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Rice Hall water issues, MSU slow to respond MEGAN TERRY
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“I feel that as students at MSU, we should be able to wash our faces and shower from our dorm room without wondering if the water is safe for us to use,” said Amber Grubb, a freshman music education major from Marshall, Texas. On Sep. 26, Rice Hall Resident Advisers notified all residents to not use the water from the sinks located in each room for drinking, washing faces or brushing teeth, due to contaminates reported in the plumbing. Since this incident, residents are complaining about the color and odor of the water in Rice Hall. Rice Hall was constructed in 1968, and is located in the South Zone at Mississippi State University. Rice Hall houses 511 female students and is one of the oldest dormitory on campus. International graduate student Luisa Lang said establishing a home with all the issues accompanied with living in Rice Hall is a challenge. “Apart from the southern hospitality that I am experiencing from the people in Mississippi, it is hard to build a ‘home away from home’ when I am constantly facing issues in my residence hall,” Lang said. The ladies living in Rice
Hall have been advised three times this semester to not use the laundry machines in the building, due to water contamination and clothing being potentially ruined by the old plumbing. Grubb said she does not trust the washing machines to wash her important band clothing. “I am a band student, and with the constant cleanliness problems of mold in our showers and rust in the water, I cannot afford leaving campus to go to a friend’s house to shower, I cannot afford to wash my clothes in the washing machines that will damage them,” Grubb said. The laundry problem was the first sign of a water contamination in Rice Hall. This quickly spread to other water utilities. These basic housing features being called into question add further stress to the students. “Every time I attempt to do laundry, it feels like I am playing the lottery to see if I am able to wash my clothes,” Lang said. “Every other week the residents at Rice Hall cannot use the shower nor the sinks due to safety concerns.” Regarding the continuous water problems in the 49-year-old building, Fred Mock, associate director of maintenance and facilities for the housing department, spoke on a specific problem from Sept. 29 because the
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The residents of Rice Hall have experienced discolored water this semester. The discoloration is attributed to iron and manganese in the water.
Students save lives in Avalon fire MEGAN TERRY
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Two roommates were dubbed ‘heroes’ after the recent fire at the Avalon apartment complex for their quick thinking and brave instincts on Oct. 26. Colby Carpenter and Kyle McCullouch, both students at Mississippi State University, lived in apartment building O before the fire ravished their apartment and 12 others’. Kyle McCullouch, a senior finance major from Madison, recounted the first moments when he realized their apartment building was engulfed in flames. “My brother was coming to stay with me, and we had just started going to sleep,” McCullouch said. “I don’t think he was fully asleep yet, but he saw a light flickering out behind the window so he got up and opened the door, he saw a little chair on fire. When he was running back he tried to put it out, he looked up and saw the balcony above us engulfed in flames.” McCullouch’s roommate, Colby Carpenter a senior agronomy major from Greenwood, Mississippi, said they quickly tried to raise the alarm as they ran outside to safety. “When Kyle realized how out of control it already was, he came and got me up and
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Roommates Colby Carpenter and Kyle McCullouch, seniors at Mississippi State University, were integral in the rescue of many residents from apartment building O during the Oct. 26 Avalon apartment fire. The roommates stand in front of their burnt apartment building.
we just took off and ran outside,” Carpenter said. “We just started running around the building beating on windows and doors because we knew we were some of the first ones out.” McCullouch said the roommates’ teamwork was a big part in ensuring everyone could make it out of the apartment safely. The roommates’ biggest test came when they were saving a disabled mother from her
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apartment. “We beat on one door and a family came out, she said her mom was disabled and still inside so me and my roommate ran in there and she had an electric wheelchair, so we had to pull it up next to her bed, pick her up, put her on the wheelchair and then it wasn’t working so we just had to drag her out as fast as we could before it got too bad,” McCullouch said. Starkville Fire Department
Chief Charles Yarbrough was quick to thank several members of the community, including McCullouch and Carpenter, SPD and a volunteer firefighter who played a big role ensuring people’s safety. “They saved people’s lives by beating on their doors and getting them out,” Yarbrough said. “Without the help of those people, I think we would have had a large loss of life.” HEROES, 3
