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Maroon Alert reports attempted abduction Property owners experience tax increase BY ZACK ORSBORN & KAITLYN BYRNE Multimedia Editor & Editor-in-Chief
The Maroon Alert system reported a possible attempted abduction behind Sessums Hall at 11:39 p.m. on Wednesday. At 11:57 p.m., Mississippi State University Police Department dispatcher Nick Guyton said the event is under investigation.
According to the Maroon Alert system, a person walking behind Sessums Hall reported an unidentified black male wearing a gray shirt tried to grab the victim. The male released the victim and ran toward Burger King. A resident of Sessums Hall said an African-American male jumped out from between two cars, grabbed the victim, hoisted her onto his
shoulder and started to run. The victim started to scream, when an unidentified male ran up to help her, and the perpetrator dropped the victim. Bill Kibler, vice president for Student Affairs, said the investigative arms of MSU Police Department are viewing video footage, but the investigation is still on-going. He said the victim was not injured.
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is minimal and is absolutely necessary for Starkville. “For a typical apartment, which may be worth $100,000, the tax hike is only $2 a month,” he said. The funds generated by the tax increase will pay for the construction of bus stop pads required for the new transit system connecting the city to the campus. Jason Ingram, president of
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Starkville residents will pay more for housing due to the property tax hike decided in the Sept. 3 board of aldermen meeting. The city leaders agreed for a 1.98 millage increase instead of the 2.78 millage proposed earlier. Ward 5 Alderman Scott Maynard said the tax increase
United Country Bulldog Realty, said he does not object to this tax increase and believes it is reasonable. Maynard “You go to Noxubee County and check out their tax rates — it will make you buy in Oktibbeha County,” he said. SEE TAXES, 3
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Shannon Voges-Haupt, Brawl Stars captain, competes at a local bout.
AND DERBY Local Roller Derby team, The Brawl Stars, combine feminitity and strength while competing.
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The Mississippi Brawl Stars do not smash chairs over each other’s heads. There are rules and ladies involved. The Brawl Stars roller derby team will host its last home bout “Malice in Wonderland” Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Columbus Fairground’s Lavender Coliseum. The North Shore Lethal Ladies from the Mandeville-Covington areas of Louisiana will be the Brawl Stars’ opponents. Admission to the fair is $2. The Brawl Stars enter the final stretch of the season with a record of 2-2. Andi Hannigan or
“Kandi Pain,” certified veterinary technician at the College of Veterinary Medicine and MSU alumna, said the derby team has grown and got better. “We’re not horrible,” Hannigan said. “We are beating other people.” The derby ladies come together as a team from across the Golden Triangle area. Among the team members are MSU students, alumni and Starkville residents. One of the Starkville residents is Shannon Voges-Haught or “Shananconda.” Voges-Haught is the team’s president and captain. She discovered the team through an article in the “Starkville Daily News” and has been on the team for four years. “I thought it was really awesome,” Voges-Haught said. “I just showed up to a practice, and they haven’t been able to get rid of me since.” Founded in April 2010, the
Brawl Stars have built a fierce family unit as well as an improving derby team. Amanda Ready or “Snarly Quinn,” junior animal and dairy science major and the Brawl Stars’ head of recruitment and treasurer, said she is close with all of her teammates. “It’s like we are one big, happy family,” Ready said. “It’s really amazing that we are all so different, and we have this one huge thing in common. That’s what makes us so close to one another. We’re like siblings.” Even though no two members are alike, the team is a cohesive unit. “It’s really a sport for all women of all shapes, sizes, ages and abilities,” Voges-Haught said. “Our youngest player is 18, and our oldest player is 47. We have women who are 5’2” and 100 pounds, and we have women who are 6’2” and weigh 200 pounds. There’s a place for everyone in the sport.” SEE BRAWL, 2
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The Brawl Stars duel together as sisters.
Students question constitutionality of roadblocks C-CERT offers free emergency
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During the first few weeks of the new semester, many students noticed the prominence of roadblocks in Starkville and some questioned their legality, while others encourage them. The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution states unreasonable searches and seizures require any warrant to be supported by probable cause. However, basic protocol requires officers to make sure the law is followed. Starkville Police Department DUI Enforcement Officer Charlie Jones said roadblocks reduce the percentage of those who drive impaired. KAITLIN MULLINS | THE REFLECTOR | PHOTO ILLUSTRATION “About one out of 25 peo- Starkville police use roadblocks to check for suspended licenses and intoxicated drivers. ple in Starkville are arrested for drunk driving. Roadblocks especially because more young lice should be posted at vari- the street and did not see any ensure that drivers have licens- people are caught driving im- ous spots on campus at least indication of a vehicle coming. As I proceeded, I was ales, insurance and allows the paired due to Starkville being once or twice a month. “About a week ago, while most hit by a car going about check for sobriety,” Jones said. a college town. Ciara Carey, senior second- coming out of my residence 30 mph. The speed limit is 20 Jones also said roadblocks have every right to be in place, ary education major, said po- hall on campus, I was crossing mph,” Carey said.
