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It has been an extraordinary ride for Mississippi State’s 2009 football signing class.

After going through what senior cornerback Corey Broomfield described as “the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows,” State’s seniors will be honored before taking the field at Davis Wade Stadium one last time Saturday against the Arkansas Razorbacks.

“It means a lot,” Broomfield said. “One thing I can say is the fan base, the state and the school have been behind us the whole way.”

Nick Bell will be remembered prior to Saturday’s game, along with the other seniors who will be honored. Bell, who lost a courageous fight against synovial sarcoma in November 2010, was part of MSU’s 2008 signing class and would have been playing his final game in Davis Wade Stadium on Saturday.

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Scott Field will read “Nick Bell 36” to remember the former MSU defensive end. Throughout the week, several of State’s current players and coaches, including head coach Dan Mullen, talked about Bell and his lasting effect on MSU’s football program.

“That is probably the most significant thing that’s happened during my coaching career,” Mullen said of Bell’s death. “It’ll be a great opportunity to thank Nick’s mom, who’s always with us, continues to support everything we’ve done and say another goodbye to him on Saturday.”

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Three Little Pigs owner and chef Bobby Martin learned a lot about food service before opening his restaurant in May 2011.

MSU grad brings barbecue back home

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For as long as he can remember, Bobby Martin, owner and chef of Three Little Pigs restaurant in Starkville, recalls his family encompassing True Maroon traditions.

Born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., Martin’s family has owned English bulldogs since he was six, every one bred from Mississippi State University’s mascot. He said his family pet and love for animals led him to MSU in 1994 for the pre-vet-

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erinary program, but changed his career path after working on the side.

“I came down here to be pre-vet,” he said.

“My freshman, year I did not work at all.

My sophomore, year I went to work and got a job at Harvey’s as a salad prep cook and ended up working for them through the rest of college.”

Martin said he credits his culinary beginnings to Harvey’s chef Carnell McGee. After learning more, Martin said he became interested in the restaurant industry and graduated from MSU with a business degree.

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Upon graduation, Martin moved to the state of Washington to begin his career in the restaurant business. He ran a seafood house and also managed a kitchen at a restaurant called The Wild Buffalo. As his knowledge of cooking and menus grew, Martin returned to Starkville in 2006.

“I was looking for a place out there, but family brought me back this way. I was looking for a place to call my own and open my own business,” he said. “After several years of looking and trying, and looking and trying, I found out there was a Three Little Pigs in Starkville for sale.”

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As the academic semester comes to a close, many Mississippi State University students are making a last-minute effort to bring up their grades.

John Forde, head of the Department of Communication, said students hoping to improve their grades now need to take advantage of the provided course material such as textbooks, study guides and study sessions with classmates.

“If there is extra credit, students need to be sure that they do it because sometimes that makes a difference,” Forde said. “It might only be a little bit of difference, but that could be the difference between (passing and failing).”

Forde said he would advise students against a few things such as asking teachers for extra credit opportunities which are not available to everyone.

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“It’s irritating when the students come up, say, the last day of class or as they’re turning in the fiForde nal and ask if there’s anything else they can do,” Forde said. “There’s really not at that point. You need to really focus on what you can do and focus on it now.

Don’t wait.”

Ashley Sullivan, junior accounting major on MSU’s President’s List, said her advice to students is to study in advance.

“Even a little here and there helps when the stress of studying for finals starts to kick in,” Sullivan said.

Forde also said students still have time to improve grades before the semester ends, but he would warn students against waiting much longer to bring up their GPAs.

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In February of 2012, the students of Mississippi State University elected Blake Sheperd as treasurer of the Student Association.

Since then, he has been working on his campaign goal to create transparency between the SA and the student body at MSU. Sheperd Sheperd, junior accounting major, said to The Reflector on Feb. 28 he felt more transparency between the SA and the student body would be beneficial to the student body, as well as keep the SA accountable.

“This system will allow all students to stay informed and hold the entire SA accountable for the decisions it makes,” Sheperd said.

