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Super Bulldog Weekend features Eric Hutchinson, The Neighbourhood

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Solo artist Eric Hutchinson is set to open for headliner The Neighbourhood at the Old Main Music Festival at 7 p.m. on April 12. Oxford-based band The Red Thangs will also perform to round out Saturday’s lineup.

From California to Mississippi: The Neighbourhood headlines Old Main Festival on campus Saturday night

BY NIA WILSON Staff Writer

Through the combined efforts of Music Maker Productions and Student Association, the 2014 Old Main Music Festival will showcase the talents of The Neighbourhood, Eric Hutchinson and local Oxford band, The Red Thangs. The festival will be an event during Mississippi State University’s 29th Super Bulldog Weekend. MMP and SA formed committees to vote which artists would be best for the festival.

The Old Main Music Festival is an entertaining addition to the Super Bulldog Weekend activities.

Established over 50 years ago, MMP has brought in a number of artists for MSU’s enjoyment including Sugarland, Trey Songz and The Fray.

Last Super Bulldog Weekend, Cage the Elephant headlined the music festival, and Rosco Bandana, Ty Brown and Pell performed as well. Free to all, this year’s festival will be held at the amphitheater and

The Red Thangs will start the night at 7 p.m.

Emile Cravens, assistant director of student activities, said between the entertainment and the atmosphere, this year’s festival is sure to be a success.

“The festival is a really good opportunity to enjoy the spring weather and hear some high-caliber bands. I really like The Neighbourhood.

Their first album was very well received. Eric Hutchinson is a very versatile singer and songwriter. Sometimes he performs alone, but this time he is bringing his full band,” she said. The Red Thangs came second in the MSU Battle of the Bands, so they must be good. The festival is free, outside, and right on campus.

It is sure to be great.”

The Neighbourhood, headliner of the festival, is a California based five-man band.

Formed in 2011, the group is known for its interesting blend of different genres. Their debut album, “I Love you,” led them to be fifth among the 2014 top modern rock/alternative rankings. Popular songs

on the album include “Sweater Weather” and “Afraid.”

Kim Theis, a senior MSU student, said although she has not heard of Eric Hutchinson or The Red Thangs, she is excited for the festival as a whole.

“Overall, The Neighborhood is a great band. I heard about them on Twitter and just checked them out on YouTube. They are definitely a catchy band,” Theis said.

“This is my first Old Main Festival concert. I am looking forward to the atmosphere.

We have not had a weekend outside since football season!

I haven’t heard of the other two bands, but I am always looking forward to something new.”

Sarah Margaret Hewes, student director of Music Makers, said the festival adds a different aspect to Super Bulldog Weekend the whole community can appreciate.

“The festival takes a break from all the sports packed into Super Bulldog Weekend. The festival is the one free concert in the spring. It’s our way of giving back to the community.

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Late Tuesday night, a fire blazed in the basement of local book store, Campus Book Mart, located on East Lee Blvd.

Campus Book Mart fire disrupts traffic

BY PRANAAV JADHAV Staff Writer

A fire broke out in the basement of the Campus Book Mart store located on East Lee Boulevard close to the Mississippi State University campus late last Tuesday night.

The investigation is ongoing and the cause of the fire is still unknown.

Stan Raye, store manager of Campus Book Mart, said the fire started in the basement, and he was alerted by the smoke detectors that went off.

Ray also said the damage will have to be assessed before the store can re-open.

“The fire department came up right away. It was confined to the basement, but the smoke came up, and so we had smoke damage, which we have to clean up before we can re-open,” Raye said. “We are waiting for the insurance company to get here and tell us what to do.”

Raye also said the fire department did an excellent job in containing the fire and putting it out quickly.

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Reveille hosts final day of sales, looks to sell more yearbooks

BY LACRETIA WIMBLEY News Editor

Mississippi State University’s official yearbook, The Reveille, is winding down it’s sales, as Friday is the last day to make a purchase.

A specific number of sales are required in order to keep the infamous

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yearbook published, according to Elizabeth Lucas, editor-in-chief of the Reveille.

“Friday is the last day to buy a Reveille. If we don’t reach a specific number of sales, this will be the last year there will ever be a Reveille,” Lucas said. “It’s important that people buy one in order to keep the tradition going. “

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Lucas said The University of Mississippi has a yearbook that is nationally ranked.

“That’s one thing Ole Miss has against MSU, is their yearbook,” Lucas said. “Students will see how important this is in years when they are able to show their children all the things they participated in during school. Not buying a year-

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According to Lucas, sales are currently really low, and purchasing a yearbook will continue the great tradition.

Elizabeth Mccullen, layout editor of The Reveille, said a big chunk of MSU’s history lies within the pages of the yearbook.

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“I feel it’s super important to buy a Reveille because it’s a big part of MSU history,” Mccullen said. “The more people who help us the more people who will help continue our tradition. Through the years, The Reveille will tell the story of each student’s experience at MSU, and it will allow students to look back at their college years.”

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While The Reveille desires a higher number of student purchases, Bailey Martin, freshman marketing major, said she feels the price of The Reveille is reasonable, and she is considering making a purchase.

“I love yearbooks, and I know I will love to look back on them and show my kids,” Martin said. “My mom kept all of her yearbooks, and it’s cool to see her younger years.

I want to be able to look back and see how much I’ve changed, the friends I had and even sorority years.”

Martin said her high school yearbooks held a price of $70, a price that now appears unreasonable compared to the $50 cost of a Reveille.

“I will definitely consider purchasing one of these,” Martin said.

continued from 1 Sarah Hardin, sophomore human sciences major, said she cannot afford a yearbook this year, but understands the importance of the memories.

“I’m trying to watch my money, so I’m not spending money on a Reveille this year,” Hardin said. “I think it’s a good idea to document our years here at State, I just can’t afford one right now.”

Hardin said she would like to see the continuation of the Reveille, but is confused as to how photos of students become a part of the yearbook.

“I don’t know how the process works of them getting our photos in the yearbook,” Hardin said. “I’m not sure if they will use our student ID pictures or if my photo will be in the yearbook at all. I do think the whole thing is cool though.”

New cafeteria presents flexible meal hours By aBBy adcock Contributing Writer

With the establishment of the new Aramark Fresh Food Company, set to be complete in the fall of 2015, meal and block time flexibility will increase based on student input.

In light of the new food establishment, Bill Broyles, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, said there would be some considerations made about the concern of dining time slots by students.

“We have found that it is best to give the customer what they want. So, if that means

opening up the food establishments at an earlier time, then that will definitely be looked into,” Broyles said. “We will have a lot more options. This is not another Perry Cafeteria. The food will be prepared differently, the way that it is presented will be different and the staff will be different. When we open the new place, we will have a lot more flexibility to respond to customer needs, such as opening earlier.”

Some Mississippi State University students question the sufficiency of block meal times and desire flexibility within the time

schedule for dining, while others are content with dining hours.

Meal plan holders are allowed to use block meals twice a day at a $6 retail value at various locations across campus. Some of the main choices for dining here at Mississippi State University include the Colvard Student Union, Marketplace at Perry and Templeton Real Food Cafeteria. The Perry Cafeteria and the Templeton both offer unlimited buffet-style meals.

Broyles said in the seven years of operation with Aramark at Perry Cafeteria, there has nev-

er been a reported complaint about the time and schedules of block meals.

“Just as it takes a large amount of student participation to keep these places running, it takes an enormous amount of staff and supplies to initially open these establishments,” Broyles said.

“The staff members and supplies would have to be increased in order to make the opening time earlier.”

The Perry cafeteria opens at 7 a.m. on the weekdays and at 10:30 a.m. on the weekends.

Students may use two block meals per day at these cafeterias for a

value of $6. However, some students feel that block meal times do not start early enough.

Shelby Nickol, freshman broadcasting major, said earlier block meal times would present her with a more convenient schedule for the day.

“I would like to be able to go and eat my breakfast at the Perry before I go to work out in the mornings at 7,” Nickol said. “It would definitely help to ease my schedule in the mornings.”

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MLP hosts money management seminar

By Reed Gaddis Staff Writer

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Members of the Montgomery Leadership Program, Kameron deVerteuil (left), Haden Johnson (middle) and William Jacskon (right), discuss the aspects of their money management program set for April 14, 2014 in Mccool Hall.

A group of students from the Mississippi State University Montgomery Leadership Program will present “25 Sitting on $25 Mil…In Debt.” The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. in McCool Hall’s Taylor Auditorium April 14.

William Jackson, senior risk management major and co-host of the event, said the group chose April 14 because it is the day before tax day.

“That was just a significant day financially when we were first planning it out,” Jackson said. “We all thought with taxes coming up April 15, but we couldn’t get April 15 for Taylor, so we did the day before.”

Cody McClanahan, senior business information systems major, said the program can be beneficial for students who attend.