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resident director of Rice Hall was unauthorized to comment on this issue. “A technician was working in the basement (of Rice Hall) and turned some valves off and on,” Mock said. “There is sediment in pipes, usually iron or manganese, that’s why it has the orange color, and if we turn a valve and change the flow of water, it stirs up that sediment in pipes. He saw something on the computer system that he wanted to go and check out, so that’s why he went down to the basement to work on it.” Virtual Construction Specialist and Journeyman Plumber Bradley Phillips said the combination of color and odor of the water could possibly be attributed to iron and manganese in the water in the old building. Phillips, who has 38 years of experience, said the smell coming from the water comes from the iron and chlorine combining when the sediment mixes in the pipes. “That sediment didn’t come from Rice (Hall), it came from the big water lines that feed Rice. Discolored water happens on campus several times a year, I’m not saying it’s right, but it’s not an uncommon occurrence,” Mock said. “It usually happens if they’re working on something outside of the building, but it can happen when they are working inside of the building too.” RICE HALL, 2
If you knew the opportunity to save someone’s life would be as simple as swabbing your mouth, would you do it? Be The Match Registry, a nonprofit worldwide leader in bone marrow transplantation, provides this opportunity through its “Banding Together” initiative with the Mississippi State University Famous Maroon Band, and other college bands around the nation. For the past three years, the Famous Maroon Band has been a part of this campaign to increase the number of donors on the National Bone Marrow Registry. The drive is held each fall to give new band members a chance to register with Be The Match. Tucker Haney, a senior business economics
major from Forrest City, Arkansas, recently matched with someone in need of a donation. Haney, who has played the tuba in the band for four years, did not hesitate to go through the process of having his stem cells, or blood-making organs, donated. Haney said the process of signing up was easy for him to do. He said all he had to do was fill out some paperwork and have his mouth swabbed to check his DNA for a potential match. After a year of being on the registry, Haney received a call asking him if he would be willing to donate. “Last fall semester, I got a call saying that I was a match and they wanted to do further testing to see if I was a closer match,” Haney said. “I went in for blood work and stuff like that, and they came back and said that I was the best match.” BAND, 2
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BAD DAWGS Thursday, November 2 3:35 p.m. Student reported his backpack stolen from Perry Cafeteria from the day before. 4:19 p.m. Employee reported a trailer tag damaged while off campus. 4:32 p.m. Student reported stolen wallet from Colvard Student Union. 8:23 p.m. Student was issued an arrest citation and student referral for possession of paraphernalia in Nunnelee Hall. Student referrals were issued to two other students for smoking marijuana in Nunnelee Hall. 10:38 p.m. Non-Resident/Visitor was arrested at construction site on Blackjack Road for trespassing, burglary and suspended driver’s license. Justice court citation issued for the suspended driver’s license. Friday, November 3 9:42 a.m. Student was transported from Rudy Hall to OCH by ambulance due to stomach pains. 2:30 p.m. Student reported losing his ring at the Sanderson Center. Saturday, November 4 10:56 a.m. Non-Resident/Visitor reported subject selling his Club Level tickets he had reported stolen previously. 2:54 p.m. Aramark employee reported receiving counterfeit $20 bills. Sunday, November 5 1:10 a.m. Employee reported disturbance on the second floor of the boy’s side of Davenport Hall. The study was found trashed. 10:13 p.m. Officer and K9 assisted Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department in a search near the roundabout on Blackjack Road.
Mock said the water was not tested, but rather assumed to be an orangebrown color due to iron and manganese in the pipes. He also stated during Christmas break, facilities will be replacing a heat exchanger in Rice Hall to help solve the recurring problem. Phillips confirmed the replacement of the heat exchanger can improve the situation, but ultimately it will not remove all of the iron from the water. However, he did say there is no harm in the water if iron and manganese are in it. Mock gave residents several recommendations to deal with the current water situation. “It’s iron and manganese deposits, they’re already in the lines, but just let the faucets run, let the water run out,” Mock said. The women living and paying approximately $2,718 per semester for housing include said living in Rice Hall entails: electricity outages, cockroaches in the hallways and showers being “out of order” due mold and bacteria growing in the shower stalls and shower heads. Mock addressed the ongoing cosmetic renovations to Rice Hall within the last year. “New mattresses in the rooms, the refrigerators were put in last summer, we put in new lighting in the ceilings this past summer,” Mock said. Mock did acknowledge these are separate from the plumbing and wiring problems, but ensured they are trying to make improvements to Rice Hall. Mock said administration is discussing the future of all housing buildings including Rice Hall.
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The Famous Maroon Band is participating in the “Band Together” initiative sponsored by Be the Match. The buccal swab test is pictured above.