Sheperd said he began this process early with presenting the budget to the SA senate and getting its opinion earlier than it had been done in past years.

“The actual budget approval is still being processed through the Appropriations Committee, but it was an important step in the right direction

to get them involved as early as possible,” Sheperd said.

He said he intends to have the entire budget available on the SA website before his term is over.

Sheperd said he is very excited that this year the Appropriations Committee saw more requests than usual and that the Appropriations Committee was still in the process of appropriating this semester’s funds.

“We had more requests for fall semester appropriations than we had all of last year, which is a great sign of student involvement. The Student Association is here to enrich the lives of MSU students, so it is exciting to see more organizations start taking advantage of the opportunities we have to offer,” Sheperd said.

In his time being on the Executive Committee of the SA, he said he has really enjoyed his position and working with the others on the committee.

“The best part about being on Executive Committee is that I can really watch the entire SA work together to make this campus a better place.

Everyone in SA from the Executive Committee, Cabinet and Senate to the committee members really work hard to improve the lives of MSU students,” Sheperd said.

continued from 1 and a 10 percent student discount to bring in the crowd. He said the discounts mixed with a casual, relaxed atmosphere and a staff that cares is what brings people back for more.

“My favorite times are the times that the music’s rocking, people are drinking beers, sitting back and relaxing and having a good time, enjoying the barbecue and hooting and hollering on the way out about how much they loved it,” he said. “We have a good time. It’s the hardest work I’ve ever done in my entire life, but it’s fun.”

Martin also said his increased menu has resulted in growth and a group of loyalists since opening the restaurant.

“I went to school here, I grew up in college eating The Little Dooey and Petty’s.

That was the barbecue place when I was in school,” he said. “I enjoyed them in school, and to hear people say they enjoy us best in town that certainly makes me happy.”

From eating Rendezvous famous barbecue in Memphis with his family as a boy to picking up techniques at every stop along the way, Martin said he has enjoyed his experience in the food industry but is happy to be back in the place he calls home and give back to the community.

“It’s been a slow climb up. We don’t plan on going anywhere. We plan on being here years to come. It’s been awesome to be back in Starkville to see how much growth has been here,” he said. “We’ve been able to feed the football team, feed the basketball team and residential halls and picking up all the university business. In a small way it’s like I’m able to give back a little bit to a place that I came and made home for four years and now it’s permanently home.”

Martin bought and reopened the restaurant located on Avenue of Patriots in May 2011. He said he kept some of the items on the menu but has also expanded his items as his business grew.

With the expanded menu, Martin said he grew in his skill of cooking and experimenting with food.

“When I bought the place, it was basically breakfast and pork shoulder. I brought in brisket, which has been, by far, the best thing I have added to the menu,” he said. “As much cooking and as much things I have done in my life, I had never cooked a brisket until May of 2011.”

Martin said he gets inspiration from eating at other restaurants when traveling.

When trying something he likes, he said he will recreate his version of that product.

After months of practice, Martin said he perfected his brisket recipe.

Aside from his best-selling brisket, Martin has also added smoked prime rib, catfish and smoked sausage poboys, smoked chicken, barbecue nachos, sweet potato waffle fries and a bulldog brisket sandwich.

The owner said his menu will increase even more during the holiday season. Martin said he will be offering brined turkey and spiral cut bone-in honey glazed hams, hickory smoked on site. He said his technique of brining takes a while but said it is worth the wait to perfect the final product.

“The fact that we brine them, it’s about a 24-hour process, then smoking it is going to take a couple hours,” he said. “It’s basically about a 48-hour process to make sure we have it they way we want it done going out the door.”

Martin said customers are still discovering the restaurant, so he uses daily specials

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“You still have another month or so of class, but if you wait until the last week, then it’s too late,” Forde said. “Be sure and talk to the teacher and see what advice the teacher would have. There might be some tutoring from other people, graduate students or other students.”

One option for students who are looking for a tutor is The Learning Center on campus. Located in Allen Hall, The Learning Center offers students free tutoring, a variety of courses, and full use of a computer lab.

