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Last week, the Dallas Cowboys visited the Seattle Seahawks for week three in the preseason. The Cowboys came into the game with a preseason record of 1-1, with former Mississippi State University quarterback Dak Prescott putting on a show so far. This game would also be fans first appearance of Ezekial Elliot playing in a Dallas Cowboys uniform. Fans had high hopes Tony Romo would be playing with Elliot to foreshadow the upcoming season; even though Prescott is currently leading this preseason in quarterback completion percentage with 78 percent. This will be a good chance for fans to watch the cowboys with all the key offensive components playing together. Dak finished his senior year here at MSU with 379 yards, 29 touchdowns and only five interceptions. MSU has never had a quarterback drafted as high as Prescott, let alone start in the NFL as Prescott has the chance of doing. This shows the talent of Head coach Dan Mullen and how he trains his quarterbacks. Mullen is known for coaching multiple top
busted scrambling play. For Dallas Cowboys fans, this injury should not come as a surprise. Romo missed 12 games last season due to a collarbone fracture. The Cowboys went 1-11 without their starting quarterback last season. Overall, they recorded a 4-12 season.
Mississippi State University faculty members are receiving a near $200,000 Library of Congress grant to aid in expanding the curricula in the Oktibbeha Consolidated School District. From the College of Education and Department of Curriculum, instruction and special education, assistant professors, Paul E. Binford, Kenneth Anthony and Nicole Miller, will use this grant to enable Oktibbeha County teachers of grades 3-12, to receive specialized professional development training. Paige Watson, communications specialist for the College of Education, explained further on the grant, saying MSU is one of 21 selected, while over 76 colleges and organizations applied for the grant. “We are super excited to utilize the funding from the grant and implement it into the Oktibbeha County School District,” Watson said. Secondary Social Studies Education professor, Paul E. Binford, said the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with all sorts of primary sources, which are the building blocks of history.
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Dak Prescott is the first starting quarterback from Mississippi State University since 1979. He leads the Cowboys against the Giants in week one. quarterbacks, such as Alex Smith and Tim Tebow. Mullen is well known for his quarterback coaching talents, and it should translate to the next quarterback for Mississippi State. Coming into the league, Prescott was being
compared to players like Vince Young, who was a first round third overall pick for the Tennessee Titans in 2006. Prescott has the same build but lacks the aggressive rushing attack and polished deep throws on the field. On the bright side, expectations for Prescott are low since
he was a fourth round pick. That will ultimately give him more time to develop in the league if he does produce as quickly as some would like or expect. After only three plays for Tony Romo, defensive end Cliff Avril broke Romo’s back tackling him on a
Paintings from local Student ticket transfer policy in effect artist on exhibit by Dalton Middleton Sports Editor
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Works by the late Starkville artist Carole McReynolds Davis are now open to the public, courtesy of Mississippi State University’s Visual Arts Center Gallery. The exhibit, titled “Figures and Faces Not Far From Home: Portraits by Carole McReynolds Davis” runs until Nov. 18 and showcases many local people whom Carole painted from Starkville and the surrounding areas. The collection of portraits features a small sampling of the estimated 800 to 1,000 paintings Carole painted over the course of her career. All of the paintings featured in the exhibit are on loan from the Davis family. Besides painting, visitors will learn about Carole’s talent as a writer and photographer, as well as her time at MSU where she earned a degree in English, which she later used in writing documentation to accompany her paintings, and as a columnist for the Starkville Daily News. Many people in the
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Starkville community who knew Carole have fond memories of her. Bo Summerford, a manager at Reed’s, said he remembers Carole always coming into his store. “She was a character that’s for sure,” Summerford said. “We all loved her.” Whenever Carole came into his store, Summerford said it always put him and his employees in a better mood. “Every person she came in contact with was a friend,” Summerford said. “It was contagious.” What Summerford remembers about Carole are her delightfully funny answering machine messages, which she frequently changed. When she came in the store, she would remind him and his co-workers to call her phone number and listen to her answering machine greeting. If her husband answered she said to just hang up and call the number back. One message he recalls hearing around Easter time was, “it’s a hip, hip hoppity day.” Summerford also had many mementos in his office to show, which Carole had given him over the years.
