at opinion@reflector. msstate.edu.
How serious do you think the threat of climate change is? Have you actually looked at the reports or even followed the news regarding the impact? I figure you either do not burden yourself with the thought or simply do not believe in climate change. As a college student, you have other things to worry about that seem more important than the state of our planet. Convincing you to change your habits or become environmentally friendly is a waste of time. While nice to think about, your actions are a drop in the bucket compared to the dozens of companies actively destroying our future. All I am concerned with is getting you up to speed with the disturbing factors regarding this topic. Fossil fuel companies have known about their harmful environmental impact for three decades. Geoffrey Supran, a Harvard University researcher, created a study and shared his findings with PBS. ExxonMobil produced
reports that outlined clear causation in academic and private sectors. Then, they spread disinformation to the public and their shareholders that claimed that the science was not settled, “no less than in ‘The New York Times.’’ This deception, along with intensive lobbying, led to an increase in fossil fuel subsidies. The International Monetary Fund found overall subsidies for coal, oil and gas were $5.2 trillion worldwide in 2017. The U.S. reached $649 billion for these subsidies in 2015. For comparison, the government gave more money to fossil fuel companies in 2015 than the $598 billion spent on defense, according to the fiscal budget. If you consider the education budget was $70 billion in 2015, we gave over nine times that amount to fossil fuel companies. Specific humans and companies keep screwing over the entire planet for money. Now, we are stuck with the impact that older generations lovingly passed on. Humans have already caused the Earth to warm between 0.8 and 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels since 1750. The rate of this warming is a direct result from human activity, primarily from emissions and pollution. Our global society causes a rise of 0.2 degrees Celsius every 10 years. At current rates, we should expect a
change of 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2050. So, the Earth gets hotter. That seems like an easy fix with air conditioning, right? Unfortunately, any warming causes stress to human systems and the natural environment. Drought, unpredictable weather patterns and coastal storms like hurricanes will become harsher. We will also experience rising sea levels, ocean acidification and loss of coral habitats. According to the Guardian, even with our conservation efforts, we have lost half of all land animals since 1970. There are dozens of mortifying impacts that I cannot even cover in this article. Unfortunately, there is one more major issue that I need to bring up. The goal of “12 years” tends to show up a lot when it comes to reducing the impact of climate change. Politicians and reporters throw this number around a lot. They claim that the results will become catastrophically irreversible if we refuse to act. That time frame itself is a lie. It comes from the 2018 IPCC report, created by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report states, “The reduced complexity climate models employed in this assessment do not take into account permafrost or nonCO2 earth system feedbacks.” Basically, this report leaves
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“It’s a hard habit to kick.” out important feedback loops to make the time frame less alarming. Ice helps reflect sunlight and keeps the Earth cool. Ice melts when the Earth warms, which results in less reflected sunlight. When the ice re-freezes, the newer ice is not as reflective, and the Earth continues to warm faster. This runaway process is called a feedback loop. Melting permafrost is an important feedback loop. It will become one of the largest contributors to carbon dioxide and methane. Permafrost is soil that has remained frozen
for thousands of years. It is now starting to melt 70 years earlier than anticipated. According to the IPCC, that permafrost contains 5,300 to 5,600 gigatons of CO2. Thankfully, they expect only 5-15% to thaw, but that still equates to an alarming 265– 795 gigatons. For comparison, humans have released roughly 1,500 gigatons of carbon in the last 250 years. Even in the best-case scenario, that permafrost releases 7-20 years of emissions. The coming climate crisis brings complex and existential issues. We either
change at an unprecedented scale or human society ceases to exist. As locations become uninhabitable, many will try to migrate. It also does not help that the human population is expected to rise 900 million by 2030. I wanted to end this article on a hopeful message, but I cannot sugarcoat this issue. If I did, I would only be adding on to the plethora of disinformation that surrounds this topic. Please register to vote and demand better results. Try to become more informed about this topic. You will face climate issues within your lifetime.