Mary LeSueur, the Be The Match representative for Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, has worked closely with the Famous Maroon Band over the last several years. She said she has been a part of Be The Match for 22 years, and what started as a job, has now become her mission. “It’s made such a difference in the lives of so many people,” LeSueur passionately said. “I realized that the challenge is finding that perfect match or that good match. I just see myself as one of many who do what I do as a voice of those patients who obviously can’t advocate on their own.” Three years ago, the band directors from the Famous Maroon Band attended the Summer Conference of the College Band Directors National Association where they heard a presentation given by a Be The Match representative. After learning about the Be The Match mission to “Band Together,” the directors contacted Be The Match to find out how to get involved. Craig Aarhus, associate director of bands at MSU, said when he heard the best ages for donors were typically 18-44, he knew the Famous Maroon Band would be able to help. Every fall since the conference, the directors have organized a bone marrow drive to give students an opportunity to register for the drive. Within the past three years, over 300 people have registered through the band. This year’s drive had 88 members of the band and choir register to be a part of “Banding Together.” “This is a good and easy way for kids to be a part of something meaningful and really special,” Aarhus said. “It’s not like it takes a whole lot of preparation for us to do. It’s something fairly easy for us to host, so this is something we plan to continue to do every year.” Aarhus said a big part of being in a band is about service and working with something bigger than yourself. Aarhus said being a part of “Banding Together” fits in with the attitude of helping the community as a
whole. The Famous Maroon Band is a part of the 24 other university bands who are participating in the “Band Together” initiative. While this initiative started within the band, Aarhus said band students who are in other campus organizations have organized drives for those organizations as well. Aarhus said some band members are actively trying to raise awareness within campus organizations, especially those made up of minority students. According to the Be The Match website, only 3 percent of white patients will not have a match when trying to get a transplant, while 20 percent of Hispanics and 34 percent of African-
these cells: peripheral blood stem cell donations and the bone marrow extraction. In the week leading up to the peripheral blood stem cell donation, the donors will receive injections of filgrastim, a drug which helps boost the number of stem cells the body produces and moves the number of blood-forming cells out into the bloodstream. On the day of the donation, the donor will have blood removed through a needle in one arm. The blood will then be pumped into a machine to extract the stem cells, and then pump the remaining blood back into the bloodstream through a needle attached to the opposite arm. The second type of
“This is a good and easy way for kids to be a part of something meaningful and really special.” - Craig Aarhus, associate director of bands at Mississippi State University
Americans will not have a match. “There is a shortage of potential donors in that pool, and one of our members has recognized that and decided that was a way that he could help his organization help others as well,” Aarhus said. LeSueur said many people are hesitant to sign up to be on a registry because they do not understand what happens when donating bone marrow, making education on bone marrow an important part of organizing a drive. Pam Farris, the nursing manager at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the bone marrow transplant department said finding the perfect match, or even a close match, can be a hard task. Farris said finding people who are willing to donate is sometimes difficult because many people are scared to undergo the procedure of having the marrow or stem cells extracted. Farris said there are two primary methods of donating
donation is extracting the stem cells from the bone marrow. The donor will arrive at the hospital on the day of the donation, typically in the morning, and be placed under anesthesia for the procedure. For the procedure, the doctors will use special needles to extract the liquid form of the marrow out of the back side of the pelvic bone, where most of the cells are formed. Farris said both procedures typically have a fast recovery time for the donor. The biggest side effect for donors is usually aching and bruising in the days following the procedure. Haney, the band member who recently did a peripheral blood stem cell donation, said even though he was a little sore the day after the procedure, he was able to march for the band at a football game the following day. “The pain wasn’t bad enough for me to not be willing to save someone’s life again,” Haney said. “Yeah, I’m willing to do it.”
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McCullouch and Carpenter made split-second decisions impacting themselves and their neighbors. “It was one of those things that we didn’t really think about it,” McCullouch said. “We just did and we really got lucky that God just put us there and got us out in time to help as many people as we could, and to get everyone else out in time just kind of a miracle. We felt like we did what anyone else would have done in that situation.” Carpenter reflected on the community’s generos-
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ity and amiability toward the residents who were impacted by the fire. Carpenter said he was surprised by the kindness people showed them by the overwhelming donations and hospitality. McCullouch added thoughts regarding the feelings surrounding this experience, and the instinctual reaction which set in. “The scariest part was when I first realized how big [the fire] was and we were like, it’s out of our control we just have to get out and get as many people out as we can,” McCullouch
said. “After we had gotten everybody out we were still asking ‘is everyone out, is everyone out’ just to make sure everyone had gotten out safely, because it spread so quickly.” Avalon apartments took steps to ensure the residence had a place to stay after the fire occurred, putting Carpenter and McCullouch in another apartment building. Carpenter and McCullouch repeatedly expressed how grateful they were to get everyone out of the apartments safely.
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America is becoming increasingly unequal STEVEN WEIRICH
is a senior majoring in economics. Contact him at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.
