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rivalry Alabama lost to Mississippi State during Saban’s first year in 2007. Saban has since won seven straight games against Mississippi State.

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The last time MSU was undefeated when they met Alabama was 2012.

Alabama won the game by 38-7.

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MSU WELCOMES SEC NATION

SEC Nation visits Junction, Bulldogs take on No. 3 Alabama

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A lone touchdown in the 2012 game for the Bulldogs was made by Dak Prescott. Prescott was a backup quarterback in the game.

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Alabama beat Arkansas last year 14-13 with with 227 yards of offense. MSU beat Arkansas last year 17-10 with 469 yards of offense.

A key player for Alabama this year is running back Derrick Henry who has rushed for 1,258 yards and 17 touchdowns while averaging 5.8 yards per attempt

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Quarterback Dak Prescott scrambles for extra yardage against Alabama during last yearʼs game in Tuscaloosa. Prescott threw three intersections and two touchdowns in a 25-20 loss against Alabama. SEC Nation will set up for their morning sports broadcast on campus in The Junction Saturday morning.

SEC Nation is coming to Mississippi State University Saturday morning for the Alabama versus MSU game. ‘SEC Nation’ is the SEC Network’s version of ESPN’s popular pre-game show “College Gameday.”

The show airs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. central time and will be on the SEC Network.

The show itself is very similar to College Gameday.

There will be stage set up in the Junction that broadcasts the show live from there.

SEC Nation hosts an impressive lineup that is made up of everything from radio show hosts to former NFL players.

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MSU’s Bricklee Miller elected Oktibbeha’s first female Supervisor

by Emmalyne Kwasny Staff Writer

Mississippi State University employee, Bricklee Miller, was elected Supervisor for Oktibbeha County on Nov. 3. She is

the fi rst female and the fi rst Republican to serve in the District 4 Supervisor role.

Miller is currently the only candidate to unseat the current supervisor.

Miller, born in Meridian, moved to Starkville to attend MSU in 1990. While she was a student, she met

her husband of 16 years, Donnie Miller. She has lived in Oktibbeha County since graduation with her husband who is a selfemployed cattle farmer and landowner.

In 2000, Miller became the Director of the Mississippi Horse Park.

The park is a division of MSU Extension Service and hosts over 40 events per year, with weekly classes taught at the site through MSU. It began as a unique partnership between MSU, the City of Starkville and Oktibbeha County.

When Miller

joined the park in 2000, the city and county guaranteed to fund the park for three more years. Miller said she felt the sense of urgency to produce results quickly for those who had invested so much and wanted to see the horse park succeed beyond those three guaranteed

years. 15 years later, the horse park is still open and very successful. Gary Jackson, director of MSU extension, said, “She is an excellent manager who has developed the complex into a regional and national level facility for equestrian events.

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SA partners with local food pantries for Blocks by Blocks

by Kelsey Horn Staff Writer

The Mississippi State Food Security Network is working alongside the Student Association’s Block

by Block meal program.

Both are designed to help students in need of food.

Meggan Franks, assistant director at the Maroon Volunteer Center, said the security network has been working with local food pantries for the last three years to connect with the Mississippi State community. Franks said after the SA started Block

by Block last year, they asked if the two programs could work together. The

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programs work to gather meals while AmeriCorps provides the distribution.

Catherine Smith, a junior history major, said she felt like the two programs together will provide more assistance to students. Smith said she thought it was great how the SA began the Block

by Block program and it is now making an even bigger impact by partnering with the MSU Food Security Network.

Franks said last semester around 740 meals were distributed while 700 have been given out so far this semester. She said the Food Security Network tries to get food immediately to students when they need it.

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Blossom Brown to speak at MSU Monday

by Taylor Bowden News Editor

Blossom Brown is one of many Mississippi University for Women students who will graduate this December and head off to nursing school.

What makes her story special, and part of why she will be speaking in Mississippi State University’s Colvard

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Student Union Monday, is it took nothing short of Ellen Degeneres calling her onstage to find a nursing school that would accept her application.

Brown is a transgender woman born in Greenville and on Nov. 16 will discuss elements of trans life in the south in Fowlkes Auditorium located on the third floor of the Union at 7 p.m.