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With the rise of the internet came the fall of print journalism. In fact, according to Douglas McLennan and Jack Miles of The Washington Post, U.S. newspaper printing has dwindled from 60 million to 35 million in 24 years. While there are many reasons I am able and willing to argue for picking up a physical copy of the newspaper, I cannot ignore some obvious facts. I cannot argue a newspaper is more convenient than a handheld device that can be activated and directed to a news source in a matter of seconds. Nor can I argue that placing breaking news in a print edition is more efficient than posting it in a digital form. Then, why pick up a newspaper? I could tell you, dear reader, about how the decline of print journalism is adversely affecting the job market and salaries of a journalist, but instead, I will focus and tell you the opportunities you are
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the physical issue which can yield the same experience, I offer this—newspapers are not only portable and lightweight, but they can be read anywhere (and without a screen glare that hinders reading) while giving you unadulterated pleasure away from a steady stream of WiFi. Most importantly, newspapers provide a unique, nonfiction account of how a collection of writers view the world around them. In this sense, the print editions are a tangible, historical resource which provides insight and understanding of the writers both actively writing and of days gone by. Many past newspapers are housed in archives, providing both material for researchers and an outlet for curious history buffs. If print newspapers were to one day cease to be, we would lose a valuable source of historical assets. Print newspapers allow us to look back on how the American people reacted to events that we have only read about in history books, and in the case of MSU, Special Collections houses copies of our issues dating back to The Reflector’s first issues in 1884. There, you can find student reactions to some of the most significant events
in American history: World War II, the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy and 9/11. If we were to lose print newspaper or newspapers as a whole, we would lose a large and important piece of our history. In many cases, journalists are a voice of the people and, often, a voice to the voiceless. If newspapers and journalists are not around to tell their stories, in many cases, who will listen? Additionally, as Europe has adopted laws which allow for erasure of online articles “under the concept of the right to be forgotten,” print journalism carries more weight than ever, as stated by Adam Satariano and Emma Bubola of The New York Times. The next time you think about reading an article, I hope you will pick up the physical copy of a newspaper nearest to you. While these crinkly broadsheets may leave you with ink-stained fingers, you are ultimately holding the history of your alma mater, small town or nation in your hands. Support local and national print journalism, and if nothing aforementioned appeals to you, consider this—flipping through a newspaper looks a hell of a lot cooler than scrolling through your smartphone.
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Vegan options exist in small-town Starkville
only places in town to grab some vegan baked goods. Our baker is vegan, so she Plant-based diets have always tries to have some grown in popularity over the ‘v-friendly’ options in the past few years with those who case,” King said. identify as vegan increasing Overall, King does wish by at least 600%, reported by more restaurants had more GlobalData. specific menus According for plant-based to Josh Tetrick, customers. founder of “I wish more I have plant-based eggplaces had a found many separate menu replacement company JUST people within saying, ‘Hey, this Inc., veganism is is vegan!’ But, I growing in rural my circle that understand that’s areas as well. a lot of extra “ P l a n t - b a s e d are supportive work,” King said. foods used to be King also and open to for folks eating noted he veganism.” enjoys getting breakfast at vegan cafes in Northern the famous California, but today “Impossible Abigail plant-based foods Burger,” a Breazeale are increasingly genetically for folks I was engineered raised with, eating burger which has breakfast in diners or at their gained immense popularity kitchen tables in Birmingham, globally, which is available at Alabama,” Tetick told Forbes Starkville’s Burger King. Magazine. Other locally-owned Rural places are beginning restaurants, such as Dave’s to find a customer base Dark Horse Tavern, are for plant-based foods, and beginning to adapt to the Starkville is no exception. demand for this diet. The Starkville resident Milo local pub-style restaurant is King lives a vegan lifestyle known for their pizza, but and has found little difficulty after searching all the vegan following a plant-based diet menus in Starkville, it seems in this area. that Dave’s Dark Horse “Being a vegan in Tavern also has the most Starkville, and Mississippi as extensive and varied planta whole, hasn’t been difficult based menu in Starkville. for me. Sure, there isn’t a ton Customers can choose from of options for myself and vegan pizza, cauliflower bites, my husband if we’re wanting a quinoa falafel basket and to go out to eat for a date or the newly-added Beyond just because we don’t feel like Meat Bully Burger. Jorge Badillo, general cooking. But, we don’t like to eat out anyway,” King said. manager at Dave’s Dark King works at Nine- Horse Tavern, explained Twentynine Coffee Bar, why they make the effort to where he has found support include a variety of options for his diet. for vegan customers. “Luckily for me, I work at “We want to attempt 929, which is like one of the to accommodate different
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Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern offers options to vegan customers. Pizza with a vegan cheese substitute and buffalo cauliflower bites are the most popular items, according to general manager Jorge Badillo.
