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132nd YEAR ISSUE 3
TUESDAY AUGUST 29, 2017
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884
Student Association’s Cowbell Cabs expands services KATIE POE
STAFF WRITER
Mississippi State Student Association
A recent expansion for Cowbell Cabs will allow students to be picked up from almost anywhere in Starkville. Cowbell Cabs, a free transportation service, was started by the Student Association in 2014. While the service was created by the SA, it is operated by Bulldog Cab Co. The expansion was initially announced by SA Vice President Layton Little at the Aug. 15 Starkville Board of Aldermen meeting, where the Mississippi State University budget of two percent funds were presented, part of which will go toward Cowbell Cabs. “We think this expansion will benefit students a lot while enhancing the two percent tax to students that
don’t necessarily have a car,” Little said. Little said with the expansion, students can be given a ride to and from more locations; it is not limited to campus. “Cowbell Cabs previously only picked students up from businesses or on campus and brought them back to their home,” Little said. “Now, Cowbell Cabs can pick students up from anywhere in town within the boundary we have set.” This means any student can be given a ride, whether it’s from business to business, business to home, home to business, campus to home or from your home to someone else’s. Also, while the service did not run previously during home football game weekends, they now will. CABS, 2
Three Former MSU student Anne Elizabeth area Buys prepares for Miss America pageant shootings leave one dead, two wounded EMMALYNE KWASNY AND DEVIN EDGAR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND NEWS EDITOR
One person is dead after three separate shootings Thursday night in Starkville and Oktibbeha County. All three victims were male. Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt said the three shootings do not appear to be related. Starkville Chief of Police Frank Nichols said the fatal shooting occurred at the Brookville Garden Apartment complex in Starkville. Hunt confirmed Starkville native Deontay M. Rogers, 20, the victim in the fatal shooting, which happened at approximately 9:20 p.m. Rogers was brought to the OCH Emergency Room by his father, Hunt said, and was pronounced dead after arriving. The shooting is being investigated as a homicide and Rogers body was sent to the Mississippi Crime Lab in Jackson for an autopsy. According to a press release, SPD charged 16-year-old Tomas Bradford of Starkville with the murder of Rogers. There was an initial appearance for Bradford Friday and his bond was set at $2,000,000.
Susan McCarty | Miss Mississippi Organization
Anne Elizabeth Buys, former Mississippi State University communications student, won Miss Mississippi in June and is now preparing to leave for the Miss America Pageant. Buys has been involved in pageants since she was three-years-old.
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Susan McCarty | Miss Mississippi Organization
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Anne Elizabeth Buys dreamed of becoming Miss Mississippi since she was three years old. At seven years old, she performed as a junior dancer in Miss Mississippi pageants. Later, she would become a Magnolia Princess for two years before winning Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen 2013. After years of dedication, Buys achieved her childhood dream and became Miss Mississippi 2017. “I tell my mother every day it feels like I’m in a dream and haven’t woken up yet,” Buys said. A dream does not come true without relentless dedication. Buys spends a large part of each of her days reading current events, exercising, practicing her talent—ballet en pointe— serving others through various platforms and strengthening her communications skills. “Every aspect of this pageant helps you become a more well-rounded person,” Buys said. “It’s given me great
Buys posed with her flowers shortly after being crowned Miss Mississippi 2017.
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communication skills. I can walk in a room of 20 or 500 or 5,000 and feel confident in who I am and what I stand for—and this organization has allowed me to discover that.” Above all else, Buys said connecting with and serving others is her favorite part of the Miss America Organization. “I believe that I have been placed here to serve others and to let them know that they have a wonderful purpose for their life. Through this organization, I have been able to do just that,” Buys said. “Whether its through Children’s Miracle Network hospitals and just hugging a child and providing a smile on their faces or working through my platform, Water for Life, this is what I love most.” Water for Life, an idea created by Buys, is sponsored by Operation Blessing International. Buys raises funds for both local and global water crises; then, Operation Blessing International determines the greatest need for water at the given time. The entire process can take up to six months to ensure money raised is given care and commitment. So far, Buys has raised money for over 63,000 bottles of clean water. MISS AMERICA, 2
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