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TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2019
135th YEAR ISSUE 10
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884
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.”
JuLeigh Baker, Health Education Specialist Health Promotion and Wellness
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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