dietary needs because we want to be inclusive. We understand that going out to eat can be difficult with dietary restrictions, and we want folks to be able to come here and have more options that just a salad,” Badillo said. Bulldog Burger, an innovative burger joint located in the Cotton District, also offers a vegan burger option called the “Veggie 21.” Assistant manager of Bulldog Burger, Kalla McIIwain, said the restaurant wants all of their customers to have something on the menu for them. “When we noticed that vegan option was becoming a common request, we were
happy to oblige. We love getting requests from the community,” McIIwain said. Local coffee shops such as Strange Brew Coffeehouse and Nine-Twenty-Nine Coffee Bar offer alternative milk options for those who want to opt-out of cow’s milk in their coffee beverages. Additionally, though some places in Starkville do not have a specific menu for vegans, many restaurants are happy to adjust entrees as necessary as long as customers ask for substitutions. With many menu items, plant-based customers can simply request accommodations, such as avocado or hummus as a substitution for cheese on
sandwiches and wraps. Abigail Breazeale, senior history major and vegan, enjoys the plantbased accommodations made by her favorite local restaurants—Thai Siam, Pita Pit, Umi, Casa Bravo and Restaurant Tyler. Though there is no official club for vegetarian or vegans on campus, those who are looking for support for their plant-based and vegetarian diets can visit Mississippi Vegetarians and Vegans website or Facebook page. Breazeale said she has found support through her family and friends. “I have found many people within my circle that
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are supportive and open to veganism. Most of my friends go out of their way to prepare vegan food for me when we have dinners or other gatherings and some have even transitioned to a vegetarian, vegan diet after talking with me about veganism,” Breazeale said. Though she does feel supported by her friends in Starkville, she hopes to see more involvement from the community as a whole. “The one thing I wish Starkville would add is a vegan festival or event where the greater community could come together and try vegan food while being exposed to the vegan message,” Breazeale said.
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At first glance, it is easy to see why analysts had pegged “Downton Abbey” to earn a mere $16-20 million domestically in its opening weekend. It does not have a racially diverse cast; the audience at my screening was entirely white. The film is essentially a continuation of the television show, so there was a justifiable fear that only fans who had invested six seasons would want to drive to see this film. Anyway, is it not only elderly people who are fans? Social Security checks only go so far—maybe there just is not money available for the movie in the bank accounts of AARP members. “Downton Abbey,” known as “Downton” by its fan-base, saw its doubters, but the movie laughed and shredded their low expectations into little itty-bitty pieces. According to Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro, it hauled in $31 million, well in front of its fellow openers “Ad Astra” and the new “Rambo.” Having seen the film, I can see why—it is very much not like “Rambo.” In “Downton,” the stakes are relatively low. An impending visit of the king and queen ignite the plot, but the audience never gets the sense that the world will end. The worst-case scenario is a social faux pas, not half of the universe being wiped out. Personally, I found the
the gritty realism and tension found so often in modern media. One can escape for two hours to a world of British high society, a place where the story wraps up nicely in two hours and everyone has a happy ending. The pacing of the film was spot-on. I rarely got the temptation to check my phone while I was waiting for something interesting to happen; rather, each event neatly follows the other, leaving little dead time. The cinematography was also a high point. It was a real treat to see the estate of Downton on the big screen in live color. Not a pixel is wasted. On the other hand, the plot is a bit weak. The royals’ visit is the main plot, but there are at least nine separate subplots I was able to count. As you might expect, some are better than others. Why did they include an assassin trying to kill the king? Were they trying to reach that PG rating to appeal to the edgy geriatric demographic? I will say none of the new characters felt shoehorned in; everyone seemed as if they belonged. In terms of acting, Maggie Smith is as magnificent here as she was in the series. Her comedic timing is impeccable, and she steals any scene she is in. Kate Philips also stood out as the Princess Mary, trapped in an unhappy marriage unable to divorce because of her position in society. A great actress can subtly convey emotion, and Philips is more than capable of
melodramatic monologues. If you are cynical, make sure to skip this movie, as you will be sure to hate most aspects of it. The dialogue never descends to level of a soap opera, but it definitely toes the line. Although the show had its fair share of tragedy, tense situations always end up positively. If a servant gets arrested, he gets bailed out thirty seconds later. If Edith has a marital conflict, the monarchs resolve it with no downsides. Even a lost inheritance for Lord Grantham winds up okay because, as fate would have it, the new heir has fallen head over heels for one of the Downton crew members. Doom, gloom and despair are nowhere to be found. Despite all this, there is no mystery as to why this crushed all expectations. People are tired of protagonists using assault weapons and brutal violence to deal with their problems. Feature films posing philosophical questions that make one doubt the fabric of society are passé. “Downton Abbey” provides a glimpse at a world where finding a butler who knows how to clean the silver is a major conflict. Who cares if our world is flooded with political upheaval, environmental pessimism and trade wars? Here, the audience can drift off to sleep as the cook plans meals. No matter when you wake up, you will not be watching a stressful scene, just regular people solving their problems. A sequel is in the works, and I
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Women’s golf fights to a third place finish in the Schooner Classic GARRETT SMITH STAFF WRITER
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Ashley Gilliam shot a 65 in the final round to come in third place at the Schooner Classic. MSU hosts their own tournament starting Oct. 13.
