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‘Open air’ preachers protest sin, preach gospel on campus

by Michael Lamb Staff Writer

There was a buzz at Mississippi State University Friday afternoon when a group from Consuming Fire Fellowship Church in Centerville, Mississippi, came to do what is called “open air” preaching. Men and women from the church stood with various signs and pamphlets and conversed with students while one man from the group loudly preached the Bible.

At first, the group stood in front of the Colvard Student Union facing the post office, but were later asked to move to the grassy area between Lee Hall and the Union.

Stephen Keaton, a member of the group, said they were present on campus to preach the gospel.

“Jesus Christ came to save people from their sin, and if you obey Jesus and the Bible, you will go to live with him forever. If you reject Jesus and disobey the Bible then you will go to hell,” Keaton said.

Keaton said this was the first time the group had been on campus at MSU, and it has plans to visit other university campuses.

Many of the protestors held signs featuring messages such as “Sodomy is sin” and “Sin will cost you more than you want to pay.”

Keaton wore a sign on his

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A group of ‘Open air’ preachers from Consuming Fire Fellowship Church in Centerville, Mississippi stood in front of the Colvard Student Union on Mississippi State University’s campus. Men and women from the church protested Friday afternoon against adultery, homosexual activity and sodomy. The group held signs that featured phrases such as ‘Jesus is coming,’ ‘God’s judgment is coming’ and ‘Sin will cost you more than you want to pay.’

chest that read “Warning to all… God’s judgment is coming!!”

Around noon, traffic in front of the Union picked up, and more than 60

students stopped to watch the preachers. By 12:30 p.m., almost 100 onlookers gathered and a group of students joined hands and stood behind the preacher

singing the hymn “Jesus Loves Me.” As the preacher grew in volume, the singers sang even louder.

A few students made impromptu signs in

response to the preaching. One sign read “Free Hugs,” and the bearer would embrace anyone who approached him. Another sign read “Jumbotron 2:1

– Go to Hell Ole Miss,” a reference to the social media trend referring to the south end zone Jumbtron at Davis Wade Stadium “Lord Jumbotron.”

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University LSU offers LGBT minor, MSU professors discuss 18-hour-credit Lesbian, Gay, LBGT topics. people from examining sex- sociology at Mississippi State prepares Bisexual and Transgender The minor courses will uality “in a vacuum.” The University, said she admires minor program. The article range from a variety of dis- minor will encourage stu- LSU for showing such states the university adopt- ciplines including sociology, dents to view LGBT issues progression. water pipes “This is a very visible ed the minor in an effort to psychology and theatre. through several perspecAccording to an article stay competitive among the The LSU Dean of the tives: race, religion, class and commitment by LSU to the on college.usatoday.com, other universities who have College of Human Sciences disability. rights, well-being, and equalfor cold Louisiana State University dedicated minors, majors & Education was quoted Kimberly Kelly, assistant ity of LGBT people,” Kelly has recently added an and entire departments to on the website discouraging professor and director of said. weather

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Students provide Tech school with Japanese Culture

Contributing Writer

Last spring, on Jan. 7 2014, a pipe in the attic of Ruby Hall burst after arctic temperatures swept the South and froze water in what was supposed to be a dry pipe.

According to Sid Salter, chief communications officer at Mississippi State University, the resulting water damage displaced 120 students and cost the university an excess of a million dollars in total cleanup and repair.

It is now well into the 201415 school year and winter approaches. Salter said MSU Housing has investigated the problem and taken steps to prevent a repeat of last year’s disaster.

After determining the break was the result of water having collected and frozen in the pipe, Salter said the staff consulted the system supplier.

“They have a technology we can deploy to first determine if there is any water in the pipes and second to actually dry that water up so this doesn’t happen again,” Salter said.

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Rent-a-Puppy: The Oktibbeha County Humane Society’s student chapter at Mississippi State University hosted ‘Rent-a-puppy’ Friday afternoon on the Drill field. The event featured Lab puppies, Yorkies and Jack Russell mixes from the Humane Society’s animal shelter. Jordan Bell (left), Reagan Arnwine (middle) and Sean Klavs (right) play wih Lab puppies they rented from the event. Individuals were allowed to rent an animal for $5 and walk the dogs for 20 minutes, restricted to the Drill Field.

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Mississippi State University students provided Japanese culture lessons at Millsaps Vocational Technical School in Starkville, from Mississippi Oct. 16 through today.

JuYoung Lee, assistant professor in the School of Human Sciences, said the idea for the classes began when she had an idea to create activities for Japanese outreach, and she thought it would be a great idea to get students involved in actually teaching what they learned in the classes.

“I applied for a grant

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by the Japan Foundation Global Partnership to initiate Japan Outreach activities early this year and got awarded to have a Japan Outreach Coordinator for two years,” Lee said. “I thought it would be a good opportunity for us to have the coordinator to come to one of my classes to teach about Kimono wearing and Japanese culture. I also thought it would be a great opportunity for our students to teach about what they have learned to local K-12 students.”

Lee said she believes the classes present a great opportunity to reach out to the local areas and become more open-minded about learning about other cultures.

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“These classes are a great outreach activity of MSU to a local community, which is one of our principle goals of the institution as a land grant university,” she said.

“We are very interested in creating new knowledge through research, but also in reaching out to our local community to introduce this new knowledge in order to fast forward the economic development of the state of Mississippi. By offering this type of classes to our community, MSU can help our local community become a community that is open to other cultures and countries for more foreign direct investment from not only Japan, but also any other countries.”

Kathy Dawkins, marketing instructor at Millsaps Vocational Technical School, said the classes are important because it is crucial for students to learn about cultural differences in Japan.

“We live in Starkville, home of MSU, a very culturally diverse university.

It is critical that we know about traditions, cultures and customs from around the world,” Dawkins said.

“My students may one day work for a corporation that does business with companies in Japan. They may have to travel to Japan to conduct business, and they need to know about their customs so they do not offend anyone in Japan.”

Dawkins said she believes the classes form a great collaboration between MSU and the marketing class and helps students get excited about learning Japanese culture.

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great partnership between the Japanese Cultural Center at MSU and my marketing classes at Millsaps Career and Technology Center,” she said. “It helps to whet the appetites of my students so they want to learn more about the Japanese way of life. They take their excitement home and tell others about what they are learning and then their parents, siblings, neighbors, friends, etc. want to learn more about it also.”

April Heiselt, director for the Center for the Advancement of ServiceLearning Excellence (CASLE), said CASLE partners with various people to create opportunities for learning through service.