Brown said she lived most of her life in Jackson before moving to Columbus to attend MUW after she decided to move to Columbus because she felt she would have more opportunities for her than in Jackson. However, as she got closer and closer to graduation, she ran into a problem - none of the nursing schools she applied to would accept her application.

That is where Degeneres, after hearing of Brown’s struggle from Caitlyn Jenner

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with whom Brown had been working with on her show “I am Cait,” invited Brown onstage and implored nursing schools to give Brown the opportunity to further pursue the career she had spent years working toward.

“Progress came right away after ‘ellen’,” Brown said. “A lot of schools reached out to me all at once.”

Now, when she is not traveling in between speaking engagements across the nation, appearing on shows on the E network, or taking online classes, Brown is trying to pick from the long list of nursing schools spanning the country that have contacted her with offers.

Brown said she has been busy consistently since her appearance on ‘ellen’ and her work with the E Network show ‘I am Cait,’ but while she has given public speeches

in an expansive list of places, until her appearance next Monday at MSU she has yet to discuss growing up trans in the south in the state she grew up in.

“I guess you could say this will be my first Starkville gig,” Brown said.

The speaking opportunity is a combined effort between the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center, the LGBTQ+ Union, and the Gender Studies Program. MSU Recreational Sports, Health Education and Wellness and HCDC are sponsoring the event.

Kim Kavalsky, coordinator of mental health outreach in MSU Health Ed. and Wellness, said Cedric Gathings and others in HCDC reached out to Brown.

Kavalsky said she was interested in assisting with the event as soon as she heard about it.

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MSU holds memorial for lost members of the Bulldog Family Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 9:11 p.m. A student was transported to OCH from Rice Hall for abdominal pains.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 9:43 p.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for driving under the influence.

Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 8:18 a.m. An officer reported a damaged swing gate on Creelman Street.

8:43 a.m. A student reported being harassed by his roommate in Rice Hall.

7:04 p.m. A student reported items stolen from her vehicle while parked at Farmhouse fraternity house.

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MEMORIAL: The Mississippi State University family gathered Thursday to remember and celebrate the lives of former MSU football player Keith Joseph Sr. and his son, Keith Joseph Jr., who was attending his first year at MSU following his fatherʼs footsteps as an MSU football player. Both men died last week in a tragic car accident last Friday.

“These two men, father and son, made the world a better place,” MSU President Mark Keenum said. “They will live on in our memories.”

“Keith Sr. and Keith Jr. will be with so many people, burned into their hearts, burned into their minds,” Head Football Coach Dan Mullen said. “Their legacy will be will them forever.”

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 3:35 a.m. A student was arrested on Hwy 12 for possession of marijuana in a vehcile, speeding and no insurance.

8:24 a.m. A student was issued a Justice Court citation for speeding 55/20 and possession of marijuana.

8:52 a.m. An Aramark employee was complaining of chest pains in the Barnes and Noble parking lot. The subject was transported to OCH. 3:13 p.m. A visior was arrested in the Junction for simple assault.

3:22 p.m. An employee reported his keys and wallet stolen from the Sanderson Center.

4:15 p.m. A student reported her car was keyed while parked in Griffis Hall parking lot.

BLOSSOM “A lot of the work I deal with is focused on marginalized individuals within society,” Kavalsky said. “Brown’s story and how she is overcoming the difficulty of her position is powerful, and we wanted to do anything we could to assist HCDC in bringing her voice to MSU.”

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Rachel Ross, a coordinator within HCDC who worked on this event, said they decided to reach out to Brown to give her an opportunity to speak in her home state for the first time and because the month of November has several days focusing on transgendered individuals.

“We are really excited to

host Brown,” Ross said. “She has made a lot of strides as a transgender woman in the south. We want to pack the house!”

Brown said she spent most of this week traveling, but is looking forward to being a little closer to her regular stomping grounds.

“I stay in Columbus, and

my friends and I are always in the Cotton District on the weekends,” Brown said.

While Brown now has plenty of schools to choose from, none of the options she is considering are in Mississippi, and most are indeed very far removed from the south. Brown said this prospect appeals

to her, but that is not to say she is completely over life in Mississippi.

“I like it in the Golden Triangle,” Brown said.

