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Chess club competes on campus BY LACRETIA WIMBLEY Staff Writer
Mississippi State University’s chess club uses strategy to challenge its opponents and strengthen their critical thinking skills. MSU’s chess club was founded about four years ago by Clay Polk, an MSU graduate. Tyler Freeman, MSU’s chess club president, said Monday’s exhibition held on the Drill Field featured Viktor Ten, prior chess instructor from Kazakhstan, playing against multiple players. “Viktor Ten, having been a chess club instructor in his home town, brings experience with his talent of playing chess to MSU,” Freeman said. “The exhibition served to connect people through the game of chess, to branch out and create friends.” SEE CHESS, 3
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Viktor Ten (left) competed against multiple students in a series of chess matches held near the Drill Field on Monday. Ten, member of the United States Chess Federation, visited for an exhibition with the MSU chess team, which will hold its next tournament Saturday in the Colvard Student Union.
Communication department arranges golf tournament fundraiser BY JAMIE ALLEN Staff Writer
In an effort to provide increased scholarships and internship opportunities, the Mississippi State University Department of Communication will host a golf tournament Oct. 18 at the MSU Institute of Golf. The tournament will fund
the Lora J. DeFore Scholarship, which provides students with scholarships to fund internships. Starting at noon, this event will include a basic golf tournament and several other contests such as a putting contest and a hole-in-one contest. Registration costs $100 per player and $50 per student and will include the
greens fees, a golf cart and lunch, a free entry in the putting contest, an MSU Adidas golf polo or a T-shirt for students and more. There will also be opportunities to win door prizes as well as prizes for the contests, which include a 32” TV donated by WCBI for the putting contest and a car donated by Mitchell Automotive for
the hole-in-one contest. Also, there will be a silent auction which will include stays at hotels and rounds of golf at courses around Mississippi. John Forde, associate professor and head of the Department of Communication, said in the past, this event has raised between $3,000 and $7,000 and usually about 50 to 70 players participate.
“The goal of the golf tournament is not only to raise money, but it also allows alumni who come in for the tournament to reconnect with one another, and it promotes our department,” Forde said. Volunteers for this event are students within the department, primarily Communication Ambassadors.
Starkville presents symphony BY ALIE DALEE Opinion Editor
Amongst craft coffee and beer gardens, the StarkvilleMSU symphony lends a hand to Starkville’s cultural revolution. This year marks the Starkville-MSU symphony’s 45th concert season. SEE SYMPHONY, 2
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Upcoming campus construction includes parking garage BY DUNCAN DENT
The classrooms will mostly be larger auditorium-style classrooms. Bidding on the project Mississippi State University is expected to wrap up around will begin construction on a Oct. 24 to start construction five-story building with two lev- in January. Construction is els of parking garages and three predicted to wrap up next fall floors of multi-purpose class- semester. Mike Harris, room space in director of ParkJanuary. ing Operations, Dan WhatThe facility said the garage ley, construcis designed is designed to tion adminserve the needs of istrator at the for visitor guests. Physical Plant parking. “The facility Ad m i n i s t r a is designed for tion on cam- Guests will drive visitor parking. pus, said the in and get a ticket Guests will drive whole building from a spitter that will be rough- they will use to pay in and get a ticket from a spitter ly 150,000 that they will use square feet at a help desk or to pay at a help with 60,000 several instant pay desk or several square feet machines in the instant pay madedicated to garage.” chines in the ga148 pay-park-Mike Harris, rage,” Harris said. ing spots. “It will give guests W h a t l e y director of Parking easy access to said it would Operations the Colvard Stube right bedent Union and hind the post office. He said this location was a central place on campus, but chosen to give multi-level access students can also park in the to the garage. One entrance will garage and go eat in the union be at the top of the hill near or park all day for class, even if the post office, and there will they do not have a parking pass be more entrances around the in that particular zone.” Harris said this is not debottom level facing Zacharias signed to service any greater Village. Contributing Writer
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commuter parking needs but to create easier, quick access to the one central location on campus. “It will cost $2 for the first hour and $1 for every additional hour after that for a maximum of $10 for every 24-hour period,” Harris said. There is no penalty for leaving your car overnight in the garage, but guests will have to pay for an additional day. The garage is designed to be another central shuttle stop for the campus shuttle system and the routes that extend to off-campus locations. The manned booth inside will serve as a place to validate parking and will offer useful information for visitors to navigate campus. Harris said this is one of two parking garages expected to go up in the near future. The other will be a much larger parking garage with four floors of parking. This is part of a visitor’s center type hub being built near the Physical Plant. The center will include a hotel with conference rooms and a bus route that will connect it to the main campus. The City of Starkville is using an $8 million Community Development Grant from the Mississippi Development Authority to build the garage and hotel as part of the Mill Project.
