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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884
Homecoming elections take place today
Bulldogs back in Top 25 polls by Taylor Rayburn
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Wide receiver Fred Ross looks for space upfield as two Auburn defenders give chase. Mississippi Stateʼs 17-9 victory over Auburn last Saturday regained them a spot at No. 21 in the Associated Press Top 25 polls and No. 22 in the Coaches polls.
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Mississippi State University’s Student Association (SA) is holding Homecoming elections for Mr. and Miss MSU and Homecoming Queen today. According to the SA, elections will take place online through one. msstate.edu, by clicking on the OrgSync icon. SA’s website informs an account has already been created for voters, so once on the website, voters need to sign in with a NetID and NetPassword. From there, voters can click on the “Vote Now” button on the OrgSync home page to access the ballot. For election-related problems between the hours of 7a.m. and 5 p.m contact the Elections Help Center at 662-3253518. For other questions or concerns contact the Student Association Office at 662-325-2930.
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Mississippi State, led by a surprisingly effective air attack, left Auburn last Saturday night with a 17-9 victory. This win also put MSU back into the Top 25. The Bulldogs are now ranked 22nd in the Coaches poll and 21st in the AP poll. At the beginning of the season MSU was unranked, and after week one, they quickly jumped into the Top 25 before losing to LSU and falling out of the top 25. Now after a big road win the Bulldogs are back to being ranked. Over the course of MSU history, they have always been a run-first team whether it be under Mullen, Sherrill or even the years of Sylvester Croom. ALBURN, 2
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Habitat for Humanity will house MSU employee Annie Hopkins by Cheyenne Bennett Staff Writer
Habitat for Humanity will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Mississippi State University’s S.M.A.R.T bus driver Annie Hopkins. Starkville Habitat for Humanity will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for their next house project
on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 5 p.m.. Since Habitat for Humanity was founded in Americus, Georgia, in 1976, more than 225,000 houses have been built in nearly 100 countries providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for over 1 million people. Starkville Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit Christian organization with the goal to eliminate substandard housing in
Oktibbeha County. The Habitat works in partnership with people to build and renovate decent, affordable housing; in this case MSU’s own Greek Life Association raised $75,000 to help the Habitat. The men of Kappa Sigma Fraternity donated $50,000 alone. Throughdonationsofmoney and volunteer labor from students and organizations at MSU, Starkville Habitat for Humanity will be able
to build the home and sell the house to one lucky individual: MSU’s own S.M.A.R.T. bus driver, Ms. Annie Hopkins. According to Joel Downey, executive director of Habitat, Hopkins was chosen due to her generous and loving personality towards the students who ride her bus. Downey said, “Even though Annie can make more money driving a truck
- which is what she did before driving a bus –she prefers to use her time to talk to the students on campus and get to know them. She likes to put bright smiles on all their faces.” By working in partnership with Hopkins, Starkville Habitat for Humanity hopes to make her dream of home ownership become true and provides an easier way of living for her while restoring hope for a brighter future.
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MSU veterinary professor given exellence award by Reed Gaddis Staff Writer
David R. Smith, a veterinary epidemiologist for the university, whose research career began in 1992, received the American Association of Bovine Practitioners Award of Excellence on Saturday, September 19 at the 2015 AABP Annual Conference, which was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kent H. Hoblet, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, said the award is very prestigious, considering only one recipient receives it in the United States and Canada annually. Hoblet said he believed he was selected to recieve this award for the work he has done that advanced the feild of cattle medicine
as his efforts in research and outreach. Helping the government understand regulations for food safety and similar concerns were also qualifications Smith met to receive the award. “They have a selection committee, but the person who nominated him gathered eight or 10 other people who knew of his work around the United States from various universities and cattle industry,” Hoblet said in regards to how Smith was chosen. “They wrote supporting letters testifying to the value of his work in promoting cattle health.” BillEpperson,department head of pathobiology and population medicine of the College of Veterinary Medicine, expressed that Smith had a long history of contribution to the beef industry, animal health and that the award is an acknowledgment of many years of work in this area.