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For the first year ever, students can ditch the illegal way of handing off their student ticket to other students who did not get to buy tickets. The Mississippi State University Student Association worked with the Ticket Office to implement a new policy for the 2016-2017 football season that allows students to transfer their student tickets electronically to other students. MSU tried this last year, but it was a failed attempt because the ticket platform the school was using would not support it. After changing ticket platforms to Spectre this season, they are able to make it work and function the correct way for MSU to make transfers available to the students. This brings the opportunity of being able to attend MSU football games available to many more students. Only 10,500 student tickets are sold per year. With over 20,000 students, only around half are able to purchase student tickets. The process of transferring tickets is extremely easy. Students go onto their Dog Tag, similar
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to when they are buying student tickets, but they press the transfer ticket button instead of purchase tickets. There is a stepby-step process that was emailed to each student, and there is an instruction page online. The student who is transferring has to know the person they are transferring the ticket to and has to input their information, such as their student ID and email address. The receiving student then gets an email, and they click the link and accept the ticket to transfer to their student ID. The only charge for transferring tickets is a five dollar transfer fee that can be paid by either the student transferring or the student receiving the ticket. Mike Richie, head of ticket operations, said this could help shy away from students illegally giving their student ID out and with students scalping or using counterfeit tickets. “If we don’t provide a legitimate platform for legitimate transfers, then that causes more problems with students being able to give each other their IDs,” Richie said. “That creates really big problems on campus. Providing a form for students to transfer tickets back and forth between each other limits the possibility of students trading IDs and doing
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things that are against university policy.” Eddie White, director of policy at the Student Association, reached out to the ticket office to get this initiative in action. Once the student tickets sold out last year and years before, there was no way for students who did not purchase them to get into games unless they took another student’s ID, which violates the honor code. “There are issues with students losing IDs that they’re borrowing, and that is a huge security issue with not only the students but with the student government.” White said. “Students that may pick up a lost ID now have access to dorms and all the access that you have. The big thing that drove us to this was we want every student to be able to go to a game and experience the feel of a game day here in DavisWade Stadium.” In the first week of the policy being implemented into the system and the SA announcing it, over 25 students took advantage and transferred their tickets to the home opener against South Alabama. White feels that amount of students already using the process is a huge success. “It is definitely a success,” White said. “Anybody that uses it is a huge success. It just was unveiled over
a week ago. If it’s one or 1,000 students transferring, it is a success because someone who could not go to the game is now being able to go.” Already taking advantage of the policy was Lauren Christmas, a freshman from Brandon, Mississippi. She was not able to purchase tickets on time because she was informed at the last minute, and they were sold out by the time she could get on the website and order them. She was transferred a ticket for the first game of the season and was very pleased with the process. “I was very relieved to have this option and was happy that it allowed me to enjoy the game even though I did not have student tickets,” Christmas said. “The process was very simple. All I had to do was confirm my email and the ticket was transferred to my account. The overall experience was effortless almost, and that added to me having a great experience at my first game as well.” With the new policy starting this year and the SEC schedule about to begin, students should be sure to remember that they can get tickets transferred to them, and they can transfer tickets to other students with a simple process.