“People here seem to be a little more open and friendlier.

I’ve enjoyed my time here, I hate to leave. Sometimes I think maybe I’ll come back here to retire.”

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A world where there is room at the table for everyone. Where food technologies are developed, perfected and shared to feed a growing population that will reach 9.5 billion by 2050.

Imagine a world where the spark of an idea grows into a solution that molds the future. We are, at Mississippi State University, where we ring true.

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MILLER “We are very proud of her leadership in marketing and managing the MSU Horse Park,” Jackson said.

Miller said she believes that her 15 years of involvement with the park has given her valuableexperiencetoprovide her with a unique skill-set for bringing together multiple people and their goals under her new position so she can better Oktibbeha County.

She also said her experience in budget analysis, personnel management, public safety, contract negotiations and construction projects will aid her greatly in her term of service.

Miller will serve in the supervisor position for a four-year term. She said she plans to use her time in the position wisely. Miller ran for the supervisor position four years ago, but only received 43 percent of the votes and was not elected. She said she was not discouraged though.

“I have never been one to give up after one try if I did not get the opportunity I was seeking,” Miller said.

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dedication has paid off.

Miller’s first official day as Oktibbeha County District 4 SupervisorwillbeJan.4.There are five districts in Oktibbeha County and each one has its own supervisor. Miller will serve on the board with the other four supervisors to make policies and complete administrative duties for the county.

The board controls road construction and maintenance, sees traffic regulations for the county, has authority to tax and more. While each supervisor separately represents their district, all members are expected to look after the good of the county as a whole.

The supervisor position is considered a part-time job, so Miller will continue to be the director of the Miss Horse Park.

Dana Traywick, marketing and communications coordinator for the horse park said Miller’s determinations has aided in her success.

“I think Bricklee’s drive coupled with her strong work ethic will make her an excellent supervisor,”

Traywich said. “She is always willing to go the extra mile to get the job done and she will be a positive asset to the board.”

Traywick said she has worked alongside Miller for five years.

Miller is very involved with the community of Starkville.

She is a member of several organizations including the Starkville Rotary Club, Paul Harris Fellow, Greater Starkville Development Partnership, and Women for Agriculture in Mississippi and more.

“I am extremely humbled by the honor that those who voted for me have bestowed on me. Thank you to each and every one of you. It is with a great deal of humility and gratitude that I accept the responsibility you have tasked me with and I will not let you down. I look forward to being your voice on the Board of Supervisors and to seeing District 4 and Oktibbeha County become an even better place to live, work and raise our families,” Miller said.

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Miller will soon assume her role as the first female Supervisor in Oktibbeha county after winning the election Nov. 3.

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The lineup consists of of the most electric Southeastern Conference.” host Joe Tessitore, former and extraordinary After already having an Alabama Quarterback environments I’ve ever excellent fi rst impression Greg McElroy, former experienced covering the last season and a top 20 Louisiana State and National “It’s the loudest fans we have heard so far Football League in college football this year. It’s a truly defensive lineman incredible crowd.”

Marcus Spears, All-Time great SEC QB Tim -Joe Tessitore, SEC Nation host Tebow, radio host Paul Finebaum and reporter Kaylee Hartung.

SEC Nation came to MSU last year for the game against Texas A&M, which MSU won 48-31. It was also the fi rst visit for any nationally aired pre-game show to MSU’s campus.

“You cannot fi nd a square inch of open grass (in the Junction). It’s the loudest fans we have heard so far in college football this year. It’s a truly incredible crowd,” host Joe Tessitore said during the broadcast about the atmosphere at the Junction.

Radio host and analysist Paul Finebaum called the atmosphere “One

matchup between Alabama and Mississippi State Saturday there will be a lot of hype surrounding the day. The game will not only affect the SEC West landscape but the landscape of college football as a whole. With the College Football Playoff in place MSU could shake things up with a win, which would not only knock Alabama out of contention but also put MSU back in the conversation.

Many viewers watch the show for the back and forth banter between the personalities.

Joe Tessitore, the host, said he has to balance out the loud personalities of Paul Finebaum and Marcus Spears. There will also be coverage down at the fan level from Kaylee Hartung as well as Tim Tebow’s freak of the week. This segment focuses on the biggest physical freak in the weight room.