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The symphony was founded on March 2, 1969 and performed its first concert in November 1969. Next week, the symphony plans to hold its annual outdoor event at the Renasant Bank plaza. The event will showcase jazz tunes with a few big band performances intertwined. The event is aimed toward families and MSU students alike. The event takes place tonight at 6 p.m. at the corner of Lampkin Street and Montgomery Street. The event is free to all ages. A dance floor will be available for those who arrive with dancing shoes in tow, and a select amount of chairs will be provided for those who choose to leave their dancing shoes at home. Elizabeth Hawkins, board member and symphony member, began playing with the symphony in 1973. She said a goal of the symphony is to make the music accessible. She said she hopes “Jazz at Renasant” meets this goal. Hawkins said many individuals attribute symphony music as “high-brow,” but that she hopes the music is fun and emphasizes the symphony’s aims to play music that can be enjoyed at all levels. “We want to take music outside the concert hall, and put it where people are,” Hawkins said. Jeannie Godbold, head of the symphony’s publicity committee, emphasized
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“Jazz at Renasant” is a fun, family evening of jazz and dance. “We just want people to come out and be aware that we do have a symphony. They (the symphony) love to play the music, and the audience seems to enjoy hearing it,” Godbold said. The symphony makes a point to be involved with the students at Mississippi State University. It offers a select number of scholarships to MSU music majors and student performers with the symphony. Olivia Stolz, a senior music major, is a recipient of one such scholarship. She plans to play the saxophone for “Jazz at Renasant.” Stolz said the symphony has provided her exemplary experience for a future career and led to additional opportunities with the Mississippi Symphony in Jackson. “I just think it’s fun to go out and support people in these types of events to expand your experiences,” Stolz said. “I don’t think until you go to one of the concerts you realize how fun it is.” The symphony hopes the event will get the community involved with the symphony and display a night filled with music and dancing. The symphony aims “to bring music in every form to the community and enhance the cultural life of the community,” Hawkins said.
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Members of the MSU chess club John Leonard, Taylor Middlebrooks, Kevin Baker and Viktor Ten play games of chess.
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Viktor Ten competes in a chess game on the Drill Field by the Colvard Student Union.
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Viktor Ten, research scientist at the Department of Intelligent Systems and Energy Efficiency in Kazakhstan, Astana, said he has used opportunities to make chess popular and teach it to kids. “I am very glad to be a part of MSU chess club and its events,” Ten said. “I am impressed how it is organized with a stable schedule. It is well-equipped and adapted for newcomers.” Ten also said he is a part of the Kazakhstan and United States Chess Federation, both under world federation FIDE. “My last time teaching kids in a club was about three years ago. However, I’m still involved with chess, and it has been my hobby since I was a child,” Ten said. “For the games of chess I like to cite Dr. Zigbert Tarrasch: ‘Chess like love, like music, has the power
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to make men happy.’” Freeman said they held the first U.S. Chess Federation-rated tournament in August at MSU. “The tournament was titled ‘The 2013 Mississippi State Grand Open,’ and we plan to make this an annual event,” Freeman said. “This year, I and chess club treasurer Jerel won two sections with a total of 30 people.” Jerel Walker, MSU chess club treasurer and sophomore business administration major, said chess is a strategic game that stimulates the mind. “Chess allows and helps peo-
ple to think critically and to apply logic,” Walker said. “The stronger players one plays, the stronger player you become. Aside from deep thinking, chess is fun to play, so you have fun being challenged and being the challenger.” Freeman said the next chess tournament will be held Saturday in the Colvard Student Union room 231. The chess club will create T-shirts, tailgating, intercollegiate chess traveling and outreach programs for young children. MSU chess club can be contacted at chessclubofMSU@ gmail.com.
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According to volunteer coordinator Emily Cain, communication instructor, volunteers are needed to take care of last-minute details the day of the event. “Alumni seem to enjoy seeing and talking to the students at the tournament,” Cain said. “Volunteers are vital to the event running smoothly.” The golf tournament, whose sponsors include Kroger, McAlister’s, and Aramark along with many others, has three sponsorship levels — gold, bronze and silver. KAITLIN MULLINS | THE REFLECTOR Paige Crane, senior communication major, is an in- MSU alumnus Cameron Spann stars as a biochemist tern with the communication department. She gathers sponsors, door prizes and MSU DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION | COURTESY PHOTO literature on the tournament Golfers warm up and practice on the driving range for the as part of her internship responsibilites. She said she is Department of Communication’s annual golf tournament. excited to be able to work on the tournament as it offers I feel like it creates commu- love working for the departher experience related to her nity for the university by ment and being able to give field. bringing people from such back to the thing that already “The tournament is a ma- diverse departments togeth- has and will have the biggest jor part of the department. er,” Crane said. “I absolutely impact on my life.”