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The Mississippi State University Campus-Community Emergency Response Team and the Maroon Volunteer Center will conjoin to offer training opportunities during Emergency Preparedness Week Sept. 16-21. Training sessions are free and open to MSU students, faculty, staff and Starkville and Oktibbeha County residents. Meggan Franks, assistant director at Mississippi State University Office of Student Leadership & Community Engagement and a member of C-CERT, said training is conducted by experts in disaster preparedness and agency representatives. Last year, 130 people were trained — 13 of which were students. “The feedback we received was extremely positive, so that
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is why we made the week longer,” Franks said. Franks said the events will help participants be prepared to cope with disastrous situations. “Our agencies have emergency preparedness advice and experience that students, faculty, staff and community members could find valuable and helpful,” Franks said. Franks said students will obtain a certificate upon completion of the training. This is also an exclusive opportunity to meet experts in disaster preparedness and agency representatives from various agencies. “How to be prepared when a natural disaster strikes? This is information everyone needs,” Franks said. “It’s a great opportunity that any students, regardless of whether they have an interest in disaster preparedness or not, as it’s information that they need and their future families will need.” SEE PREPAREDNESS, 2
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ROADBLOCKS Carey said roadblocks and the presence of police make people aware of the law and remind them to pay attention to speed limits. She also said many people run the stop sign coming through the back road off of Miss. Hwy. 12. “Anyone who objects (to) roadblocks does not understand them or are the main people who roadblocks are designed to stop,” Carey said. Niah Jamerson, senior communication major, said she was pulled over a week ago on Miss. Hwy. 12 around 1a.m. “The police were looking for a suspect, so one officer pulled me over and requested my license. When he went to his car to run my license, four other police of-
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ficers pulled up,” Jamerson said. times try to intimidate drivers “The officers asked me to step out with unnecessary questions. of the vehicle “Last year and questioned during ThanksAnyone who giving break, I me about firearms. They then went through a objects (to) went through block off camroadblocks my bags and pus at the light does not other items and leading to South then stopped understand them or Field. The ofto ask if it was are the main people ficer asked for OK that they my license then who roadblocks are search,” Jamerasked, ‘Why are disigned to stop.” you still here?’ son said. with no expresJamerson said -Ciara Carey, sion on his face,” the police were Senior secondary he said. nice throughout Thomas said the search, but education major although most she was anxious of the MSU students had gone to get home since it was so late. Donte Thomas, senior crimi- home for break, the officer had no nology major, said officers some- reason to ask personal questions.
Captain Chris Thomas of the SPD said roadblocks are slightly limited at the beginning of the semester. “We are currently shorthanded of police officers, so there will not be too many roadblocks right now — especially with this being a busy time of year with everyone coming back into Starkville,” Thomas said. A Twitter account titled @MSUroadblocks has emerged. This account allows its Twitter followers to tweet and bring notice to various spots in Starkville or on MSU’s campus in which police officers hold roadblocks. The Twitter account encourages safety and warns people to obey the law and use caution. The owner of this account has not been identified.
BRAWL The members’ uniqueness and unity can be seen in their names. No roller derby name is the same. Each is unique to the individual. “I’m a big comic book nerd, so I just started listing characters and substituting words. That’s how I came up with ‘Snarly Quinn,’” Ready said. “I like it. It fits my personality.” Others have used their roller derby names to harness their alter egos. “I have a phobia of snakes. I can’t look at a picture of a snake,” Voges-Haught, “Shananconda,” said. “I thought it was a cute pun on my name, and I thought it was a fun idea to take the thing I fear the
PREPAREDNESS Sessions will be offered at least twice a day during emergency preparedness week. C-CERT members and various agency representatives will lead the sessions, which will include everything from fire extinguisher training to a storm chaser’s presentation. “On Thursday, there is an opportunity to participate in an Emergency Preparedness Expert Panel with agency representatives from Starkville and Oktibbeha County,” Franks said. “And create a disaster preparedness kit and participate in a First Aid and AED/CPR refresher course, among other sessions.” Ryan Akers, assistant extension professor of crisis preparation and disaster man-
agement, said Emergency Preparedness Week and P.R.E.P Workshop are part of MSU C-CERT’s outreach mission and are offered free of charge to the university community and citizens of Starkville and Oktibbeha County. “We’re very proud of the extensive program, which is certainly unique among other campus CERT programs in the state,” Akers said. “And we are very appreciative of the opportunity to partner with the Maroon Volunteer Center again in this endeavor. Their assistance and support of this week helps enable us to offer a fantastic array of programs to all involved.” Akers said the MSU C-CERT is an organized team made of 27 faculty, staff and graduate students from the university who are dedicated to offer service to MSU community, Starkville COURTESY PHOTO | MEGGAN FRANKS and Oktibbeha County in times C-CERT hosts Emergency Preparedness informational events. of emergency disaster. “CERT teams and C-CERT Akers said participants of he said. “With the expanded teams provide invaluable re- the EPW and P.R.E.P. will ben- schedule this year, we are ansources in times of community efit from fantastic programs ticipating a wider reach and need,” he said. “Team members devised to increase awareness are excited about the potential are trained in a variety of re- and enhance individual and impact we can make with response and recovery functions family preparedness protocols. spect to emergency preparedthat can prevent and treat cer“We received fantastic feed- ness in our locales.” tain injuries and could possibly back from our audience for Akers said he encourages prevent fatalities.” last year’s one-day program,” everyone to take advantage
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continued from 1 most and turn it into something I can use to give me strength.” After “Malice in Wonderland,” the team will travel to Milton, Fla., on Oct. 12 to face the Emerald City Roller Derby for its last bout of the season. “We have a saying in roller derby that there is no off season,” Voges-Haught said. “We practice all year.” Potential members can contact the Brawls Stars at info@ mississippibrawlstars.com. New recruits for skaters and volunteers are welcomed. For more information about the Mississippi Brawl Stars and “Malice in Wonderland,” visit mississippibrawlstars.com.
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Students attend sessions to learn how to handle disasters. of the emergency week’s wide range of activities because all events are free and door prizes will be available. The more programs a student registers for and attends, the greater the chance they have to win door prizes. “We always implore our community to take ownership in their own safety and security. We give them strategies that address just that,” Akers said. “You cannot always rely on others to protect you and
your family in the event of a major disaster when local resources are overwhelmed.” Darion Evans, senior ITS major, said he is interested in the program because he thinks it is necessary for people to always be prepared to save lives. “Maybe every dorm on campus should have individual training sessions,” he said. “Or maybe MSU can even have an emergency training course that is mandatory for freshmen.”
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Campus resources help students find success BY KYLIE DENNIS Staff Writer
Students at Mississippi State University may be able to enhance their collegiate success by taking advantage of key academic resources on campus. Thomas Bourgeois, dean of students, said officials at MSU continue to strive to provide students with the highest quality of education possible by supplementing their experiences in the classroom with academic services on campus. “Many departments partner with students to offer tutoring in their subject area,” he said. “Also, many colleges offer specialty classes for students in their majors that discuss life skills and the transition to college.” Brad Campbell, interim director of the MSU Writing Center, said via email the writing center is included in these influential organizations, which provide invaluable mentorship and promote the educational and professional success of their clients. “The writing center fosters a culture of writing to learn and forges a relationship between writing and critical thought,” he said. “We enjoy helping students with writing. It’s what we do.”