“We are a partnership between the extension service, the office of the provost, academic affairs and the executive vice president,” Heiselt said. “I act as a bridge builder and partner either faculty with community partners, community partners with faculty or extension agents with faculty to produce a service learning opportunity.

That might be in a curricular or co-curricular venue and that has to do with the classes.”

Heiselt said students who take the classes will learn about attire in the Japanese culture.

“Students learn (for example) why do you wear what you wear? Why do you wear certain things at certain times? How does that play a role?” Heiselt said.

Heiselt said she believes it is significant for Americans to be able to understand cultural differences.

“It’s important that we as Americans understand when we’re working with someone from another culture about the things that we should be doing, how the way we dress compares and what we should be prepared for,” Heiselt said.

According to Heiselt, students went to Millsaps Vocational Technical School and presented what they learned in the classes.

“Students have prepared presentations based on the material they have learned,” she said. “We partnered them with Millsaps so they have an opportunity to meet their students and talk about the importance of clothing and making these proper choices as these high school students are getting prepared to think about their future careers.”

Heiselt said it is essential to students who do community service to not only serve the community, but to do service that is academically relevant to students.

“It’s important because it’s not just that our students are doing community service, but we get a chance to do meaningful community service tied to academic core subjective,” Heiselt said.

Heiselt said she believes and has proof that students who take these classes are better leaders and better communicators. “What a difference it means to students that not only they get that chance to have a real life client, but we’ve seen and have research that shows that students get to work with people who are not like themselves, which shows leadership skills and better communication,” Heiselt said.

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Deepotsav:

The Indian Student Association celebrated in the Junction on Sunday evening to kick-start the festivities of Diwali, a Hindu festival that marks the celebration of good over evil. In ancient Hindu history, Lord Ram returned to Ayodha on this day after 14 years in exile. The five-day Hindu festival signifies cleanliness, decorations, offering prayers to Laxmi (the goddess of wealth), fire crackers, exchange of sweets and spending quality time with friends and family.

PROTEST When the crowd was very large, one student led everyone in the Maroon & White chant, which happens during MSU sporting events.

The general student opinion was the group was here in protest of October being LGBTQ History month, since one of the signs quoted Leviticus 18:22: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

Rachel Giardina, sophomore at MSU, was part of the group of students singing. Giardina said she knew why she thought students were chanting and singing over the preacher.

“The goal was to get the church group to hear that we’re proud of who we are as a school rather than

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where we are as a religion,” Giardina said.

While the protestors preached Bible scriptures and let the crowd know “living in sin” is not acceptable to God, Chartese Jones, graduate student at MSU, said the protestors should try approaching students in a benevolent way.

“Instead of them telling everyone what they’re doing wrong, he should tell them what they are doing right,” Jones said. “Tell them they are doing a good job going to class and going to school. If you tell them what they are doing right, they will listen to you. Like if I told you, your hair is so pretty, you’re going to be flattered. You’re going to really listen to what I have to say and have an open mind because I gave you a

compliment. It’s all about delivering things, and if you deliver things right a lot of things would be so much better in the world.”

Matt Deberry, junior marketing major, said he felt strongly in opposition to the way the preachers handled their protest.

“I just would not say this is the correct way to go about getting out your message,” he said.

Deberry said instead of informing people of how they live wrong, he would focus on God’s love.

“I would say God is love, and communicating a message of hate goes against the very foundation of what Christianity stands upon,” he said. “I wouldn’t publicly be screaming at people and be acting in this manner.”

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Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 9:57 a.m. A visitor reported striking a bollard on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2014 behind the Agricultural Biology Building.

5:31 p.m. A student was issued a student referral for an alcohol violation in Griffis Hall.

6:11 p.m. A student was arrested at Magnolia Hall for minor in possession of alcohol. A Justice Court citation and a student referral were issued.

7:46 p.m. A student was complaining of stomach pains and trouble breathing at North Hall. The subject was transported to OCH by personal vehicle.

Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 10:08 a.m. An employee reported missing inventory during self-audit at Herzier Dairy Science.

1:36 p.m. An employee reported breaking a car window belonging to a student while landscaping between the Sawyer Tennis Courts and Scales Building.

1:53 p.m. A student reported missing property from vehicle while parked at Zacharias Village.

Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 10:32 p.m. An employee was arrested for running a red light and suspended driver’s license on Barr Avenue.

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Freedom Conference: Mississippi State University is holding ʻRemembering Freedom Summer: Building a Better Futureʼ in celebration

of the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer Project Oct. 19-21. This yearʼs conference began Sunday in the Colvard Student Union and featured staged scenes from ʻFreedom High.ʼ Because the state of Mississippi has the lowest rate of registered black voters in the country, limited educational opportunities for black children and a dismal number of African-Americans living in poverty, civil rights organizations chose Mississippi as the location to launch this yearʼs event. Special guests of the event include: Chude Allen, Kristal Moore Clemons, Dave Dennis, Doris Derby, Susan Follett, Jon N. Hale, Francoise Hamlin, Matt Herron, Mark Levy, Mark McPhail, Bill Scaggs, William Sturkey and Michael Williams.

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“I see us as several steps behind LSU in this regard,” Kelly said. “What I am interested in doing is expanding our course offerings in gender studies on LGBT issues, particularly with politics and identity.

For right now, the logical way forward is to increase our course offerings and to also increase the presence of LGBT themed programing in gender studies.”

Since taking over as director of sociology three years ago, Kelly said she has organized several programs and activities to

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Although the question of how exactly water ended up in what was supposed to be a pipe fi lled only with pressurized air remains an issue, Fred Mock, interim director of student housing said a definite answer is next to impossible to find.

“Unless you were sitting in the attic watching what happened first, you couldn’t say,” Mock said.

What can be said is there were many reasons the water could have been there. The pipes belonged to the Ruby Hall attic’s fire suppression system. To compensate for the uninsulated pipes being exposed to cold temperatures, the pipes are fi lled with compressed air. If the sprinkler system is triggered, Mock said the air quickly escapes and allows the pressurized water to surge through the pipes and out of the nozzle.

Mock said water could

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 1:01 p.m. A student reported the antenna missing from his vehicle while parked at Moseley Hall.

8:25 p.m. An employee reported damaging a metal pole behind the Colvard Student Union.

10:36 p.m. A resident of the city was arrested for speeding 33/20 and suspended driver’s license on Stone Boulevard. Justice Court citations were issued.