Dana Smith, junior bio-

chemistry major, works with The Learning Center. Smith tutors students enrolled in biology I, biology II and cell biology.

Smith said during her time at The Learning Center, she has found many college students are not practicing good study habits. She said she believes this could be a factor in the students’ grades being lower than expected.

“A lot of times I end up talking to the students and telling them how to study,” Smith said. “There are so many students who come into college not knowing

how to properly study, and I hope that through tutoring they not only leave knowing the material better, but they are equipped to better study and excel in the course.”

Smith said she regards helping fellow students as a privilege.

“The Learning Center has been such a great place to work as it gives me the opportunity to give back to students who are struggling, helps me stay knowledgeable in the given courses and continually allows me to meet new people who all share a common goal: academic excellence,” Smith said.

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Football success brings success off field, benefits Starkville businesses get more business, especially at the stadium,” Jennings said. “We have a vending contract with Aramark, so the better The Mississippi State University foot- the team plays, the more people that will ball team has seen much success this year come to the game.”

Jennings said when the team is doing despite losing its last three games in a row. As a result of this, businesses around well, fans will stay in the stadium longer Starkville this football season have seen which generally results in selling more more visitors, increased profits and re- pizzas.

Lewis Beane, owner of Corky’s Packcord nights.

Jennifer Gregory, vice president of age Store and Party Place, said he believes tourism development and manager of more success is a result of two things.

“It depends on the Main Street Aswho we are playing, sociation, said home Success on the football and if our team has football games at field definitely brings more been successful,” MSU are the largest Beane said. “If tourism attractions in fans to the ballgames, Starkville and Oktibwhich translates to more MSU would have never won a game beha County. visitors in our community.” this year, I think “Success on the we wouldn’t see as football field definiteJennifer Gregory, business as ly brings more fans to vice president of tourism much we have.” the ballgames, which development and manager Matt Trenary, translates to more owner of CJ’s Pizza, visitors in our comof the Main Street said the restaurant’s munity,” Gregory Association success is primarsaid. “We see a direct ily based on game correlation with the time, but success number of fans and on the field is also visitors in town to the economic impact our community expe- responsible for more business.

“We’ve been serving more people this riences.”

Gregory said there are numerous year compared to last year,” Trenary said. things that factor in to whether more “Being 7-0 and selling out the stadium people visit Starkville during the football every game definitely has an effect on how many people will be in Starkville.” season.

Trenary said he thinks if MSU did “We’ve seen that a winning team, a new coach, a fresh perspective and a new not have a single win this year, business marketing campaign definitely brings would be a lot different at CJ’s.

“If we were winless right now, I don’t more fans to the games and to the comthink I would be having record nights munity,” Gregory said.

Despite losing its last three games, like I have been having this year,” he said.

Gregory said tourism spending in dolMSU started the football season 7-0 this year, which is something Chad Jennings, lars in Oktibbeha County has increased general manager of Little Caesars, said by almost 25 percent over the last two has had a large impact on the amount of years.

“There are many factors that contribbusiness he has seen.

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Monday November 12 • 8:52 a.m. A student fell and hit her head in the shower at Hull Hall. Subject was transported to OCH. • 11:04 a.m. A student reported another student was forced into a vehicle on Creelman Street. Subject was later found in class unharmed.

• 4:11 p.m. A student reported losing his iPhone at an unknown location on campus.

• 6:31 p.m. A student reported her vehicle was damaged while parked behind Middleton Hall.

• 9:22 p.m. A student reported his vehicle missing from the parking lot at South Hall.

Tuesday, November 13 • 12:10 p.m. A student reported personal items missing from her room in Herbert Hall.

• 3:26 p.m. A student reported damages to his vehicle while parked on Fraternity Row. • 4:06 p.m. A student reported receiving threatening text messages from her ex-roommate. Student referrals were issued.

• 5:37 p.m. A student reported items missing from her room in Magnolia Hall.

• 8:11 p.m. A student reported receiving unwanted phone calls from her ex-boyfriend and his father.

• 11:40 p.m. A student was arrested on Highway 12 for minor in possession of alcohol and a fake ID.