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MSU’s writing center offers one-on-one writing and research assistance by trained staff members to all students, faculty and staff of the university. Their services include guiding and advising clients in the critical analysis and pre-writing stages, as well as the paper composition and editing stages. The writing center also provides assistance with professional documents, such as cover letters and personal statements. Campbell said though he has not considered the writJASON SIMPSON | THE REFLECTOR ing center to be an underap- The writing center provides positive guidance to writers. preciated campus resource since its opening in 2004, his staff continues to encourage tion too small or too difficult.” filiation under the College of and accommodate the growKim Walters, Mathematics Education often discourages ing interests of students and instructor, said in an email the students of other majors from faculty. university’s math domain is also seeking its help, its services “Students consistently an academic resource on cam- continue to attract a large voice that their experiences at pus that continues to contribute number of the student body the writing center are positive significantly to students’ educa- and produce significant reand productive. According to tional success. sults. an anonymous survey, 100 “We have a great deal of data “It is a great place to practice percent of students who vis- math and get help so that the that shows that our programs ited the writing center so far students will be successful in and students are retained at this semester stated that they their courses,” she said. the same rate as the entire would return, and over 90 In addition to its function as population of students,” she percent of the students noted the required quiz and test-tak- said. “We are here for them. that they made progress on ing location for some mathe- We will be their best cheertheir assignments as a result matics classes, the math domain leader. We are student-driven of their visit,” he said. “The offers tutoring and homework and will give them the best we writing center is available for assistance for undergraduate have to offer.” assistance with any writing students enrolled in intermediThe MSU Writing Center is assignment. There is no ques- ate algebra, college algebra, trig- located at 94 President’s Cironometry, business calculus and cle with an additional branch in the Templeton Athletic Acintroduction to statistics. Walters said while she be- ademic Center. The mobile lieves students often overlook writing center is located in the the math domain as a tutoring seating area on the first floor resource, she is confident it has of the Colvard Student Union made a worthwhile impression across from the Dawg House. on the over 2,000 students who Pre-scheduled appointments take advantage of their services are required. For more information, visit writingcenter.msevery semester. “I do believe that overall, state.edu. The MSU Math Domain the math domain has been successful. Most students who is located in Allen room 111. utilize the services have a posi- For more information, call tive experience and tend to be 325-5805. The Learning Center is lomore successful in their classcated in Allen room 267. For es,” she said. Anna Dill, director of the more information, visit www. Learning Center at MSU, said tlc.msstate.edu in an email that TLC also provides services that incorporate the interests of all colleges and majors within the university. “Students should take advantage of the learning center because we have people on staff who want to help students, and we have available resources that will guide them along their academic path,” she said. TLC offers opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to take part in a variety of university courses, support programs, workshops, seminars and tutoring services across several disciplines. Additionally, TLC provides students access to state of the art technology labs. JASON SIMPSON | THE REFLECTOR Dill said though TLC’s aftutors in the math domain.
Monday, Sept. 9 • 6:44 a.m. A visitor reported the east door to the basement at Lee Hall was open. • 12:53 p.m. A student reported his surge protector stolen from his room in Evans Hall. • 10:00 p.m. Students were in a fight with other non-identified males at Burger King.
Tuesday, Sept. 10 • 3:01 p.m. A student reported finding a bicycle on Blackjack Road. The bicycle was recovered by an officer.
Wednesday, Sept. 11 • 10:43 a.m. A sidewalk light near Hull Hall was damaged. Facilities management was notified. • 10:47 p.m. A student reported a suspicious incident at Sessums Hall.
TAXES “You’ve got to keep moving forward and keep things rolling to stay productive as a successful community,” Ingram said. The money generated from the tax hike will fund the completion of the Lynn Lane project that will create a sidewalk from the Sportsplex to South Montgomery Street. “That’s one of the exciting things we are glad to finish, that project has actually been on the loop for over four years so we are excited to get that completed,” Maynard said. “We will also be expanding our free Wifi service in the community.” Kenneth Newton, senior chemical engineering major, said it will not be a problem to pay a few extra bucks in rent if it is reasonable and worthwhile. “But I don’t think downtown needs the Wifi. The
continued from 1 transit system will be a good idea for Starkville,” he said. Additionally, Maynard said the city will continue to invest in infrastructure needs including roads, sewer and drainage issues. Toya Windom, homeowner in Starkville, said she is against unreasonable tax increases because they will only hurt taxpayers. “The economy is already not in the best shape, and I don’t think raising taxes will help the economy. It will only dig deeper into struggling taxpayers pockets,” she said. Maynard said the projects the city of Starkville undertakes directly affects students in a positive way. “Students are a large part of our city, certainly I think this board is thinking in-line of what we can do to benefit everybody in the community,” Maynard said.
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The devil wears Prada: Does society’s Frankenburger: the lab-grown beef revolution take on beauty only go skin deep?