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Hippies vs. Hipsters: The transformation from inclusivity to exclusivity
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or as long as I can remember, I have had an infatuation with the hippie culture of the 60s and 70s. My initial obsession was the billowy clothing and interesting accessories — these manifested themselves in elementary school Halloween costumes. In junior high, my interest expanded to musical artists Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and John Prine. It wasn’t until I reached high school and college that I began to explore the social movements of the age. I became fixated on the fact that the primary focus of almost an entire generation was inclusivity and the abolition of discrimination. Whether the subject was civil rights or gender equality, the message was clear: we want to
create an equal opportunity for anyone and everyone despite physical or philosophical difference. The goal of this counterculture was to find common ground, to publicize the connections of humanity, to break down the walls of exclusive groups and to encourage peaceful camaraderie between all types of people. The powerful energy behind those movements has enabled our generation to reap countless benefits, and because of that, we are incredibly blessed. As I observe my own millennial culture, I often search for this type of world-rocking, barrier-breaking passion. However, it seems that a portion of our young, intelligent, talented and capable generation is more
concerned with the correct pronunciation of band names, Instagram filters and flannel collections than the unity of mankind. OK, that was an obvious overreaction, but my point is our energy is misplaced. The influence of today’s hipster culture has caused a 180-degree change in our manner of thinking, and in my opinion, it has been a negative turn. Rather than focusing on the inclusion of others and finding a common thread, we judge based on Spotify playlists and whether or not the person in question wears an item of clothing purchased at a thrift store. Our generation expends so much energy creating petty qualifications that must be met in order to gain entry into each individual subculture
that we miss out on the opportunity to become one unified force. In part, I believe the world of social media is to blame. The speed with which one can access information has created a competition to see who can know the most the fastest, but this is no excuse. We perpetuate this cycle of exclusive behavior ourselves, and it is our responsibility to end it. I in no way discredit the importance of the arts. Friendships blossom because of shared taste in books, similarities in guilty pleasure songs and the like. (I also in no way attack the wearing of flannel, just to be clear.) I just feel that the joy experienced from sharing information with one another is
stronger than the pride felt by withholding knowledge. Perhaps I visualize the past through rose-colored glasses, but I believe that it is our turn as a generation to embrace these ways of yore. It is time to start again; a fight for unity and a fight for common ground. We must learn how to embrace our own individuality without falling victim to the hypocrisy of condemning others for their own ways of living. Instead of hunching over our computers, anxiously awaiting a tweet from our favorite musician, let’s expand our focus to the larger issues at hand. We should not focus on the interests that separate us from our peers, but we must once again strive to find that common bond. If we are
SHEALY MOLPUS Shealy Molpus is a senior majoring in communication. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu.
able to accomplish this, (which we will be able to do because we are, after all, statistically the most educated generation that has ever lived) imagine the amazing strides we will be able to make toward the greater good.
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Romance novel gives feminism cold shoulder? Gossip is merely one of the facts of life
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hat’s your favorite genre: type of fiction reinforces sentimenmystery, thiller, science tal traditional roles for women in fiction or romance? I society are common coming from have noticed that many people are feminists. Accusations assert that afraid to pipe up and say romance, romance novels are anti-feminist and promote the idea that a womespecially women. It has become popular opinion an’s fulfillment can only come that the romance novel has many from her roles as wife, mother and qualities that degrade women. I do housekeeper. It is obvious to me not know what authors people with that the negative opinion of Renaisthese opinions read, but clearly they sance critics has affected modern opinions on the romance novel,” do not read the right ones. When romance started to emerge Cynthia writes. as a genre, men were the authors. I have read books in this genre They only wrote on subjects they since middle school, and they have felt were important to women. never given me this impression. If Eventually, women authors en- anything, I have drawn the exact tered into the genre and it started opposite from these books. They’ve to morph into what we know it as taught me how to be independent today. Back then women were por- and fight for what I want, which is trayed as the ‘stay what feminism is all about. If at home and cook, I want a career clean and raise Romance instead of being children’ type, but novels a stay-at-home as society matures taught me mom, then I and feminism know I can, but grows, the roles how to be that is what is women are written independent and important. I have into become more fight for what I the ability to deacceptable. cide this for myCynthia, a writer want, which is what for aromancere- feminism is all about self, just like evview.com, wrote ... Today’s romance ery other woman an article titled in today’s society. “The Social Sig- novel shows women Feminism is nificance of the in positions of the advocacy of Romance Novel,” power.” women’s rights which highlights on the grounds the negative stigma of political, social that still surrounds and economic the romance novel. equality to men. Today’s romance “Negative perceptions of the ro- novel shows women in positions of mance novel persist to this day, but power: CEOs, lawyers, troops, docit now comes more from feminist tors, and yes, stay-at-home moms. critics than male. Claims that this Since when has being a stay-at-
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Chelsea Rhodes is a freshman majoring in English. She can be contacted at opinion@reflector. msstate.edu.
home mom become something to look down upon anyway? Also, something that is often overlooked is the romance novel today incorporates many other genres into the mix as well. More often than not, the romance novel reads as equal parts thrill and mystery which adds to its appeal. Even popular science fiction books these days incorporate romance. (The “Twilight” saga is ever so popular.) Nicolas Sparks is a popular romance writer. Many of his works have been turned into well-received movies as well (“The Notebook,” “The Last Song” and “Dear John”). Best-selling author Nora Roberts once wrote there is nothing she finds more fascinating to write about than the relationship between men and women. She goes on to add that it’s given her tremendous pleasure to mix and match strong men and strong women and to see them discover their own hearts and fall in love. Roberts, to me, is one of the greats. She has had countless novels go No. 1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List. Many of those novels have been made into movies. I happen to agree with her that romance is timeless. Romance should be seen as a love story, not as anti-feminism designed to show us what women should not do or be.