“These cattle are widely raised in Mississippi and other states by many people and many derive some economic benefit and so they’re important to us in that way,” Epperson said to describe why cattle research is important to both the university and the state. “They’re a way that we can use the grasslands that we have that are not usable for other agriculture.” “He is leading a program in beef health and management with a group of other veterinarians who are researchers and extension veterinarians,” Epperson said in relation to the important contributions Smith is making to the College of Veterinary Medicine. “That work there is very important because that will crystallize the work here into something very visible and something very practical.”
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AUBURN MSU’s bread and butter was to run the football. However, Saturday night that was not the case as the Bulldogs won this game through the air, not on the ground. MSU has thrown the ball 151 times this season and have only ran it 112 times. “I want to be a 50-50 team. But I also know we have some playmakers on the edge, let’s not be silly and get those guys the ball,� said MSU Head Coach Dan Mullen on why they threw the ball 41 times and only ran it 29. Quarterback Dak Prescott went 29-41 through the air, gaining 270 yards and threw two touchdowns. Prescott did not have a go-to receiver this game as he would spread the ball around all night. Fred Ross led MSU with seven catches and 66 yards. De’Runnya Wilson and Gabe Myles were on the receiving end of the two touchdowns. Prescott has thrown for 1069 passing yards this season and has a 66.9 completion percentage. Myles caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from
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that is missing a pick and allowing the core a huge catch a couple plays value before, he also had 4 tackles. of our Brown also earned SEC Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015 program. player of the week honors 11:00 a.m. A student was arrested at his residence in Starkvile “ for his efforts, and he is also for Felony sale of Schedule II and three counts of felony MSU tied for third in the SEC for possession of a controlled substance. was led tackles with 39. in tackles MSU will be back in action Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 -De’Runnya Wilson, by Richie next weekend at Kyle Field 11:04 a.m. A student reported someone on a bicycle ran into her on Lee Boulevard causing damages. MSU’s wide receiver Brown, in College Station, Texas vehicle 1:53 p.m. A student reported his bicycle was stolen from McCool who against Texas A&M. The Hall. had 13 Aggies are 4-0 this season 8:55 p.m. A student reported individuals stealing scrap metal Prescott on MSU’s ďŹ rst total tackles, two of those and are coming off of an drive of the game. The being sacks. Will Redmond overtime win over Arkansas. near the Wise Center. other scoring drive came stepped up and got an The game will start at 6:30 Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 in the second quarter, as interception on the ďŹ rst and be broadcast on the SEC 1:50 a.m. Students were issued student referrals for trespassing Wilson made a spectacular drive of the game, after network. inside Davis Wade Stadium. sideline catch for a 17 yard touchdown reception. “Just using my size to the best of my ability. Like I said before, you can’t stop big time players from making big time plays. That what I bring to the table, it’s what I do,â€? said Wilson on the amazing catch. On defense, MSU gave up huge yardage between the twenties but got stops when it mattered, mainly in the red zone. Twice in the ďŹ rst half Auburn was inside the ďŹ ve yard line, and twice in the ďŹ rst half Auburn left with no points. MSU this season has only given up four touchdowns in the 14 times an opponent’s offense has been in the red zone. While being extremely effective on offense in the red zone, scoring a touchdown on 12 of MSU’s 15 trips this season. “The attitude it takes to dominate the red zone comes from our strength program,â€? said MSU Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz. Sarah Story | The Re ector “The attitude, the mentality Myles made the ďŹ rst touchdown for MSU during last weekendĘźs game after catching a 32-yard pass from Dak Prescott.