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et’s talk about this obsession we have with telling grown women how they should dress. From the Chick-fil-A line, to tabloids, to nights out in the Cotton District — how and why women should dress differently seems to be a topic that everyone everywhere can’t stop talking about. Paparazzi sell photos of celebrities without makeup or in less-than-stellar outfits for megabucks, and the media runs them and reruns them, sometimes with Whitney Knight is a senior majorhelpful “hints” out to the side. Because ing in English education. She can really, how dare they not look beautiful be contacted at opinion@reflector. all the time? msstate.edu. And you know, I get it. As a female who is told I have to look perfect every doesn’t mean we need to emulate her day to look feminine, I understand the snide remarks to Anne Hathaway in our vindictive pleasure that comes from call- daily life — even if that haircut she got is ing out other women for not putting in still on point seven years later. Fashion is the same time and effort we’re told we absolutely valid, despite the many flaws have to in order to “look our best.” I in the industry, and so are the women watch “What Not to Wear” marathons who rock it. But those who don’t (and for hours on end as I sit on a dorm futon these are often the same women at difeating baked Cheetos and procrastinate ferent times of a single day) are equally valid. on my linguistics essay, While women agbut at least my family Fashion is onize day after day has never turned me about how they dress, in to Stacey and Clinabsolutely what skin care they ton for the way I dress. valid...and should use, or whethAnd while I veg-out so are the women er or not they should watching girl after girl wear Spanx with that get a $5,000 makeover, who rock it. But dress, men can get I have to admit the those who don’t... away with being giant show does some great are equally valid.” slobs, even on the red work. It emphasizes the carpet. Various artiempowerment women can get from clothes that fit their bodies cles have been written about the recent and personalities. I also have to notice downturn in red carpet fashion for men. the formulaic way each and every girl After last year’s Cannes Film Festival is shamed into feeling bad about her showed this “glamour gap” reaching a wardrobe choices at the beginning of new high, fashion historian Amber Jane each show. Sure, many of the women Buchart was quoted in “The Guardwho go on WNTW seem to come out ian” as saying, “Red carpet dressing for of the show more confident. But what women has become about creating a are its effects on the women watching look that is almost superhuman, and this reflects a broader truth about modthem? A 2012 study published in the “Jour- ern celebrity: that women must achieve nal of Social and Clinical Psychology,” perfection to avoid criticism, while men which studied “real women” makeover have an easier ride.” But wait, you say. Fashion limits men shows like WNTW, found that shows like WNTW and “How to Look Good far more than women. If a man wears Naked” were just as harmful to wom- more than the requisite slacks and polo, en’s body images as shows depicting he gets funny looks. Women have much solely thin women like “America’s Next more choice. You’re absolutely right, Top Model.” It makes sense, since these and that’s where we get to the true shows prescribe very specific things problem with this whole affair. Despite women must do to be considered their the fact that fashion is a multi-million “best.” However, it’s not just makeover dollar industry dominated by men, it shows that tell women how they should is still seen as a female concept. Womdress to “accentuate their positives” (im- en are forced to care about their looks, plying, of course, that there’s plenty of but if a man does the same, he is being negative). It’s hard to pick up a magazine trivial or feminine. Not only do we tell without seeing a product that promises women they absolutely must dress like to augment some aspect of a woman’s Stacey London to avoid ridicule, we at body. Women are constantly being told the same time tell them that to worry they need to put in effort to look better. about their looks is petty and valueless. Quite frankly, I’m over it — this whole What is it about women’s clothing that makes us judge them on that more obsession with fashion policing women than we do men? Just because the fash- while we allow guys to walk around in ion industry is targeted more toward their khakis and T-shirts and don’t say women shouldn’t mean women are anything about it. A woman is preforced to comply with it in order to sur- occupied with something other than vive. (And by the way, only one-third of fashion for a split second, and we cast the top jobs in fashion are held by wom- her in a none-too-friendly makeover en, so it might be good to ask ourselves segment. As for me, I’m done with it. just who really benefits from all of this I’ll wear what I want when I want, and anyway.) Yes, Meryl Streep was fabulous not criticize any other woman who does in “The Devil Wears Prada,” but that the same.
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cience knows no bounds. the carbon footprint of this From the uncertain world frankenburger is far less than of quantum to dream what it would take to process imaging, scientists are nothing meat from a real animal, not to more than children in adult mention there will be far less bodies frolicking around in the harassment from the Chicknatural world experimentally fil-A cows. proving/disproving just about I know this lab burger is makanything they want. Earli- ing you salivate as you read, er this summer but you An a group of mad will have scientists made a immediate wait for breakthrough that awhile undownside could provide a less you loop hole for veg- to artificial beef is want to etarians who take the impact it has on dish out a stand against cattle rachers.” 350K for slaughter houses this whopand give PETA a per. The reason to throw a party: they good news is the price is prohave created meat. jected to fall quite quickly as The Dutch created the soon as American capitalist world’s first lab-grown beef find a way to make a profit. in a laboratory overseas, with Also, as a fast-food-consuming the help of stem cell research, nation, we hopefully wouldn’t a centrifuge, breadcrumbs and have to worry about the beef a pinch of saffron. The Dutch percentage of our Big Macs were able to revolutionize the and chalupas anymore since life of carnivores. Not only is the lab burger is 100 percent there no harm done to cows real beef. I can only hope one in the making of this beef, but day I will be able to order a
McDonalds McFilet (mignon) with special steak sauce. Rumors of this burger making its way to my market immediately leaves my imagination running wild with an online business where you can order as much beef as you want with a variable fat content. A modular beef business such as this would be sure to make millions by attracting beef connoisseurs and restaurant chefs. With enough money backing this endeavor, protein can be delivered in delicious burger form to many who can’t afford it now. Add a little genetic modification, and this burger could take a huge bite out of the problem of world hunger or be used as a source of protein for missions in space. An immediate downside to artificial beef is the impact it has on cattle ranchers. It is always sad when a potential advancement threatens the income and career of hard workers. However, if lab-grown beef
MATT TAYLOR Matt Taylor is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate. edu.
does indeed become a cheaper alternative, then I believe it is up to the ranchers to modify their business to suit the times. As heartless a solution as this may sound, adaptation is simply evolution whether it is in nature or business. However, we shouldn’t expect our local Kroger to carry this beef for at least another decade or so. As excited as I am to taste this delicacy, I will have to impatiently wait to feed it to my kids.