“I think the big thing they

can benefit from is hearing from a wide range of speakers on different topics, from things that will come in handy while in school, but also mostly throughout your whole career,” McClanahan said. “Dealing with student loans, to the importance of your credit score and even going into your investment which you will probably be doing the rest of your life.”

McClanahan also said the event will provide advice such as the benefits of saving at a young age.

“It’s almost impossible for someone who doesn’t start saving until 10 years into their career to actually catch up with someone that started saving in the beginning,” McClanahan said. “It’s just important to start with a good foundation.”

Haden Johnson, junior biomedical engineering major, said the goal of the upcoming event is to help college students, es-

pecially those soon to graduate, learn how to be financially secure.

Johnson also said the program will provide advice from quality professionals with experience.

“They’re professionals in the field, so they obviously know the most about it,” Johnson said. “That way people can get the most advice.”

The event will feature financially educated professional speakers along with prize giveaways.

Jerry Tony, senior investment advisor for Cadence Investment Services, a division of Cadence Bank, will speak on saving, budgeting and investing. Marcus Mallory, Vice President of Bank First of Columbus, will describe online banking and overall financial health. Alexander Washington, MSU Financial Aid Counselor, will explain student loans and the process of paying back. see MONEY, 3

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Sid Salter, MSU Chief Communications Officer, said the university’s involvement was primarily because of the store’s proximity to campus and the temporary closure of Lee Boulevard by law enforcement and fire personnel.

“Thanks to excellent work by those first responders, campus impact was minimal,” Salter said. “As always, we tried to utilize social media to give our university stakeholders as much notice as possible of any possible

interruptions to traffic flow.”

Salter said the traffic situation was handled well by university officials and he feels grateful no injuries resulted from the fire.

“Campus Services and the MSU Police Department did a marvelous job in managing what could have been a significant disruption in the early morning hours,” Salter said. “Certainly, the university is sympathetic to our neighbors at Campus Book Mart and glad that there were no injuries.”

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“I feel like the times are fair as they are,” Austin said. “I do enjoy eating breakfast at the cafeteria, but I eat around 7:30, which is plenty of time to get in a meal before my 8 a.m.”

Broyles said the opinions of students are highly valued, and MSU strives to meet the needs of students.

Campus endures Internet shutdown

By Pranaav Jadhav Staff Writer

On Wednesday, Mississippi State University faced a campus wide malfunction of the msu1x internet, which shut down access to the internet for approximately two hours.

Mike Rackley, Chief Information Officer at the Information and Technology services said the problem was eventually traced to malfunctioning hardware in Allen Hall.

“Initially, ITS staff began examining network traffic and error logs to determine the extent of the outage and to search for clues as to what was causing the problem,” Rackley said, “An analysis of information contained in the network logs suggested possible sources of the problem.

It then became a process of elimination to ultimately identify the failing component and to isolate it from the campus network.”

Amber Cooper, senior broadcasting major, said the unavailability of the internet hindered her class submissions.

“It made me upset because I was getting ready to send in some important documents for a class and the internet just shut down,” Cooper said.

Rackley said during normal business hours, ITS has technical staff on hand to respond at the first sign of a problem.

“Even during off-hours and holidays, we have

staff on call to respond should the need arise,” Rackley said.

“Interestingly, we received a relatively small number of call to the Help Desk about this particular event. We have a variety of communication channels that we normally use to inform the campus of problems. However, since this particular problem impacted our ability to use our normal communication channels, we just called a number of offices across campus to spread the word about the problem,” Rackley said.

Students were frustrated at the library, and offices who depend on the internet enjoyed an extended lunch break.

Rackley said when you’re dealing with technology, particularly a collection of technology as large and complex as the MSU campus network, the potential for a problem is always present.

“We go to great lengths to provide safeguards and redundancy, where appropriate and feasible, to minimize the risk. Additionally, we have a fantastic technical staff that does a great job of correcting problems quickly should one occur,” Rackley said. “We’re constantly upgrading hardware and software network components to ensure that our equipment is up-to-date and reliable and that it can handle an ever-increasing volume of network traffic.”

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Music festival will feature band The Neighbourhood

It gives great artists exposure and brings the Starkville and MSU community together,” she said. “Last year, we had 6,000 people at the festival.

Live music has a unifying effect on people. At that moment, each person has this one thing in common. It is a powerful experience.”

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Students were frustrated at the library, and offices who depend on the internet enjoyed an extended lunch break.

Rackley said when you’re dealing with technology, particularly a collection of technology as large and complex as the MSU campus network, the potential for a problem is always present.

“We go to great lengths to provide safeguards and redundancy, where appropriate and feasible, to minimize the risk. Additionally, we have a fantastic technical staff that does a great job of correcting problems quickly should one occur,” Rackley said. “We’re constantly upgrading hardware and software network components to ensure that our equipment is up-to-date and reliable and that it can handle an ever-increasing volume of network traffic.”

For any complains or concerns visit its.msstate.edu or call 325-9311.

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• 2:51 p.m. A student reported a suspicious incident concerning another student at the Templeton Athletic Complex.

• 3:10 p.m. A student reported being followed by her ex-boyfriend on Walker Road.

• 4:43 p.m. A student reported money missing from the store at the Wise Center.

• 11:28 p.m Students were spotted inside Davis Wade Stadium.

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• 11:46 p.m A stdent was arrested on Magruder Street for DUI. A student referral was issued.

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• 2:42 a.m. An MSU vehicle was hit while parked outside Davis Wade Stadium.

• 12:40 p.m. A student reported his wallet was stolen from the Sanderson Center and fraudulent charges were made to his credit card.

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• 7:07 p.m. A student reproted she was hit crossing the crosswalk on Colisum Blvd.

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• 5:30 p.m. An employee reported his vehicle was scratched while parked at the Recplex.

• 7:29 p.m. A student reported items stolen from his/her room in Evans Hall.

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ear Editor, I applaud the succinct insight and sensible points raised by Cameron Clarke in the opinion article (April 1, 2014) concerning the re-adaptation of Carl Sagan’s classic “Cosmos” miniseries, presently hosted by our nation’s premier astrophysicist cosmologist and public intellectual, Neil deGrasse Tyson. I’ll mention in passing I have assisted in teaching a course in science and religion (when I was an assistant professor of mathematics and physics at Piedmont College) and have done some research in that area, in grants funded by the John Templeton Association and the Fetzer-Franklin Fund.

Clarke hits the nail on the head when he writes that all too often some Biblical literalist theologians will retrench themselves in their comparatively less evidence-based perspective, just as scientists may be guilty of philosophical overreach (i.e., making general philosophical claims that the evidence and inference from their fields cannot possibly justify).

Excellent sources to consult, in my view, underscoring Cameron’s points include Ian Barbour’s “Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues” (1997), as well as Michael Ruse’s “Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science” (2010). Both underscore the central point that the perceived conflict between

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n his April 1 article, Cameron Clarke asked a poignant question, “Why must we attack the results of scientific inquiry when the results themselves may hold true?” However, I think Clarke forgets something important — the conflict in question stems from a disagreement about the very nature of truth.

Let me explain. When I, a Hebrew scholar or anyone else reads the creation account as recorded in the Christian scriptures, there is no indication of evolutionary abiogenesis, or “life forming from inanimate matter.”

What is recorded there is better described as “ex nihilo” or “out of nothing.” In the Genesis account, God speaks and things come to exist across the span of seven days. That’s the story as it reads from the book.

So, Clarke asks the question, “could God have ordained abiogenesis?” Maybe God could have, but that’s not the point. If the Genesis account seems to describe creation from nothing, but the scientific community says the evidence points toward abiogenesis, then there’s a conflict. Only one of these two can be true. We can’t have creation from nothing and creation by evolution from inanimate matter.

Clarke’s proposal is pretty simple, I’ll grant him that.

He says “relax literal interpretations of scripture.” But look at what this does. He is basically suggesting that when there is a conflict between scripture and scientific consensus we should alter

William Kalifelz is an instructor of philosophy and religion. He can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.

scientific and religious worldviews concerning cosmic origins has really to do with the presumed separation between value and fact. I say “presumed” because all too often the scientific secularist concludes that value is subjective — and “objectively” nature is devoid of it — our Cosmos is but a “value neutral” chance occurrence.

On the other hand, Biblical literalists, with their selective cherry-picking of scientific facts and their exaggeration of scientific uncertainty, seem to confuse fact with value, i.e. assume religion must compete with science.

However, at least in earlier traditions of Christianity, (whether Catholic or Protestant) flourished the view that the Genesis story really reminds one the world is value-laden, not value-neutral, and those reading scripture were inspired by revealed reason. Whereas, on the other hand, the scientist studying the “book of Nature” uses the gift of natural reason. In terms of revealed reason, one was expected to read and interpret scripture primarily from a level of moral and spiritual value — anagogically, allegorically and historically (the original meaning of the word “literal”). As far as I know, the claims of history do not, and should not, compete with science. Why should some think, then, that the claims of religion should?