Wednesday, November 14 • 3:38 p.m. A student’s vehicle was hit while parked in the Herbert Hall parking lot.

• 8:10 p.m. Student referrals were issued for alcohol violation in Cresswell Hall.

• 8:34 p.m. Four students were arrested for minor of possession in Cresswell Hall.

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crease of visitors as a result of increased excitement about the football program at MSU,” Gregory said.

Will Malone, manager at The Lodge, said he believes people will show their support regardless of the football team’s record. Malone said even though this is what he believes, business has definitely picked up since the Bulldog’s recent success.

“I absolutely think that being 7-0 earlier this year brought in a lot more people, especially with the We Believe campaign, which got a lot of businesses involved and brought more visitors in,” Malone said. “If MSU was 0-10, I do not think people would be coming in as much as they have been.”

Bryan Elmore, manager of Harvey’s, said if the football team was winless, there would be a prominent effect on business.

“It definitely helps when the football team is winning, games are games though, and loyal fans still come in no matter what happens,” Elmore said. “But when the team is doing well, we do tend to get a lot more business here at Harvey’s.”

Gregory said she is convinced a winning football program will always generate excitement, but if the community does not have events for fans to participate in, restaurants and stores to patron and an inviting and aesthetically pleasing atmosphere, fans will not choose to stay long in Starkville.

“There has to be a true partnership between the community and the university’s athletic department, and currently there is,” Gregory said. “The partnership of promoting our athletic program and our community at the same time and consistently working to improve the quality of life for our residents and visitors results in the surge in sales tax receipts, visitors and excitement about our community and university.”

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hortly after the results of the presidential election of 2012 were made known to America, many disgruntled Americans took to their laptops and smart phones and posted their two cents in the world of social media. Since the election is now over, a new Internet sensation has captivated our attention: states are petitioning to secede from the union.

Hearing of individuals wanting to secede from the union is nothing new. For example, some of our friends and fellow staff members from the state of Texas assured us rumors of secession have been murmuring for years.

However, thanks to the White House’s very own petition site called “We the People” and the sensational realm of social media, people have posted their signatures to petition for secession from the union.

“We the People” was created by the Obama administration to serve as a means to hear the voice of American citizens. “Giving all Americans a way to engage their government on the issues that matter to them” is the description stated on the home page of the website, petions.whitehouse.gov.

To us here at The Reflector, this whole situation compares beautifully to that of a second grader who threatens to run away from home. People in support of petitioning to leave the union are talking a good talk; they sign the online petition, post about it on Facebook and are rallied in support of others who think secession is a good idea. The government is all wrong, and they believe they can run a country better on their own.

While we understand states will in no way succeed in their petitions, we can’t help but wonder what life would be like for these states if they were to secede from the union.

According to an article from abcnews.com, census records show six of the seven states who acquired more than 25,000 signatures to petition took more than $10 million in revenue from the federal government that year. The seven states who will receive a response from the president — Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina — took more than 23 percent of all federal revenue allotted to the states that year.

How would these states run an independent nation with $10 million less than they usually receive?

And how about the military? What would happen to the armed forces? What would happen to the military if states really did begin to secede?

That’s right — nothing will happen. Because however unhappy these individuals may be, they will realize, much like the hypothetical second grader, life is much better at home.

These petitioning Americans live in a country that grants them freedom like no other country on Earth. No leader or administration will ever be perfect, but life in the U.S. is much better than life in other places around the world.

We were sad to see thousands of signatures appear to leave the union on, of all days, Veteran’s Day — the day we set aside to remember those who served our country and continue to protect its freedom today.

The moral of our story is this: to those who signed petitions to secede from the union, think long and hard about what that signature implies. Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

President Lincoln endured one of the most trying times in our nation’s history. Brother turned against brother, friend against friend and a civil war left the American South in ruins.

State secession is not some Internet sensation to take part in and support without understanding the serious implications behind a signature on a petition.

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rowing up, I spent America laughed, loved and most of my adolescent mourned with Cory as viewers years watching epi- grew up with him. sodes of “Boy Meets World.”