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Since Romo will be sidelined for at least six weeks, fans can prepare to see more of Prescott starting this season. The owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, told NFL.com sources, “(Romo) feels very confident our team can win games without him.” This should not come as a shock to all fans of the Dallas Cowboys, seeing as how the team only won one game without Tony Romo last season and now veterans like Dez Bryant are complimenting the play on rookies like Prescott in pre season. In the NFL, this is not the first time we have seen quarterbacks lose their position due to down time from an injury. That is usually how many teams find greatness, such as with Tom Brady for the New England Patriots. While it was only preseason, Dak Prescott seemed to have a better start to the season than the number one overall pick Jared Goff. As well as leading in completion percentage, he had 454 passing yards and five touchdowns without a single interception. When NFL reporters asked Prescott about his plans on starting for the Dallas Cowboys until mid-season, he said “to do my best to hold the fort down.” The NFL will be very interesting for Bulldog fans as they will get a chance to see Ezekiel Elliot playing with their very own Bulldog Dak Prescott. With conversations already
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looming about Elliot being rookie of the year for the Cowboys with Romo injured, the Cowboys will rely more heavily on the run attack of Elliot, while making sure Prescott is comfortable with his receivers. That does not seem like the case, as Prescott has already thrown over 300 yards and four touchdowns in just the preseason. The regular season will be much more of a test but so far the young buck from Mississippi State seems to be on par to overthrow Romo for the starting position in Dallas. Many conversations loom about trading Romo as well as keeping Romo, as Dak’s backup. Ether way, Prescott has made a name for himself in the Cowboys locker room in the NFL. It will be intriguing to see how the rest of the season pans out for the Dallas Cowboys. The team has multiple injuries as well as suspensions on both sides of the ball. Prescott will have a challenge ahead of him, but his coaches have put him in a good position to still be competitive. Prescott will still have valuable targets like Dez Bryant and Jason Witten. The rookie duo between Prescott and Elliot seems to be the future of “America’s Team.” There are still many questions dealing with the team defensively as well as their health, but the Dallas Cowboys seem to have found their next leader.
GRANT “In short, what we are hoping to do is work with teachers to get those primary sources as part of their instruction, making them more aware of the Library of Congress, to provide support and, perhaps, additional skill, so they can make full use of the Library of Congress and its resources,” Binford said. Binford said he will be working primarily with the high school while professors Miller and Anthony will work with the elementary schools. He added working with the Starkville Oktibbeha School District promises to be a very beneficial partnership. “In humanities, grant dollars are very scarce,” Binford said. “This, being a sizable grant opportunity, we decided to give it a try and submitted an application.” Binford said when students are able to get access to primary sources, they can be involved in the type of work historians are involved in, which, in a sense, enables them to become historians of their own, and they get to interpret documents, helping them to piece the stories together. “Students will be able to use the resources the grant will provide in professional development to become more in tune with and utilize the various sources available to them from the Library of Congress,” Binford said. The goal for teachers participating in this
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development will be for them to develop at least four lesson plans in which primary sources of information are the focus. The teachers will receive iPad minis for their classrooms as well as a Swivel and tripod to record the lessons, making it that much simpler to premier and reference the new curriculum. Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Assistant Superintendent Jody Woodram said the school district is so appreciative of the strong relationship they share with MSU, as well as the opportunities afforded to their students and teachers. “Primary sources are the epitome of nonfiction, and anything we can do to help our students become more comfortable with reading nonfiction, looking for interesting and unusual information and drawing conclusions as they compare and contrast that information makes them stronger, more analytical readers and thinkers,” Woodram said. Woodram said the grant will provide 30 teachers who teach social studies and/or language arts, the opportunity to enhance their lessons on primary studies, and there is no doubt the result, in the end, will strengthen the students. “We were at the table during planning stages during grant writing, and we were able to make suggestions we felt would enhance the experience for the teachers,” Woodram said. “For example, two or three of them
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ART EXHIBIT Among these were a newspaper article hanging on his wall showing him working at Reed’s that she had laminated. However, the most prized of all the things he was given was a framed miniature painting of a purple iris. He said the purple iris symbolized a pair of purple UGG boots she wanted to buy but which his store had run out of stock. Somehow he was able to track them down for her online. When he told her what he had done, she just about broke down. The next time she came in the store, Davis gave him the iris painting along with a thank you note telling him how every time she wore the boots she would think of him. When asked to describe her personality Summerford did not know where to begin. He named her house as being an excellent example though it no longer resembles the one he remembers with yard art, bottle trees, wind chimes and mannequins Summerford said Davis’ artistry could be called that of a, “true artistic mind.” Lori Neuenfeldt, the MSU visual arts center gallery director, came up with the idea for the exhibit along with Davis’ daughter, Elizabeth Williams. Neuenfeldt says that after Davis’ death, Williams was left wondering what to do with all her mother’s work. Neuenfeldt and Williams discussed the best way to showcase her mother’s work, so people could see it. Davis originally planned on publishing her work in a book called, “Not Far From Home,” but plans never came to fruition. However, the title of the unpublished book became the exhibit’s title. None of Davis’ paintings were sold in her lifetime because she thought of her paintings as children. Any paintings she did give away were gifted, but since Davis’ death, some paintings have been sold– most recently at an auction this past April with the Greater Starkville Development Project. Neuenfeldt said the importance of Davis work is significant to not only Starkville but the South as a whole.