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how scriptures are interpreted. Wait, really?

Clarke is suggesting that Christians interpret this text differently than what the text seems to say pretty plainly, even though the Christians claim it’s inspired and preserved by the same God who did the creating (and they’ve been claiming this for 2,000 plus years) because of the speculative theories of scientists? Theories without hard data (I mean, no one was there. Hard to have real data from an event no one was present for), barely 150 years old and completely irreproducible (I mean, no one’s ever been able to reproduce either creation ex nihilo or abiogenesis). Wow, Cameron. That’s actually kind of a big deal.

Christians are claiming God is truth and the Bible is the accurately preserved record of his doings. If there’s a conflict with what a group of scientists say and what the Bible says, no one should be surprised if Christians very staunchly refuse to give up what the scripture makes plain.

Clarke asks a good question, “Why must we attack the results of scientific inquiry when the results themselves may hold true?”

Because I, as a Christian man, have a primary source of truth, and for me, scripture will always interpret my science. Not the other way around.

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ots has been said about the June 3 election for the Republican nomination for Mississippi’s United States Senate race, and there’s more to come. Unfortunately, one candidate’s claims have gone unchallenged.

Tea Party extremist Chris McDaniel is challenging Senator Thad Cochran and is irresponsibly misleading voters by trying to paint Cochran as a big spender.

Relying on canned talking points from his D.C.-based backers, McDaniel tries to blame the national debt on Cochran’s success in fighting for Mississippi in Washington.

Someone needs to tell McDaniel that erasing everything Cochran’s done for Mississippi wouldn’t reduce the debt one cent. Every dollar Cochran has brought to Mississippi would have been spent elsewhere.

McDaniel, who is a trial lawyer, is trying to stoke the fires of voter disenchantment by throwing around “constitution,” “liberty” and “courage.”

This does not qualify him to be a U.S. senator. Anyone can do that.

Mississippians should reject his empty rhetoric for what it is: the ranting of someone who either profoundly misunderstands the job to which he aspires or who doesn’t mind misleading folks.

Entitlement vs. Discretionary McDaniel won’t tell you that our debt is being driven by entitlement programs, not annual discretionary programs. The Appropriations Committee, where Cochran is the most senior Republican, only has control over the latter.

Discretionary spending is

considered by the Appropriations Committee every year and provides support for priorities like our military, veterans and research.

Cochran’s committee does not have jurisdiction over mandatory spending for entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, which were put on autopilot by laws passed in 1939 and 1965. The only way to truly reign in federal spending without raising taxes is to reform these programs.

Discretionary appropriations, where Cochran plays a key role, have remained relatively constant for the past 50 years and have been significantly reduced in recent years, thanks in large part to his leadership.

Chris McDaniel won’t tell you that.

Smaller Pies, Bigger Slices Cochran’s appropriations committee has no control over how big the annual federal spending pie is. Overall pie size set by separate legislation written by a different committee.

Cochran’s committee only controls how the pie is sliced and served.

Once the pie size is locked in for the year, Cochran always muscles up for bigger slices for Mississippi. It’s practical and possible to fight for both smaller pies and bigger slices.

Under McDaniel’s temper-tantrum politics, you get neither.

If the government is going to build a ship, Cochran says build it in Pascagoula. If the government is going to research how to increase agricultural yields, research it at Mississippi State University. If it’s going to be done anyway, don’t surrender

David Clarke is a graduate student in accounting. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

it to California or New York or Chicago. Do it in Mississippi.

McDaniel, on the other hand, is content to allow these opportunities to go to other states. What courage!

Work Horse or Show Pony?

Chris McDaniel spoke at MSU recently, declaring to a sparse crowd that he wants to be like Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Utah Senator Mike Lee. Asked to name one specific instance when either of those politicians was successful in reducing spending or helping his home state, McDaniel was stumped.

The correct answer to both of those questions is, “There is none.”

Chris McDaniel’s election wouldn’t give our nation a smaller spending pie any more than would Cochran’s re-election. We’d just have an ineffective loudmouth willing to trade away Mississippi’s pie slice for his own personal gain.

What Chris McDaniel really seems to want is fame. He says whatever he thinks gets him on TV. He’s a politician more interested in developing a national following than doing what’s right for Mississippi.

Thad Cochran simply goes to work every day to fight for Mississippi, no fanfare.

I recommend Chris McDaniel actually show up for his current job and learn to be an effective state legislator. Leave the complex, serious problems of our time to someone who understands the responsibility of representing all Mississippians: Thad Cochran.

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recent technological advancement has brought online shopping, social media presence and so much more to members of the blind and deaf community. A program called iCanConnect provides low-income deaf-blind individuals with state-of-the-art telecommunications devices, as well as the training to use them. The program was established by the Federal Communications Commission and allocates $10 million per year for low-income deaf-blind people to receive equipment designed with them in mind.

The devices; which are designed specifically for the deaf-

blind community, including refreshable Braille displays, amplifiers for telephones and programs to enlarge the text; can connect to Apple products via Bluetooth and are typically very expensive to produce due to the level of technology used.

The Braille displays use a series of tiny pins that pop up and down through holes to scroll through letters for a blind person to read. Some of these devices can cost as much as $6,000.

The FCC has stated the implementation of this program is solely to improve the telecommunications of the deaf-blind population. Participants of the

program must apply and complete a rigorous screening program before being accepted. The screening process determines which devices would best benefit the applicant, and the program allocates the devices accordingly.

The entire program is based on the needs of the applicants. This program is partnering with the Helen Keller National Center, the Perkins School for the Blind and state agencies.

But why is a program like this just now developing? People have been blind and deaf since the beginning of time – it is estimated that 100,000 Americans are blind. Technology has been

advancing steadily for quite some time now. Online shopping isn’t a new thing. Neither is the use of social media or emailing. Yes, the technology for these devices is more advanced and has taken more time to develop, but that is only another reason more emphasis should have been placed on such developments.

Although the technology for refreshable Braille devices and the like is fairly new, telecommunications technologies have been on the fast track to improvement for years. We have programs to provide low-income families with cell phones, but until now, no such moves have been made to assist

the blind-deaf community in the area of telecommunications.

We as a society should place more emphasis on catering to the deaf-blind community than on catering to the wants of the highclass members of society.

However, now that iCanConnect is being implemented, the blind-deaf community can connect to the world in ways we’ve never before imagined. They can chat on Facebook. They can tweet. They can surf the Internet like every other person does. It is estimated that in the 18 months following the start of the program, about 2,000 people have received devices from iCanCon-

CLAIRE WILSON Claire Wilson is a junior majoring in communication. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.

nect. The program is scheduled to continue as a study for three years.

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Capitalism fuels personal and societal prosperity I t is a common assumption that greed and selfishness are vices. The majority of people possess moral compasses which lead them to navigate away from such characteristics and traits. They believe selfishness is socially harmful.

Four-time British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone said, “Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.” Statements like that are one reason why people believe selfishness is degenerative.

Economics tells us something different. Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas’s infamous character from the 1987 movie “Wall Street” said, “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right.

Greed works.”

Gekko is not the model of human decency, but he was correct in his assertion. Economists have a better word for greed. We call it rational self-interest. This is a commonality among Gandhi, Mother Teresa and a man like Gekko.

A basic tenet of economics is that people are rational. They make decisions in which the marginal benefits outweigh the marginal costs. A man like Gandhi was rationally self-interested. He made decisions in

which the benefits outweighed but as you can see, it is not althe costs. I am sure you are ways as obvious. More often thinking, “Gandhi? Selfish!? than not, self-interest benefits NO!” society.

In Gandhi’s opposition to How does the selfishness the British rule in India, he of individuals make everyone performed many deeds that better off? were detrimental to his physThe great Adam Smith, an ical health. While that is true, 18th century Scottish phihe also performed them in losopher and pioneer of ecohis own self-interest, and the nomics, famously stated, “It benefits to him is not from the were greater benevolence of Greed is an the butcher, the than the costs.

One may argue, brewer or the important “Gandhi was an baker that we aspect of expect our dinintelligent man. capitalism. ner, but from He could have their regard done otherwise It is a reason why to their own and been better capitalism is so self-interest.” off.” successful and Smith is best The reality known for exis that Gand- a reason why plaining how hi’s satisfaction the alternative, rational self-inwould only socialism, fails so terest leads to come from achieving his miserably.” increased ecogoal of ousting nomic well-bethe British. ing. The butcher, the baker Gandhi would have found and the brewer all produce discontent in all alternative their relevant products to furpursuits. He would not have ther their own ends, yet society been happy so long as the benefits as a whole. FurtherBritish continued to oppress more, in order to maximize his beloved nation. Gandhi wealth earned, it is beneficial possessed a set of preferred to individuals to produce the outcomes and he sought to goods or provide services sosee them realized. Self-interest ciety values most. Selfishness, manifests itself in many ways, or rational self-interest, is the

BRIAN GRECO & KIM PETTITT Brian Greco and Kim Pettitt are graduate students in business and administration. They can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.

mechanism by which society may receive its set of preferred outcomes. You could say, one man’s greed is another man’s prosperity, and society’s prosperity for that matter.