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Food is distributed to students that need it within a 24 hour period. Franks said the network and Block by Block gives cards to students to use at the cafeteria and other food providers on campus.

“Students aren’t just hungry tomorrow,” Frank said. “They are hungry today.”

Frank said the Maroon Volunteer Center surveyed the students helped last semester by these programs.

She said students believed the programs were well managed and very helpful to get them food as soon as possible.

Frank also said the partnership of these two programs will increase student involvement in volunteering and donating.

She said this will help create more awareness of hunger issues and educate students on what to donate.

Alivia Roberts, sophomore communication major, said the Block by Block program was a simple way for students to contribute back to others by just saying “yes.” Roberts said the programs are great and shows the MSU community members care for each other.

“A humble and generous heart is a healthy heart,” Roberts said.

If students are in need of assistance, or would like to donate or volunteer with the Mississippi State Food Security Network or local food pantries, contact the Maroon Volunteer Center at volunteer@saffairs.msstate. edu or by phone at 662-3250342. Franks said students are welcomed to contact her directly at mfranks@ saffairs.msstate.edu or 662-325-2208.

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Out and In Print

Houston, we have a problem: Repealing of HERO unjust Bek Yake is the multimedia editor at The Reflector. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

Mississippi State University antidiscrimination policy protects transgender people in their choice of restroom so all people are allowed to use the restroom that matches their gender regardless of whether their gender correlates with their genitals.

On MSU’s campus, no person, trans or otherwise, has to fear harm or arrest for simply needing to empty their bladder.

Over in Houston, Texas, a war of words has been waged over the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, or HERO for short. Abc13.com reported that though the ordinance does not give protected classes (race, age, sexual orientation and gender identity) any rights not already afforded to them by other laws, HERO does allow Houstonians an option to fi le discrimination complaints with city hall rather than fi ling a federal claim.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, the Nov. 3 election took away this one alternative of having to navigate the federal court system for something like discrimination in the

workplace. The vote failed miserably with 61.1 percent voting for the repeal, according to the Caspio political database.

This vote was disheartening to people across the nation, not just Houstonians, especially because polls in October were suggesting a large margin of success for keeping the ordinance in place.

What’s strange is the ordinance explicitly protected not only LGBTQ people, but people of all races, ages and disabilities, yet all of the backlash against the ordinance was based upon the completely erroneous and defamatory idea that transgender people are inherently rapists looking to attack people in bathrooms.

Why is that? Well, it’s far easier to attack a thing most people are ignorant about than something that has already been taken into common knowledge as not at all someone’s choice. It would be just as absurd, but surely far less viable of an argument, to claim age was a clear indicator of identifying sexual predators. We all get older, unless we die prematurely, so this argument would strike us as absolutely nonsensical.

Not everyone is transgender and not everyone personally knows a trans person, however, and there is still the prevalent belief that one can simply choose to be trans or not. Combine this with the twisted view our society has for “acceptable” masculinity and suddenly everyone becomes suspicious of a gender-nonconforming or trans person either perceived as a man or who was designated male at birth.

Stir up some fear against a

little-known group of people and your true intentions can be masked rather easily. It is a fear of the unknown that drives this mob mentality while stripping protections away from anyone who is not a straight, white, able-bodied, neurotypical, gender-conforming, middle-aged, Christian man. There is no evidence to suggest that a trans woman, someone designated male at birth who identifies as a woman, regardless of appearance or medical history – or a trans man, for that matter, is more likely than any other person to become a rapist by sneaking into the wrong bathroom.

Never mind that the ordinance was not even about bathrooms and there is no law that permits anyone to assault anyone and the Rape Response Service reports “approximately 50 percent of transgender people experience sexual violence at some point in their lifetime,” a statistic for sexual violence only second to those with disabilities.

All of this was ignored while antiHERO lobbyists screamed about protecting only a portion of women, stating, “the straight and not trans ones, in bathrooms.” Also, everyone can simply ignore the fact that if the anti-HERO lobbyists only wanted to strip protections from trans people and not other minority groups, they could have lobbied for about a two or three word change to the ordinance instead of having HERO in its entirety repealed.

But this was all about scary “men in dresses” wanting to rape women in bathrooms, right?