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Frank Davis and Lori Neuenfeldt stand before a portrait featured in a new art exhibit called “Figures and Faces Not Far From Home: Portraits by Carole McReynolds Davis,” honoring the late Starkville artist Carole McReynolds Davis at the Visual Arts Center Gallery. “She documented basically the history of Starkville during the transitional period of what we think of as the South,” Neuenfeldt said. One of the things visitors will hopefully notice as they walk through the gallery is the diversity in Davis’ work Neuenfeldt said. The people she painted in her work come from a wide variety of economic and racial backgrounds. “It didn’t matter if you were poor or wealthy, known, unknown. [Neither] did the color of your skin or religion,” Neuenfeldt said. Another thing visitors will also see in the exhibit are the changes in Davis’ style. In Davis’ early work the color palette is very brown and neutral without much color. Later works of Davis have bolder This edition of The Reflector is brought to you by:
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colors, less emphasis on the background and more emphasis on the person which Neuenfeldt called, “selfies.” Frank Davis, Carole’s husband, has been busy trying to get in contact with many of the people who his wife painted in her portraits now hanging in the exhibit. In addition, Frank still works at MSU in the entomology department. Seeing the exhibit complete, he expressed many compliments to Neuenfeldt on all the work she has done in bringing the exhibit to life. Although Neuenfeldt said praises for bringing the project to light are very much appreciated, the credit does not rest solely with her but her students. This spring students in Neuenfeldt’s history of art class were each given
a research project about a painting in the exhibit with information from Davis’ own documentation about her paintings. Information
they gathered from the project eventually became panels which now hang on the gallery’s walls. As a result, many of
Neuenfeldt’s students who contributed to the exhibit developed a new appreciation for the city of Starkville. As Davis’ husband walked through the gallery, he began telling the inspiration as well as the stories behind many of his wife portraits. Two women in a portrait called, “Ella and Suzy,” who she compared to the Biblical women Ruth and Naomi because of the devotion the one woman had in walking two miles a day to care for the other. Another painting titled “Ned Gandy,” considered maybe Davis’ best, received a letter from President Obama who would like it to hang in his Presidential Library one day after it is built. When asked what Davis hopes those coming to see the exhibit get from it he says pleasure and familiarity. “They will have to be very, very pleased. These are [hometown] people she painted. These are people from Oktibbeha County,” Davis said. When Neuenfeldt was asked what she hopes people get from the exhibit, she said she wanted them to feel pride in their own stories. She hopes people will also see the importance and historical value artists give to their communities through the exhibit. “I think that we need to respect our artists because they preserve the history and tell a story,” Neuenfeldt said.