Gordon Gekko did not say it eloquently or convey it in an effective manner, but he was correct — greed works.

Greed is an important aspect of capitalism. It is a reason why capitalism is so successful and a reason why the alternative, socialism, fails so miserably, but that is another article for another day.

So, the next time you get accused of being greedy or selfish respond gleefully, “Thank you! You’re very welcome!”

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WHO SPEAKS FOR EARTH?

AMONG THE WILDFLOWERS

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eneath the array of Myers-Briggs charts sweeping the Internet — turning your average Joe into Obi-Wan or finally proving your two best friends actually are Harry and Ginny, and thus obviously destined to be together — is a serious school of psychological thought which presents a concise explanation for the way human beings relate to each other.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality assessment based on the typological theories of psychiatrist Carl Jung. The test categorizes individuals as one of 16 personality types, made up of four of eight cognitive processes. The MBTI serves as a practical tool to evaluate yourself and your relationship with others.

The 16 personality types are split into introversion and extroversion, sensing and intuitive, feeling and thinking and judging and perceiving.

Initially, it may seem arbitrary that four simple letters can explain so much of your individual make-up, and it may not be fun when your test reveals your 60 percent Judging — a characteristic personified by type-A tendencies and impeccable attention to details. Therefore it is unlikely a judging person will ever muster the nerve to traipse to New York City on a whim and achieve life-long dreams of being a Random House Reader. And the fact that you’re an introvert suddenly explains the hours you spent listening to Death Cab for Cutie while your friends cheered on your high school football team. But hey, maybe you’ll be lucky. My personality type is INFJ, and apparently I’m supposed to be excellent at practicing extroverted tendencies, as long as I get an hour alone with my morning coffee

prior to embracing the world.

Which brings me to my next point. What do these letters mean? Why are you Gandalf?

How has someone determined you have the same personality traits as Abraham Lincoln?

(Don’t worry, I’m still keeping my fingers crossed for “The O.C.” MBTI chart to surface on the Internet any day now, too).

I would say it’s as easy as apple pie, but as we all know pie-making is actually a rather complicated ordeal and so is the research of Carl Jung.

However, I’d like to present a practical guide alleviating the arbitrary accusations posed against the MBTI. Introversion vs. extroversion is often overly generalized into the bookworms versus the cheerleaders, which is wholly inaccurate — there are perks to being a wallflower. While introverts do tend to be shyer, and extroverts do tend to exercise more gregarious personalities, it actually boils down to from where an individual gets their energy.

An introvert gets their energy from alone time, but they can be just as friendly and outgoing as an extrovert. An extrovert gets their energy from others, but they could easily truly enjoy a night in with the Gilmores and a hot cup of tea.

The two middle letters are best understood when paired together, not apart. They are the couple of your personality, and ever so ironically they determine your emotions and how you approach relationships. STs are analytical and practical, while SFs are warm and sympathetic. NTs are interested in a plethora of possibilities and ideas but view them from a logical standpoint, while NFs are warm and enthusiastic and focus on the possibilities

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ALIE DALEE Alie Dalee is senior majoring in communication. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.

people hold and relate to things on a personal level.

Judging and perceiving are typically the easiest to pick out in individuals. Js are organized, impeccably on time and future oriented, while their P counterparts are lackadaisical, comfortable in disorder and risk-takers.

The beauty Myers-Briggs holds is that there is a necessity for the type-A’s, the risk-takers and the analysts — the world needs the scientist must as it does the artist. And once you mull it over, it suddenly makes a lot of sense how you have miraculously managed to maneuver a way to make up your bed as you simultaneously get out of it, intentionally not taking up any more time than necessary, while your roommate, a perceiver, characterized by spontaneous decisions and loose time tables, manages to make up her bed maybe once a week.

It helps you understand each other, love one another for the differences you bring to the table and learn to use those differences to love and better the world around you.

If you’re curious about which of the 16 personalities your fate lies in, the most accurate free test can be found at humanmetrics.com.

have taken many My- icist Richard Feynman has ers-Briggs Type Indicator a lot to say about psycho(MBTI) tests in my time, analysis in volume one of his and I love striking up a con- famous lecture series. He versation about it and getting condemns psychoanalysis for to know my friends better not treating the subjects of through it. But I can never attempted study neutrally, quite take the tests seriously, but rather bringing in loads partly because I can tell that of presupposition about the the questions polarize the cause and effect relationships different kinds of personal- working in the human mind. ity traits from the start and “Incidentally, psychoanalybecause of the historical be- sis is not a science: it is at best ginnings of the theory in Sig- a medical process, and perhaps mund Freud’s psychoanalytic even more like witch-doctortradition. ing,” Feynman said.

Psychoanalysis treats paAnd so we see a lack of scitients as spectators in their entific rigor condemns psyown drama, featuring the choanalysis’s end value, and hidden characters of their unfortunately, the MBTI tests complex and hidden, sub- are mostly based on the works conscious self. Dictionary. of Freud and Carl Jung. com defines psychoanalysis Jung was a colleague of as “a method of explaining Freud’s who did much to furand treating ther the field mental and of analytical Don’t put emotional psychology as yourself problems by an empirical having the science rather in a box, patient talk than biased. but rather A b o u t . c o m about dreams, f e e l i n g s , study how you shows that m e m o r i e s , think and act and Jung wanted etc.” to separate Often in try to learn from himself from psychoanaly- yourself.”

Freud’s wilder sis the analyst notions: “Jung assumes the wanted to unpatient sufderstand the fers from unconscious desires symbolic meaning of the conand suppressed memories and tents of the unconscious. In behaves in illogical ways as a order to distinguish between result. individual psychology and Although some of these an- psychoanalysis, Jung gave his alysts may have it right when discipline the name ‘analytical they take a patient who suf- psychology.’” Jung may have fered traumatic life circum- helped develop a new science, stances, others, like Freud, but one still heavily based on really took psychoanalysis to Freud’s psychoanalysis, and so the next level, attributing cu- consequently, subject to scrurious sexual conditions and tiny. personality disorders to all Analytical psychology and members of the human race the analysis of behaviors and and working their way up common thought processfrom there. es later led several scientists Nobel Prize-winning phys- to develop the Myers-Briggs

CAMERON CLARKE Cameron Clarke is the opinion editor of The Reflector. He can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.

Type Indicator system. The tests and its results are fun to look at and spend some time learning and understanding, but they are not hard facts and your personality type is not set in stone.

We should avoid giving too much weight to these personality type characterizations and instead focus on learning more about ourselves, what makes each of us go and how we work the best.

If MBTI tests help you understand yourself better, then by all means go for it, but try to have a more relaxed view of the results and be willing to challenge your stated personality type. Too often in college and life in general we allow ourselves to fit into our chosen stereotypes, fulfilling the roles we have chosen for ourselves.

This kind of attitude, governed by submission to labels and profiling, leads to a generally more boring life where we may misjudge any social interactions and relationships upon which a more open and free mindset would have capitalized.

Don’t put yourself in a box, but rather study how you think and act and try to learn from yourself.

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MSU’s orientation procedure withstands scrutiny

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our years ago in 2010 when I arrived at Mississippi State University, 8,000 miles away from home, it was my first time traveling outside India. I was 17 then.

After a 32-hour-long transit, I found myself in a new country with completely different traditions, culture and education system. Although we love Hollywood movies and eating at McDonald’s and KFC in India, it was a fairly overwhelming experience.

My first interaction at MSU, like most others, was with the people at the office of admissions and scholarships. I applied to six universities across the United States and was admitted in every one of them, but the primary motivation of coming to MSU was the interaction I had with Anna O’Nan at the admissions office through weekly webinars.

The reason to write this ar-

ticle is because Tage Philemlee has fairly misrepresented an outstanding venture most likely due to personal lapses and poor time management. The language used was overly harsh or, if I may say, derogatory to the orientation leaders who work tirelessly to produce a good show on orientation day.

In her opening statements, Philemlee points out she received a sheet with opinions on what to do. An opinion sheet and an instruction sheet are two different things. Getting an ID made may take the ITS office around 15 minutes, but you can concede. The rush could have been heavier on orientation day, which caused Philemlee to miss a few events.