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provide clarity on LGBT The kind of writing and “It is also a social good that issues, including inviting deep theoretical thought teaches people to think transgender actress critically about and activist Laverne how groups “If people knew more about the are Cox to speak at MSU differlast year and having ent and more struggles of LGBT people, then i m p o r t a nt l y, Nicholas Guittar speak at National they are the similarities would become how Coming Out Day earthe same. If lier this month. people knew more apparent.”

Kelly said having more about the the minor at MSU struggles of - Kimberly Kelly, can offer something LGBT people, valuable to not only then the simiDirector of Sociology the LGBT students, larities would but to all students. become more “Certainly, gender stud- that is required is an intel- apparent. When it comes to ies and LGBT studies are lectual benefit to anyone big stuff, we basically want very theoretically rigorous. who takes them,” she said. the same things. It does not

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have been left over from system tests that they have to perform about twice a year in every building, or even simply be the result of condensation of the compressed air itself.

Another possibility, one that Mock said he felt was most likely, is there was a low point in the pipe system that allowed water to pool up and prohibited it from exiting the system when it would have been normally drained.

“The building is 10 years old and wood framed,” Mock said. “Things shift around and move.”

According to Mock, housing has already gone over the pipe system and corrected for shifts and is keeping a close eye on that in particular.

“Low pipe drains are definitely something we will pay more attention to,” Mock said. “If we are looking at

another cold snap, I can send all my guys up there with levelers, and we’ll start at one end of the building and go all the way down the other.”

The reason the damage in Ruby Hall was on a larger scale than similar occurrences in the past and even that year, revolves around the fact that Ruby Hall and other newer dorms have a wooden frame construction that necessitates sprinkler systems being installed in the attics. For instance, Herbert Hall, being concrete, does not have a sprinkler system in the attic.

Salter commended housing in resolving the issue in a timely manner.

“Housing did a remarkable job in following this to its logical conclusion and making sure that there is a fix in place so we don’t have to go through this again,” Salter said.

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just apply to the group that is being studied, but it also offers a lot of social good as well.”

Emily Ryalls, assistant professor of communication and gender studies, said she admires LSU’s decision to offer a LGBT minor and wishes MSU could as well.

“I think it’s fantastic that LSU has started an LGBT minor, following universities across the country with similar majors and minors in queer studies and sexuality Studies,” Ryalls said.

“From what I can tell, LSU

was able to cobble together this minor with courses that were already on the books.

To my knowledge, MSU does not currently have enough courses that deal with issues of sexuality.”

Ryalls said she realizes it would be a difficult task, but hopes MSU takes on the challenge in the future.

“I would absolutely love to see MSU develop a similar minor. To form such a program at MSU would take a bit more work. I hope it is a project that we can tackle in the near future,” she said.

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A Worthy Cause

International Ink

Over the past few weeks, much has been said about Ebola and our government’s response to this disease that continues to spread through much of West Africa. Should we institute a travel ban or not?

Do we need more or less troops in West Africa? On Walton Chaney the CDC, is it an issue of total funding or misdirectis a senior majoring in history. He can ed funds? be contacted at opinion@reflector. msstate.edu.

Personally, I am not buying into what I believe is fear mongering taking place in problem. Voters see a medthe media. I believe our ical issue. Optically, a rationation’s health infrastruc- nal leader for a medical issue ture as well as the advanced is someone with a medical state of medicine in the background.

How did the administraUnited States is enough to prevent a widespread tion not foresee this backoutbreak. The fact two lash? In the lead up to the nurses contracted the dis- midterm elections, it would ease is unsettling, but I do seem as if it would do everynot believe this represents thing in its power to prevent further attacks on the impending medical doom.

However, one part of the President and by extension, Ebola narrative puzzles me. Congressional Democrats Last week, President fighting for their seats.

Why not appoint someObama made Ron Klain the federal government’s one with a medical back“Ebola Czar,” the man ground and vast knowledge who will be in charge of of the D.C. bureaucracy? the government’s response This would certainly be the politito cases of cally smart Ebola in the move, and U.S. Klain is “This is another you cannot a longtime convince me Democratic example of how there is not operative a single perwho was this administration son in the Chief of U.S. Staff to moves from one entire with both both Vice President political fire to the credentials.

I think it’s Joe Biden fair game for and Vice next.”

Republicans President Al to release an Gore. He onslaught also has lobbying experience on Capitol of attacks. Why not? It’s Hill. He graduated from low-hanging political fruit.

Georgetown University The President himself said and Harvard Law. That his policies were on the balbeing said, I’m sure he’s a lot this November. This is another example of how smart guy.

I actually have no issue this administration moves with him being the newly from one political fi re to the appointed “Ebola Czar,” next. The move just seems though I think it’s a stu- amateurish.

In the current political clipid title, even if it is just the colloquial term. Klain mate, why continue to stack has absolutely no medical the deck against Democrats background, but I believe even further? Trends show the job he took demands the sitting President sufmanagerial skills over med- fers in the midterms in his ical knowledge. I think second term. Any opportuit will be helpful to have nity for Republicans to tie someone familiar with the Congressional Democrats Washington bureaucracy to to an unpopular President preside over the mountains helps their chances in of procedural and legal hur- recovering the majority.

I wholeheartedly believe dles of our massive modern Ebola will be contained in government.

However, as you can the U.S. I actually think imagine, the Obama admin- Klain will do an adequate istration has been getting job. I just think it was a pounded in the media for bad political move by the choosing someone with President. However, since I no medical background am hoping for a GOP majorto preside over a medical ity, I am not complaining.

and there is a good reason for it. For the last two weeks Pakistan has substantially escalated its cease-fire violations along the line of control (LOC) in the Northern Indian state of Jammu Kashmir. Pakistan’s continuous staking of claims on the Indian state of Kashmir has never ceased in Indo-Pak history. This would be as if Canada continually claimed a chunk of Illinois or Mexico claimed a slice of Texas.

Maharajah Hari Singh, the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, signed the treaty, the Instrument of Accession, 1947, and acceded the state of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India.

At present, there is a Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in place with a duly-elected chief minister.

Additionally, the United Nations Security Council has accepted India’s stand on the issue and has dismissed any talks of popular votes on the matter in the region.

Why does Pakistan do what it does along the LOC? Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces enormous pressure from within.

There were huge protests for his resignation a few weeks ago. The Pakistani army is detached from any central authority and runs completely independently from the state. There is a section of these commanders that believes creating insurgency within Kashmir may help their cause and return the region back to the Pakistani civilians and make them

‘Ebola Czar’ appointment Conventional war unlikely between Indo-Pak nations India is not part of the believe the army is the actu- army, which is opposed to nuclear non-proliferation al protective shield they have peace talks, has failed in its that prevents the from India. With this, the aggressive actions. weakens Democratic Party treaty spread of nuclear weapons, Army gains a motion of conHow is the U.S. related

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fidence among the people.