Everything Matters

Mental stability is necessary regardless of the person I was riding the bus transit recently at Mississippit State University, when I decided to look upon the faces that were surrounding me in which were either glued to a screen, appeared overwhelmingly tired or attempted to keep beat with a seemingly catchy tune. It is typical as a college student and daily passenger to notice others that I find more relatable. Then, I noticed someone who I usually don’t consider relatable: the bus driver. He probably sees the same faces day in and day out, but continues to keep to himself just like the rest of the passengers. The thought processes that led these people surrounding

me to remain unsocial or indifferent to their surroundings intrigued me. Their actions attracted me more so, because if my own anxiety and depression personally limits me from participating in social activities occasionally, that doesn’t mean someone else isn’t fighting a similar battle, if not one to a greater degree.

A mental illness is a condition that impacts a person’s thinking, feeling or mood and may affect his or her ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis, according to the National Alliance with Mental Illness.

NAMI also says one in five adults experiences a mental

health condition every year. In fact, the World Health Organization says an estimated 350 million people, five percent of the global population, are affected by depression. In the United States alone, the loss of productivity due to depression is 31 billion dollars. Depression may be known as the common cold amongst the mental health profession, however, it doesn’t negate the fact that so many people are suffering from a mental illness to cause quite a statistic. Other disorders are just as common, and often diagnosed with another.

My textbook, “Abnormal

Letter to the Editor I am writing to add something that I think has been missing from the debate about the state flag. I am in agreement with those who would change it. One reason I agree is because I feel solidarity with those of my fellow citizens for whom the confederate cross represents a history of brutal oppression that continues to wound down to the present day.

However, there is another reason for change: the incredible opportunity that the change affords. To those who advocate for the lowering of the current state flag, I would suggest a modification of strategy. Let us change the focus of the conversation from whether or not we should change the flag to what the flag might be changed to.

A new state flag is a tremendous opportunity. This is a genuinely unique chance to think about and begin to articulate a vision for the future of our state. For many of us, frankly, the current flag means very little. Why should it?

We had nothing to do with its creation. But the creation of a new flag is a kind of opportunity to excite Mississippians that doesn’t happen very often. Every person that lives in Mississippi can feel like they have a stake in articulating a vision for what can be. I think we would almost surely be surprised at the voices that would rise in such a conversation.

I would be disappointed if we were not surprised. This is our home. All of ours. What do we want it to be like? How exciting that we should have this kind of opportunity to address that question. by: Jason Ervin

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Psychology: Sixteenth Edition,” explained that 70 percent of people who are diagnosed with general anxiety disorders experience some other type of mood disorder and 50 percent of them develop another anxiety disorder. 66 percent of people diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder have a diagnosis for another disorder. This means not only is mental illness common, but a dual diagnosis isn’t uncommon and can lead many to fight multiple battles in one big war of mental illness.

After realizing the prevalence of mental illness in an everyday setting,

viewing the numerous faces on the bus as a whole became a lot more relatable when I imagined the bus driver and other riders with an impairment or struggle of their own, even if only temporary. Although having amentalillnessissynonymous with an abnormality, it isn’t as abnormal in our culture as it previously was.

MSU’s counseling service understands the magnitude of this situation, how it can be draining on the individual, student body and community as a whole, and can be reached at (662) 3252091 at any time. This isn’t to say we should imagine every person we encounter as

Sarah Dutton is a junior majoring in communications with a concentration in journalism. She can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

someone with a struggle, but to be aware that no one is immune to the hardships life can bring our way and to be considerate of that when approaching anyone on a day to day basis.

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6 1 3 being 4 a day 5 Friday the2thirteenth of particular superstition appears to have started in 1907 with Thomas W. Lawson’s popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth.

There are many well-known myths surrounding this day. International Business Times lists the following: ~If you cut your hair on Friday the thirteenth, someone in your family will die. ~If a funeral procession passes you on Friday the thirteenth, you will be the next to die. ~Do not start a trip on Friday or you will encounter misfortune. ~If you break a mirror on Friday the thirteenth, you will have seven years of bad luck. ~A child born on Friday the thirteenth will be unlucky for life. ~Ships that set sail on a Friday will have bad luck. ~If you walk under a ladder or if a black cat crosses you on Friday the thirteenth, you will have bad luck.