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rogressive rock is an un- progressive music scene. Somederappreciated genre of times all it takes is a little time music that has recently and an open mind to underdropped off the radar. In ad- stand the motivations behind dition to being hard to define, what makes a particular band progressive rock, or “prog,” fall into the category of prohas always morphed and split gressive rather than pop, indie, off into subgenres of different alternative or electronica music. Trouble strikes when it comes bands as they change throughtime to define the genre by its out their lifetimes. According to Miriam-Web- characteristics, or even to list ster, prog is “rock music char- off a number of influential acterized by relatively complex bands. Cameron Moore, a phrasings and improvisations senior religion major and loand intended for a musically cal singer-songwriter, said that sophisticated audience.” What most people do not have a immediately pops to mind is an well-defined understanding of image of strangely clad, long- what prog actually is. “Ask most people what prohaired rockers like Steve Vai or Jeff Beck backed by world gressive rock is, and more than likely, they’ll class symphoto ny orchestras. It reiterates struggle give you an anNeedless to the swer,” Moore say, this bumps Romantic said. the entire I could not genre into a period’s self agree more wall of preten- expression in tiousness. In artistically-charged with Moore, as even while fact, there are I asked him entire discus- albums.” what his opinsions between ion was on prog fans on different Internet forums, some prog, we struggled to underabout whether or not the genre stand what the other meant is pretentious but mostly about by seemingly simple terms like the degree to which the preten- progressive, metal, pop and artistry. The prog genre and each tion extends. Should we run away from the of the diverse subgenres are instrumental-laden 20 minute probably best defined by the epics and baffling dynamic in- bands that formed them and terchanges strewn throughout have taken hold of its fans. Prog started off in the 60s vague concept albums? Maybe it is pretentious, and maybe the and 70s with bands like Deep artists should all be taken with Purple, Emerson Lake, Palmer, a grain of salt, but it is certainly The Doors and Pink Floyd. worth trying to get to know the These bands would experiment
with new musical and recording techniques, searching for interesting sounds, harmonies and instrumental explorations. According to progarchives. com, prog started as an ambitious attempt to get more out of music than had previously been attempted. “Progressive rock bands pushed rock’s technical and compositional boundaries by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus-based song structures. Additionally, the arrangements often incorporated elements drawn from classical, jazz and world music. Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract, or based in fantasy. Progressive rock bands sometimes used concept albums that made unified statements, usually telling an epic story or tackling a grand overarching theme.” As noted above, a great achievement for any prog band would be to release a powerful concept album. Concept albums are known to tie all of the songs together with a common lyrical theme and recapitulating musical motifs throughout the album, almost like a classical symphony or sonata. This is one reason why the genre is somewhat pretentious; it demands so much of your concentrated attention that it sometimes has too high a view of its own importance and takes itself too seriously. In general, the musical expression found in prog gives birth to a
CAMERON CLARKE Cameron Clarke is a junior majoring in mathematics and physics. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate. edu.
new version of the old Baroque mode of interlacing polyphonic sound. It makes virtuosic use of the Classical era’s technical proficiency and musical theory, and it reiterates the Romantic period’s self-expression in artistically-charged albums. I cannot tell you what to listen to, but I can suggest that you give some of the progressive subgenres a chance. Try to listen to early Yes, Genesis, Riverside, Porcupine Tree or Dreamtheater albums, and pay as much attention as possible to the entirety of the music. Definitely try to start at the beginnings of albums and listen all the way through uninterrupted. Prog music, most of which is easily accessible through online fan sites and Spotify, transcends simple definitions and confinement to specific genres. So go out and explore, you and I both may be surprised by what we can find.
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itizenship in the United States is accompanied by a plethora of rights and freedoms: the ability to practice wide ranges of religion freely, despite race or gender and guaranteed public education for children. These privileges are so deeply engrained into the American heritage that many of our country’s citizens are able to neglect the fact that outside of our cushy democratic republic, these opportunities remain unavailable to a large portion of the world’s population. However, with conflict in the Middle East so prominent in today’s headlines, it has become increasingly difficult to shirk this unsavory truth. Middle Eastern governments and cultural practices have been violently thrust into the public eye of the U.S. media, causing observers to question the ethics of these geographical areas. Through my own observation of the media, I have been specifically drawn to question the discrimination toward the female gender. Upon further research, my uneasiness concerning the living conditions of Middle Eastern and Indian women continued to grow. Huffington Post recently posted a chilling article about a child in Yemen entitled, “Bride aged 8 dies after suffering internal sexual injuries during wedding night with man, 40.” After these words sank into my
conscious and the shock subsided, pure fear ensued. I look back to when I was 8 years old. It was 1999, and my most treacherous obstacle was how to defeat Pokémon on my Gameboy Color. I attempt to conjure a logical reason for this tragedy, but the only response my mind can produce is a resounding, “Why?” Why would a child so young be expected to relinquish the joys of adolescent innocence? Why would a family allow for this burden to be placed upon their offspring? Why would the government refrain from intervention? The answers to these questions revolve primarily around financial despair. Over 25 percent of girls in Yemen are married before the age of 15 (Al Bawaba); 44.5 percent of women in India are married before they reach 18 years of age (Thomson Reuters Foundation Services). These staggering statistics can be credited in part to the fact that women are not able to properly support themselves monetarily. In the same sense, if a family struggles financially, they may be forced to marry off their children at a young age in an attempt to secure economic stability, both for themselves and their daughters. This vicious cycle is perpetuated by the fact that in some areas
of the Middle East, women earn nearly 82 percent less than their male counterparts in annual wages (Thomson Reuters Foundation Services). The underlying question to this series of bleak predicaments is this: How can this inequality be rectified? The most relevant solution seems to be education. Only 13 percent of Afghani women are literate, and this trend spans across the borders of many other Middle Eastern and Indian territories. With this large number of uneducated female inhabitants, it is no wonder that women are unlikely to acquire financially rewarding careers. In addition, it is also no surprise that the Middle Eastern economy lacks middle class stimulation when all fiscal responsibility rests on the shoulders of male citizens. If these affected countries were able to implement proper and equal education across the board, the positive results would be virtually immeasurable. Economic stimulation, gender-unbiased legislation and improved foreign policy relations merely scratch the surface of the benefits to be reaped. It is with the hope that these benefits can be achieved that I urge those of us fortunate enough to receive uninhibited education to take full advantage of this blessing and fight for change on behalf of those less fortunate.
Shealy Molpus Shealy Molpus is a senior majoring in communication. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.
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NUMBERS 25 percent of women in Yemen are married by the age of 15.