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Smokefree campus provides freedom from bad habit by Roy Jafari Staff Writer
I was a 19-year-old sophomore at a small university in Iran, and had never smoked in my life. Even though my brother was a always a heavy smoker, he never taught me how to properly smoke a cigarette. One night, I was spending time with some friends at my house and all of them were smoking. I was peerpressured, and then agreed to inhaling the first cigarette of my life. From that day on, I was a smoker. I was tentative when our university first announced its new smoke-free campus policy, and I vividly remember the day I started noticing smoke-free signs all over our campus. I was a still a smoker, but did not have the reaction you might expect. My first reaction to this change around me, surprising as it may be, was gratitude and appreciation. In the next 10 minutes, I started thinking about my own history with smoking and tobacco, and why I was feeling gratitude for having lost a choice. Losing the freedom to light up a cigarette whenever I wanted felt freeing. I realized this new smoke free policy was offering me a chance for personal growth. I have attempted to quit smoking before, but had constant ups and downs in my determination and willpower. There were times that I simply could not help my smoking, and there were days that I was trying hard to stay on top of my recent decision to quit. I have learned that smokers’ destructive behaviors are mostly instigated by peer pressure, particular moods and conditioned habits. The draws of smoking in tempting situations eventually becomes just too strong to resist. Even though I knew this, I used to fail to remove myself from these situations or and did not even try to stay mindful while in them. Thanks to the new smoke-free campus policy, I encounter fewer situations where I am tempted to smoke cigarettes. Now, every time I am entrapped in situations that make me prone to smoking, I have another reason to make me skip a beat before lighting up a cigarette. This has definitely made it easier for me to stay conscious about my choices concerning cigarettes. I am not certain whether the students and university authorities behind the new policy intended the new policy to be more liberating than restricting. However, judging by the inclusion of smoking cessation programs and the language used in the smokefree campus policy, even a former smoker like myself can see that the new policy is here to fully support the Bulldog family.
We must do more than discuss Stanford rapist by Holly Travis Staff Writer
Outrage is the word I would use to describe the general sentiment seen across social media and numerous news outlets discussing Brock Turner’s recent release from jail. In January 2015, Turner was caught raping an unconscious woman behind dumpsters on Stanford’s campus. This past March, Turner was convicted of three felony counts that could have resulted in his spending up to 14 years in prison even though prosecutors only pushed for a six-year sentence, according to the LA Times. Instead, the judge gave Turner a much more lenient sentence of six months which resulted in his actually serving a total of only three months behind bars for the assault. His recent release has reignited the public outrage over how someone found guilty of rape could receive such a light sentence. Some argue that his race and privileged socioeconomic status contributed to his extremely light sentencing. While I would agree, the dilemma surrounding this case speaks to another problem in our society: the lack of seriousness with which our legal system handles sexual assault cases. Although I consider a mere three month sentence to be an affront to a judicial system that should have done more to protect the victim, I cannot help but think, “Well, at least this rapist got something.” To me, the true tragedy of Brock Turner’s conviction
is that his three-month period in jail is more of a victory than most rape victims ever recieve in terms of their rapist’s punishment. This is not to say that we should not be angered by the lack of seriousness with which Turner’s case was handled during his sentencing. I believe we should. But it is important that we do not limit our outrage to this one case. It is crucial that we extend our concern to the fact that many sexual assaults are never reported and those which are reported hardly ever end with a punishment for the accused offender. A Center for Disease Control study recently identified that one in five women and one in 71 men will be victims of sexual assault, but the National Sexual Violence Resource Center found that 63 percent of these sexual assaults remain unreported. There are many reasons why both women and men do not report rape or sexual assaults that contribute to such a high number of unreported assaults. Many victims fear that they will not be believed, so they remain silent. While it may be easy to dismiss this as a fear the victims should just get over, it is not so simple. The National Sexual Violence Research Center also noted in a review of research conducted in eight U.S. cities, only 2 to 10 percent of reports were false accusations.