Interestingly, this time what has changed is India’s response to the cease-fire violations. India has a strong majority new government and a prime minister who believes in bulldozing India’s agenda on the world stage.

India has had a very calm response toward Pakistan for the last decade even after numerous cease-fire violations, the 26/11 attack and the beheadings of Indian soldiers.

“A war is very unlikely between two nuclear powers in the Southeast Asian region.”

For the last two weeks, India has begun a fierce retaliation along the line of control with counter-firing field artillery, a move Pakistan has not seen in the last decade.

India also said the duty of creating a positive environment for normalization of relations lies on Pakistan. After the kind of response Pakistan got, it quickly wrote a letter to the U.N. Secretary General calling for international attention in the region to which Pakistan was denied. The U.N. responded telling them to resolve the issue with India through dialogue. Among many others, PM Sharif will be a happy man to know his

to the issue? The Obama administration continues to provide close to $2 billion of funding to the Pakistani government. A report published in The Guardian in 2011 said Pakistan has historically been among the top recipients of U.S. aid. Since 1948, the U.S. has sent more than $50 billion in direct aid to the country. Nearly half of this has been for military assistance.

This aid can reach the hands of the wrong people, those who promote direct attacks against India in the Kashmir valley.

In an article I wrote earlier this year, I cited Obama’s comments on Pakistan. In an interview to the CBS program “60 Minutes,” President Obama said, “We think that there had to be some sort of support network for Bin Laden inside of Pakistan. But we don’t know who or what that support network was.”

Additionally, with the financial aid we lend Pakistan, you should expect to at least have a better opinion of the U.S. in Pakistan among its civilians, but the numbers speak otherwise. According to a 2012 Pew Research poll, 74 percent of the Pakistanis polled believed the U.S. was an enemy.

Finally, let us come to the nuclear and one-on-one debate between India and Pakistan. Pakistan has a history of surprising its opponents; it has fought three official wars against India, in 1965, 1971 and 1999, all considerably won by India.

Pakistan could have an initial

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advantage if it surprises India like it did in Kargil, but India’s military may still substantially decimate Pakistan.

How do the numbers stack up? India’s defense budget ranks 8th in world with approximately $50 billion, while Pakistan’s ranks 27th with a $5 billion budget.

Approximately 1.25 billion people live in India, and over 180 million live in Pakistan.

India’s field troops in 2013 were close to 2 million over Pakistan’s 600,000. India has close to 90 nuclear warheads, over Pakistan’s 30 to 50, and finally, India has 1.26 million square miles of land versus Pakistan’s 307,374 square miles.

A rational guess you can safely make is there is no comparison between the two countries. It will be unaffordable for Pakistan to kick-start a conventional war with India; an initial advantage cannot guarantee a victory. And therefore as most political scientists predict, a war is very unlikely between two nuclear powers in the Southeast Asian region.

India is committed to never using nuclear weapons first, and Pakistan is unlikely to do so as well.

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Athletic success brings vital component to MSU

If you saw the front page of The Reflector last Tuesday, I do not need to tell you our football team is ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time in history. Adding to the frenzy, our quarterback Dak Prescott is the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy award. In the midst of this excitement, it is important to pause and reflect upon the significance a successful football team has for the university as a whole — particularly with respect to its top priority, education.

While it is true the full college experience goes well beyond academics, let’s not forget the whole point of going to college is to get an advanced education. Extracurricular activities, student organizations, social networking and (now especially) cheering on the Bulldogs are all essential aspects of being a student at Mississippi State University, but foremost should always be learning.

Steve Turner, professor and department head of agriculture economics, is the faculty athletic representative. He said students should enjoy the success of the football team with the perspective that individual student success is measured in the classroom.

“At the end of the day, the measure of success for you is how well you did in your classes. An auxiliary to that is how well our football team is doing,” Turner said.

“Having said that, enjoy it.

This has never happened before. Coach (Dan) Mullen and the players have been preparing for this for years, so let’s applaud them.”

The meaning of our football team’s success goes far beyond entertainment and school pride at the individual level though. Jerry Gilbert, Provost and Executive Vice President of MSU, said the football team gives us exposure on the national stage.

“The MSU football team carries the whole university before the national audience when it competes,” Gilbert said. “It is a symbol of MSU, and as such, students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters take pride in seeing our team strive for and achieve success on the field.”

Scott Stricklin, Athletic Director of MSU, said the football team has recently provided invaluable marketing worth for the university.

“The exposure the university has gotten over the last two or three weeks is hard to calculate,” Stricklin said. “It would certainly be hard to pay for that kind of exposure.”

According to Stricklin, MSU has a lot to be proud of academically. He noted MSU is one of the top research institutions in the country, especially among public schools, and one of the most important benefits of the increasing success of our athletic teams is its ability to bring awareness of our great academic opportunities into the homes of people all across the nation. Gilbert said this phenomenon starts with the 30-second TV spot that runs during the games.

“This year they hear recent graduate Field Brown talk about academic and research achievements at MSU and how that can lead to individual student success such as being selected to be a Rhodes Scholar,” Gilbert said.

In addition to the marketing value the football team provides for the university, it is also able to contribute to the university as a whole in terms of revenue. Stricklin points out MSU’s athletic department is a self-supporting unit. This means the university does not spend money out of its general funds on sports, like football. Instead, the athletic department generates its own revenue and is able to give some of that money to the Education and General (E&G) budget of the university.

Turner said football games also provide an important forum for alumni networking, which can lead to financial contributions to the university.

“The alumni who give donations usually support both athletics and academics,” Turner said.

MSU sports teams also provide meaningful academic opportunities to the athletes on an individual level.

Turner said many student athletes would go to college even without sports, but some could not go to college

without the opportunities and scholarships available.

In addition to scholarships, Turner points out the other forms of support available to student athletes.

“The athletic academic unit has study hall, tutoring and all kinds of services that are available to student athletes,” Turner said.

He also pointed out athletes are subject to the requirements of NCAA rules. These academic requirements combined with the additional commitment to their teams requires student athletes to develop time management skills that will be useful throughout their lives. Counselors and advisors are in place to assist athletes in dealing with these extra responsibilities.

As evidence to the aca-

“A successful football team provides much more to this university than entertainment.” demic possibilities presented by athletic programs, former MSU football player Sam Latham was able to use his time as a student athlete to facilitate his goal of getting into medical school.