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However, if you do happen to get in an auto 21 19 20 15 18 accident on16Friday 17 the thirteenth, you are up to 52 percent more likely to be admitted to the hospital than if the accident happened on a different Friday.

There are fewer robberies and fires on Friday the 25 28 24 26 27 23 22 thirteenth than on other Fridays.

17-21 million people in the U.S. are estimated to suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia, also known as fear of Friday the thirteenth.

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Mississippi State University honored over 7,000 fallen soldiers Wednesday (pictured) at 2 p.m. on the Drill Field. MSU Army and Air Force ROTC members lined the middle of the Drill Field as students and faculty volunteered to read off the names of fallen soldiers. A joint ROTC color guard presented the colors followed by the National Anthem. President Keenum spoke about the importance of Veterans Day and thanked them for their service.

MSU honors Veterans Day with touching tribute

by Georgeann Kenney Staff Writer

On Wednesday, the Mississippi State University community came together to recognize over 7,000 fallen soldiers from the War on Terror. MSU Army and Air Force ROTC members lined the Drill Field as students and faculty voluntarily came to read off the names.

The ceremony was held at 2 p.m. featuring MSU President Mark Keenum.

Keenum publicly thanked the veterans and military personnel on the MSU campus and discussed the recognition the university has received concerning the treatment of veterans.

“Our university has been recognized repeatedly, and for good reason, as one of the most veteran friendly campuses in the nation,” Keenum said. “We have

on our campus about 450 veterans and service members that are students here today. We have about 2,100 students including dependents and other members of our extended veteran family on our campus.”

Keenum also discussed the new Veteran’s Business Outreach Center at MSU, one of 15 in the nation.

MSUis participating with the Small Business Administrations Office

of Veterans Business Development to provide services to veterans in Mississippi and other states.

MSU is the fi rst and only in the nation to implement such a joint effort with the VA. In closing, Keenum talked about the award MSU was recently presented.

“This fall, the Military Order of the Purple Heart designated Mississippi State as a purple heart university for outstanding service to veterans, service

members, dependents and their survivors,” Keenum said.

The university will be formally designating and receiving that declaration on Saturday during pregame ceremonies at the football game against Alabama, and will also celebrate its annual salute to its veterans at half time.

Keenum’s speech lasted all of five minutes, but the message was impactful for all who were present.

“We can’t pay those who have died protecting our freedoms, but we must remember and we must honor them and we must give our living veterans the support they rightfully deserve,” Keenum said.

“Let us re-commit today to serve them who have so admirably served our country. I am very proud that Mississippi State, our beloved university, works to do just that in a number of different ways.”

Feminist film festival sparks conversation

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This week, the Gender Studies Department hosted their second annual feminist fi lm festival which spanned four days.

Sol Paez, an active affi liate of gender studies, inspired the gender studies department after she shared her experience at a previous university that hosted successful feminist fi lm festivals.

Emily Ryalls, professor of communication and Gender Studies at MSU, said throughout her career, she has witnessed the power of fi lm on students, and the festival strives to generate important conversations amongst students.

“I hope that we are able to choose fi lms that generate much needed conversations about race, gender, sexuality and

transgender issues,” Ryalls said.

Each night, after the showing of a fi lm, the gender student department carves out a time where the audience can comment on the fi lm and ask questions.

The department handpicks knowledgeable experts who aim to facilitate discussion about the fi lm that has been showed.

The experts present relevant facts or statistics about the fi lm. This encourages students to think critically about the fi lm, and prompts them to ask thought provoking questions and receive answers from people they may not otherwise have access to.

When choosing which fi lms to show during the festival, the department has certain criteria they follow.

Each year, one of the fi lms is either a foreign language fi lm or a fi lm that deals with issues in other countries.

This year, the

department chose several movies including “Señorita Extraviada,” a chilling documentary about the rape and murder of over 270 women in Jauárez, Mexico.