44.5 percent of women in India are married before the age of 18. Only 13 percent of Afghani women are literate. Middle Eastern
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Spend Saturday under the stars BY CATIE MARIE MARTIN Staff Writer
In his novel “Kafka on the Shore,” Haruki Murakami writes that he believes “beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.” This weekend, Mississippi State University takes its students and the Starkville community just a little bit closer to the cosmos by opening the Howell Observatory on the MSU South Farm to the public on Saturday. This fascination with the unexplored runs rampant in history and appeals to all ages. Adults continue to form theories about the origin of space, teenage girls live their lives in accordance to their horoscopes, couples transform clear nights into an opportunity to
crafts, I was hooked.” its first meeting Friday, may alSpace’s captivation of both low more public nights at the the young and old continues observatory to happen. to grow as our technological She said the observatory resources improve. not only provides observation Angelle Tanner, MSU astro- events like Saturday’s, but physics professor and coordi- gives students opportunities to nator of this weekend’s event, use the technology. MSU said students undergrads can expect to Saturn will could potensee the moon, be amazing tially create reSaturn, the Ring Nebsince you can search-grade science projula and the nicely see the rings.” ects with the Andromeda t e l e s c o p e ,” galaxy with -Angelle Tanner, said. the help of Astrophysics professor she “Who knows the physics — maybe and astronomy department’s 14-inch tele- there will be a comet Bulldog one day.” scope at the event. Students who attend the “Saturn will be amazing since you can nicely see the viewing may experience the rings,” she said. “Saturn’s rings night sky in an exciting and COURTESY PHOTO | MEGAN BEAN and some of its cloud band intellectually stimulating enHowell Observatory on South Farm opens Saturday night for public stargazing of Saturn. structure will be visible. Sev- vironment. The event, which stargaze and children dream of “My decision to pursue “When our class was shown eral of Saturn’s moons can of- starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturone day donning a space suit astronomy was solidified at images of the planets and ten be seen as bright dots sur- day, offers a view of the sky of their own. Donna Pierce, the age of 10 during a social moons of the outer solar sys- rounding the planet.” framed not only by a telescope MSU astronomy professor, studies lesson on the history tem that were sent back from Tanner said the help of the lens but by MSU professors’ was one such child. of space exploration,” she said. the Voyager 1 and 2 space- astronomy club, which holds knowledge.
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Sipsy Fires plays Old Venice Sunday, works together to craft first album BY SHELBY PERANICH Staff Writer
In a basement in a house off of University Drive there is a recording studio. Inside the studio, four guys sit around and enjoy a drink as they listen to music. Upon first glance, it may not be obvious that Mark Threet, Phill Thompson, Caleb Childs and Keatzi Gunmoney are more than just four friends relaxing. But together, they form Sipsy Fires, a band Phill Thompson, keyboardist,
said formed from the ashes of a previous Starkville group. “Sipsy Fires is the phoenix of The Mooring Line,” he said. “The Mooring Line died out, and me and Keatzi were what was left, and we just decided to start another band. It just came together really fast, really easy.” The band’s name comes with an unexpected story as unique as the music the band plays. Gunmoney, lead vocalist, said Sipsy Fires named themsleves after a trip the band took through the Sipsy Wilderness
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Sipsy Fires perform Sunday night at Old Venice Pizza Co. in Alabama. He said the band didn’t come into this with a came together with no inten- genre in mind. We just all tion besides to play music to- played how we usually play.” Though the band has its gether. “We are so diverse, and we own unique sound, Gunmonall come from such diverse ey said the band adjusts its musical background. We are musical styles at each show to able to come together and fit the crowd’s tastes. Sipsy Fires opened for Space make it work,” he said. “We
Making radio waves: Campus radio station 91.1 approaches 20th anniversary BY CALEB BATES Staff Writer
Nearly 20 years ago, 91.1 FM WMSV became Mississippi State University’s campus radio station. Since its genesis, the station has provided the community with, as it claims, “world-class programming.” MSU students operate the station under the command of Steve Ellis, general manager, who said he encourages his DJs to consider their job at 91.1 a slot at a commercial station. “Even though it’s mostly students, we run this like a professional station,” Ellis said. WMSV is classified as a noncommercial educational station. According to the Federal Communications
Commission, this means the station cannot sell advertisements, although it can have sponsors. WMSV selects music to play from the adult album alternative format, which means it selects music determined to be popular with the 18 to 50 age group, WMSV’s target demographic. The AAA pool includes artists like Dave Matthews Band, Counting Crows, Eric Clapton, The Lumineers, Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters and Men, The Killers and Muse.
Student DJs at WMSV do not have to be communication majors. For example, Adam Craven, senior business major, has been with WMSV for three years, the longest of any DJ currently spinning music at the station. Besides DJing on weekday afternoons, Craven said he also helps decide what new songs are absorbed into the station’s rotation. “I’ve been here the longest now, so I’m the guy who gets to add new music to our selection,” he said. “I don’t get to pick what plays though
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Adam Craven DJing at 91.1, MSU’s campus radio station. WMSV plans to commemorate its 20th anniversary with two concerts in February and March (lineups have yet to be announced). As the station approaches this milestone in its history, WMSV
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Capone at Rick’s Café Thursday night, and Saturday they play at Old Venice Pizza Co. at 9:30 p.m. The band members said they enjoy the time they spend together and all the experiences that come along with playing in a band, but Threet, drummer, said it is still a lot of work. “It basically is a career already. If you think of it like your work schedule, when you are going to work is not optional,” he said. “It’s not like, well, we’ve got three gigs in a row, we can just skip one.’” The band’s next move is to release an album containing selections of 30 original songs they have written. “I believe that good recordings of songs are immortal, and people listen to them forever. Right now, the only tangible aspect of our band is our
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Ten Broeke transitions from Netherlands to southern lands BY SHANE ANDERSON Contributing Writer
Moving on to a higher level in competitive sports will always offer a challenge. From little league or youth athletics to high school, high school to college and college to pro, all of these transitions for athletes are accompanied by a rigorous attitude to adapt to the speed of the game that comes with the new territory. Freshman soccer forward Annebel ten Broeke has added moving to another country on that list. Born and raised in Amsterdam, she has only been used to her style of European soccer, which uses more brain than brawn and speed. “Soccer in Amsterdam might be more tactical and technical but less quick,” ten Broeke said. “We normally don’t push; we wait until they get in our zone. That is what we did back home.” Mississippi State Univer-