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n discussion with a group of our discourse was in fact classifemale counterparts, I decid- fied as gossip. I read through the ed to focus more heavily on definition twice. The first time I looked through the eyes of Wenthe topics discussed. As I picked apart the conversa- dy Williams and immediately tion in my mind, I was pleased the coffee mug filled with “gossip to conclude that the comments, juice” came to mind. The stories although fragmented by cut-offs of Brad Pitt’s divorce from Jenniand individual “a-ha moments,” fer Aniston or Miley’s suggestive were not toxic ones. However, dance moves seemed to speak to the information had not been the derogatory thought on gosconfirmed as truth by the per- sip. Gossip is seen as viral and vison being discussed. I then asked myself, “Is this ethical? Is this cious, and the people who participate in it are seen as malicious gossip?” I was eager to divulge deeper and manipulative. I am hard into what gossip actually was. It pressed to argue, however, that didn’t take long (and by long, I by definition gossip isn’t what it’s derogatory mean a few secstigma implies. onds) to establish Talk is a If by definition, that all the things part of gossip is only I had ever heard “casual converabout gossip human sations which were, in fact, gos- nature, but hurtful contain unconsip. I was always told gossip was a talk doesn’t have to firmed details,” then we gossip trait of the unful- be.” about joyful exfilled and spiteful periences by nahuman being. A gossiper was viewed as a human ture. Family gatherings buzz with being who only wanted to bring rumors of potential engagements demise to lives of others through or a pregnancy, and gamers speak words. I decided to go beyond about unconfirmed release dates. Gossip, as with many other what I had heard of gossip. I pulled out my Samsung Tab. things in life, is about the intenMy nails made keyboard mu- tion more so than the act. This sic as I typed into the Google concept shouldn’t be hard to search engine, “define gossip.” grasp considering the intention The results of my search pro- of an action is usually deterduced this definition: “the casual mined before the action takes or unconstrained conversation place. I conclude from that the or reports about other people, act of gossip doesn’t stand alone typically involving details that but alongside our character. are not confirmed as being true.” Is this unconfirmed talk posiBy definition, the majority of tive promotion of a person or a
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Myra Rice is a junior majoring in communication. She can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate. edu.
person’s demise? Talk about a rumored engagement possesses different intent than talk about a rumored divorce. As I sat in my interpersonal communication class, we discussed a chapter on deception. Our professor asked who all in class had participated in any form of deception, i.e. lying and gossip. Out of 16 students, one reluctant hand emerged. Could this be factual? I mean, after all, the media thrives on this concept of verisimilitude. This is the idea that the things portrayed in the media are what we as a society value. As I walked from McCool to McComas with Emily Ryalls, assistant professor of communication, she revealed to me that gossip also deals with issues of gender. “Gossip Girl’s” surprise twist which revealed gossip girl was in fact a gossip guy, suggests that ladies aren’t alone. When questioning if gossip is hurtful or healthy, I maintain that it’s natural. The precaution is just to refrain from the engagement in talk that could potentially hurt a person’s feelings or reputation. After all, talk is a part of human nature, but hurtful talk doesn’t have to be.
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Oxford ,En g la n d b o u n d T o take a semester of col- and educational choices, launched lege to study in another lifelong pursuits, increased cultural country and at another tolerance and understanding and university is an invaluable experi- facilitated lasting friendships.” ence for every college student and Last summer, I took advantage should be a part of every student’s of the opportunity to study abroad education, both in terms of course in Oxford England with the Miswork and in regard to life experi- sissippi State University Shackouls ence and worldview development. Honors College, and I must say Unfortunately, studying abroad is that it was one of the most influenoften prohibitively expensive. Re- tial experiences in my life. I lived gardless, everyone should consider in the city of Oxford for six weeks studying abroad — even in light of with 14 other students from MSU, the high cost, the and I was a member of Trinbenefits far outOverall, the ity College, one weigh the cost in benefits that of the colleges of the long run. come from Oxford UniverThe Institute sity. The experifor the Internastudying ences I had that tional Education abroad are the best summer with of Students (IES) the idiomatic performed a re- combination of British culture, search survey to attending school determine the as usual, with the history, musebenefits of studyums and educaing abroad and addition to all of tion system have found that it is the benefits travel been invaluable greatly influential provides.” to my continued in students’ lives education and in a number of personal growth. aspects. AccordKelsee McKim, ing to IES, “The IES study found a junior majoring in communithat no matter where you study cation, has traveled to Germany abroad or for how long, the im- during her time in college, not pact of that experience will likely to take classes but rather to exaffect the rest of your life. For the perience the culture and learn majority of alumni respondents, from experience directly. McKim stepping outside of their own cul- encourages every student to try tures to live and study in a foreign to get out of the country if at all country influenced their careers possible. “Students should most
definitely, without a doubt, study abroad,” McKim said as she went on to describe her experience with traveling. “I lived in Germany for three months, and it was the best experience of my life. I was an au pair, so I watched two little kids. I also lived with the family, so I was fully integrated into the German lifestyle,” McKim said, “I think people should study abroad because delving into a new culture alone would be worth it. It’s such a great thing to be able to experience a new culture. I personally enjoyed eating all of the German delicacies such as the schnitzel, pretzels and sausage. By living in a different country, you get exposed to things you never would have in the States. You will most likely become more open-minded than you were before you left.” Overall, the benefits that come from studying abroad are the best combination of attending school as usual, with the addition to all of the benefits travel provides. Taking both of these huge factors into consideration, we see that a student gets the most out of studying abroad, justified simultaneously by the large costs of traveling and learning. Such an intense experience will certainly prove life-changing and unforgettable if you choose to embark on the journey. In an IES survey of their pre-
CAMERON CLARKE Cameron Clarke is a junior majoring in physics and mathematics. He can be contacted at opinion @ reflector. msstate.edu.