“I knew going into college that I wanted to go to medical school. That was my goal from day one,” Latham said.

“Football was an amazing way to compliment my education. I learned many lessons that I would not have learned if I had not been a student-athlete. It was a great time, and those experiences have helped me many times in medical school.”

Latham pointed out being a student athlete forced him to carefully manage his time and focus on his priorities — namely education and football. Teamwork and perseverance are among the other values he gained from football.

“Probably the most important lesson I learned was teamwork and camaraderie. Without those, football,

Gordon Lee is a graduate student in civil engineering. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

as well as life, is rather difficult,” Latham said. “Football teaches you to push through even when situations get tough, and that helps tremendously each day.”

According to Latham, other students can take inspiration from the student athletes competing on the football field to keep working hard even when life gets tough.

Our students can align with the efforts of the football team by enjoying the success the program has in a manner that represents our university well. Fans are not responsible for wins in the same sense players are, but Coach Mullen has often spoken of the important role our student section plays. Our students should cheer on our Bulldogs with the same relentless perseverance our players display on the field.

This should be done in a responsible manner by ringing cowbells until the opposing center is over the ball and then switching to yelling — thus eliminating unnecessary penalization to our athletic program. Our fans should also represent our university proudly by providing a welcoming atmosphere for the visitors.

A successful football team provides much more to this university than entertainment. It spreads awareness of our excellent academic institution across the nation, provides revenue to the university as a whole, unites students and alumni for networking and expands our pool of students by extending academic opportunities to athletes.

MSU students should stand together with pride in the recent success of our sports teams and the longstanding academic tradition they compliment.

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Taylor Swift set to release fifth studio album

by Jessi Cole Staff Witer

Taylor Swift is a music sensation, a seven-time Grammy winner and the friend we all want to have, and she’s back at it with the release of her fifth studio album, “1989,” on Oct. 27.

Swift is your typical girl’s girl; she uses her social media accounts with upwards of 12 million followers to post pictures of her cats, cookies and letters to her best friends.

She even comments encouraging notes on her fan’s pictures, and she once wrote an uplifting comment on a young, bullied fan’s Instagram, saying, “Let them keep living in the darkness and we’ll keep walking in the sunlight. Forever on your side, Taylor.”

Swift is unabashedly her true self, and her positive and creative outlook on life has kept her a humble yet record-breaking artist.

Swift signed with her record company at age

14 and released her first album, self-titled “Taylor Swift,” at age 16. She was driven and ambitious, and Rolling Stone described her as “bright-eyed, but remarkably seasoned.”

Her song, “Our Song,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart, making her the youngest artist to write and sing a No. 1 country song.

Her next album, “Fearless,” was the highest-selling album of 2009, and the album won the Album of the Year and Best Country Album award at the Grammy Awards.

Next, Swift came out with the albums “Speak Now” and “Red,” both of which were hugely popular and evolved toward more mature lyrics.

Her song “Mean” won Best Country Song at the 2010 Grammys. Taylor identifies as a country singer, but her recent albums and songs verge more on pop.

Swift is known for using her personal love life and stories as inspiration

for great songs. Fans obsessively trace songs back to Swift’s previous boyfriends and wager their best guesses at which relationship the song is about. However, some songs, such as “Dear John,” written after Swift’s short-lived relationship with singer John Mayer, don’t require much head-scratching.

Though she often receives criticism for using break-ups and relationships to write hit songs, Swift is vigilant in her belief that songs should come from personal and real experiences, and that is what makes her songs so relatable for girls.

She claims her inspiration for songs is the uncertainty and mystery of love. Her honest and genuine song writing gives listeners a connection to the songs and a story to which they can relate.

Her albums and songs are her diary and record of her life and love experiences. Stevie Nicks, one of Swift’s musical

inspirations, describes Swift’s songs as “songs that make the whole world sing, like Neil Diamond or Elton John... It’s women like her who are going to save the music business.”

Two songs from her latest album, “1989,” “Shake It Off” and “Out of the Woods” have already been released, and “Shake It Off” debuted as No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 100.

Swift has released a line of lyrics from the album for the past five days and will presumably continue to post lyrics until the album is released. Swift veers from her country-pop roots in this album ,and she describes “1989” as her “first documented, official pop album.” Named after her birth year, “1989” promises new hit ballads and love stories that girls (and secretly boys) can sing and relate to.

Writer and photographer Whitney Pastorek nailed a description of Swift on the official Taylor Swift website when she said, “She is awkwardly

honest and powerfully empathetic; a brazen superfan, loyal friend, fierce protector of hearts; and one of the world’s greatest ambassadors for

the power of just being yourself.”

In short, Swift is multifaceted, and her latest pop album is sure to captivate listeners with its new style.

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Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift releases her fifth studio album, ‘1989,’ on Oct. 27. Songs ‘Shake it Off’ and ‘Out of the Woods’ have already been released, and ‘Shake It Off’ debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 100.

MSU welcomes OkSOBERFest to raise alcohol awareness

by ShaCamree Gowdy Staff Writer

MSU’s Health Education and Wellness department will be sponsoring its second-annual OkSOBERfest today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Drill Field in partnership with the Student Association.

This carnival-style event gives students the opportunity to play games, win prizes, eat popcorn and increase their knowledge about how to prevent alcohol-related tragedies.

Ty Stewart, a graduate assistant and coordinator of the event, said he looks forward to the chance to give the student body and faculty some important information on alcohol consumption.

“This event is an alcohol education event to bring awareness to the dangers of over-consumption of alcohol and to give practical tips for healthy alcohol consumption for those of age that choose to drink.

We will have some simple alcohol–related games that involve the drunken

goggles and measuring out standard drinks with alcohol facts at each station,” he said.

Stewart said the event has been organized to raise awareness about the harmful effects of alcohol.

“Those who participate in games will receive tickets in which they can cash in for give-aways and popcorn. Our goal is to give interactive, practical and educational information that better equips our students with the knowledge to make wise choices in the area of

‘Fury’ provides action, adventure

by Bo Vaughn Contributing Writer

“Ideals are peaceful.

History is violent.”

This rather true statement belongs to Sgt. Don Collier, Brad Pitt’s character in his most recent film, “Fury.”

The movie tells the story of a World War II tank crew traveling through Germany during the last month of the European war. As the team moves through enemy territory, there is danger almost at every turn.

Pitt’s character, also known as “War-daddy,” is the prime example of the traditional phrase: “a man has got to do what a man

has got to do.” He does everything that he must in order to defeat the enemy and keep his men alive.