Mississippi State University’s women’s golf team shot five under on the back nine in the final round of the Schooner Classic to come in third place on Sunday. In the final four holes, the Bulldogs made eight birdies, marking their best finish of the season with MSU’s own Magnolia Invitational on the horizon. Head coach Ginger BrownLemm said, in a press release sent out by the MSU Athletic Department, the team is heading in a direction to have a good finish. “We have been trending in this direction since our first event,” Brown-Lemm said. “We have been waiting and watching for the day it all comes together, and today was that day.” The weekend teed off on Friday with MSU’s Clara Moyano, a senior from Madrid, Spain, shooting a four-under par 66, tying for fourth lowest round in
program history, despite windy playing conditions. “I was just really focusing on the target that I wanted to hit, committing to it and swinging freely,” Moyano said. “The conditions were tough out there today. So, being patient was the key to a successful round.” MSU would moved from fourth place after the round on Friday to sixth place on Saturday. A fourover par score for the team reflected hole placements that limited scoring for MSU. Brown-Lemm said she was excited about how her team handled the round. “I’m excited about the resilience we showed,” Brown-Lemm said. “They never gave up and finished strong. The tough hole placements did not allow us to take advantage of lesser wind, but we showed maturity in our patience and our process.” In the final round Ashley Gilliam, a freshman from Manchester, Tennessee, shot 65 to help lead the
Bulldogs to a third place finish. Gilliam’s five-under par final round is tied for the second lowest round by a Bulldog freshman in program history. Gilliam said her ball striking had been good all week, but in the final round on Sunday her putts started dropping, as she climbed 22 spots on the leaderboard to come in third place. “I stayed really patient all week,” Gilliam said. “I was hitting it well and hit a lot of fairways and greens, but just wasn’t dropping putts. I stuck with my process and got some putts to drop today.” Just as Gilliam stayed patient throughout the day, Brown-Lemm said the team displayed patience as they fought to finish in the top five after starting the round in sixth place. “We held our own through 20-mile per hour winds, but a struggling middle stretch of holes found us shaky,” BrownLemm said. “Our players were determined to turn it around and did just that.”
Auburn Tigers roll the Dawgs like Toomer’s Corner GARRETT SMITH STAFF WRITER
Saturday night showed how quickly a game can fall apart as the first six minutes of the ballgame saw Mississippi State University’s starting quarterback go down, and Auburn University go up by 21 points. Following a 56-23 thumping by the Tigers on the Plains, MSU head coach Joe Moorhead was quick to acknowledge the poor position his team put themselves in from the getgo. “Against a good football team like this, we went into the week talking about how small the margin of error is, and to come out and spot them 21 before the band even gets in their seats, you don’t give yourself a chance,” Moorhead said. It was an absolute nightmare scenario for the Bulldogs early on, as their first time to line up on offense lead to a delay of game, and Auburn’s first time to line up and snap the football led to a thirty yard touchdown run to go up 7-0 two minutes into the ball game. Then, things went from bad to worse for MSU. On their second drive, the Bulldogs produced a
total of -3 yards of offense, including an incomplete pass where quarterback Tommy Stevens, a graduate student quarterback from Indianapolis, Indiana and a transfer from Penn State University, was hit as he threw leaving Stevens with a leg injury to replace the shoulder injury the senior captain had just recovered from. Stevens would not return to the game. Auburn’s second drive did not take much longer than their first. It ended with a nine yard touchdown run from Bo Nix, who was on his way to an incredible night statistically. When MSU fumbled the next kickoff, Auburn only needed two plays to go 18 yards and into the end zone. Just like that, Auburn led 21-0 just six minutes into the ballgame. Moorhead was quick to point the blame at himself. “I thought some of our warts got exposed today,” Moorhead said. “Some of our deficiencies and weaknesses, and they took advantage of them. Certainly the first and biggest thumb goes back to me.” While Garrett Shrader, a freshman quarterback from Charlotte, North Carolina, would end up producing some big numbers for
the Bulldogs, it was too little, too late. The true freshman came up with 209 yards and two touchdowns through the air, in addition to 89 yards and one touchdown on the ground, all in an incredibly hostile environment. Senior offensive lineman Darryl Williams, from Bessemer, Alabama, was impressed with the performance in Shrader’s first action on the road. “Like I said, Garrett is a guy that goes with the 1s a lot in practice, a guy that’s a gamer,” Williams said. “A guy that brings swagger and a guy that is beyond his years as a freshman. I think he’s gonna be a great guy in this league, so I’m looking forward to seeing how his future plays out.” While there were struggles on both sides of the ball, there was also sparks of greatness from Shrader and other Bulldogs like Farrod Green, a senior tight end from Wesson. One of those bright moments for the Bulldogs was near the end of the first half, when Shrader connected with Green for 47 yards down to sixinches shy of the goal line, although some fans felt sure Green was in. He was not so sure. “I feel like the refs made
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The Bulldog football team will not play football this weekend. They will see the field again on Oct. 12 when they play the University of Tennessee.