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Iran must become a U.S. strategic partner Peace and Security Studies at There are two statements that in the case of Pakistan, the oppoGeorgetown University. were released after Bin Laden’s site has happened. “Pakistan has availed of signif- killing that need to be noted. In No formal investigations have icant U.S. weapons systems and an interview on “60 Minutes,” been carried out to who supportarmaments, including: A used President Obama said, “We think ed Osama Bin-Laden. Out of Perry-class missile frigate; 18 new that there had to be some sort of all countries, why did he choose and 14 used nuclear-capable F-16s; support network for Bin Laden to live in Pakistan, about five an array of munitions (i.e. 500 inside of Pakistan. But we don’t miles from a Pakistani military air-to-air missiles, 1,450 2,000- know who or what that support academy? pound bombs); 1,600 kits that network was.” Pakistan has been good friends allow Pakistan to convert gravity The Obama administration with the terrorists and the latter bombs into laser-guided smarter carried out a surgical attack have considered the country to bombs 2,007 anti-armor missiles, to take out Osama Bin-Laden be a great territorial and strate100 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, with no ground support from gic advantage. Hafiz Muhammad 500 Sidewinder air-to-air Saeed runs an organimissiles, seven naval guns, zation declared terror374 armored personnel carist by the U.N. called riers, and much more,” Fair “Pakistan has been good friends Lashkar-e Taiba, now says, “What tangible bene- with the terrorists and the latter re-named to Jamaat ud fits has Washington secured Dawa from Pakistan for these emoluments? Very have considered the country to be a occupied Kashmir. He few it appears. Victory in has carried out various Afghanistan was lost long territorial and strategic advantage.” attacks against the U.S., ago. Pakistan is more unstaIndia and Afghanistan ble than ever. Even though and was the masterWashington justified this mind behind the 26/11 largesse in terms of securattacks on Mumbai. ing Pakistan’s cooperation in the Pakistan Military because Recently, he filed a petition to ban the Afghan war, Pakistan unre- they feared Bin-Laden would be a movie which was accepted by lentingly supports the Afghan tipped off. the Pakistani court which goes to Taliban, which has killed 2,356 In an interview with “Time” show his political capacity in the U.S. military personnel and is magazine, CIA Director Leon country. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, responsible for 677 coalition mil- Panetta stated U.S. officials did the supreme commander of military deaths. As well as the deaths not alert Pakistani counterparts itary operations from the JuD, of thousands of civilian contrac- of the raid because they feared the currently resides in P.O.K. He is tors (for whom there is no official terrorist leader would be warned. on the NIA’s most wanted list. count), more than 21,000 Afghan My point is, after giving such a There are countless others like civilians since 2001, and more huge amount of money to a coun- Saeed and Lakhvi who find safe than 20,000 Afghan police and try, it is logical that the nation haven in Pakistan with strategic army personnel since 2003.” supports U.S. interests. However, support from the establishment.
Pranaav Jadhav is a graduate student majoring in political science. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.
I have often been very appreciative of the Obama administration’s foreign policy initiatives, the Iran deal, killing of Osama Bin-Laden, ending of combat missions in Iraq, supporting Libyan pro-democracy groups and crackdown on ISIS. Still, the one blunder the administration continues to make is the financial aid to Pakistan. “Since 9/11, the United States has lavished Pakistan with nearly $8 billion in security assistance, $11 billion in economic assistance, and $13 billion in the lucrative program known as Coalition Support Funds (CSF),” writes Christine Fair in an article titled, “America’s Pakistan Policy is Sheer Madness.” Christine Fair is an expert on South Asian conflict and an associate professor at the Center for
If Pakistan truly worked in U.S.’s interests, these men who carry out attacks against our troops in Afghanistan would have been behind bars or in our custody. There are good terrorists and bad terrorists in Pakistan. The good are people like Saeed and Lakhvi who work in the interests of the government and carry out attacks against U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir; the bad are those who bomb a military school killing children in Peshawar. Two policies on terror mean petting a poisonous snake and then complaining it bit you. For a while now, the U.S. has ignored a possible partner in the region, Iran. Using ports in Iran, the U.S. could get the ground support a military operation requires. Dependency on Pakistan is proving disastrous for us; why not try a country that hates the Taliban as much as we do? Iran and the U.S.have a common enemy and that is the Taliban. Iran hates the Taliban on account of the Sunni Shia rift. 90 percent of Iranians are Shias and the Taliban is mostly Sunnis. With the Iran deal as a backdrop, if we can make Iran our strategic partner in the region, we could certainly end the war in Afghanistan quicker and withdraw our troops.