Writer and director David Ayer, who also wrote and directed “End of Watch,” has apparently been researching and working on the story of “Fury” for years.

His hard work is evident in the film, as the attention to detail is brilliant. He even managed to round up five authentic M4 Sherman tanks as well as a German Tiger, a more advanced tank than those of the Americans, to use in the production.

When watching the battle scenes, it truly is as if one has traveled back in time and witnessed

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‘Fury,’ featuring Brad Pitt, depicts the tumultuous story of a WWII tank crew traveling through Germany during the last month of the European war.

the reality of this war period. Ayer does not hold anything back; he focuses on the gory and extreme violence the men savagely inflict on one another and how they absorb the pain.

He allows viewers to get on a very personal level with the characters and to see how this war experience effects them both physically and mentally.

Asthefilmcentersaround the realistic violence of the era, or as Shia Labeouf’s character states: “Wait until you see what a man can do to another man,” it also expresses the idea that individuals adapt to their surroundings, no matter what they may be.

After fighting for years, the men come to believe in one particular motto: kill or be killed. This is something Pitt’s character must teach the young boy who has been commanded to join his crew.

Overall critics have received the film with much applause. The Los Angeles Times stated, “If memorable war movies mean something to you, open that book to a new page and add ‘Fury’ to that list; it belongs there.”

“Rolling Stone” added, “Ayer captures the buried feelings of men in combat with piercing immediacy; Pitt is tremendous in the role, a conscience detectable even in Wardaddy’s blinkered gaze.”

This film is highly recommended, and we will most likely be seeing it receive some well-deserved rewards in the future for all of its success.

alcohol consumption,” he said.

Joyce Yates, the director of Health Education and Wellness for University Health Services, said she aims to send a positive message to students. With this event, she hopes students will be more cautious and aware of the consequences that can come from drinking alcohol.

“Health Education and Wellness wants to remind students that the best fun is safe fun. Don’t take risks.

Your future is important,

make sure you make wise alcohol decisions to not drink if you are under the legal age, and if you do drink, drink wisely and always have a designated driver,” she said.

Juleigh Baker, campus health and wellness educator, said events such as OkSOBERfest allow students to learn some safe drinking tips in a fun way.

“Health Education and Wellness hosts several events throughout the year dedicated to educating students on safe alcohol consumption,” she said.

“According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, close to 600,000 college students suffer from unintentional injuries while under the influence of alcohol. We want MSU students that are of the legal drinking age that choose to drink alcohol to do so safely and wisely.”

OkSOBERfest is held in conjunction with the Bacchus Network’s National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, which takes places Oct. 20-24.

Fall break: perfect time to enjoy movies, outdoors, music

by Kaitlin O’Dougherty Staff Writer

Finally, it is time to take a break from the tests, the homework and those dreaded 8 a.m. classes — the first break of the semester is now upon us.

Students must take full advantage of fall break in order to recuperate for the rest of the semester. There are several ways to get out and enjoy the break, even in Starkville.

Fall break is a great time to venture outdoors.

The temperatures have dropped, and summer has finally transitioned into fall.

One great option for the break is to go camping.

Camping can be as simple as pitching a tent in one’s backyard for the night or as complex as trekking deep into the woods equipped with all of the essential gear. Starkville residents can enjoy camping at the Oktibbeha County Lake and Campground.

Kevin Ward, senior biochemistry major, said there are many camping areas as well as fishing piers around this area.

“I enjoy the campground because it is located so close to the

lake,” he said.

Students can also visit the Reese Orchard located six miles from campus.

The orchard allows visitors to pick their own fruits. The orchard has ripe fruit until around the end of November.

Currently, it is promoting its Persimmons selection.

For the month of October, it is open all day Saturday and by appointment only for the rest of the week.

ParkerHoyt,sophomore kinesiology major, said he was surprised to find out Starkville boasts an orchard.

“I have picked blueberries before and think it’s cool that they have something like that around Starkville,” he said.

However, if the outdoors are not for you there are plenty of other ways to enjoy the break.

One can begin preparing for Halloween by carving pumpkins or decorating their house or dorm. It is also the perfect time to start searching for that Halloween costume.

Katie Crawford, sophomore criminology major, said she doesn’t think anyone should spend a large amount on costumes.

“I get most of my

costumes for on campus events from thrift stores,” she said.

There are also many new movies out just before the holiday season.

If you want a thriller, “Annabelle” is perfect.

This movie includes a doll that haunts a couple in their own home. However, there are less terrifying options like “Dracula Untold” and “The Maze Runner.”

“Dracula Untold” includes vampire attacks and many other exciting scenes associated with the tale of Dracula.

“Maze Runner” is based off the book of the same name and is about a boy that loses his memory and is forced to find his way through a maze with a group of other children.

Fall break is treasured time and should be used to its full potential. There are many festivals and other music events that take place during this time and there may be something in your hometown.

This is the perfect time to get away for a few days or to catch up with friends and family at home.

Whether you’re catching up on sleep, visiting family or going on an adventure, this break offers time to sit back and relax, even if only for a minute.

Sports

7 THE REFLECTOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014

From Downtown

NCAA sees blowouts in week eight Week eight of the college football season was a week full of highly-anticipated matchups, but most of the games ended in disappointing blowouts.

One game that was not a disappointment was No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 5 Notre Dame. FSU had won 22 consecutive games entering it matchup against the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame took a 17-10 lead into halftime against reigning Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and the Seminoles.

Nevertheless, the Seminoles rallied in the second half to take a 31-27 lead with less than eight minutes left in the game.

Notre Dame received the ball in great field possession at the FSU 49 yard line with 2:53 remaining on the game clock. After losing a combined eight yards on second and third down, quarterback Everett Golson and the Fighting Irish were in a 4th-and-18 situation.

With the game on the line, Golson completed a 20-yard strike to wide receiver Corey Robinson to keep the game alive. Golson led the Irish to another fourth down, two yards away from the goal line with less than 20 seconds remaining in the game. On the fourth down play, Golson completed another pass to Robinson to seemingly give Notre Dame the touchdown and the lead. However, the dreaded yellow flag was on the grass. The penalty was offensive pass interference against Notre Dame, which backed the Fighting Irish all the way back to the 18-yard line. Golson was unsuccessful on the following pass attempt, and FSU would hold on to the 31-27 lead to win the game. As a fan, you always hate to see a game decided by a penalty. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly voiced his disapproval of the referee’s decision after the game.

“We execute that play every day,” Kelly said. “And we do it legally, and that’s the way we coach it. We don’t coach illegal plays.”