Debates over inequality have made a powerful surge in American politics in the past couple of years. Politicians like Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders have become recognized for their stances on what we should do to address the increasing inequality in America’s economy. Plenty of people have shared their enlightened opinions on how to tackle these issues, and most proposals have dealt with changes to the tax code or expanding Social Security. While these conversations are important, I think there is evidence the changes we have experienced are going to get worse, and it will not be due to issues like the reformation of the tax code. On Oct. 24, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics published their report on employment projections for the next decade, and their analysis contained some intriguing forecasts for American job growth. While the BLS obviously cannot predict
every nuance and small adjustment in the labor market, they are quite skilled at predicting trends, which is what we are considering with this breakdown. According to the report, roughly nine out of every 10 new jobs will be in the service-providing sector, with healthcare support and personal care being the two fastest growing occupationalfields. Outside of the quickly growing healthcare and personal service fields, jobs related to computers and mathematics are also projected to have rapid growth. Although this confirms the importance of STEM education we have heard about in the past few years, it also reveals something important about the changing nature of our economy. While many of the jobs included in these categories do pay out high wages, there are also a good number of jobs in them which do not. Jed Kolko, the chief economist for Indeed, pointed out this contrast in a piece he wrote for their hiring lab. He broke down the occupational growth rates into quintiles by median annual wage. He found the top and bottom quintiles are projected to grow the most over the next decade, at 11 percent and 8.8 percent, respectively. Now you are saying to yourselves ‘Thanks, nerd, I have no idea what that means,’ I will break it down
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for you. Basically, jobs with very high wages and jobs with very low wages are forecasted to grow the most over the next 10 years. In my opinion, this could have huge consequences for the recently raging inequality debate. For all of the talk about restoring the American middle class, it does not look as if there will be many middle-wage jobs created over the coming years. There are a variety of reasons for this, stretching from globalization to technological change. The best example to illustrate this is the growth of the e-commerce sector. According to Derek
Marijuana should be legalized for medicinal use EMMA BRASWELL
is a freshman majoring in communication. Contact her at opinion@reflector.msstate. edu.
While marijuana is debatably not harmful in technical terms, many people consider it to be a gateway drug, something which allows worse drugs into the comfort zone of users. Because marijuana has similar effects to alcohol, many people have become desensitized to the use of the drug. According to Janice Williams at Newsweek, “a Harvard-Harris Poll survey found a majority of voters— some 57 percent—thought making marijuana legal across all 50 states would make society better.” However, those numbers are including the number of people who think the drug should be legalized only for medical use. Whether marijuana users like it or not, there are studies showing it is a gateway drug. Because it can get people in a relaxed mindset about other, more physically addictive drugs, it is dangerous and should not be legally in the hands of everyone. While the drug can be helpful to people in pain needing relief, everyone else using the drug is using it
to escape a reality they will eventually have to come back to. A recent study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found “[A]dults who reported marijuana use during the first wave of the survey were more likely than adults who did not use marijuana to develop an alcohol use disorder within 3 years.”
“Because marijuana has similar effects to alcohol, many people have become desensitized to the use of the drug.” Marijuana does allow people to think more openly about the use of other drugs, which allows them to become addicted. Legalizing this drug for recreational use would only create problems, and invite more addicts into society. Despite negative effects marijuana would have on the society, many argue it should be legalized because “crosssensitization is not unique to marijuana. Alcohol and nicotine also prime the brain for a heightened response to other drugs and are, like marijuana, also typically used before a person progresses to other, more harmful substances,” according to the NIDA. According to Williams at Newsweek, “60 percent of voters do believe that
crime is on the rise, with 40 percent saying drugs are the leading contributor to crime in America.” This data shows despite people’s ideas to legalize marijuana, the majority of citizens still believe an increased use of marijuana would result in more crime overall. However negative legalizing this drug for recreational use would be in the U.S., it would provide excellent results for the medical, scientific side of things. While in certain hands, it could be catastrophic to the people as a whole; but for research purposes and medicinal use, marijuana should be legal. In another study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, because cannabinoids, the chemical found in marijuana, can possibly provide relief and help for people with certain conditions, I believe it should be legally prescribedtospecificpatients. Marijuana,specifically,isbeing looked at as a possible way to treat childhood epilepsy, but more research on the subject is necessary. However, the drug can easily be abused if it is completely legalized, and for the most part, the people who are fighting to legalize it are the people who do not need it for medical reasons. While marijuana would be productive if legal for medical purposes only, allowing it to be used recreationally could potentially open up a set of floodgates introducing more harmful drugs into society.