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American athletics simulates violence Each year, thousands of people are willing to pay a high fee just to gather in aesthetically architectured arenas to watch young men bash into each other and get severely injured to win a trophy that brings pride to the winning side. Sound any different from a brutal gladiator fight back in the Roman era? Well, many modern day sports fit the description. While sports like American football and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) does not put competitors in a life or death situation, it may seem like an extension of the more uncivilized habits of human beings to spectate violence for pleasure. We can speculate if these sports are really any
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different from fatal battles, except now, bound by law and greater value for human life, we lure the competitors with money and fame to devote their lives for the entertainment of the masses. As media tycoon Ted Turner once said, “Sports is like a war without the killing.” For the participants, the incentive might be wealth, glory or just the adrenaline rush. While for the crowd it gives them a reason to solidify a sense of belonging and bond over a cause to feel empowered. Garrett Fagan, a professor at Penn State, mentioned in an article about the similarity between gladiator games and football, that we seem to have “a consistent appetite
for violence as spectacle.” Ultimately, human beings seem to look for a reason to go to war and cheer for triumph at the price of blood. When our need to fight is so great that we invent means in the form of sports to prove ourselves better than another man or team, is it a surprise that so many countries are at war to prove their beliefs or ways are better than another’s? It all goes back to survival instincts perhaps. However, there is a positive trend to be noted. Regardless, of how intimidatingly similar famous MMA fighter Ronda Rousey’s arm bar may be to a Roman gladiator chopping off his opponent’s limbs, human beings have
moved away from publically executing one another for amusement. In fact, my search for the similarity between combat sports and gladiator games led me to a new kind of sport that is science fiction and expected to take place in 2016. A company called Chiron Global is raising funds to create a sport called Unified Weapons Masters. The idea of the game is to use high-tech body armor, which would be made of advanced composite material and would be integrated with force measurement technology. This armor, code named “Lorica”, will show a real time trauma profile of the fighters and thus provide a scientific judgment on who should
win, without inflicting any real damage on the participants. The goal of the company is to pit the world’s most skillful martial artists against each other with real weapons, but countered by high level of safety. This progression toward making sports more technological, virtual and safer tells us maybe a future generation of homosapiens will deem contact sports as savage and turn to virtual sports that still lets their body feel the same rush of survival hormones. This brings me to the question, will we ever learn to settle a dispute without putting real lives in danger? If I had to deliver an “I had a dream speech”, I would say yes. I dream of a world
Eshan H. Newaz is a senior majoring in biological engineering. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.
where warring countries put on their Google glasses to play StarCraft in a simulated world to decide who the winner is. Where men and women don’t have to put their lives in real danger to save their nation, but can still fight for a cause and still ask the crowd, “Are you not entertained?”
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College can be stressful causing students search for ways to relieve some stress. Here are 10 websites that were designed to ease the stress of college life. According to the [Sr]Trends website and the College Info Geek blog lists, these websites were listed as helpful for college students. Quizlet, Rate My Professors, Prezi, Thesaurus, Wolfram Alpha, Written Kitten and Msstate provide tips for studying, searching for the perfect professor, managing money, working on essays and presentations and keeping up with what goes on at school. Mint, College Humor and Audible are helpful for budgeting money and de-stressing from the college work load. Quizlet is a website that allows students to create online flashcards for any subject. Students can also search for flash cards other students may have previously created for a class and can keep track of their studying process. Rate My Professors allows students to search for certain professors at their school and read reviews about the professor and class from other students. Many college and university professors
can be found on Rate My Professors, including Mississippi State University. The web address is www.ratemyprofessor. com. Alex Mazzola, sophomore biology pre-med major, said she likes to use the site in order to gain insight on classes and teachers. “I like to use this site before signing up for classes because I can see what other students think about professors and their classes,” she said. Preszi allows students to create professional presentations. It has a variety for themes to choose from and can help make students’ presentations fit the given requirements. Thesaurus is an online thesaurus used more often than not by students on papers. It is used to help students construct well-written papers without sounding too repetitive while also helping them to gain more knowledge of writing. The web address is www.thesaurus.com. Wolfram Alpha can calculate most mathematical problems. It will give the answer and the steps to work out the problems. This site often shows many different ways to solve problems. Check out the website at www.wolframalpha.com. Written Kitten is meant to be a motivational way in writing papers. Students
set goals and each time they reach that goal, a picture of a kitten pops up on the screen. This provides somewhat of an incentive for students to continue writing. Msstate is, of course, MSU’s website. It is probably the most important website students on this campus should use. It is where students can be made aware of what’s happening on campus, and it’s where myState and myCourses can be accessed. Mint gives students a breakdown of their budget and keeps track of all their transactions. It is used as an overall budget manager. College Humor offers exactly what the name implies. Students can take a break from homework and check out the content own this website for humor and pleasure. This site can be found at www.collegehumor.com. Audible allows students to purchase audio books to listen to while on the way to class or during any of their free time. It also provides a way to listen to those extra reading books that professors may require for class. The web address for this site is www.audible.com. So if you start feeling like you cannot handle the stress you are feeling from the overwhelming workload, check out these websites for a little motivation.