Florida State could possibly moonwalk into the NCAA playoffs this year.

The Seminoles do not have another ranked opponent on their schedule after defeating Notre Dame.

While this game came down to the wire, many college football games this week did not. The No. 21-ranked Texas A&M Aggies traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to face No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide. The Aggie season was once very promising with a dominating season-opening win at South Carolina.

However, Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide crushed any hopes and dreams the Aggies had left after two straight losses to Mississippi State and Ole Miss. The Crimson Tide scored on every single first half pos-

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session, while A&M did not even attempt a field goal all game. Alabama finished the game with over 600 yards of offense and a 59-0 victory. It was Alabama’s largest margin of victory since a 62-0 defeat of Tulane in 1991. This Alabama offensive performance was much Kevin Simmons improved from the previous Kevin Simmons is a senior majoring in week, where the Crimson communication. He can be contacted at Tide only totaled 227 yards reflectorsports@gmail.com. of offense against Arkansas.

Texas A&M will mercifully was beaten 34-0 in the preenter into a bye week, while vious week by Georgia. MisAlabama prepares for an souri was up 20-0 at the half away game against the Ten- and only had 99 total yards nessee Volunteers. of offense. The Tigers scored Tennessee had the unen- touchdowns on a kickoff reviable task of traveling to turn, a punt return, a fumble Oxford to face No. 3 Ole recovery and an interception Miss. Ole Miss trailed 3-0 return. Missouri scored 42 early, but then scored 34 un- points on just 119 total yards answered points to win by of offense as it excelled on a total of 34-3. The Rebel special teams and capitalized defense continued its dom- on six Gator turnovers. The inance, limiting the Volun- Gator football team has now teers to only 191 yards of to- lost 12 of its last 19 games. tal offense and zero rushing “Fire Muschamp” chants yards while forcing four Ten- could be heard coming from nessee turnovers. Ole Miss the stands in the third quarwill have one of its toughest ter. Florida will have an open tasks of the year next week as date, and it is possible Musit plays LSU in Tiger Stadichamp will um. no longer LSU be the welhead coach comed “ This week, the SEC when the a Ken- became ators the first G tucky play Georsqu a d conference on in college gia to TiNov. 1. g e r football history to have T h e Stad ibiggest um on four teams ranked in upset of S atthe week u r d a y the Associated Press top was No. 4 n ight.

Baylor losK e n - five .” ing to the tucky unranked w a s West Virt h e ginia Mountaineers. Baylor surprise team of the SEC was coming off a comeback with a 5-1 record. Howev- win against No. 10 ranked er, LSU would humble the Texas-Cristian UniversiWildcats rather quickly. The ty. The game was tied at 27 Tigers rushed for over 300 entering the fourth quaryards against the Wildcats ter, but the Mountaineers and polished off a 41-3 vic- outscored the Bears 14-0 in tory. The LSU offense looks the fourth quarter to win much improved as it prepares 41-27. Baylor committed 18 for a showdown against the penalties for 215 yards in Rebels next week. Kentucky the game. Heisman Trophy hopes to bounce back as it hopeful Bryce Petty passed hosts Mississippi State this for an underwhelming 223 Saturday. yards on the day. Losing to Arkansas lost its 16th- an unranked opponent may straight SEC game to very well knock the Baylor Georgia in a game that was Bears out of contention for not nearly as close as the the first ever NCAA playoff. score made it look. GeorThis week, the South gia was leading 38-6 at Eastern Conference became the half. Georgia running the first conference in colback Todd Gurley missed a lege football history to have second-straight game, but four teams ranked in the freshman Nick Chubb ran Associated Press top five. for 202 yards and two touch- Those four teams all come downs in his place. The Ra- from the Western Division zorbacks scored 26 points of the conference. Mississipin the second half against pi State is ranked No. 1. Ole Georgia’s backups to make Miss is ranked No. 3. Alathe final score 45-32 in favor bama is ranked No. 4, and of Georgia.

Auburn is ranked No. 5 after It seems the Florida Ga- having the week off. Before tor’s Coach Will Muschamp the season’s end, there will is getting closer and closer to be four meetings among being relieved of his coach- these teams, all in the month ing duties. The question has of November. At least for gone from “will Muschamp the states of Alabama and get fired?” to “when will Mississippi, November 2014 Muschamp get fired? The may be the most anticipated Gators lost 42-13 at home to month in college football a Missouri Tiger team that history.

MSU soccer drops two

by Zach Wagner Staff Writer

The Mississippi State women’s soccer team hosted two games this weekend at home against Vanderbilt on Friday and Texas A&M on Sunday. The Bulldogs were unable to come away with their first SEC win in either game after putting up a tough Friday performance, only to give up a late goal that would ultimately be the winner for the Commodores. This was followed by a Sunday loss to A&M highlighted by a strong showing in the second half by the Bulldogs. However, it was little too late as A&M put three goals in the net during the first half of the match.

Starting with Friday’s match against Vanderbilt, it was clear one team would walk away from Starkville with the confidence boost of obtaining its first win within the conference. For the Bulldogs, the major change on the field came with the decision from head coach Aaron Gordon to push Kayleigh Henry up the field and move Shelby Jordan back to her old natural position at right back. Gordon described the move as something he thought would benefit the team and give the team a spark at this point in the season.

“We were just really trying to get a little bit of the mentality that we needed. Not that Shelby wasn’t giving it to us, but Kayleigh Henry is a very, very competitive person,” he said. “She’s great in the back, but we just wanted to flip the script, so to speak.”

The first half of the match was very evenly played with neither team really managing to take a hold of the game.

One of the defining moments of the first half came in the 34th minute when Simone

Junior Shelby Jordan makes a push for the ball against Texas A&M.

Charley of Vanderbilt was able to head the ball toward goal, but was denied by the outstretched hand of Bulldog keeper Rhylee DeCrane.

DeCrane was able to deflect the ball against the top post, and the Bulldog defense reacted quickly enough to clear the ball away from danger. In spite of the appeals from Vanderbilt that the ball did indeed cross the goal line, the match remained scoreless.

Through the second half, Vanderbilt started to attack the Bulldogs fearlessly. They ended up tallying a total of 12 shots in the second half alone and overall gave DeCrane a lot to deal with. Maybe the best opportunity of the match for the Bulldogs came in the 63rd minute, when Shannen Jainudeen was able to get free and put a header on goal. However, Vanderbilt keeper Christiana Ogunsami was able to come up big for the Commodores with a save.