In her following few paragraphs, Philemlee said the orientation leaders could have done a better job and were not seen on the first day of class. I beg to differ as the orientation leaders

are students who have classes on their first day.

To be an orientation leader, the selection process is competitive and a number of different aspects of a student are closely examined. The student then goes through a concentrated course, which prepares them to lead an orientation session. To believe they were ineffective and not up to the mark can only be a great hyperbole in a poem.

I would like Philemlee to explain what took her an hour and 45 minutes to find Miss.

Highway 12, and if she could, reenact that for me. A fairly simple step could have been rolling down her car window and asking someone for directions.

Imagine coming from India where you have lived 16 years of your life calling halls as buildings, streets as roads, eggplants as brinjals, french fries as finger chips, yogurt as curd, soccer as football, neighborhood as col-

ony, driveways as place to park, parkways as place to drive and parcel for to-go.

In Philemlee’s scheme of things, I should have expected the orientation leaders to have a list of literal translations to all of these and many more to be handed out or explained on my first day of class.

Orientation leaders can only act as a guiding force; settling into MSU is just like moving into another city. Will there be orientation leaders when you move to New York City and get your dream job? No, but there will be a map like there was in your orientation packet. The fact that there are students who are willing to contribute and give back to the university in the form of service to prospective students is a matter of high appreciation.

I have seen everyone associated with orientation work as a team. The first members to arrive on orientation day get there

PRANAAV JADHAV Pranaav Jadhav is a junior majoring in communication. He can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.

at 4 a.m. Months of preparation and planning go into putting up an event like orientation, and I assure you the first people to take note of her article were from the orientation office. For more information on the orientation, visit admissions.msstate.edu/orientation where details on what toiletries to bring, what to wear and what to expect are outlined in detail.

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Modern society needs a resurgence of new renaissance men S

olving the big world problems in today’s society calls for an interdisciplinary and global approach. Success at any level in the modern workplace requires a broad set of skills that go beyond the specific technical disciplines of one’s chosen fields.

Sadly, our education system is trending toward increased specialization. The wisdom of Mississippi State University’s administrators, who largely value the liberal arts model of a university, is encouraging. Still, the curriculum should change to reflect higher expectations for students in technical disciplines.

Specifically, MSU’s engineering majors are required to complete a very basic core curriculum of 15 hours of humanities, social sciREFLECTIONS:

ences and fine arts in addition to 15 hours of math and 12 hours of physical sciences. This may initially seem like plenty, but consider the fact engineers are responsible for both designing the infrastructure that allows modern society to perpetuate and for the creation of technological innovations that produce a richness of understanding and achievement.

The societal responsibility of an engineer should demand both a broader and deeper understanding of the liberal arts at the undergraduate level and a degree of technical knowledge that is only truly possible at the graduate level. In the future, professional engineer (PE) licensure will likely require a master’s degree. Perhaps we will then begin to see a pre-engineer-

ing undergraduate degree that is truly founded on the principles of liberal arts and a Master of Science degree that produces an accredited professional engineer.

The myth claims the state of technological development is so advanced that no one person can fully understand it all, nor can one produce innovation with the same scope and significance Michelangelo or Leonardo DaVinci achieved in their time. Dennis Truax, professional engineer and head of the civil and environmental engineering department of Bagley College said it is not so much the type of problems we have as much as it is the body of knowledge.

“Thirty years ago, we were limited by our science, and as such it

“I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I’ll make you so sure about it God only knows what I’d be without you

was conceivable that one person basically came up with a solution that worked. Was it the best solution? It was at the time, but it is probably not the right solution today,” Truax said.

Truax and other administrators wisely suggest a team approach is the correct response. This is true, but such a team still requires a leader who is able to understand with technical acuity all the separate disciplines that make up such a team. In addition, he or she should lead with the knowledge of humanities and social sciences that is necessary to understand the context of the project within society and communicate the directives of the group to a diverse public. This is the place for the modern Renaissance man or woman.

According to Christopher Snyder, Dean of Shackouls Honors College and professor of history, the liberal arts grew out of a humanistic tradition in ancient Greece, but the Romans first created the term “liberal arts” denoting those arts appropriate to the liberi, or free people. Slaves were trained in a specific skill. Snyder points out, in a modern world, people are in a sense still slaves to certain things.

“One should have the freedom to have conversation about meaningful things. How do you get that? Well, you have a job, but you keep in mind that your job is there in order to provide for your family and to provide the freedoms to talk about theology, music or whatever interests you,” Snyder said.

“If you should ever leave me Though life would still go on believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me God only knows what I’d be without you”

The Beach Boys — “God Only Knows”

GORDON LEE Gordon Lee is a senior majoring in civil engineering. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector. msstate.edu.

If a free person should spend his or her time in pursuit of truth with friends, then the university, being a body of scholars pursuing knowledge in separate disciplines, allows him or her to do so. The engineering student who fits his or her technical curriculum within the broader context of the university, instead of holding engineering as something separate and perhaps superior, becomes a Renaissance man or woman — even if without the historical admiration of a Michelangelo.

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Mississippi’s own The Red Thangs open Old Main Festival By alie dalee Staff Writer

Hailing from Oxford, Miss., Charles Adcock (bass, acoustic guitar, vocals), Adam Ray (guitar, bass, trumpet, vocals), Drew Shetley (drums) and Blair Bingham (keys, percussion, bass, guitar and vocals) make up The Red Thangs, a band as trendy as Zooey Deschanel’s bangs — every pun intended to the band’s quixotic tune, “(I am) Joseph Gordon-Levitt.”

The band’s foundation was established in 2010 when Ray’s propensity for the guitar met Shetley’s beat. The two drummed up a band, founded mainly on covers, which manifested when Ray and Adcock forged a friendship while employed at a summer camp in 2011. As the dynamic duo of Shetley and Ray mixed with Adcock’s knack for bass, vocals and innate songwriting ability, The Red Thangs was formed.

The band’s name, Ray explains, formulated itself out of an attempt to avoid a plethora of bad names. Ray, an evident grammar enthusiast, cited sentence fragments and

possessive clauses as obvious faux pas when solidifying a moniker.

“We decided ‘the’ was a good word to have in a band name. We also like colors.

So we chose red because that seemed like a good color at the time, and we’re still pretty pleased with it,” Ray said with an air of sarcastic humor. “And then Charles contributed the word ‘thang’ from some dark recesses of his mind.”

The band’s lone female, Bingham, claims she began practicing with the band under its false motives in 2012.

“We just kept inviting her to come hangout and sing with us over and over again, until eventually she knew all of our songs, and then we listed her as a member of our band on our Facebook group,” Ray said.

“And that’s how I knew,” Bingham chimed in, finishing Ray’s sentence as effortlessly as her voice coats the notes of his trumpet on the band’s track, “Sweaters.”

The band’s effortless sound can be heard on its EP “Indie Girl Bang Swoop,” available on Bandcamp, which is a conglomeration of hopeful

observations and deceivingly peppy tunes recounting the trials of unrequited love — though Adcock cites his girlfriend as a prime inspiration for his songwriting process.

Ray elucidates the jovial harmonies which illuminate Adcock’s lyrics arise from the band’s generally cheerful disposition. He explains their music is an extension of their own mentalities, an effort to extend and build on the happiness of others.

The band played Saturday as the opener for Starkville-based band Wolf Cove’s farewell show. Steven Calhoun, a junior majoring in software engineering, said the band’s stage performance is a true testament to the band’s jubilant spirit. He said the harmonic combination of Adcock and Bingham’s voices gave their performance an idiosyncratic quality.

“You can tell they really enjoy what they do, and they are genuinely passionate about what they’ve created,” Calhoun said. “You don’t have to come expecting your soul to be wrecked. You can just have fun.”

Ray and Shetley are graduates of the University of Mississippi, with Adcock and Bingham following suit this May. Ray cites “world tours and hit records” when questioned about future plans, before swiftly expounding the band has actually just finalized their first full length album, a

true local effort, recorded at Tweed Recording in Oxford with Andrew Ratcliffe, “a true hidden gem of northern Mississippi.”

The band plans to release the record independently this June.

The Red Thangs will open for Eric Hutchinson Saturday in conjunction with

the Student Association and Music Maker Productions’ presentation of Old Main Music Festival.

Adcock said the band plans to unveil two new songs at this weekend’s show, with Ray adding audiences can expect new material in addition to the bands full repertoire.

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The Red Thangs, comprised of Charles Addock, Blair Bingham, Adam Ray and Drew Shetley (left to right), are an Oxford-based band that will open for Eric Hutchinson at the Old Main Music Festival Saturday. The band has played various shows around Starkville and attributes its overall musical sound to each member’s personality.

Arts, crafts, music, food: Art Festival dominates the Cotton District

By Haley Hardman Staff Writer

The Cotton District will be masked in glitter, paint, crafts, the savory aroma of various foods and the melodious rhythm of music as the festival of the year will dominate the popular avenue Saturday.