In addition to a foreign language fi lm, Ryalls said she prefers to choose fi lms that deal with youth and adolescence. On Tuesday, the department presented, “The Magdalene Sisters,” a riveting motion picture based off true events that tells the story of three young Irish women struggling to find themselves while they endure physical and sexual abuse as inmates of the Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

The department then opens it up to the affi liated faculty in hopes of bringing up issues they find important and are asked to serve on the panel for the discussion following the fi lm.

Peyton Wardlaw, junior public relations major, said she attended two fi lms this week, “The Magdalene Sisters” and Wednesday’s

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fi lm “Lady Valor,” the true story of former U.S. Navy SEAL, Christopher Beck, who begins a challenging mission as she starts her life as a transgender woman by the name of Kristen Beck.

“If it had not been for the fi lm fest, I may not have ever watched these movies,” Wardlaw said. “The fi lms I have watched opened my eyes to situations and events that I previously had little understanding of.”

The feminist fi lm fest concludes this evening with the showing of “Friday Night Lights.”

Ryalls said many students have questioned “Friday Night Lights” as a feminist fi lm, but it is relevant to spark discussion about gender studies.

“A fi lm doesn’t have to be feminist to generate a feminist conversation. The goal is to think critically about fi lms,” Ryalls said.

Tonight’s fi lm will be shown at 6 p.m. in Allen Hall, room 13.

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Bulldogs host Samford

by Dimerious Townsend Staff Writer

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Defensive end A.J. Jefferson assists a teammate in sacking Louisiana Tech quarterback Jeff Driskel. Jefferson has five sacks on the year.

A.J. Jefferson: Leading by example

by Taylor Rayburn Staff Writer

A.J. Jefferson is the defensive end who puts fear into the heart of every running back. Jefferson, a 6’3, 277-pound junior out of Summit, Mississippi, has been a disruptive force all season. This season, he has 12.5 tackles for loss. By comparison, he only had 11 in the previous two years.

The closest output to his on the MSU team is linebacker Richie Brown, who has eight. Jefferson is also second on the team in sacks with five,while Brown leads the squad with eight .

“A.J. is a guy that from the first practice has just made things happen. Some guys are good athletes and then some guys are just good at the game of football and A.J. is one of those guys,” Defensive Coordinator

Manny Diaz said.

While the breakout has helped him gain publicity off of the field, it has also helped the rest of the team on the field.

Ryan Brown plays defensive end across from Jefferson and having the offense focus on Jefferson opens things up for Brown. In the last four games, Brown has had 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.

“It’s been a blast seeing my boy go off. It has opened up a lot of things for me,” Brown said.

Jefferson was in Brown’s position last season learning and playing across former Bulldog Defensive End and current Washington Redskin Preston Smith.

While Jefferson was not a starter last season, when he played it was across from Smith.

“It’s been different without Preston here,” Jefferson said on the loss of Smith. “I haven’t been able to just sit on the sidelines and when he comes out ask him questions like what are they doing,

what’s their tendencies and snap counts.”

Now Jefferson has had to step up after being a student the past two seasons. Now, in his junior year, he has become the teacher, teaching young defensive lineman like Anfernee Mullins, Fletcher Adams and Grant Harris.

“I went from one of the Indians to now being the chief. We have guys like Johnathan Calvin and Grant Harris who are willing to learn so it has not been pretty hard,” Jefferson said.

A.J. and the rest of the Mississippi State defense will have their biggest test tomorrow as they try to contain Alabama running back Derrick Henry. He is the Heisman frontrunner and will be the focus of MSU ‘s defense going into the game.

The Bulldogs will square off against the Crimson Tide at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. The game will broadcast on CBS.

Mississippi State’s women’s basketball will take on Samford University at 7 p.m. tonight. The basketball team demolished Mississippi College on Tuesday. They soundly defeated the Choctaws 128-34. Head coach Vic Schaefer, who was named SEC Coach of the year last season, will lead the Women’s Basketball team this season. The Bulldogs had a total of five players in double digits.The head coach’s daughter, Blair Schaefer, had a team high of 21 points, and in the fi rst half alone, the Bulldogs out-scored Mississippi College 80-19.

Mississippi State Women’s basketball is coming off a remarkable season where they reached the second round of the NCAA Women’s Championship.

Vic Schaefer and the Bulldogs were up for numerous awards to cap off last season.