vious students, more than 90 percent reported that their experience “increased self-confidence, served as a catalyst for increased maturity and has had a lasting impact on worldview” and more than 80 percent reported that their experience “enhanced interest in academic study, influenced subsequent educational experiences and reinforced commitment to foreign language study.” Consider studying abroad in one of your next semesters or summers if you have not already. It may be the best experience of your college career. The Mississippi State University Office of Study Abroad can be contacted at studyabroad. msstate.edu/ or studyabroad@ msstate.edu and is located in the Lloyd Ricks Watson Building on campus.
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Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band shakes its way to Starkville BY GORDON LEE ContributingWriter
Maybe once in a lifetime the sound of a few visionaries banded together for a common goal resonates throughout a nation, inspiring the irresistible urge to forget the woes of this conflicted world and shake one’s booty with indelible elation. Starkville, Miss., plays host to one such sound this week. Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band plays at Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern Thursday at 8:30 p.m. These purveyors of original funk have toured the nation with their current lineup for four years, though the original group has made booties move for 11 years. A Starkville visit usually falls within one of the band’s 150 shows per year, and 2013 will be no exception as the band shakes the walls of Dave’s Thursday on its way from Wilmington, N.C., to New Orleans, La. An anonymous veteran bartender at Dave’s said previous performances from Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band have gotten everyone dancing — sometimes even the bartenders.
“Usually wall to wall. They’re fun. A lot of people dancing. You kinda can’t help but dance a little bit,” the bartender said. Lorrin Webb, senior graphic design major, said she enjoys dancing at the Booty Band’s shows. “I get my best dance of the year at their show, typically,” Webb said. The Booty Band draws heavily from classic funk artists like Parliament, Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown. However, inspiration from early hip-hop groups and rock bands, such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, gives the Booty Band a harder and more modern sound than early funk achieved. The Booty Band came on the scene around the time new funk (or nu funk) began to develop. While other pioneer bands of the genre tended to adopt a jam-bandlike structure, the Booty Band sticks to the catchy, riff-driven structure of the legends that introduced the world to funk back in the 1970s. Webb spent the past summer in Asheville, N.C., where the band is based. She said she
Fun., Fun., Fun. Popular indie-pop
band plays the Hump Wednesday BY HALEY HARDMAN Contributing Writer
This Wednesday, the Humphrey Coliseum will be abuzz, but not with dribbling basketballs. Grammy-winning band Fun. brings its rousing anthems and sing-along choruses to Mississippi State University to take homecoming week by storm. Music Maker Productions has already sold 1,000 discounted student tickets to Fun.’s performance. Even though so many seats are alrady filled, Sarah Margaret Hewes, MMP president, said the members expect to have tickets available the day of the show. The timing of Fun.’s performance presents a new situation for the members of MMP. Normally, the committee does not intentionally schedule concerts the week of homecoming, but the members of MMP said they see new opportunities arising in the arrangement of the show. Alissa McKinnon, a member of MMP, said the timing of the Fun. concert during homecoming week works well be-
cause it allows the members of MMP to add to the festivities. “When we found out the show was during homecoming week, we were so excited,” McKinnon said. “Homecoming is an important tradition for so many, and to be able to contribute in any way feels great for us.” While the members of MMP work hard to sell Fun. tickets on the Drill Field each week, McKinnon said the members of MMP did not strive to bring Fun. to MSU. McKinnon said Fun. approached MMP about coming to MSU just before winning its Grammy awards. Since then, McKinnon said the band’s popularity has risen and increased interest surrounding the show. “They came to us really wanting to do a show here. It was right before they won their Grammy awards, so it was just a perfect storm,” McKinnon said. “The band is so successful, so for them to want to come here on their own was a great moment for everyone all around.” Fun. won two out of its six Grammy nominations in Feb-
enjoyed the privilege of seeing the band perform many times and described the sound as more funky and fun than anything Starkville is accustomed to. “Funky is the first thing that comes to mind — and bright — some of the best dance music. Funk is one of my favorite things to dance to,” she said. “But they also have a lot of hip-hop influence … (It is) exhilarating and refreshing because of the quality of the musicians, which we don’t see a lot of here in Starkville, unfortunately.” Mary Frances, keyboardist and vocalist for Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, described her band’s sound as heavy funk, and she pointed out the individual contributions that each member brings to the table to formulate the band’s grooving, amalgamated sound. She said the soaring synthesizer lines, the heavy thumping bass and the blaring trombone give this five-piece band a big sound. The plethora of talent and musical knowledge that the Booty Band boasts has blasted it to success over the years, allowing the band to play all