As he changed, so did the I learned more about life from themes of each episode, makthose characters than through ing “Boy Meets World” a pivmy own life experiences, otal aspect in how the youth and to this day I still enjoy learned to cope with each facwatching et of life. my favorite HowAs exciting as getting to television e v e r , characters experience the characters now the get into younger a second time sounds, I trouble generafeel like having a sequel to tion will and learn from their ‘Boy Meets World’ is one of be able mistakes. to have the worst ideas in televi“Boy Meets the expeWorld” first rience of sion history.” premiered learning in 1993 and ran for seven sea- through “Boy Meets World” sons until it ended in the year with the rumored new Disney 2000. remake “Girl Meets World.”

The popular show followed The remake would follow the life a middle school boy Cory and Topanga’s daughnamed Cory Matthews all the ter through middle school. way to the marriage of his life- However, there has not been long love Topanga Lawrence. an official statement regarding

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whether or not Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel, who portrayed Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence, have agreed to be a part of the new series.

As exciting as getting to experience the characters a second time sounds, I feel like having a sequel to “Boy Meets World” is one of the worst ideas in television history. The television series had a successful run, not overdoing it and not leaving anything left to the imagination or leaving any loose ends.

Therefore, having a remake would be ruining the original show’s legacy. Some sequels are great, and then some sequels turn out to be “Taken 2.”

Disney Channel should have realized by now if it is not broken, then do not try to fix it.

“Girl Meets World” will never be able to live up to its predecessor for several reasons. The general public will have set too

high expectations, considering the original series ended on such a good note.

The audience will be left feeling disappointed and bitter toward Cory and Topanga.

Also, because of the ability of “Boy Meets World” to grow with you, it will be nearly impossible for the new series to be able to reach that kind of depth, resulting in the inability of the characters and story lines to develop like the original series could.

Most importantly, the audience that tunes in will be more concerned with the original characters, especially Cory and Topanga, than their daughter.

Regardless of how upset I am to hear there will be a remake to taint the vision “Boy Meets World” left for us, I will be tuning in for “Girl Meets World” in hopes to cling to any bit of the legacy that has been left.

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ith President crazy. There cannot possibly Obama winning be that many sore losers over re-election last a presidential election, can week there has been somewhat there? of a backlash from calls to seI am not even a fan of the cede from the union to the president myself, but I am banter I’m able to unsure everyderstand I am not even a fan of one has seen he won the the president myself, but election fair on Facebook and Twitter.

I am able to understand and square It is as if the and we all he won the election fair must live president beand square and we all ing re-elected with that. was shocking M a n y must live with that.” in some way people put a to people all over the country. lot of emphasis on the presiAccording to a recent USA dent and what party that perToday article, 31 presidents, son comes out of, but I think since the time of George most people fail to realize polWashington, have run for icy is debated on and shaped re-election and 21 have won, in Congress. which makes for a .677 winIn my opinion, not much ning average. would have changed under So it really should not be the leadership of Romney such a shocking thing Presi- compared to that of Obama dent Obama was re-elected at because Congress is deadall. locked just like it was before I think the reaction toward the election. the re-election is absolutely What is the difference be-

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tween this week and last? Yes the president has another four years in office, but what is different now? The reaction coming from all over the country is disturbing.

Secession is something our country had a war over not that long ago in our relatively young history, and I think for these states to throw this idea around is a very dangerous, disrespectful thing to do.

The major headliner in the national media right now is Texas nearly having 100,000 signatures to leave the Union.

In a CNN article, the leader of the Texas secession movement said the president getting re-elected was the “catalyzing moment” for the movement.

I ask why did this group and others like it not attempt this before the election? Nothing is different in terms of who controls what and the same power players are still in their respective positions in our nation’s capital.

JAMES ARENA James Arena is a senior majoring in political science.

He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

I think the views of a portion of people in Texas and in the other states that have the same petitions are getting all of the attention over the majority of people in those states.

My sincere hope is our nation does not make the same mistakes we made not that long ago because the consequences were devastating and harmful for everyone.