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The age old stereotype of college students living off ramen noodles, stealing food from cafeterias and snacking on leftovers used to be considered a charming quirk of being young and in college. However, this dependence on cheap, unhealthy food is now a devastating reality for college students and many American families due to the expense of health foods. Huffington Post shared an article stating that most people believe the inability to eat healthily is due to economic hardship, and science backs that up. The article states that unhealthy food is approximately $1.50 cheaper per day, which adds up to about $550 cheaper eating per year, when compared to healthier food. While I agree with these articles for the
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most part, the math still does some Texas Universities have their eyes and seeing the not seem to add up—health been spurred to open food real problem. Healthy eating foods should not cost so pantries for their students. really does cost us more, no much more. A reporter at the Texas matter who you are, when it I have a Flex plan Tribune, Mathew Watkins, should not. here at Mississippi State has been covering this story According to The New University worth $350 per and claims that there are two York Times, researchers semester. However, just by main factors that contribute at the University of trying to eat healthier on to this ongoing problem. Washington found that campus I have already spent “It’s a relatively new when they compared the $150 in just the first three thing, most of the ones in prices of 370 foods sold at weeks of school. Texas have opened in recent supermarkets in the Seattle Recently, I was in the years,” Watkins said. “The area, calorie for calorie, Colvard Student Union combination of the rising junk foods not only cost less and came across a than fresh produce, salad that looked but the prices of delicious, but lo unhealthier foods “We need a system that offers us are also not likely to and behold it was almost nine dollars. due to inflation. an abundance of nutritious food, riseThe As I looked at scientists the ingredients decided to take an better health, and longer lives.” list, I became unusual approach to angry. I know that this experiment by every vegetable comparing the price in that salad costs of a calorie in a junk approximately 99 cents at costs of college and also a food compared to the price Kroger, just five miles away kind of a stepped-up effort of a calorie in a healthier from campus. The salad was by universities to get more meal. $8.29, and it should have lower-income students into While fresh produce, like been $4.50. school means that there is just fruits and vegetables are So what is going on, a higher number of students higher in national value, exactly? Why is a nutritious on campus that need this they have fewer calories. salad (that does not even kind of help these days.” However, food with a higher come with dressing) almost Watkins makes a calorie density, such as baked nine dollars, but fried valid point and while I goods and pasties, somehow chicken, Diet Coke and fries understand that this piece cost less. cost a mere seven dollars? was targeted more towards The survey found that Thetexastandard.org says the price of college overall, higher-calorie, energy-dense that we need to forget the I still believe it helps my foods are a better bargain for jokes about poor college case. Select universities are cash-strapped shoppers, like students’ diets because things opening food pantries for college students and young have actually gotten too bad. its students, but somehow adults. The article claimed The article claimed that people still are not opening that energy-dense foods
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the study by End Violence Against Women’s findings, Turner’s outcome is part of a very small group of offenders. What will it take for us as a nation to exhibit the same reaction over the other approximately 95 percent of offenders who never even see a courtroom? Part of what needs to happen in order to confront the problems associated with rape in our society is how rape is defined. While many people may not think that simply redefining what we consider rape to be of consequence, it could alter not only how cases are prosecuted but also their outcomes. For example, a CNN article points out that under previous California law, rape by force was considered to be more serious and carried a lengthier sentence, than rape of an unconscious person or someone is unable to Brock Turner, Wikipedia who provide consent due to going to trial. intoxication. Whatever the reason is Following the Turner that prevents a victim from case, California legislators speaking out, the outcome passed Assembly Bill 2888 is a shockingly low number to make sure the latter of offenders ever receive instances of rape are treated any sort of real reprimand with the same severity. for their actions. By simply redefining When a group called End what is considered rape, Violence Against Women prosecutors and court International accounted officials are now equipped for the underreporting of to prosecute those accused sexual assaults, it found that of sexual assault with a level only a mere “5 percent of of severity they may not rapes are ever prosecuted.” have been able to otherwise. This number should While I am glad be especially alarming as discourse and outrage over we consider the national sexual violence in the U.S. outrage over Brock Turner occurred following the only spending three Brock Turner case, I fear months in jail. In context of that it will stop at that: just
discourse. We do not need more people who only care about issues while they are the hot topic of discussion at dinner; we need people who will advocate until the issue no longer needs discussion. If our anger over Brock Turner’s case stops with an angry tweet or shared article on Facebook, then what have has our discussion actually done? We must extend the sentiment of our outrage to the other 95 percent of cases that never even reach a situation where a court decision is made. This is applicable for me as well. It is simple for me to sit here at my keyboard and share my frustrations regarding policy changes and why we must alter our perceptions on sexual violence and rape in society, but what will I do to ensure it does not remain just an article? We can all play a role in contributing to a solution that will redefine the way we perceive and handle sexual assaults in society and especially on our college campus. Start by understanding that the definition of rape is not limited to when force is use and that false reports are extremely rare. Recognize that rape culture is a phenomenon that demands us all to end the tendency to blame victims. We must then replace this tendency with fervent support of victim advocacy programs and policies that provide victims with a voice. It is this voice that will slowly chip away at the high statistics of rape cases that remain largely all too unknown to the public.