DeCrane once again made a spectacular save for the

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Bulldogs in the 75th minute as she had to full-out dive to stop Charley from finally scoring, but the effort on the part of Decrane was just too good on this occasion.

DeCrane would say after the game having the right mentality leads to great goalkeeping.

“My mindset going into every game is to get every ball no matter what. If that means punching a player when I go for the ball or giving 100 percent diving for a ball, you just have to be the block in the back,” she said. “Be communicating, and be doing everything you can to keep that ball out of the net.”

The moment that would ultimately decide the game came in the 78th minute when Charley once again got free in the box on a corner, but this time her header was placed so perfectly there was nothing DeCrane could do. Charley’s goal was enough to seal the 1-0 win for the Commodores and give them their first win in SEC play.

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Women’s volleyball splits weekend games

by Zach Wagner Staff Writer

The Mississippi State University women’s volleyball team displayed its best performances within SEC play this past weekend, as it was able to hold on to a thrilling win over Tennessee on Friday and take last year’s SEC champions Missouri to five sets before falling in the last couple of points of the game. It was a weekend that could prove to ignite the Bulldogs’ season and give them the confidence to continue to give some of the SEC powers trouble throughout the rest of its seasons. Many of the Bulldog players set season highs over the weekend, and in the end it wasn’t just a couple of individuals doing the work, but rather the entire team stepped up to make the weekend a success.

Head coach Jenny Hazelwood was consumed with joy and pride after the win against Tennessee.

“I am so proud of these girls on a complete team win,” Hazelwood said. “I love seeing the fight in such a special group. They are such a blessing to coach.”

The Bulldogs were able to jump out to a 2-0 set lead on the volunteers and were looking to potentially win in straight sets, but Tennessee wouldn’t allow that to happen.

The Volunteers used two long runs in the third set of six and seven points to grab back a set in the match 25-18. The Bulldogs tried to avoid a pressurized fifth set, but were unable to as Tennessee again strung together a series of excellent stretches to win the fourth

set 25-19 and tie the match overall at 2-2.

The fifth set of the match proved to be a close one with both teams going back and forth at one another, which eventually brought the score to 13-13. In the last two points of the fi rst to 15 winner-take-all set, Chelsea Duh’s kill and an attacking error from Tennessee were just enough for the Bulldogs to gain the victory in the set 15-13 and win the match, giving them their fi rst SEC win of the season.

One of the key contributors for the Bulldogs on the night was sophomore Bali Leffall-Young, who fi nished with a double-double of 11 kills and 12 total blocks for the game. Alex Warren and Chelsea Duh both recorded 12 kills, and Duhs totaled five block assists. Lastly, freshman Peyton Harris had another very good showing on the season as she posted 22 digs for the game, her 15th time this season with over 20 digs in a game.

The Bulldogs faced a short time to rest up before welcoming last season’s SEC champions Missouri to Starkville on Sunday.

The Bulldogs came out fi ring and battled with the Tigers all through the fi rst.

The set was highlighted by two very nice back-to-back kills by Duhs to put the Bulldogs up 20-18. With the score set at 23-22, the Bulldogs would close the game out winning the next two out of three points, and the winning blow would come on a Kelsey Stommes kill to put the Bulldogs up 1-0 in the set.

Missouri would answer back aggressively in the next two sets. Starting with the second set, the Tigers jumped out to a 21-11 advantage. The Tigers would end

Emma Katherine Hutto| The Reflector

Shelby Anderton sets the ball for Bali Leffall-Young against the University of Missouri.

up winning the set easily at 25-12 and they would soon carry that momentum into the third set. The fi nal score of the third set ended at 25-13 in favor of Missouri, outscoring the Bulldogs 50-25 in the second and third sets.

The Bulldogs would respond positively in the fourth set. With the score tied at 17-17 and every little movement being elevated

in terms of importance, Harris came up with a spectacular dig to keep the play alive and the point eventually ended in a Missouri error. The fifth set started out evenly paced with both teams taking advantage of their chances to make the score 5-5 early. This was followed by a Bulldog run that would put MSU up 11-6 and on the verge of victory.

However, in heartbreaking

fashion for the Bulldogs and their supporters, Missouri would respond with a 9-1 run to end the game 15-12 in its favor. Regan Peltier for the Tigers put the fi nishing touches on the match with game-winning kill that prevented the upset from occurring.

Hazelwood described the weekend as a whole as being a tremendous step in the right direction for where they want to be by season’s end.

“This whole weekend I feel like we’ve made such huge strides in all areas of the game but especially blocking,” she said. “I’m really proud of the way our girls have played.”

Duhs described the match as exciting and hard fought, but in the end an indication they are improving as the season progresses.

“We came out and fought really hard. It’s obviously a bummer we lost, but we made a lot of improvements in our blocking and defense, so we will just need to focus on coming out harder to get some future wins,” she said.

Offensively, Duhs and Warren posted double-digit kill totals. Shelby Anderton fi nished the match with 34 assists and 14 digs.

Anderton said the weekend’s performance will be a huge boost to the team’s mindset moving forward.

“It will defi nitely be big.

We have yet to go five sets, and we’re winning five-set games now and that’s an improvement,” she said.

“We beat Tennessee, and I think we have a good chance against South Carolina on Friday, so we’re just going to go up from here.”

The Bulldogs next travel to South Carolina on Friday, then go south to Gainesville for a matchup with No. 8 Florida on Sunday.

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Henry pointed to their improved play being a product of receiving the message from their coach and believing it on the field.

“In the beginning of the week, Coach Gordon challenged us to be competitive throughout the entire 90 minutes, and I think we did that with some the chances we had tonight, which means we are competing and it’s something we can build off of,” she said.

The Bulldogs were then faced with the task of trying to contain the SEC’s top offensive team, Texas A&M. The fi rst half did not go as the Bulldogs would have hoped, as by the 20th minute of the match the score was already 2-0 with A&M goals from Kelley Monogue and Brianna Brinson.

Gordon had a lot of positive things to say after the game and reassured his team progress is truly taking place.

“You don’t get experience until you play the games.

Each day is experience we are gaining,” Gordon said.

“I told the players afterward that you don’t see the progress because all you’re seeing is wins and losses, but progress is being made.

I’m not discouraged at all because this league is all about developing a team over time. A team of young freshmen, all they need to do is play hard every day. If they can do that week in and week out, then they will be successful players for years to come.”

The Bulldogs next travel to Auburn Thursday looking to end the last stretch of the season on a high note.

The Bulldogs will try to win thier fi rst SEC game of the season. The game will be nationally televised on the SEC Network, and it begins at 6 p.m.

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