sity’s head soccer coach Aaron Gordon, who recruited ten Broeke through Skype sessions, said he believes she already has the experience to compete at the collegiate level. “Annebel comes from a soccer culture anyway,” Gordon said. “She lives it, breathes it every day. She lives in Amsterdam, and Ajax is one of the most famous clubs in the world. Her knowledge and game savvy-ness is beyond her years relative to the domestic players.” Ten Broeke should have the knowledge of soccer, given her past. She has been selected to numerous Netherlands youth national team camps, and she even has played in a pair of games for the Netherlands national team when she was 15. Her experience gained by playing with the best young soccer players in Europe has flown over with her to the United States. She has accounted for two goals so far in the young season and leads
the team with three assists. Senior defender and co-captain Morganne Grimmes shared praise for ten Broeke’s passing skills. “She brings a different aspect to this team, and it has definitely increased everyone’s level of play because her touch is always amazing,” Grimmes said. “She finds these passes on the field that seem impossible, but with her it’s kind of like, ‘Well, you know it’s going to get through,’ so we don’t even worry about it.” Off of the field, Annebel had to face another obstacle — moving from her native home of the Netherlands to the U.S. — and not just the U.S., but to Starkville.There is one thing every Mississippian knows about Mississippi summers — they are hot. “I’m still not used to the heat,” ten Broeke said. “That’s going to take a while.” She is not the only one who thinks the heat is brutal. To help ten Broeke, Grimmes re-
Two former Bulldogs tied to Yahoo report Chad Bumphis, Fletcher Cox allegedly received benefits while attending MSU. BY JOHN GALATAS Sports Editor
Five Southeastern Conference football players, including former Mississippi State University standouts Chad Bumphis and Fletcher Cox, allegedly received impermissible benefits while attending their respective universities, a Yahoo Sports report said Wednesday. The site reported Bumphis and Cox were tied to a list of financial and text records belonging to former Alabama Crimson Tide defensive end Luther Davis. The records were given to Yahoo Sports by a source with connection to the NFL agent community who alleged Davis acted as an intermediary between multiple college football standouts and NFL agents and financial advisers. Davis’ records included re-
ceipts of airline tickets from Birmingham, Ala., to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., worth over $1,200 that were issued to Bumphis, Cox and former defensive back Johnthan Banks. The tickets were booked on Dec. 23, 2011, for travel plans that took place Jan. 3-6, 2012, after MSU’s Music City Bowl game on Dec. 30, 2011, Yahoo Sports reported. According to the website, only Bumphis and Cox, whose baggage receipts were also found in the report, took the flights. Cox declared for the NFL draft on Jan. 3, and the trip came after his final game at MSU. MSU released a statement Wednesday regarding the report and stated the university advises athletes in agent-related matters. “Mississippi State constantly educates our student athletes about agent-related issues,”
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called summers when every girl was struggling with the heat. “I think it was mentally hard (on ten Broeke) because of this heat and humidity she’s never experienced before, but she’s very strong,” said Grimmes. “She definitely pushed through and I think us supporting her saying, ‘We’re all dying, we’ve all been here,’ helped. I think she saw that she wasn’t the only one.” Overall, ten Broeke said she likes the progress she has shown so far at MSU. “I still need to get used to the quickness of the game and the different culture,” ten Broeke said. “I’m used to the language now better than I was. That was a big aspect.” Ten Broeke’s teammates were quick on trying to get the Netherlands native acquainted to the bustling lifestyle of living in Starkville. However, even with good friends and soccer to lean on, ten Broeke said she still gets homesick. “I think it’s just hard not to
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Annebel ten Broeke (right) speeds past an Arkansas State defender. Ten Broeke has two goals and three assists in her freshman season in Maroon and White. be around your family, good ture,” said ten Broeke. “It friends at home and just your differs from moment to moown food and your own cul- ment.”
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What message is sent to the hroughouth this week, “Sports Illustrated” has people when an organization is been releasing its story accused of cheating and is met about Oklahoma State Universi- with a collective shrug of the ty’s football program and its rise shoulder? I personally agree a bit more to national prominence. In the story, SI outlines different mea- with what ESPN analyst, Jimmy sures the team took from 2000- Dykes, tweeted. “Wrong is wrong, even if ev2011 under coaches Les Miles, now at LSU, and Mike Gundy, eryone else is doing it. Right is who is still at OSU, to become a right, even if no one else is doing it,” he said in his tweet. national powerhouse. I wrote in a previous article The findings were not so clean. Many players from those 11 years the NCAA should suspend itself after a lack of admitted to discipline to the taking money Johnny Manziel from boosters, What investigation. getting paid message Now, I am beginfor sham jobs, is sent to ning to believe having advisers the best course write papers for the people when of action is a tothem, having an organization is tal overhaul of professors give them false pass- accused of cheating the system. Right now, the only ing grades, turn- and is met with a perceived answer ing players into collective shrug of to the question drug dealers the shoulder?” of how to make to make more a football team money and arbetter is to cheat. ranging for recruits to have sex with hostesses When people start to become to persuade them to attend the numb to cheating going on around them, I believe it far past university. Doug Gottlieb, national radio time for a change. The overarching idea to solve talk show host for CBS Sports Radio, said on his show Tuesday, this problem is to make paying “Well, to me, it shows like they players legal. But paying athletes were just running a successful, would merely just open up the big time college football pro- floodgates, I believe, and college football would never be the same. gram.” Pete Pissco from CBSports. If the NCAA decided this was the com tweeted yesterday, “Don’t plan of action that needed to be tell me boosters are paying play- taken, then I think that would ers,” in regards to the story. only increase the divide between
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the rich teams in college football and the ones struggling to pay bills already. I think instead of just accepting the notion, “Everyone is cheating, so might as well make it legal,” the NCAA should try to get to the bottom of the cheating. Instead of waving the white flag and rolling over and just accepting failure, the NCAA should stand up for what it believes is right and has stood for since its inception. A free education is a valuable privilege that not many people get to take advantage of in their times as students. Imagine for a moment if a student receiving a free education also received free grades for no work. The university would immediately expel the student. But if a student-athlete does the same, it seems to hardly be addressed and is never talked about again. The purpose of the wonderfully written piece from SI was to expose what goes on in a successful football team, and it showed everyone’s favorite is not as clean as people think. It is time people stop accepting cheating and start demanding change from the NCAA and universities that turn a blind eye to what goes on in their football programs.