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Getting immersed in campus culture Another great place for students to learn about diversity and ways to connect with and learn about different cultures is visiting the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center. Ra’Sheda Forbes, director of the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center, said studies continually show the more students engage and get involved in activities, the more likely they are to be retained at an institution of higher education. “I think that student involvement is particularly important at MSU as enrollment numbers are continually increasing,” Forbes said. “We want students actively a part of what the University has to offer.” Forbes added that
the dynamics of student involvement. Staff Writer “As seniors approach graduation, they may be less likely to get involved in student organizations, With a new Mississippi but may be involved in State University semester other capacities, such as kicking off, the bulletin study abroad, internships boards are full of f lyers and job shadowing,” promoting an array of Forbes said. “There also ways to get involved on has the tendency to be campus. Still, there might more programs for first be some students in need year students to ensure of help with finding that they are actively ways to get involved involved.” and understanding Senior Alex Maxwell the benefits of student said although students involvement on campus. are here for an education The first place students first, it is important to get should stop on their involved on campus to journey of finding out hone skills that you can how to get more involved take with you after you on campus is the Center leave college. for Student Activities. “I would tell freshman Starting there, one will and anyone else looking find a list of the many for ways to get involved student organizations on campus to just get out that are housed on there and take a chance, MSU’s campus. Each it will definitely help “ ...I have gained a lot of expestudent organization to start with the offers something for rience by getting involved and I website, one.msstate. everyone and students may realize more than plan on maintaining those skills edu, where students will find all of the one organization is categories so I can be better equipped for the different right for them. of the different One of the most future. organizations you efficient ways students may be looking for,” can be informed -Heather Martin, junior Maxwell said. and educated on Students may the different events although there is not be nervous or find it happening around a certain class level of difficult to get involved campus is to stay up to date on the calendar of students that get involved on campus, but with the events in the Center for more than others, there many organizations here are grave differences in on MSU’s campus, there Student Activities. by Vanessa Gillon
Two local shops offer cool take on dessert game by Courtney O’Brien Contributing Writer
After a long summer, Starkville found a way to beat the heat. Recently, two new cool eateries have opened up in Starkville: Frios Gourmet Popsicles and Churn & Spoon ice cream. Both of these have quality ingredients and friendly service. Frios is located in downtown Starkville. They have all of their ingredients handmade in Gadsden, Alabama or in their shop. Frios has a wide selection of popsicles, but they are nothing like the kind out of the box. At Frios, the popsicles taste fresh and juicy. In addition, Frios popsicles last longer before melting. Urelainé Simon-Hart, the owner of Starkville’s Frios, fell in love with popsicles at a Mexican restaurant, where she tried paletas, and a dream was born. The favorite flavors at Starkville Frios are root beer float and caramel. Frios has quite a few staple flavors that can be bought year round, in addition to several seasonal flavors. All of their popsicles are sweetened with organic cane sugar or not sweetened at all. A list of flavors is online, on the Frios website, http://www. friospops.com/.