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Competing in Miss MSU offers profound benefits by Mary Rumore Staff Writer
The Miss Mississippi State University Scholarship Pageant will take place Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. The Miss MSU Pageant is a local preliminary pageant for Miss Mississippi and Miss America. To participate, a contestant must be a full time MSU student between the ages of 17 and 24. Contestants will have a 10-minute interview with judges prior to the pageant about their scholastic goals, community service, current events and why they want to represent MSU. Contestants also compete in 90-second talent, life style in swim wear, evening wear and are required to answer an on stage question. Miss MSU 2016 will win a full tuition scholarship, clothing from Deep South Pout, official photos and a photoshoot with MSU mascot Jak, a $500 Barnes and Noble gift card and the crown and sash. The first runner up will receive a $1,000 scholarship, second runner up will receive a $750 scholarship and third runner up will receive a $500 scholarship. This year, for the first time, $200 cash prizes will be awarded to the overall winner in swimwear, talent, interview and fan favorite. Amelia Treptow, assistant director of student activities, said a crucial part of the Miss America Organization
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Randi-Kathryn Harmon (pictured) competed and won the title of Miss Mississippi State University 2015 last year. The competition is offered for any full time MSU student between the age of 17 and 24. Harmon, Masterʼs graduate student at the Health Promotion and Wellness Center, said the once in a lifetime opportunity presented her with several great memories and thereʼs nothing like being a MSU Bulldog.
is having a platform each contestant is dedicated to. “These platforms range in area of interest and can vary from providing service, bringing awareness to a cause or raising funds,” Treptow said. The official platform of the Miss America Organization is the Children’s Miracle Network. Miss MSU 2015 RandiKathryn Harmon said her personal platform is her favorite portion of the competition. Her personal platform is P.E.A.C.E. Daily (Physical Activity and Careful Eating). She is also a published children’s author and her book can be purchased at select Barnes and Noble stores, including the campus location and on
her personal website at www. peacedaily.org. Harmon said she does not
was the most impressionable,” she said. “From singing the National Anthem on the
“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity so meet as many people as you can.” -Randi-Kathryn Harmon, Miss MSU 2015 have just one favorite memory as Miss MSU 2015. “Ringing my cowbell at the Davis Wade Stadium in front of all the Bulldog fans was most memorable. Visiting LeBonheur and St. Jude Children’s Hospital watching those children’s faces light up when I walked into a room
basketball court, the softball field, at The Drill and the Egg Bowl, I can say I have enjoyed every second of being Miss MSU 2015.” Harmon, from Amory, Mississippi, has a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations and is in her first year
of graduate school to earn a master’s degree in health promotion. She works as a graduate student at the Health Promotion and Wellness Center doing nutritional programs. Harmon said her advice for Miss MSU 2016 is to take every opportunity that arises because the time passes fast. “It gets to be a busy, overwhelming time, but with time management skills, a calendar and Ms. Amelia, the awesome Miss MSU director, she can definitely accomplish what is needed to be done,” Harmon said. “Don’t rush through any appearance because you’ll quickly realize that the year comes and goes very quickly. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity so meet as many people as you can,
speak the kindest words and be proud to hold the title Miss Mississippi State University 2016 because there’s nothing like being a Mississippi State University Bulldog.” For more information about the Miss MSU Pageant, follow on Twitter and Instagram @MissMSUmao or on Facebook MissMSU.