The country right now, more than anything, needs unity and understanding to get through these hard times.

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f Facebook were a drug, we’d all be abusers. I don’t even feel the need to substantiate this claim with statistics, but there are more than a few that scare me. In 2011, 48 percent of 18 to 34 year olds checked Facebook before having breakfast.

Facebook users reached a total population that was only out-matched by two countries.

We collectively spent over 700 billion minutes a month on it.

While I’ve heard several rumors this particular social cult is on the decline, the reality is we remain hopelessly addicted.

But is this really a problem?

Aren’t social media sites just tools to assist us in our everevolving society? I’m a little more skeptical.

I think our widespread use of tools like Facebook have launched a paradigm shift in the way we do relationships.

I think we are beginning to replace authentic relationship for a virtual one; we are equating “friends” for community, “likes” for affection and comments for dialogue.

We are starving our souls

from these meaningful rela- relational significance. tional functions.

We also forgo the value of To understand this, I think non-verbal language. A teary we all need to remember Face- eye, a calming touch and a cubook isn’t real. It’s virtual. It’s rious face all carry communinot me chatting with a friend, cational and emotional force, it’s a projection of me — a which is meaningless on Facepurely digital, prettied up, book. shadow of me. There is no All of these wonderful personal presence or human things require us to actually element involved. be present. I think we would We have exchanged the all agree a visit from a friend glow of a real is better than face for the an encouraging The absence of glow of a comFacebook mesputer screen. sage. human presence And this conNow please prevents us from stant diet of don’t misunhaving thriving virtual interacderstand me. tion has supFacebook does relationships.” planted our have value. It’s appetite for the real thing; we not inherently wrong. It’s a would rather instant message unique tool for starting relathan sit down for coffee. tionships, raising awareness This absence of human for issues and staying conpresence prevents us from nected with people who are having thriving relationships. removed from our lives.

We miss out on the intimacy The Arab Spring proves that exists within real face- to- this, as do soldiers who use face dialogue. instant messaging and Skype We lose the flux of voices, to talk with family members those fleeting aesthetic mo- back home. ments of unity, which seem to But that’s just it — Faceinvigorate our relationships. book is merely a tool.

What we’re left with are So when it comes to our silent and semi-personal ut- relationships, Facebook can terances, devoid of any real only be used to complement

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BEN HESTER Ben Hester is a senior majoring in communication.

He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu. them, not replace them. We need to recognize this and fight to keep social media from becoming a barrier.

And I know Facebook is here to stay. I’m not asking us to delete our accounts, as if it would even allow us to do so.

It is what it is.

We will all continue to use it, and I guess we shouldn’t really be all that surprised because our love for Facebook only describes our need for relationships. It seems we were created for them.

But does the tough work involved in doing real life with real people to get those deep, lasting relationships push us to chase the quick fixes Facebook affords? Are we too easily satisfied?

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In the ‘Commune’ news release, drawing major Sarah Qarqish said the exhibit is about ‘people interacting, working together and bringing each other together.’

It is a way of connecting people with art in deeper ways than the rampant communication tools of today.”

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Senior art students have carefully exhibited their hard-earned works to form the Bachelor of Fine Art and Photography Thesis Exhibition, “Commune.” The exhibition will run from Nov. 13 to 17 in all galleries except the Colvard Student Union gallery, running until Nov. 30.

In the “Commune” news release, drawing major Sarah Qarqish said the exhibit is about “people interacting, working together and bringing each other together.” It is a way of connecting people with art in deeper ways than the rampant communication tools of today.

Rebekah Trotter, senior fine arts student with an emphasis in photography, recently gave a representative snapshot of the work put into her thesis and the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition as a whole.

“I took around 400 pictures. I have 10 in the show,” she said.

Rebekah Trotter’s “The Wayside Series” is a series of photographs comprising her thesis used to represent her long struggle with general anxiety disorder.

“It’s called ‘The Wayside Series’ simply because it’s necessary to dwell in these dark places with the knowledge that if we push them to the wayside, they won’t go away,” she said.