The annual Cotton District Arts Festival is anticipated to be vaster and better than ever this year. Laurie Burton, a Cotton District Arts Festival co-chair, said she is very enthusiastic about the expansion of vendors and development of subdivisions of the festival.

“We have added more food vendors, and this year we have 20 local restaurants and vendors.

We have also added more artisan vendors with 130 signed up,” Burton said. “In addition, we have added an author’s area to our Writer’s Village and will have four book authors on hand to sign and sell books.”

Burton expressed she felt that as the festival grows, Starkville citizens and Mississippi State University students should embrace the medley of arts that the Starkville Area Arts

Council has contrived for the city. She said the impact art has on a society does not need to be neglected because art has a way of unconsciously unifying the community.

“The festival is important to the citizens of Starkville because it brings focus to the arts, which are very important to creating a diverse and rich culture,” she said. “The festival showcases all the arts-- visual, literary, musical, culinary, performance,

and makes them accessible to all people. In addition, it engages people of all ages and encourages artistic participation, thereby fostering the arts within the community.”

Burton said the arts festival is not only crucial for the customers, but for the vendors as well, who rely solely on the participation of patrons to benefit from their booths.

“This is an opportunity for the artisan vendors to not only

make sales, but to make contacts and promote them,” she said.

“This is one of the best festivals in the state, and many of our vendors become well known for their art with many returning customers year after year.”

According to the official festival website, the Cotton District Arts Festival has been awarded a top-100 event in North America by the American Bus Association, it is a top-20 event in the Southeast and it

has been ranked in the top five festivals in Mississippi for the past two years.

Lewis Herrington of JC Graphics, a sponsor of the festival, is an avid believer in promoting the arts.

“We feel like we are a part of this community and want to give back to some of our great local events,” Herrington said.

“Mississippi is a creative place.

Our business is based hugely on art. Our graphic designers

were art majors, and fostering that creative spirit is important to us.”

The Cotton District Arts Festival will kick off at 7 a.m.

Saturday with the Old Cotton Mill 5K Race registration.

An invasion of vibrant booths overflowing with mouthwatering food, illustrious crafts and unforgettable fun will occupy the streets of the Cotton District until 5 p.m.

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Old Main Music Festival welcomes The Neighbourhood

By Noor Mujahid Life Editor

It may no longer be bitterly cold outdoors, but The Neighbourhood has had us singing along to the hauntingly catchy tune of their Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Sweater Weather,” for weeks now.

Due to the band’s sudden rise in popularity after releasing the song that had everyone wanting to snuggle up in a sweater, Mississippi State University’s Student Association in collaboration with Music Maker Productions selected The Neighbourhood as this year’s headliner for the Old Main Music Festival.

Brett Harris, SA President, said SA and MMP sought to decide on entertainment that would be well-liked by the community of Starkville, students and out-of-towners.

“We worked with Music Maker Productions to bring a band that would be popular

with students as well as families,” he said. “Super Bulldog Weekend brings many families into town and we wanted to appeal to all audiences.”

Harris said the course of action associated with selecting a band is comprised of receiving quotes for bands from an agent and assembling an array of entertainment that will be enjoyable for all.

Sarah Margaret Hewes, Music Makers Productions student director, said MMP and the SA played a pivotal role in the long process of selecting a band. She explained the obstacles they faced this year due to another music festival taking place the same weekend as Super Bulldog Weekend.

“Along with the Student Association, we are involved in the entire process from choosing the artist to working the show itself. (The) band selection process is always a very lengthy process, and it wasn’t any different this

year,” she said. “Coachella is the same weekend as SBW this year, so that took a lot of bands we were interested in off the table. We were very excited about the availability of The Neighbourhood and Eric Hutchinson for this year and are glad such a great lineup worked out.”

The Neighbourhood, comprised of lead singer Jesse Rutherford, guitarists Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels, bassist Mikey Margot and drummer Bryan Sammis, was formed in Los Angeles in 2011. The band’s unique sound is a melody of indie rock, electronica and hiphop, mixed with R&B vocal influences.

Logan Reeves, assistant director of research and development for the Student Association, said he is eager to see the recognized band in a city as small as Starkville.

“The Neighbourhood, with their edgy pop style, embodies the essence of our quaint southern town with songs

such as ‘Sweater Weather’ and ‘Afraid,’” he said. “I am looking forward to this concert that Music Makers and SA is hosting.”

Hewes provided a general lineup of the night’s festivities, which includes a band hailing from Oxford, Miss., a popular country singer and, ultimately, The Neighbourhood.

“Music starts at 7 p.m. with a band from Oxford, MS called The Red Thangs, and then Eric Hutchinson goes on at 8 p.m., and The Neighbourhood will start around 9:30 p.m,” she said.

“It’s going to be a wonderful night full of great live music, and I really encourage everyone to come to it and enjoy some incredible live music.”

This is Hewes’s last concert as a member of Music Makers Productions, and she believes music possesses a unique quality of making listeners join together and anticipates this show will do the same.

“Well it’s my last show as

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L.A.-based band The Neighbourhood brings the West coast to Starkville this weekend when the band headlines Old Main Music Festival. The band’s hit songs include “Sweater Weather” and “Afraid.” a Music Maker, so it’s a really special one for me, but at the same time I want students and attendees to get out of this show what I want them to get out of every show. I think that live music is incredibly powerful and does wonders when it comes to bringing people together and I would love for this show to do just that,” she said.

AK Miskelly, sophomore human science major, said she

is curious to see how people react to the performance of a non-traditional band coming to campus, but she believes attendees will definitely be in for a great performance.

“The Neighbourhood is going to be an entertaining show to say the least. I feel as though I will be enthralled with their performance, considering the fact that this is an ‘alternative’ band coming to Starkville,” she said.

Two weeks, one album: MSU student produces debut album as Rock Eupora By daNiel hart Staff Writer

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Rock Eupora’s first album titled “Blanks” will be released April 29.

Over two weeks in December 2013, one Starkville house echoed with vibrations from amplifiers and drum sets.

The brick house became a recording studio for Mississippi State University student Clayton Waller, who said he spent the first two weeks of winter break in his Nash Street residence

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working at breakneck speed behind a mixing board instead of relaxing on a couch.

“I kind of hauled,” he said.

“There was a point where I was running out of time, where I did two songs in a day and the next day another two songs, so I had done four songs in 48 hours.”

The result is his debut album, “Blanks,” a collection of dynamic, rapid-fire rock tunes he will release under the moniker Rock Eupora on April 29.

Waller was the only musician in his DIY studio, which he said was intimidating but kept him on a compressed schedule to foster a creative explosion.

“I knew me setting two weeks aside for a whole album would

squeeze the juices out of me,” he said.

“Blanks” sounds like the overflow from a 2000s musician under pressure, as the album rockets from one audial gem to another, including everything from indie rock riffs to Brian Wilson-esque harmonies and back to Spoon-style grooves that shuffle in amidst heavy breakdowns.

Kody Gautier, senior educational psychology major and bassist for Rock Eupora, said the band’s sound is a catchy, melody-driven take on alternative rock.

“It’s melodic, it’s very upbeat, driving choruses, complex dynamics and great chord

progressions,” he said. “It could be described as if The Black Keys and Jack White came together and sang melodic choruses.”

Gautier said though Rock Eupora has many moving parts, Waller skillfully combines multiple genres of music into an album that coheres while it stays away from the pitfalls of repetition.

“I really admire the sound because I know Clayton’s musical influences, and I can totally see how he created an original spin on all of that,” he said. “He didn’t make a carbon copy of the music he likes, he just made his own music the way he wanted it, which is awesome.”

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STAT OF THE DAY: The Mississippi State University Softball team (30 -13) has the third best record in team history, after 43 games

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Alabama

8-4

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22-9

.710

16-3

4-6

4-6

Ole Miss

7-5

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26-8

.765

19-3

7-5

LSU

6-5

.542

24-8

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Mississippi StATE 6 - 6

.500

21-13

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Arkansas

6-6

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20-13

Auburn

5-7

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Texas A&M

5-7

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Fans enjoyed catcher Nick Ammirati’s classic “Rattle” by The Bingo Players during MSU’s run to the 2013 College World Series.

Senior Brett Pirtle said he enjoyed the fans’ enthusiasm so much, that when it came time to select his song for this year, he returned to the Dudy Noble Field classic.

“Since (Ammirati) left I just kind of took it over. I told him before the spring started I had the song, and he was actually really happy I had it because he loves that song,” Pirtle said. “Just getting that song back — I love seeing all the people in the stands dance and staying in the game, so that’s the reason I got it.”

Finally, each player not only wants something that will epitomize their identity,

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4-6

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continued from 13 but also strike fear in the opponents from the first note.