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geography. In his article, Kolko analyses how the geographic distribution of jobs will look for the future. He notes most of the projected job growth will occur in big, dense cities, while small cities and rural areas are projected to grow at the slowest pace. This disparity will likely just expound the urbanrural divide we have seen begin to grow, due to the uneven economic growth across the country. This divide is a major factor in discussions about inequality, and these projections do not suggest the problem is going away anytime soon.
I wish I could say I am more hopeful about this situation, but I simply do not see America’s inequality problem coming to a rest anytime soon. With the way our workforce and economy are changing, we are going to see more highpaying and low-paying jobs, with fewer middle-class positions. Combining this with the urban versus rural disparity, we are likely going to see our country become even more unequal over the coming decades. We can wait and see what this means for our politics, but I for one anticipate this becoming a point of increasing tension among all Americans.
Iran nuclear deal must continue
DYLAN BUFKIN
is a freshman majoring in English. Contact him at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.
Former President Barack Obama’s has two agreements he can claim as his foreign policy: the Paris Climate Accords and the Iran nuclear deal. The U.S. has pulled out of the Paris Climate Accords by President Donald Trump’s order, and by Trump’s orders this October, the U.S. is dangerously close to pulling out of the latter. With North Korea showing the U.S. how terrifying a new nuclear age can be, now is not the time to be challenging a deal preventing a nuclear-armed Iran. The Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, is simple. The sanctions put on Iran by the U.S. and its allies, which were costing Iran $160 billion in lost oil revenue from 2012 to 2016, were lifted, but Iran had to sign on for limitations to their nuclear program. First, Iran could only keep up to 3.67 percent enriched uranium, far from the 90 percent enriched uranium needed to build a nuclear weapon, and they had to lower their uranium stockpile by 98 percent. Second, they had to adjust their heavy water program, which could have produced plutonium suitable
for a nuclear weapon. Finally, Iran’s nuclear facilities had to be inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a global nuclear watchdog, every 90 days to ensure Iran was not in violation. Iran must comply within 24 days if the IAEA wishes to do a random search. Due to the restrictions outlined in the deal, it would now take Iran a whole year to create a nuclear weapon if they went against the agreement, rather than the two to three months it would have taken before the agreement. The deal has been working just as planned. According to the IAEA report on Aug. 31, Iran is in
“technical compliance.” This bad deal Trump keeps talking about is non-existent. Iran gets relief from crippling United Nations sanctions, and America does not have to worry about Iran destabilizing the Middle East with nuclear weaponry. Despite all of this, Trump has now refused to re-certify the deal, and it is up to Congress whether the U.S. should stay in the deal. However, it seems like a nobrainer. Iran has not violated the deal in any meaningful sense, and the deal is keeping another nuclear power from forming. The Trump administration keeps going on about the
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keeping with the deal, and General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in September the deal was working and had not been violated. “The [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action],” Dunford said, “has delayed Iran’s development of nuclear weapons.” Even within the Trump administration, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in September Iran is in
“sunset clause,” meaning the deal ends in 2025, but nothing is stopping the international community from renegotiating when 2025 comes around. Furthermore, America will ruin its standing in the international community if it pulls out of the deal, and will especially ruin any further diplomatic solutions with Iran. No one trusts anyone who pulls out from a deal once it is signed.