ruary. The band took home “Song of the Year” and “Best New Artist” awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Since the band won its awards and earned increased radio play, hype has risen across Mississippi over its show at MSU. The excitement has expanded the concert to a size and magnitude of show that McKinnon said does not happen often at MSU. “This is the first full-size Hump show we have had in about a decade, meaning it will be the biggest show in many years,” McKinnon said. Wednesday’s show is part of the “Some Nights” tour, a tour which Nate Ruess, the lead vocalist for FUN., said the band members have big plans for, according to Billboard.com’s “TMI: The Music Insider” video series. “One of the fantastic things about any of this type of success that we’ve had lately means that we just get to up the stage show,” Ruess said. “There’s already six of us on stage when we are performing. Now we get to have things like lights and other things. Half of us is punk rock, and the other half of us is super theatrical and wants to bring a Queen vibe to the show.” Regardless of what Fun.’s performance brings Wednesday night, whether punk-rock or glam-rock, Fun. brings a high-caliber, high-profile concert not seen often in Starkville. Openers for Fun.’s performance include Gulfport, Missississippi-based rock band Rosco Bandana and indie-rock band Hunter Hunted.
intimacy, which offers something larger venues cannot. “We play a lot of big stages and big shows, and it’s awesome, you know, but there’s something really fun about still having those shows where you’re right there with the crowd and everybody is in your face and you’re connected like that,” she said. “I think that’s something that no matter what level your career goes, that all bands still enjoy that intimate setting.” Frances said anyone coming to the show unfamiliar with the band should prepare to forget the stresses of life for a few hours with good old-fashioned rump shaking. “I would tell them to expect to get ready to shake their ‘boo-tay.’ Sometimes you gotta let it all go … everything happening in your day … and get on the dance floor and have the time of your life,” she said. “That’s our mission in life — spread the funk. So come join the mission.” Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band releases its fourth alYO MAMA’S BIG FAT BOOTY BAND | COURTESY PHOTO bum, “ONWARD!,” on Oct. Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band brings its funky sounds 22. Frances said she is excited to Dave’s Thursday. The band, based out of Asheville, about the new album and said N.C., draw from acts like Parliament and Funkadelic and it is her favorite of the band’s albums to date. The band’s encourages its audiences to dance their cares away. music video for its new sinover the United States. Its res- ect of hers, the two-piece gle, “Trunk Fallin’ Off,” was olution is to continue playing band Eymarel, introduced the just released and was filmed shows at Dave’s in the midst Booty Band to Dave’s. The in- in Atlanta’s famous Clermont of tours filled with larger, novative keyboardist recalled Lounge. The music video and more prestigious venues in- setting up on the floor amidst more information about the the tavern patrons and said band may be found at bootytrigues. Frances said another proj- the appeal of Dave’s lies in its band.com.
2013’s space odyssey: “Gravity” enraptures, thrills The two actors carry the movie similar to actors like Tom Hanks in “Castaway” and Will Smith in “I Am Legend.” In each scene either Clooney or Bullock fights to save him or herself or the other. The two are yin and yang. Clooney is the space cowboy ready to retire, and Bullock is the former doctor who is the fish out of water on her first mission. Both nail their characters, especially Bullock, who takes the comedy out of her WARNER BROS. PICTURES | COURTESY PHOTO role and demonstrates how “Gravity” stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as she can control a thriller. astronauts fighting to stay moored to their space staVisually, “Gravity” is the new benchmark for CGI and tion. The film, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, breaks new ground with its use of CGI and 3D to depict outer space. 3D craftsmanship. Director Alfonso Cuarón uses special “Gravity” is a kinetic film. It effects to give the audience BY ALEX MONIÉ clocks in at only 90 minutes both the feel of open space Staff Writer and wastes no time but imme- and the claustrophobia BullFrom the moment we are diately becomes a thriller. This ock and Clooney experience. born our bodies adapt to the is not a character piece. It is The audience hears tools or fiworld around us. We begin a fight for survival in a land- ery explosions as if submerged to breathe automatically, and scape devoid of oxygen, sound in water. Sight replaces hearwe later gain a sense of bal- and control. The first 15 min- ing and a lot of time from ance and marvel at the sky utes give the audience a snap- one of the astronaut’s point of above us. Few humans physi- shot of Clooney and Bullock’s view. If there was ever a movcally leave this planet, but we characters and then barrages ie to be seen in 3D or IMAX, dream of space from our safe theatergoers with conflict. “Gravity” is the one. Space may be the final fronenvironment. “Gravity” is complex be“Gravity” strips comfort tier, but it is also incredibly cause most of us will never exfrom its characters and its audi- unforgiving and brutal. The perience the vacuum of space, ence. The film’s story is of first- two astronauts wonder what but we all know fear. When time engineer Dr. Ryan Stone their friends and family do as the oxygen tanks start to run (Sandra Bullock) and veter- they recover in one of the few low, our breathing starts to an astronaut Matt Kowalski quiet moments the film al- slow. When a character sepa(George Clooney) as they fin- lows. Their fellow crew mem- rates from a space station and ish up a mission on the Hubble bers are not as lucky, and the spins without control, we feel Telescope when debris from a audience sees how one mis- the dizziness and weightlessdestroyed satellite group hails take can lead to the end of the ness. The broad canvas allows journey. down on their crew. the audience to project its own fears and worries onto the screen. “Gravity” is not a flashy action movie. It is a subtle, groundbreaking cinematic experience.