Opponents and fans relate to the fear when junior closer Jonathan Holder’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” by Johnny Cash cues over the speakers.

Although the tune has become one of the top favorites at Dudy Noble Field, Holder said he was not fully sold on the song when he was first introduced to the track.

“I was up in Cape Cod, and I was playing with (catcher) Kyle Schwarber from Indiana (University), and he let me listen to it one day. He said, ‘Hey man, you should use this as your walkup song. It’s pretty good for a late-inning bullpen guy.’ I listened to it, and honestly I didn’t really like it at first because it’s kind of slow,”

Holder said. “I listened to it a few more times and thought about running in to it and it, kind of grew on me.”

Holder said as soon as the Bulldog crowd stands and cheers in reaction to the first few notes, he knows he made the right choice.

“The adrenaline gets pumping a good bit when I come in and the crowd stands up and starts hollering,” he said.

Although former and some current Bulldogs will go down in history for their hard work, perseverance and accolades throughout their careers in Maroon and White, each one will always be remembered for their 20 seconds of fame blasted through the speakers of Dudy Noble Field.

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Sports Schedule Friday 5:00 p.m. - Softball vs Alabama (MSU Softball Field) 6:30 p.m. - Baseball vs Ole Miss (Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium) SatuRday 10:00 a.m. - Alumni Softball Game (MSU Softball Field) 11:00 a.m. - Mississippi Pork Producers Sampling of the Grill (McArthur Hall)

11:00 a.m. - Volleyball Alumni Match (Newell Grissom Building) 12:00 p.m. - Maroon/White Spring Football Game (Davis Wade Stadium) 3:00 p.m. - Baseball vs Ole Miss (Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium)

SundaY 12:00 p.m. - Men’s Tennis vs Texas A&M (A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre) 1:00 p.m. - Softball vs Alabama (MSU Softball Field) 1:30 p.m. - Baseball vs Ole Miss (Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium)

Attention Seniors: It’s time to celebrate!

Before you don your cap and gown, come celebrate with us at Senior Celebration 2014!

The MSU Alumni Association, Division of Student Affairs & Student Association are hosting their annual celebration honoring 2014 graduates.

WHEN: April 15th TIME: 5:30-7:30 WHERE: Hunter Henry Center Fisher Gardens

Graduates will receive a Senior Celebration T-shirt (while they last), and there will be free crawfish, MSU ice cream, deli sandwiches, and live entertainment, as well as plenty of fun for everyone. All spring graduates are invited to attend.

In case of rain, the location will be the Hunter Henry Centerʼs Parker Ballroom.

For more information, contact the alumni office 662-325-3444

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As with the start of any footuper Bulldog Weekend is officially upon us once ball season, there are many stoagain. There will be plen- rylines and questions going into ty of parties, music and fun the 2014 season involving this for everyone to enjoy from this team. We might not get the anweekend’s various festivities. swer to all of our questions or But another major part of Super concerns on Saturday, but it will Bulldog Weekend is the sports. be a good place to start. Special There will be a plethora of dif- teams was one of the biggest ferent sporting events to choose problems for the Bulldogs a year from over the weekend. The ago. One of the main things baseball team has a series against to look for in this scrimmage Ole Miss, the softball team has a will be to see if the team has series against the No. 2 ranked improved in that area — more Alabama Crimson Tide and specifically in the place kicking.

Also, MSU did not lose very there will be tennis action as well. But the event I am look- many starters, but of the ones ing most forward to is the Ma- the Dogs did lose, two were along the ofroon and White fensive line. game. It may not The Bulldog Most notably, be fall yet, but defense was Gabe Jackson football is back. good a year is most likely The Mississippi ago, but it going to be a State University has a chance second round football team will to be one of pick in the play its annual draft spring scrimmage the top units in the SEC 2014 next month. game on Saturday this season.

So how the at noon at Davis offensive line Wade Stadium, and admission is free to the looks with two new starters will be another point to keep an eye public.

It should be quite an exciting on in the scrimmage.

Another position MSU fans scene. Expectations are extremely high this season for the Bulldogs need to keep an eye on is the after the way they finished strong outside receivers. Senior Jameon down the stretch of the 2013 Lewis had a breakout campaign season. The returning starters in 2013, and we expect him to and senior leadership produces be just as good if not better in another factor in the high expec- 2014. But he plays in the slot. tations coming into this season, Our receiver play on the outside neither of which was the case a was inconsistent a year ago, and year ago. But of all the things the it will be interesting to see in the football team has going for it at scrimmage if a potential bigthe moment, none might be big- time target emerges on the outger than junior quarterback Dak side for Prescott. Joe Morrow Prescott who has a chance to per- and Robert Johnson were the haps be the best quarterback in starters a year ago, but look out the SEC in 2014. Multiple SEC for underclassmen like sophoteams lost their starting quarter- mores De’Runnya Wilson and back from a year ago, and unlike Fred Ross to potentially be the those schools, MSU has a guy playmakers on the outside the coming back with starting expe- team has been awaiting.

There are also a lot of potenrience. There have even been offseason rumblings of Prescott as a tial positives to keep in mind for dark horse Heisman candidate. If this game. At the top of my list is that proves to be the case, MSU could be in for one of its most memorable football seasons in school history.

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Forrest Buck is a senior majoring in kinesiology. He can be contacted at reflectorsports@ gmail.com.

the depth at running back. The Bulldogs have four backs ready and are able to be big factors in the run game. Most MSU fans know about Josh Robinson and Ashton Shumpert, but watch out for Nick Griffin who hopes to finally have an injury-free season, and the small but dangerously elusive Brandon Holloway who showed off quickness and nifty moves in the open field during spring practice and will be sure to dazzle the crowd on Saturday.

And finally, watch for the improvement on defense. The Bulldog defense was good a year ago, but it has a chance to be one of the top units in the SEC this season. The secondary is older, more experienced and no longer seems to be the weak link pulling the rest of the unit down anymore. The linebacker corps is led by one of the best middle linebackers in the nation in Benardrick McKinney, and the defensive line is the deepest position on the team featuring last year’s freshman standout Chris Jones who is poised for an even bigger year in 2014. Coming into last year we used words like rebuild, wait and patience. When discussing this team now, 10 wins is a legitimate possibility in 2014.

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There are many favorite traditions fans enjoy at the ballpark which make baseball America’s favorite past time.

The chants of the crowd, the classic culinary treats and concessions and crowd participation in activities such as the wave draw in crowds year in and year out to the diamond.

But more recently, there is a subtler note, which has become a fan favorite — the walk-up song.

Music has been a staple in ballparks ever since “The Star Spangled Banner” piped through the organs in the 1918 World Series when the Boston Red Sox knocked off the Chicago Cubs. But in recent years, organ tunes and songs about crackerjacks, which provide nostalgia like a vintage, broken-in mitt, have taken a back seat to contemporary tunes for players’ approach to the batter’s box or mound.

These catchy tunes gained notoriety and attention in nearly every Major League Baseball park, but more relatively, Mississippi State University fans can enjoy their Bulldogs express themselves with every at bat or appearance on the mound.

MSU Head Coach John Cohen said he enjoys the musical aspect of the game because it allows his players to have fun and express themselves.

“I think it’s fun for the kids.

We want them to have fun, and

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Senior Brett Pirtle hits a line drive versus Memphis earlier in the season. Pirtle is known for his love of the walk-up song for MSU.

we want them to have an individualistic attitude, but within the framework of the team,” he said. “I think it’s fun for them as long as it’s not anything outrageous.”

Bulldog fans have enjoyed staples songs from past Bulldogs, and current Bulldogs confess the song selection is one of the hardest decisions they will have to make.

Cohen said the Bulldogs did not have walk-up songs when he played at MSU from 198790, and he too would have a difficult time choosing a song to introduce him at the plate.

“I don’t know. As a kid I was a huge Billy Joel fan, but I don’t know if that plays well at a ballpark,” he said. “I haven’t given a lot of thought to that.”

With a monumental deci-

sion on each player’s shoulders, each player takes careful consideration into which song with best identify the introduce them. Junior transfer Seth Heck hails from Edmonds, Wash., and chose Reggae classic “Let’s Do It Again”

by J Boog to establish his West Coast roots.

“I want to be different.

I’m not from this part of the country, and I’ve got to represent the West coast. It’s always good to have something people recognize, fans like and something fans can get into every time you get up to the plate.”

Along with something each individual athlete likes, players also take into consideration something the fans can interact with as well.