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Thompson from The Atlantic, in the past two years, the retail sector in the U.S. has shed about 120,000 jobs. This is in large part due to the growth of e-commerce, which seems to be replacing many brick and mortar stores, and consequently, the jobs in those stores. Middle-wage jobs in the retail sector will likely continue to decline. Although this does not completely explain the disappearance of middleclass jobs, it is certainly one powerful factor. A final area in which we can examine the effects of the changing labor market on inequality lies in
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Review: Tesheva’s ‘southerndelic’ sound breaks the mold LEAH WORLEY STAFF WRITER
Tesheva hit the stage Saturday at Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que in Starkville. Though many Starkville natives have heard the southern psychedelic funk group jam before, Saturday’s performance was a new experience for my music-loving ears. I can happily say I was not disappointed. If you were to look up this eccentric group on Facebook, the first thing you see is this blurb about the band, “Tesheva: the southern psychedelic, funkrock, blues-fusion, space experience from Starkville, MS.” This sentence is certainly an apt description for the unique performers. Once the band took the stage, I knew based off their paisley, striped and quilt patterned shirts, their music was going to have style. The group of four opened their set with several minutes of fullbodied jams which satiated all instrumental biases. In other words, you got a large serving of jazzpopping bass from bassist Matt Dunaway, as well as sliding electric distortion
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and rhythm from guitarists Mike McCoy and Caleb Hutson on a foundation of solid percussion work from Vaughan Brenner. I did not know what to expect until after the little taste of sound. In their playing, it was
possible to hear distinct sounds of jazz from rhythmic high-hat cymbals, while also picking up a harder rock influence from the lead guitar as well as some blues-style vocals. Typically, bands stick to one or two genres for their
sound because stability sells well. However, trying to fix music into a circular or square mold takes away from the artistry of the music. Tesheva is an excellent example of a group who knows how to break out of
the mold. Though their dream would be to play music for a living, the band is still enjoying playing in the small-town scene. Dunaway said his favorite part of being in a band is the performance
itself and seeing people appreciate the performance. The band said as far as the crowd was concerned, there were very few people last night they did not know personally, and several of those people said, for whatever reason, the show was particularly special. With this being said, the key to being a good band is being able to make the audience feel, be affected by and connect with the music coming through the speakers. Tesheva is a talented group of musicians and has the potential to stretch far beyond the “Cotton District gutter,” referenced in one of their unreleased songs on their upcoming album. The band is planning to go beyond their normal stomping grounds, and are booked for a couple of performances in Tuscaloosa during the month of November. However, for those who want to hear the group play at home, Tesheva will perform with Universal Sigh at Rick’s before finals on Dec. 1. If you enjoy listening to quality, non-autotuned musicians, check them out when they perform at Rick’s and listen to their EP, which is available online.
Starkville Community Theater adapts ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ SHELBY POINDEXTER STAFF WRITER
Starkville Community Theatre will present productions of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” throughout the month of November. Performances will take place Nov. 9 to 10, 12, and 14 to 19. “To Kill a Mockingbird” tells the story of young Scout Finch and her brother Jem who are raised by their father, a lawyer named Atticus Finch, in 1930s Alabama. Michele Crescenzo, who has been working with the cast and crew since rehearsals began in September, will direct the production. Crescenzo said this is her first Starkville Community Theatre production to direct, and has learned a lot throughout the process. She said she has focused on providing the play with a definitive sense of time and place. “A lot of work has gone into the costumes to get that 1930s feel,” Crescenzo said. “The set is very abstract, so I want the costumes and props to be extremely realistic. I have a wonderful set designer, who will also be doing the lighting, and I am working to find music that fits the time period and mood of the piece.” Sophie Haug, who will portray Scout Finch and is the youngest cast
member, said this is her first Starkville Community Theatre production. “My mother and father had read the book,” Haug said. “They told me there was going to be this play, and I thought, ‘I have got to be in this.’” Simon Banzhaf, who will be portray Jem Finch, said “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of his favorite books, and he is excited to be a part of the play.
stage, like how to project, focus and all of the things you need to know for it.” Banzhaf and Haug said they have enjoyed working with a cast with a large age range. “You get a chance to interact, find and meet these very interesting people of all ages,” Banzhaf said. “I have been able to grow a friendship with someone else my age, but at the same time, I have been able to
“They will get a story they know really well with maybe a new approach or something new added to it.” -Michele Crescenzo, director “It was actually a teacher who let me know about auditions,” Banzhaf said. “For me, it is chance to get back into theatre. Until about sixth grade, I had always tried out for any theatre opportunity I could get, so this is just an opportunity to get back into the theatre.” Haug said she has a hard time choosing what is most exciting about this experience. “There is a lot of exciting stuff,” Haug said. “I like learning about how to properly do things on
CAN FOOD DRIVE is holding a can food drive during the month of November. Donations can be made in lobby of the Henry F. Meyer Student Media Center, between Subway and the University Florist.
talk with some of the older cast members. I have really enjoyed it.” Haug said she enjoys working with cast members who have acting experience. “I like learning tips and tricks from other people who are probably better at acting,” Haug said. Crescenzo said the public should expect to see a classic story reimagined and brought to life. “They will get a story they know really well with maybe a new approach or something new added to it,” Crescenzo said.