Honors College hosts ‘Clouds’ by Kaitlin O’Dougherty Staff Writer
Mississippi State University’s Honors College presents the play “Clouds” at 6 p.m. tonight and Wednesday in Zacharias Village. The play is the main event in association with the Honors College’s “Classical Week 2015.” This week celebrates aspects of Greek, Roman and many other ancient cultures. “Clouds” is a comedy written by Aristophanes and is free for all who attend. Donna L. Clevinger, the play’s director, said this play is performed during Classical Week because it shows how works from ancient times still have a bearing on our society today. She said this is the third year they have done an outdoor production during the Honors College’s Classical Week. The play will be performed in the courtyard
between Griffis and North Hall. “People can bring dinner, a blanket or chairs and spread out on the beautiful courtyard,” Clevinger said. She said the cast is made up entirely of freshmen honor students. There will also be pre-show music at 5:30 p.m. performed by other honor students. Free food will be provided tonight accompanied by jugglers and stilt walkers. In the case of rain, the play will be performed inside Griffis Hall. Clevinger said the production of “Clouds” was made possible due to the help of her honors Introduction to Theatre class as well as the help of dramaturgs Salvador Bartera and Albert Bisson. Clevinger said the community pulled together to help make this play successful. Vowell’s Marketplace and Matt Seawright, the Starkville Crossing Manager at Cadence
Bank, helped her secure necessary items for the play. “We worked with a variety of areas on campus that you don’t normally turn to,” Clevinger said. Clevinger said she was also able to bring Isaac Gardner, a member of the Blue Man Group, to speak with her class about theatre and performance. Gardner said he started in these types of performances and enjoyed that plays could be shared with people who normally would not see them. “Theatre is one of the oldest forms of art and it’s never going to change,” Gardner said. “It is a living, breathing experience like no other.” Clevinger said “Clouds” will run no longer than an hour and 15 minutes. She said it is sure to offer several humorous moments for the audience. She also said she’s grateful for the cooperation of both the campus and Starkville’s community.
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Bulldogs must win battle of trenches to beat Aggies Anthony McDougle is the Sports Editor at The Reflector. He can be contacted at reflectorsports@ gmail.com.
Three points is all that stands between the Mississippi State University football team and a 4-0 start.
A delay of game and five yards essentially brought Mississippi State from a chance at being at the top of the mountain they were on this time last year. The heartbreaking loss against Louisiana State University caused every sports pundit to write the squad off altogether. Many pegged the team as mediocre at best and went so far as to say the Bulldogs would be lucky to win six or seven games. But, as is customary in Starkvegas, the Bulldogs have completely embraced the role
of underdog. The defense is just as good as it was last season in the red zone. The Auburn Tigers were inside their own 20-yard line at least four times and did not manage to reach the endzone not once. Richie Brown has done a phenomenal job thus far replacing stud middlelinebacker Bernardrick McKinney. Brown is essentially the defensive MVP through four games of the season with 39 tackles, three sacks and four and a half tackles for a loss. The secondary boasts one of
the most solid cornerback tandems in the SEC in Will Redmond and Taveze Calhoun and with their help Diaz’s bunch has essentially eliminated the deep plays that plagued the squad last year. Dak Prescott has been all but perfect so far and seems to have fine-tuned his passing mechanics. Prescott appears beyond poised in the pocket in 2015 and has passed for 1069 yards, 7 touchdowns and no interceptions. However, the matchup against the 14th ranked Texas A&M Aggies could be State’s toughest test
yet. The Aggies are absolutely loaded at the wide-reciever position, with freshmen wide reciever Christian Kirk leading the way. The media has been quick to point out the similarities between last year’s version of the Aggies and this year’s squad. As similar as the teams may be, there is definitely one glaring differences between State’s team from this year and last. With 1,000-yard rusher Josh Robinson leading the runing attack last year and
Prescott as a threat to run at any moment, the Bulldogs struck fear into the hearts of opposing defenes. Thus far this season that simply has not been the case. Leading rusher Ashton Shumpert has only been able to muster around 4 yards per carry. Shumpert is far from a cupcake but if the Bulldogs have any hope of defeating the Aggies they must establish the run game early and maintain it often. Otherwise the Bulldogs are in for a long night in College Station.