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Bridgewater is NFL ready Bortles provides big upside Johnny Football excites

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he 2014 NFL draft is just under a month away, and still there is no consensus on who is the top quarterback prospect in this class. There are always different opinions on this matter each year, but usually there is that one guy the majority of people think is the top prospect. Last year it was West Virginia’s Geno Smith, the year before gave us Stanford’s Andrew Luck and the year before that was Forrest Buck is a senior majorAuburn’s Cam Newton. Howev- ing in kinesiology. He can be er, this year there is no one guy. contacted at reflectorsports@ There are so many varying opin- gmail.com. ions, and as many as four quar- rate on the short and intermediterbacks in this class could be the ate patterns. His deep ball needs first one taken. Louisville’s Teddy to improve, but he clearly is the Bridgewater, Texas A&M’s John- most accurate overall in the class. ny Manziel, Central Florida’s Bridgewater showed off excellent Blake Bortles and Fresno State’s ball placement, eye discipline, Derek Carr, by most accounts, good throwing mechanics and are the top four quarthe ability terback prospects in to run an What this class. And one offense at separates cannot forget about the line of the growing support Bridgewater scrimmage for Division II East- from the other guys last season. ern Illinois standout Although Jimmy Garoppolo, is his ability to do his arm is who I personally the little things. not elite, he love. With all of these certainly has names and different good arm opinions, it makes strength and mocking the draft this year a will be able to make all the throws near impossible task. But of all at the NFL level. What separates the quarterbacks available, which Bridgewater from the other guys quarterback should be taken first? is his ability to do the little things.

Bridgewater came into the He utilizes pump fakes and seems season on most people’s over- to have a better understanding of all boards as the second-best reading defensive coverage and player available at any position scanning the entire field. He can after South Carolina’s Jadeveon manipulate defensive backs with Clowney. Bridgewater’s stock his eyes, and he knows when to has fallen since then, but why? I just throw the ball away, which is know he opted not to throw at a very underrated trait in a passthe combine and then did not do er. Bridgewater seems to be a step so well at the combine but what ahead of the other quarterbacks about what happened in the fall in this class, as far as thinking the on the football field? I have ques- game through and being able to tions about Bridgewater as a lead- play with his mind and not just er, and his pro day performance his ability. Those are the traits scared me just a little bit. Howev- that best translate to the NFL er, I evaluate him from what I saw level at the quarterback position. on the field. Bridgewater is by far It is possible Manziel or Bortles the most NFL ready quarter- could end up being better than back in this draft and performed Bridgewater, but of all the choicthe best as far as pure passing. es at quarterback in this draft, Bridgewater is incredibly accu- Bridgewater is the safest option.

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ith the 2014 NFL draft quickly approaching, University of Central Florida’s Blake Bortles should be the first quarterback taken in the draft this May. Bortles has everything a NFL general manager would want from their future franchise quarterback. Bortles has the size — standing at 6’5” and weighing in at 232 pounds. Blake Morgan is the sports ediMany liken him to Ben Roeth- tor for The Reflector. He can be lisberger, a quarterback with contacted at reflectorsports@ enough size to take hits in the gmail.com. pocket but enough athleticism to shake loose from a few tackles O’Brien served as the offensive and move in the pocket to make coordinator at Georgia Tech in a play.

2002. He coached only one Bortles has the work ethic to season at Georgia Tech, but be successful in the NFL. Ac- was serving under Head Coach cording to his coaches he is the George O’Leary. O’Leary is kind of guy that is the first to the the current coach at UCF and practice field and the last one to helped develop Bortles his entire leave. He strives to improve ev- collegiate career. ery time he steps onto the pracO’Brien has a similar offentice field. sive philosophy to the one run at This was evident during his UCF. If the Texans take Bortles pro day at UCF. The biggest with the first pick in the draft, question about Bortles was his the learning curve would be off-balance release when flushed much lower than a typical rookout of the pocket. Bortles prac- ie after being drafted. ticed every day since Bortles led UCF to a 12-1 the end of the season final reworking on this probcord with Bortles has lem and excelled in wins over everything his pro day workout.

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Not only do I think Bortles This is important because the should be the first quarterback Texans hired a new head coach taken in the draft, I think he this offseason. Bill O’Brien should be the first overall pick. came to the Texans after two The Texans will regret it for years at Penn State University. years if they pass on Bortles.

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ith this year’s National Football League draft just under a month away, experts and fans alike research this year’s prospects to make one final shot at predicting where their favorite players will land in the first round of the draft.

The Houston Texans have four weeks left to solidify the first pick in this year’s draft, and experts are John Galatas is the copy editor torn as to whom or even which for The Reflector. He can be position the Texans should draft. contacted at reflectorsports@ After finishing 2-14 in 2013, gmail.com. the Texans have multiple needs at multiple positions, including Additionally, Manziel does quarterback. Houston sent sev- things on the field that have en-year starter Matt Schaub to never been done athleticalOakland last season and signed ly. Manziel has dazzled and veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick to a two- amazed with his innovation year contract last month. and improvisation on the footHouston has options with the ball field.

No. 1 pick, but with pre-draft Critics of Manziel argue he may not be visits with former UCF quarterback On the field, the safest pick of the Blake Bortles and Manziel draft, but former Texas A&M has simply previous quarterback Johnny drafts prove Manziel in the next played in the safest two weeks, the Tex- toughest conference the pick was not ans need a quarterin college football.” always the back to reestablish themselves.

And best pick. that quarterback is In 2011 Manziel.

Cam NewWhile Bortles and former Lou- ton was taken No. 1 by the isville standout Teddy Bridgewa- Carolina Panthers. Other ter are high on experts’ lists due to quarterbacks Jake Locker, ‘intangibles,’ Manziel had one of Blaine Gabbert and Christian the most impressive pro-days. He Ponder were all selected before dispelled negative accounts from the San Francisco 49ers selectscout in his mechanics and how ed standout Collin Kaeperhe threw the football. nick. Finally, the Texans will Even though there is no de- utilize Fitzpatrick as a mentor fense in pro-day workouts, Man- for their incoming quarterziel still impressed by the way he back. While Fitzpatrick does moved in the pocket, stayed on not light up the stat sheet like balance and delivered the football a Peyton Manning or Tom — consistent to the Johnny Foot- Brady, Fitzpatrick is one of the ball seen over the past two years. smartest quarterbacks in the On the field, Manziel has sim- league and will pass on a plethply played in the toughest con- ora of experience to the rookie. ference in college football. Now, With the proven college rewhile the defenses of the SEC will cord, the promise of success provide a bigger challenge, Man- and an experienced mentor, ziel got a taste of what defenses he Manziel should not only be will be facing at the NFL level by the No. 1 quarterback in the facing the best defenses in college draft, but the No. 1 pick overweek in and week out. all.

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Baseball

It took 11 innings, but the Mississippi State University (21-13) baseball team came away from the neutralsite game in Pearl, Miss., with a victory over Southern Mississippi on Tuesday. Senior Derrick Armstrong scored the winning run off a wild pitch. The win was the Bulldogs’ sixth-straight win over the Golden Eagles. The Bulldogs built a 2-0 lead by the third inning behind a pair of singles. Senior Ben Bracewell received the midweek start for the Bulldogs and ended after pitching four innings and giving up two earned runs. Junior All-American Jonathan Holder came away with the win.

Holder finished the game with three strikeouts and did not give up a run. The MSU pitching staff matched a season-high 16 total strikeouts. The Bulldogs return to the diamond against in-state rival Ole Miss Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Softball After dropping a weekend series to Missouri, the Mississippi State University (30-13) softball team lost to No. 15/16 University of South Alabama 3-2 on Wednesday night in Mobile, Ala. In the final inning, the Lady Bulldogs moved the winning run onto third base but could not move her across the plate. Sophomore Loryn Nichols led the Lady Bulldogs reaching base all three times at bat and scoring MSU’s first run. Senior Alison Owen took the mound again for the Lady Bulldogs but came up short and tallied her eighth loss of the season.

USA took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second and never looked back. MSU loaded the bases in the top of the third, but failed to capitalize on the opportunity. The Lady Bulldogs scored its first run in the fifth inning. MSU loaded the bases again in the seventh inning, but could only move one runner across the plate. The Bulldogs will return home to face No. 1 Alabama in a three-game series beginning Friday at 5 p.m.

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Mississippi State University unveiled new football and baseball uniforms on Thursday. The baseball team will wear the uniforms for Super Bulldog Weekend agasinst the Ole Miss Rebels. The football team will wear the uniforms on Aug. 30th to commemorate the 100th season of football at Davis Wade Stadium.

Mississippi State University Men’s Golf team won the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship on Monday and Tuesday in West Point, Miss. Senior Barret Edens (bottom right) tailed a carrer-low 65 strokes. Edens performance helped guide the Bulldogs to a one-stroke. Edens drained 14 birdies in the final two rounds. This was Edens’ first career win. Senior Chad Ramey (bottom left) finished the match with his 17th top 10 finish in his career at MSU. The Men’s Golf teams will return to action in Madison, Miss., on April 14-15 defending their crown at the BancorpSouth Intercollegiate.

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