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Fitzgerald continues to climb up record book in win over UMass FORREST BUCK
quarterbacks in SEC history. “John (Bond) ran the wishbone, Johnny Manziel did it scrambling and being able to run all over the place, Tim Tebow was a power inside runner, but Nick (Fitzgerald) is doing it in a combination of ways,” Mullen said. “He’s not just running in between the tackles but he’s running
some option plays and he’s getting out on the perimeter for big gains.” Fitzgerald’s ability to run is what makes him a special player. His legs helped MSU tread water on offense in the first half and get two field goals. Along with running back Aeris Williams, who also rushed over 100 yards, Fitzgerald got things going in the second half. Senior left tackle and NFL prospect Martinas Rankin, from Mendenhall, made his return from an ankle injury on Saturday. He did not start, but saw action as he looked to knock the rust off before the Bulldogs’ next game against the University of Alabama (9-0, 6-0 SEC), which was ranked No. 2 in the College Football Playoff Poll last Tuesday. Rankin talked about how Fitzgerald’s ability to run impacts the game. “Any given play can be a big play so we have to make sure we do our job up front,” Martinas said. “I’ve had a running QB at every level I’ve played at and with Nick we know if we do our job he can take it to the house.” UMass head coach Mark Whipple also took notice of Fitzgerald’s impact running the ball. “Fitzgerald was a little bit off his throw game,” Whipple said. “They came out in the second half and ran the ball pretty well on us. With Fitzgerald, that’s kind of his best thing.” Fitzgerald recognizes his impact as a runner, but said after the game he feels comfortable both as a runner and a passer. “I’m comfortable with both, it just so happens I had a few more rushing yards than passing yards,” Fitzgerald said.
“Use what you learn in the offseason and in the summer time, what we have been working on as post players.” It was also a lightsout performance by Blair Schaefer, a senior guard from Starkville, who scored 18 points from six three-point shots. She attributed her chances to her teammates who had confidence in her shot. “My teammates were looking for me, and they have all the confidence in me,” Schaefer said. “They know that if they are going to find me on the floor they want me to shoot it, and I want to shoot it and make it for them.” Despite dominating every aspect of the game, Schaefer felt there were some things they could improve on; such as not fouling, which is something they struggled with tonight as they had 19. The team also struggled with free throws, where they
were 7-16 tonight. “In the second half we just started so poorly, but I do think because of our depth we can play some different lineups,” Schaefer said. “Again, we got to stay out of foul trouble, we had foul trouble for most of the night, and we have to be better than that.” MSU’s next game will be against the University of Virginia on Nov. 10, and it will be a different test for this team. Coach Schaefer wished for a few more games to get into good form before playing a tough nonconference opponent. “Usually we play our way into shape, unfortunately because we open with Virginia, we just don’t have the luxury of having another game like tonight,” Schaefer said. “Where we can kind of play our way into shape, and we are going to have to be functioning at a very high level next Friday.”
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Nick Fitzgerald continued to climb up the record books on Saturday in a game which was much tougher than many fans and experts predicted when No. 16 Mississippi State University (7-2, 3-4 SEC) football fought back to beat the University of Massachusetts (2-7) by a score of 34-23. The Bulldogs ultimately overcame a sluggish first half performance, coming back from a 20-13 deficit at halftime. Of the nine games MSU has played this year, Saturday’s game was the first decided by less than two touchdowns. Head coach Dan Mullen reiterated all week the UMass team was better than their records showed. “We’ve not really been in a lot of tight games this year but coming into today, we knew we were in for a battle,” Mullen said. “Even though they were 2-6 they have only been outscored by five points on the season, so we knew we would have our hands full. At the half, I told the guys to just focus on your job and play to our standards. There was no rallying speech for a movie, it was just everyone go out and do your job.” The driving force behind MSU’s impressive second-half performance and comeback victory was the play of quarterback Fitzgerald, who finished the game with 136 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns and 139 yards through the air. It was a rough first half for Fitzgerald and the entire Bulldogs offense as they struggled to run the ball. Fitzgerald also threw two interceptions, including a pick
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MSU quarterback Nick Fitzgerald, a junior from Richmond Hill, Georgia, ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns against UMass. He is fourth in SEC history in career rushing yards by a QB.
six in the first half. However, Fitzgerald and the rest of the offense bounced back with a strong second-half performance, spearheaded by a dominant ground game which produced
career rushing touchdowns, 31, in school history. Fitzgerald, a junior from Richmond Hill, Georgia, not only moved up the MSU record books, but also passed notable SEC legends as well.