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Q: With impressive wins over Washington State and Arkansas State, how high are expectations for the rest of the season? What record do you think Auburn will finish with come November? A: The popular phrase around the Plains right now is “cautiously optimistic.” The opening win was great for fans to see after a dreadful 2012 campaign, but there were a lot of defensive issues in that Washington State game. Some of those issues were addressed in the Arkansas State game, when the Tigers gave up a bunch of yards but kept Gus Malzahn’s old team out of the end zone. New quarterback Nick Marshall showed flashes of his dynamic playmaking ability against Arkansas State. He looked more comfortable in the offense than in the Washington State game, when he never really broke out of his shell. With a trio of impressive running backs alongside the junior college transfer in the backfield, Auburn fans are very excited about the offense. I predicted Auburn would go 6-6 this season. I am going to stick to that prediction right now because I predicted the Tigers would beat Washington State and Arkansas State. A lot of this season rides on these first two SEC games. If Auburn can get a much-needed win over State this weekend and put up a solid performance against LSU, I could see the Tigers
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get as many as eight wins by few passes, overthrowing wide season’s end. open receivers on what would Q: After going 3-9 last be surefire touchdowns. In the year, how has the team re- second half, he concentrated sponded so far under a new on ball protection — somecoaching staff? thing he had trouble with in A: After watching the first junior college. Although it got two games of the season, I see the job done and he improved a lot more fight and positivity in the final two quarters, it was in the Tigers than I did during not what most fans wanted to all of the 2012 season. The see. players are buying into MalAgainst Arkansas State, fans zahn’s offense, got a glimpse of a system that what Marshall When most of them can really do. you see were recruited He finally conMississippi to play. Ellis nected with his Johnson’s 4-2-5 State on the favorite deep defense is more schedule, you know ball target, Samaggressive than mie Coates, on ones under the real season has a long touchGene Chizik, started.” down play. He and more was forced to young players make tough are getting a chance to make a throws on third down, and he name for themselves early. got a few chances on designed I remember telling one of runs to show what he can do the other Plainsman writers when the playbook is opened at the end of the Washington up for him. Marshall did comState game that the 2012 team mit his first turnover, a fumble would have lost to the Cou- that simply slipped out of his gars. Even after a late fumble, hands without any contact, but the offensive players picked he was able to turn a C-level their heads up and finished off performance in week one into the Cougars. Even after they a high B in week two. gave up a ton of passing yards, Q: Running backs Tre Mathe defensive players forced son, Corey Grant and Camermore interceptions in one on Artis-Payne load the Tiger game than they had in all of backfield. What kind of vari2012. Through an emotional ety does each tailback bring roller coaster of a first half and to the running game? a gritty second half, the Tigers A: Mason is a big play runsimply found a way to win ning back. His 1,000-yard Q: QB Nick Marshall 2012 season was probably the seems to be settling in well at only bright spot in that dark his position. Can you grade 3-9 campaign. He is what I him and the offense so far? would call a do-it-all back: he A: Nick Marshall’s first game has speed, strength, moves and at Auburn was a Jekyll and he also brings in the added eleHyde type of performance. ment of being a good returner. He was erratic with his first Mason broke a 100-yard kick
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return against Washington State, and he is always a homerun threat when you kick it towards him. Grant, who hails from nearby Opelika, has seamlessly moved into the speed back role that Onterrio McCalebb had for Auburn. His teammates call him the fastest running back they have ever seen. The difference between this former Alabama back and other speedy ball carriers is his toughness. He can break more tackles than the average scat back, which makes him one to look out for this Saturday. Finally, Cameron Artis-Payne is the big man of Auburn’s running back trio. More of a power runner than Mason or Grant, this junior college transfer is best between the tackles. He has taken some direct snaps in what I call the WildCAP formation, and he is a reliable option on passing situations with his blocking and receiving skills. Q: Auburn’s defense held off one of the best passing offenses in the country in Washington State, including three interceptions. Who are some key defensive players fans should recognize going into Saturday’s game? A: One of the key players in Ellis Johnson’s 4-2-5 system is the “star,” the safety-linebacker hybrid that lines up as the fifth member of the secondary. Justin Garrett was the man for the job during spring and fall camp, but a foot injury kept him to limited action in the first two games. Enter Robenson Therezie, a former safety who grabbed two interceptions against Washington State on
his way to being the SEC Defensive Player of the Week (a rare award for recent Auburn players). Garrett got some more playing time against Arkansas State, but Therezie has said he fully believes he can keep the starting job. Whoever gets the nod, keep your eye on him. On the defensive line, watch out for Auburn’s trio of true freshman playmakers. Tackle Montravius Adams and ends Carl Lawson and Elijah Daniel have gotten major minutes in these first two games of the season, and they have taken full advantage of their opportunities. Adams got a sack on his first collegiate play and provided most of the much-needed pressure on Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday in the season opener. Lawson got a late forced fumble and recovery against Arkansas State, a play that still has Tiger fans drooling. Q: Auburn leads the alltime series 60-24-2 against the Bulldogs, including four of the last five meetings. How do Auburn fans view this rivalry? A: If you would have asked this question a few years ago, you would have gotten an answer like this: “We’re Auburn you’re Mississippi State. We expect to beat you every time we play. Look at the record, that’s how this thing goes.” But now, with Dan Mullen taking the Bulldogs to several bowl games and the beating State put on Auburn last season, not to mention the tough 2010 and 2011 games, Auburn fans view Mississippi State as equals as the Tigers rebuild their reputation in the SEC
West. They know Mississippi State will give Auburn a tough game no matter what year it is. It is a growing rivalry that fans have come to anticipate each and every season. When you see Mississippi State on the schedule, you know the real season has started. Q: Finally, who do you see coming out on top in Saturday’s match up? A: I anticipate a close game that will come right down to the wire. While Auburn has had two wins to start off the season, Mississippi State has played a tougher opponent in Oklahoma State and got a week to work out some of the kinks against a weaker team. Mississippi State’s offense will get their yards against Auburn, and it will be interesting to see if the Tiger defense can continue its impressive no-touchdown streak that dates back to the second quarter of the season opener. I see Auburn having an advantage in the run game, and this being a night game in Jordan-Hare will also be a boost for the Tigers. I don’t do score predictions because I am always wrong, but I will give a margin of victory. This could easily go either way. It will come down to who makes the big plays in the fourth quarter, and I see the home team’s momentum pushing them to a one-possession victory. I predict either a touchdown or defensive stop by the Tigers in the final five minutes of the game, a signature moment that will show Auburn fans that it truly is a new day with Gus Malzahn on the Plains.
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