Victoria Vivians will be a player to watch after being named to the AllAmerican and All-SEC teams in 2015. Last year, she averaged 14.9 points a game for the Bulldogs, with her most notable performance being a 39 point outburst against Kentucky. Jazmine Spears will also be one to watch. The junior from New Albany was named 2015 NJCAA First Team

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Jazmine Spears, only in her junior year, will be a key component on the defensive side of the ball.

Tonight will be a showcase for the Bulldogs.

It will show how much the team has grown and how well Schaefer prepared them throughout the offseason.

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‘Battle for Highway 82’ returns to Starkvegas

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Mississippi State football will play what could be its biggest game of the season tomorrow in the “Battle for Highway 82” against the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The Bulldogs are coming off a 31-13 victory from last Thursday’s game against the Missouri Tigers. Alabama is coming off its biggest win of the year as they handed Louisiana State Univeristy its first loss of the season.

While considered by many to be a rivalry game, it has been a lopsided affair as of late. Alabama leads the series with 77 wins compared to MSU’s 18 wins. Three games in the Alabama-MSU series ended in ties. The most memorable moment in this rivalry happened in 1980, when MSU upset then No. 1 Alabama team by a score of 6-3. The loss broke a 28-game win streak for the Crimson Tide.

Many football fans believe Alabama is not the immortal team they were five years ago. They have proven their mortality this year already with a loss at home to Ole Miss.

Regardless, the Tide still holds the No. 3 defense in the country, giving up 265 yards a game and only allowing 16.3 points a game. On offense, there is an imbalance as they are a much stronger rushing than passing team. Alabama ranks 65th in the country with 227.9 passing yards a game and 36th in the country in

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A Mississippi State running back is surrounded by a host of Alabama defenders in last year’s game. The Bulldogs lost in Tuscaloosa 25-20 after attempting a late comeback.

rushing yards per game with 195.3 a game.

On defense, a lot of pressure will be on the MSU front seven to stop runing back Derrick Henry.

Henry at 6’3, 242 pounds, is considered by many to be a “physical freak of nature.” As a Heisman frontrunner, he has 1254 yards this season, 17 touchdowns and is averaging 5.8 yards a carry.

“Alabama’s whole mantra has not changed. They are going to do the same stuff and just keep running the ball, but we are just going to have to tackle him,” defensive end A.J. Jefferson said on Derrick Henry.

The Bulldog defense is 48th in the country, giving up 369 yards a game and 11th in the country in points given up a game allowing just 17.2

points. MSU has not given up a single touchdown in the fourth quarter this season.

The MSU defense and team as a whole will play with a lot of emotion. True freshman defensive end Keith “MJ” Joseph Jr. and his father, former Bulldog linebacker, Keith Joseph Sr. died in a tragic car accident. MSU will wear a MJ decal on their helmets to honor the Josephs.

“I don’t know that you bounce back. What I do know is that football for the team and for all of us, it provides a get-away and provides a distraction,” Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz said on the team’s response.

Dak Prescott must have one of the best games of his career in order for the Bulldogs to emerge victorious against Alabama.

The senior quarterback made history against Missouri, passing 10,000 career yards and notching his 100th career touchdown.

However, Dak played his worst game of the year in the Tide’s 25-20 victory over MSU in Tuscaloosa last year. He threw three interceptions, with some of those turnovers coming while in scoring position.

“Every loss sticks with you.

You’re going to think about it. Going into this game, we can’t have turnovers,” Dak Prescott said.

Dak cannot do it alone though. He will have to rely heavily on junior wide receiver De’Runnya “Bear” Wilson. Wilson ranks second in the SEC with eight touchdown receptions. He will likely be matched up with the Crimson Tide’s best corner, Cryus Jones, for most of the night. The matchup could prove to be an advantage Wilson could exploit as Jones is 5’10 and easily dwarfed when compared to Wilson’s 6’5 frame.

“I approach every game knowing that I have to make the play for the offense.

Our coach prepares every receiver to make the play out there,” Bear Wilson said. “It is just up to us to go out there when our number is called and make the play.”

The Battle for Higway 82 will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow and will broadcast on CBS. Fans will have an opportunity to get in the action early as SEC Nation will be in the Junction broadcasting live on the SEC Network at 9 a.m.