“Not one particular person likes popsicles,” Simon-Hart said. “They’re for everyone. It’s the newest, coolest thing.” Churn & Spoon is making ripples in the way folks think about ice cream by adding nitrogen. Each ‘nitro’ ice cream is made to order in front of the customer. They start with an ice cream base and freeze it for about twenty seconds in -321 degrees liquid nitrogen. This is done to stop ice crystals from forming—making a treat that tastes like a mix of gelato and soft serve ice cream. The favorite at Churn & Spoon is key lime pie, a sweet and tangy ice cream with bits of crust. While they do not have a ton of flavors in nitro, they have an imaginative selection of regular ice cream flavors. Churn & Spoon even features a few vegan ice cream flavors— currently unvailable in nitro. They are also selling
ice cream cakes of any flavor and milkshakes of a few. The folks at Churn & Spoon would like students to let them know if they have any ideas for new flavors or items. Churn & Spoon also sells a small selection of shirts and other fun items. Both eateries are currently hiring. For Frios, you can contact George Hart at 601-479-4918. For Churn & Spoon, you can email them a resume at churnandspoon@ gmail.com. Churn & Spoon is located in the same building as Strange Bew coffeehouse. While neither place is as cheap as buying frozen treats from a local grocer, one can still get a decent bang for their buck. One is able to get several sweet treats from each place for less than 20 dollars. Make sure to ‘pop’ into these places soon for the latest scoop of local flavor.
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Katherine Nash, senior finance major, Joy Bradford, program coordinator for the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center, Keyonna Wilder, senior social work major, Mydarian Booker, senior secondary education/english major discuss a flyer for the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center .
is a place for everyone. Students like junior animal and dairy science major Heather Martin feel one of the most effective ways to build long lasting friendships is to get involved in campus activities and events. “Personally, I have gained a load of experience by getting involved, and I plan on maintaining those skills, so I can be better equipped for the future,” Martin said Martin added when she went a semester without
getting involved at all, she felt out of place and at odds compared to the many other semesters she utilized the option of getting involved. “I encourage all students to get and maintain student involvement in activities and organizations because you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing so,” Martin said. Students can take advantage of the MSU website or dropping by the
Colvard Student Union, as well as Montgomery Hall, to find out more ways they can engage in student activities.
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Bulldogs desperate for redemption by Taylor Rayburn Staff Writer
Mississippi State enters what has been called “Redemption Week” by some players after coming off of their worst loss in the Dan Mullen era. The Bulldogs lost in heartbreaking fashion to South Alabama, a school that did not have a football team until 2009, last Saturday by a score of 21-20, blowing a 17 point lead and being outscored in the second half by a score of 21 to 3. MSU senior wide receiver
Fred Ross noticed that the team was lacking intensity coming out of halftime. Ross reflected on the team’s mood in practice this week. “I feel like we didn’t bring that intensity, and it showed,” Ross said to the media on Tuesday. “Now when we practice, the whole practice everyone is locked in, and we know we can’t let up any bit during the game and have to finish all four quarters.” The team was expected to have some issues after losing Dak Prescott, but most everyone had chocked up this game as
a win. After losing Chris Jones, Taveze Calhoun, Will Redmond and most of the starters that had remained from the 10win team in 2014, a young roster is left behind to try and carry on a winning tradition. Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach John Hevesy said the team has to learn to earn the right to win. “They figured out very quickly in a bad way,” Hevesy said. “You’re not going to walk out there and win a game. I don’t care who it is, we could play the lowest level team,
we could play a high school team. You better earn every play in that game.” Throughout the week, every player has responded with anger and frustration over the loss. Guard Deion Calhoun said he sympathized with fan’s anger on social media over the loss. Wide receiver Donald Gray spent over 30 minutes after practice catching footballs from the Jugs machine. Desperation has been the focus for the Bulldogs this week according to Gray. “We have got to be
desperate,” Gray said. “We have to be desperate to be great, desperate to get to the ball, desperate to score, we got to be desperate to be great at everything we do whether it is walking to class or tying up your shoe strings, we have to be desperate to win.” The bounce-back game will not be easy for MSU as they play SEC East foe South Carolina, a team that has beaten MSU seven times in a row, with MSU’s last win coming in 1999. The last time they played was in 2013, and South
Carolina won by a score of 34-16. “It’s redemption week, that’s all I can say,” Gray said. “It is going to be a different team come Saturday.” While MSU is coming off a close loss, South Carolina will be coming off a close game themselves, but instead of losing they squeaked out a 13-10 win over Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs will look to make amends for last Saturday’s loss tomorrow at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
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