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Sophomore guard Craig Sword (top) inbounds the ball and sophomore forward Gavin Ware (bottom) takes a shot in a game against Alcorn State last season. Sword and Ware seek to bring experience for MSU’s 2014 season which tips off Nov. 3.
Basketball begins practice, changes for new season BY FORREST BUCK Staff Writer
College basketball season is right around the corner, and the Mississippi State University men’s basketball team has officially begun preparing for the season as the team started practicing last Monday. But before the season has gotten underway, the team already has seen some controversy. Senior guard Jalen Steele opted to leave the program because he needed another year to recover from injury, and there will not be any scholarships available for him next season. But more disappointing, and perhaps an even bigger blow to what the Bulldogs hope to accomplish this season, senior center Wendell Lewis was dismissed from the team last Thursday due to conduct detrimental to the team. This is not a good sign for the Dogs in the aftermath of last season where some players were suspended throughout the year for various team infractions. Lewis’s dismissal from the team leaves the Bulldogs thin on the front line. Sophomore Gavin Ware will now be the only true big man on the Bulldogs’ roster this season. After Ware, the only other front line options are combo forwards Colin Borchert and Roquez Johnson. The good news for MSU is it
had to go through a similar situation last season when Lewis missed the majority of the year due to injury. Ware saw plenty of action last season, averaging 8.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and earning SEC All-Freshman team honors. Ware said experience from last season and improved conditioning has better prepared him to deal with the challenge of a thin frontcourt this season. “It’s the same as last year. We just have to work with what we got. It’s nothing new,” Ware said. “The number one thing I’ve been working on this offseason is my conditioning. Last season, there was speculation that Gavin had to play himself into shape, so this season I wanted to come into the year ready to give my team 100 percent every 40 minutes.” Even with the absence of Lewis, head coach Rick Ray said he is confident in his team’s ability to manage in-game situations. “It’s a situation where those guys (Ware, Borchert and Johnson) are going to have to man most of the minutes. In most situations, teams typically have three guys manning those two spots,” Ray said. “Our problem would be either, A. if those guys get injured or B. if they get into foul trouble. That’s when you get concerned with what’s behind them. Now, if those guys stay healthy and stay out of foul
trouble, then I have every confidence those three guys can man those two spots.” One of the biggest positives for MSU as it enters its season are all the healthy bodies available to the team. The Bulldogs have 14 players currently on the roster, which means they will have more depth available to them than last season, where some games they had as few as eight players available to play. Sophomore guard Craig Sword said having a deeper roster will help the progress through its stretch of games. “One of the biggest differences in practice this year is that we have more players and that we can practice against each other and make each other better,” Sword said. “Our depth this year means we will have more subs because fatigue and foul trouble was a big issue for us last year.” The Bulldogs face another potentially challenging season, but at least this year they will be able to do so with a full roster. The team is still young and many flaws still remain — most notably in the front court, where there is no player over 6’9”. There is plenty of depth, however, on the perimeter, and that could be a strength for the Dogs this season. The MSU men’s basketball team will begin its season in an exhibition game against Auburn-Montgomery on Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. in the Humphrey Coliseum.
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Despite an improved second half effort, Gordon said he felt his team did not take advantage of opportunities. “I think we left a few on the table, to be honest with you. Kentucky is a great team. Their coaching staff has done a great job since he’s been there. I would like to be able to down the road be able to emulate some things they’ve done over the past five years,” he said. “They’re well coached and have good players. I think if anything we take away from this game, we just left a few on the table.” The Bulldogs welcomed back junior Shannen Jainudeen from injury, which provided more depth for the team. Gordon said Jainudeen, who primarily saw minutes as a defender, was converted to a midfielder to help with offensive attacks. “When you start moving people in and out of the
continued from 8 back there’s so much coordination, it’s almost like an offensive line in football,” he said. “But what’s been great is playing her in midfield and helping us with the counter. She’s going to continue to play there and help our team.” Following the loss, the Bulldogs quickly boarded a plane Friday night and flew out to Fayetteville, Ark., for a Sunday afternoon showdown against the Razorbacks. The matched proved to be a defensive struggle with Arkansas outlasting MSU 1-0. After a scoreless first half, Arkansas’s Ashleigh Ellenwood scored the eventual game-winner four minutes into the second half. Led by senior co-captain Morganne Grimes, the MSU back line limited the Razorback’s offense to nine shots. Both squads combined for just 15 shots and three
on-goal chances, with both goalkeepers recording a save each. Despite the loss, Gordon applauded his team’s defensive effort. “It was a very tight, physical contest that could have gone either way. Arkansas is a tough team that plays very direct and is good on the set pieces, but I thought we did well defending them,” Gordon said in a news release. “Morganne Grimes was terrific today. She played very hard and did a good job directing our back line. I thought we played as well as we could play. It was a tight game that could have gone either way, and I’m proud of our team for they way we competed today.” The setback dropped MSU to 3-9 overall and 0-5 in conference play. MSU returns home Friday hosting No. 8 Florida at 7 p.m. at the MSU Soccer Field.