Prescott. Prescott’s mark is 2,541 career rushing yards. The top of the mountain is the former University of Florida QB Tim Tebow, who had 2,947 rushing yards in his career. Barring injury,
Fitzgerald said. “Right now I’m focused on the next day, the next opponent and just trying to get better.” Mullen talked about Fitzgerald compared to some of the great past rushing
SEC QB career rushing yards
‘80-‘83 JOHN BOND: 2,280 YARDS ‘12-‘13 JOHNNY MANZIEL: 2,169
‘12-‘15 DAK PRESCOTT: 2,521 YARDS
‘06-’09 TIM TEBOW: 2,947 YARDS
‘15-PRESENT NICK FITZGERALD: 2,303 YARDS ‘01-‘04 MATT JONES: 2,535 YARDS
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167 yards rushing in the final two quarters. Saturday’s game was the fifth time this season Fitzgerald rushed for over 100 yards and the 13th time overall in his career, which tied him with Jerious Norwood for second in MSU history. Fitzgerald also moved passed Vick Ballard for third most
He has rushed for 2,303 yards in his career, which pushed him past former Texas A&M University QB Johnny Manziel and former MSU QB John Bond, for fourth place all-time in SEC career rushing yards by a quarterback. Next on the list is another former MSU QB, Dak
Fitzgerald has the last three games of this season and next season to rush for 644 yards. Fitzgerald talked about staying in the moment after the game. “Honestly I just play. I’m sure once I’m done it’ll hit me and I’ll be able to process it and look back on it,”
Women’s basketball: veterans dominate in preseason exhibition HUNTER CLOUD STAFF WRITER
The crowd erupted as freshman guard Myah Taylor sunk her second shot from the free throw line to get the Bulldogs to 100 with nine seconds left in the game, as Mississippi State University women’s basketball went on to win 100-67 over University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. Three pointers and three veteran players accounted for half of MSU’s scoring in the preseason exhibition. “My three senior guards had 50 of our 100 points, and Ro (Roshunda Johnson) shot it really well,” Head coach Vic Schaefer said. “She picked us up in the second half when Blair (Schaefer) cooled off, obviously we had a hard time with them in certain areas and that will give us good film to teach with.” Teaira McCowan, a junior center from Brenham,
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Guard Victoria Vivians, a senior from Carthage, dribbles down the court in MSU’s 100-67 win over the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.
Texas, dominated the paint, scouring 20 points and picking up 12 rebounds in 20 minutes of playing time. Her
size helped her down low in the paint against a small UAFS team. “Going up against a team
like Arkansas-Fort Smith, when they don’t really have the size that we have, you use your skills,” McCowan said.
Men’s basketball overcomes sluggish start, foul trouble to win exhibition HUNTER CLOUD STAFF WRITER
After struggling in the first 12 minutes and 30 seconds of the game, Mississippi State University men’s basketball dominated the rest of the way and went on to win the exhibition by a score of 87-62 over the University of West Florida. The Bulldogs trouble came from fouling as they had 24 total in the game, but defense is what them back in the game with Lamar Peters, a sophomore guard from New Orleans, Louisiana, forcing two steals and a block tonight. “We came out a little shaky, and a little slow on defense, and we knew we had to pick it up on defense,” Peters said. “We picked it up on defense, and that turned into offense for us. So we were able to get our transition and play for each other and make a lot
of good plays.” Head coach Ben Howland was not happy about the amount of foul trouble the team found themselves in as three players fouled out of the game. “We had way too many fouls, we had six fouls in the first five minutes and ten seconds you just can’t do that,” Howland said. “We got to play without fouling, that was one of our mantras going into the season. We got to play without fouling.” The team relies on screens for their offense to work meaning Aric Holman, a junior forward from Owensboro, Kentucky, and other forwards will have to adapt to the rule changes this season if they want to decrease fouls called against them. “They changed the little things that we kind of focus on, and part of our offense
is screening,” Holman said. “It is something we are just going to have to get used to because we can’t fight against it,” Howland also said the team could have played better defensively, and that they should be more compact. He had a rule for his players to follow in the game so they can hold their defensive shape better. “I think the thing that really hurt us defensively is that we were too stretched out, in other words we are not keeping compact enough,” Howland said. “Our rule tonight for that team was to be no further than one step beyond the three point line. We kept getting stretched and that makes so much spacing for them and then they were carving us up.” The coach was also pleased with Nick Weatherspoon, a freshman guard from Canton, who
logged 18 minutes with 14 points. He felt pretty confident after the game about how he played against West Florida. “I believe some of the passes that I made, and some of the shots that I knocked down, is stuff that I’ve worked on the last few days,” Weatherspoon said. “Just playing good defensively in the second half, I feel like is some of the best minutes I’ve played.” The team is very deep at the guard position which means the lineup will constantly change throughout the season. The will to sacrifice for the team is how the guards are able to stay comfortable in a system like that. “We know we have a deep group of guards so you got to learn a lot of positions to make it able for everybody,” Peter said. “You got to sacrifice for the
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Quindarry Weatherspoon, from Canton, drives toward the basket in MSU’s 87-62 win over UWF.
team. Whatever to make us win, we are willing to do it, and tonight we played for each other and it showed.”
Men’s basketball will kick off their regular season at home on Nov. 10 against Alabama State.