Sweet victory: Volleyball defeats Ole Miss, earns first SEC win of the year by Taylor Rayburn Staff Writer
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Defensive player of the week: Richie Brown had 13 tackles and two sacks in Mississippi Stateʼs 17-9 victory over Auburn last Saturday. Brown currently leads the team in tackles with 39 and has also tallied four and a half tackles for a loss as well as an interception.
Softball splits exhibition at Troy by Dimerious Townsend Staff Writer
On Sunday, the softball team for the Mississippi State Bulldogs went to battle against Troy. With players like sophomore Cassidy Knudsen and Holly
Ward, the Bulldogs split the exhibition. Everyone was pleased with the tough win against even a tougher opponent. Even Coach Stuedeman said “I am really pleased with the performance from Cassidy Knudsen and Holly Ward.” In the performance, Cassidy recorded her fi rst no hitter in her collegiate career. Morgan Bell would eventually lead the team in offenses with two doubles and a homerun. During game one, Cassidy would get to start for the bulldogs. Cassidy strikes out five of the seven batters she faces, but unfortunately Troy would fi nish up with two doubles to give the lead
before the end of the game. This would encourage the bulldogs to beat them in the next two series. This is why the bulldogs went 3-0 until the fi nal inning. Troy wouldn’t have a chance to beat the bulldogs after they had the upset over the fi rst game. During the second game, as Holly Ward would get the start, the bulldogs come out hot. Ward would also end up striking out five of the Troy batters against her. This would continue until the last inning, where Troy would score toward the end. Ward would end the game throwing a no hitter and putting several batters from Troy out.
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This is an excellent showing for the bulldogs. With all the commotion from football, the softball team is doing well too. All the young talent on this roster show that the softball team should make some noise in the years to come. Let’s see how good this team can keep up the pace and maintain its focus as the season goes on. So everyone go out and support your lady Bulldogs! The Bulldogs will have to traverse the perils of the road this season as they await the completion of their new stadium. The new facility is set to open Thursday, February 11, 2016.
Mississippi State Volleyball defeated in-state rival Ole Miss in Oxford this weekend. This win gives MSU head coach David McFatrich eleven wins this season, in comparison to former MSU head coach Jenny Hazelwood who only won seven games last season. This was MSU’s ninth sweep of the season, and their fi rst SEC win of the year. The Bulldogs started the match with a 25-17 victory in the fi rst set. MSU jumped out early, taking a 17-7 lead, but Ole Miss would then go on a fivepoint run to close the gap to 12-17 before MSU called a timeout. After the timeout, the Bulldogs would fi nish out the set on an 8-5 run. The second set ended up being much closer. MSU separated in the middle of the set, going up 10-16. However, the Rebels would rally and score five straight to make it a 23-23 game before MSU closed out the game with back to back points. Now up 2-0, all the Bulldogs had to do was close out this fi nal set to sweep
their archrivals up north. They would go on to do this by way of a 25-18 victory. It was a neck and neck set with the score being tied 12-12 at one point. However, the Bulldogs would pull away, jumping out to a 23-17 lead before closing out the game. MSU was led on offense by senior Alex Warren, who had 13 kills in the match. On defense, sophomore Peyton Harris led the Bulldogs with eight digs. Warren has 141 kills on the season, good for second best on the team. Junior Evie Grace Singleton led the Bulldogs with 164 kills. On defense, Harris leads MSU in 187 digs. The next closest on the team is Evie Grace Singleton with 89. “That was an unbelievable win for our girls, our staff and the entire Mississippi State University family,” Coach McFatrich said. “We played true Bulldog volleyball from start to fi nish and I could not be more proud of this team” MSU is now 11-4 in the overall season and 1-1 in SEC play. Their next game will be against the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky on Oct. 2. After that, the Bulldogs will return home to play South Carolina on Oct. 4.
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