the right call. I gotta get in the end zone there. It was tough,” Green said. He ended the night with 69 yards receiving on three catches, but the senior said he is not worried about his performance, but instead the team’s. “It’s always tough. I’m not looking at the plays I
made. I could have made more plays that y’all didn’t see,” Green said. “(You) Just move on and pick everybody up, like the younger guys. Learn from it. Get ready for the next game at Tennessee.” This upcoming Saturday will be a day of rest for the Bulldogs as it is a bye
week before they travel to Neyland Stadium in Knoxville to play the University of Tennessee. “It’s good. We’re a little banged up across the board,” Moorhead said. “I think we got some injuries, some bumps and bruises we need to heal up. I think we need to evaluate our personnel.”
Rugby MADDAWGS fall short against Georgia Tech BEN MACKIN STAFF WRITER
Migos bumped through the speakers as the players tossed the ball around during warmups. The referee met with the captains at midfield. Between the two field goals that bookmarked either end of the field, the two teams huddled up in the moments before the opening play. On a warm Mississippi Saturday, the atmosphere matched a college football game-day. The Mississippi State University Rugby Club MADDAWGS lost to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 36-24 Saturday afternoon. It was the MADDAWGS’ first Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference game in USA Rugby’s Division I-AA. The Yellow Jackets scored two tries, which are worth five points, in the last five minutes of the game, leaving the MADDAWGS unable to recover. Despite the loss, head coach Jeff Pilgrim said he felt the team played great, but Georgia
Rosalind Hutton Tech was able to do more after a tackle was made. “We played more pure rugby on offense than them,” Pilgrim said. “They were a little better on the ball after the tackle was made.” Alex Cox, a junior
agricultural science major from Flowood, Mississippi, scored a try 10 minutes into the game. The MADDAWGS were down by just two at halftime and led for a period during the second half. The 80-minute game,
which began at noon with a temperature in the low 90s, proved challenging for both teams. John Detamore, a senior flyhalf from Memphis, Tennessee, said the team could work on being in-shape, as younger players do not have the
match fitness. “We’re in a rebuilding stage. So, a lot of these guys are brand new,” Detamore said. “This is their first game, maybe second game.” The MADDAWGS suffered some notable injuries during the game. Detamore, who is team captain, came off late in the game with a shoulder injury. Cameron Massengill, a junior inside center from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was vomiting and caught cramps in both of his hamstrings during the second half. The battle stays on the field once the game ends, as Georgia Tech joined the MADDAWGS for a post game social. “I’ve played so many sports and there’s no other camaraderie like it,” Detamore said. “Once we’re off the field, they’re [Georgia Tech] going to go to the social with us.” The game attracted some vocal Maddawg alumni, who could be spotted wearing their old kits, and a handful of supporters. Ian Evans, a junior biomedical
engineering major from Memphis, Tennessee, said he was watching one of his classmates play. “I didn’t know what to expect when I saw the field,” Evans said. “They’ve got a really nice setup. The team seems to be playing really well. I don’t know a whole lot about rugby— I’m a soccer guy myself.” For people who are unfamiliar with the sport, Detamore said the team will occasionally hand out fliers to help fans understand the game. Although the season has already begun, the team is still recruiting players. The loss puts the MADDAWGS’ record at 1-2 for the season. The MADDAWGS’ next division game is at Middle Tennessee State University this Saturday, and their next home game is Oct. 26 against the University of Memphis. Pilgrim said if the team can win the majority of the rest of their division games, they will have shot at postseason play. “Right now, it’s still up in the air,” Pilgrim said.