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Bulldog soccer falls in pair of weekend matches BY JOHN GALATAS Sports Editor
After a tough road trip last week, the Mississippi State University soccer team dropped another pair of SEC matches against No. 25 Kentucky and on the road against Arkansas over the weekend. In the weekend opener, the Bulldogs fell to the Wildcats 3-1 despite a solid team performance highlighted by multiple offensive surges. Down 3-0 late in the second half, senior Elisabeth Sullivan scored her 12th goal of the season to trim the lead to 3-1. Sullivan matched her season high set last year and sits three goals back of
the school record set by Amy Van Zandt in 2001. Despite the record-tying goal, Sullivan said the Bulldogs need more practice will help the team eliminate distractions moving forward. “It’s just more practice. We just have to keep our heads up and not get distraught,” she said. “We just have to come out to practice tomorrow and keep pushing forward.” The Bulldogs found more scoring opportunities later in the half, but Wildcat goalkeeper Kayla King turned away the scoring threats. King finished the night with six saves.
Head coach Aaron Gordon said his team responded well after trailing, but he credited King for keeping the shots in check. “We got more numbers for it in the second half, but the reality is we had our best chances at the end of the first half,” he said. “We held them in check, and (Sullivan) really got in which is what she does in this league, and they’ve got a great goalkeeper. She made two good saves in the first half and made a great save against Dana Forbes in the second. Sometimes that’s the difference in a game. We just couldn’t get it done.” SEE SOCCER, 7
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Bulldogs seek to rebound in non-conference homecoming BY BLAKE MORGAN Staff Writer
Following its second conference loss of the season, the Mississippi State University football team will take on the Bowling Green State University Falcons on Saturday for homecoming. This will be a big game for the Bulldogs to try and get back on track after a rough loss Saturday against LSU. The Bulldogs fell to the Tigers 59-26 in a game where the score did not reflect the entire story. The Bulldogs played well through the first three quarters; however, in the fourth quarter, the team began to fade, and the score quickly got out of hand. Finishing games has become a broken record for the MSU team, and head coach Dan Mullen said fatigue became a factor in the final minutes. “We did a great job battling for three quarters,” Mullen said. “Then we wore down there a bit in the fourth and did not finish.” The Bulldogs will look to rebound against BGSU, but the Falcons may not be the pushovers most Bulldog fans expect. BGSU enters the matchup with a strong 5-1 record and undefeated in the Mid-American Con-
ference. The Falcons boast one of the fastest offenses in the country, running around 74 plays every game. The amount of plays translates to one of the best offenses in the country, averaging 480 yards per game, 28th best in the country. Defensively, MSU had its fair share of trouble the past couple of weeks containing players in the secondary. The Bulldogs gave up 339 yards through the air in the last-second loss to Auburn. Last week, the secondary gave up 340 yards to the explosive LSU Tigers passing attack. The secondary is banged up and lacks depth, especially with starting corner Jamerson Love leaving on crutches after last weekend. Cornerback Will Redmond should return from his suspension this week, giving the defensive backs some much-needed help. The BGSU defense is also nothing to look past, allowing only 340 yards per game, which is ranked No. 29 in the country. The defense only allows 16.5 points per game, which is 15th in the country. The Falcons have made 38 tackles for losses in their six games, which is in the top 25 for teams this year. This is a strong defensive team that does not give
up much to opposing offenses. Offensively, the Bulldogs looked as strong as ever against LSU. MSU implemented the two-quarterback system, which worked with some strong results. Sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott got the nod to start the game, but senior Tyler Russell played a good bit throughout the game as well. Both quarterbacks moved the ball well and showed great command of the offense. In the fourth quarter, however, neither quarterback moved the offense effectively — scoring only three points in the second half. Prescott said despite the first-half performance, the team takes credit for a lack of production in the second half. “It was definitely all on us,” Prescott said. “We just got to execute better and finish the game.” The Bulldogs will have to figure out how to finish games effectively if they want to keep their bowl hopes alive. Following BGSU and a short week to prepare for Kentucky, MSU still has games against South Carolina, Texas A&M, Alabama and Ole Miss down the stretch of the season.
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