Her photographs find a silhouetted, backlit figure in motion with trails of light coursing around her. Trotter is the kinetic silhouette in the images. Having done all the work alone with herself in a studio, she held lights in her hands and moved through different motions at different speeds. She said she found using herself as her own model was invaluable to the thesis.

“When you’re going through the movements of things, the contorting, it’s so much

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Senior art students come together to exhibit their thesis artworks

easier to concentrate on what I felt like (in my anxiety) and what I wanted it to look like. You can tell a model what to do, but to be totally unselfconscious in a room by yourself in a studio is implemental to the work,” she said.

The students go through the semester, not only developing a set of work they are comfortable labeling as their theses, but they also learn the ins and outs of the business of putting on an art exhibition, through art 4093 thesis or photography portfolio II class.

Brent Funderburk, senior thesis coordinator and professor of art 4093 said he is more involved with the students’ understanding of business knowledge than creation of the work itself.

“Senior thesis class is part seminar part learning businesses practices for fine artists, and the other part is planning the exhibition,” he said.

The students spearhead the creation of the exhibit, putting in all the work themselves under Funderburk’s direction. He said he gives guidance but the hard work is put in by the students.

“Mainly, my job is to point at things, and they do the work. They direct each other, they form a team, brainstorm and discuss and create the identity and process,” he said.

The artwork spanning the exhibition is hardly able to be categorized or tied down to simple labels; Funderburk said this resulted from the complex statements the students have to make.

“Many of them are dealing with mixed media, sculpture, painting, installation, a lot of combinations of media in this show. The work is multitudinous; they’re using a lot of media because they have something strong to say, and it’s not easy to say,” he said.

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National Book Award winners announced Times said, the ceremony included a red carpet for the entrance of high profile To-read lists everyguests like brat pack where may have scribbled actress Molly Ringnew additions this week, wald, who now adds as the 2012 National authorship to her Book Award winners repertoire; a Brooklyn were announced at the disc jockey provided National Book Award tunes and the event dinner in Manhattan was transplanted to a Wednesday night.

Wall Street location.

Of the four categoWhile the cereries, William Alexander’s mony takes place “Goblin Secrets” won in many miles from young people’s literature, Starkville, threads David Ferry’s “Bewildertied to Mississippi ment: New Poems and weave throughout Translations” won in the history of the Napoetry, Katherine Boo’s tional Book Award.

“Behind the Beautiful William Faulkner, Forevers: Life, Death, NONFICTION FICTION POETRY YOUNG LITERATURE Flannery O’Connor and Hope in a MumBEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: Bewilderment: new poems and and Eudora Welty are bai Undercity” won in Life, Death, and hope in a translations among the Mississipnonfiction and Louise Louise Erdich William Alexander mumbai undercity David Ferry pi writers who have Erdrich’s “The Round Katherine Boo been graced with the House” won in fiction. award for fiction.

According to The New Even more recentYork Times, Erdrich’s ly, last year’s fiction winner is “a novel about “For the music that only poetry can offer, for the acute sensation of winner, “Salvage the a teenage boy’s effort to time passing, for the feeling of life Bones,” was Missisinvestigate an attack on as an effect of absent causes, for sippi native Jesmyn his mother on a North the haunted house that is both the Ward’s second novel.

Dakota reservation and present moment and the language The book details 12 his struggle to come to by which the present is expressed, days leading up to terms with violence in the poems in ‘Bewilderment’ (and briefly followtheir culture.” The Times cannot be beat,” Alan Shapiro said. ing) Hurricane Kasaid Erdirch, in her actrina’s devastation of ceptance speech in both COURTESY PHOTOS the small Mississippi English and her Native ists in the fiction category included egory follows on the heels of criticism pher Robert Caro and late journalist coastal town of Bois American language, said former Pulitzer Prize winner Junot of previous nominee pools: critics have Anthony Shadid, recipient of the Pu- Sauvage, told by 15-year-old Esch as of her novel: “This is a book about a huge case Diaz’s “This Is How You Lose Her,” claimed that little-known authors have litzer Prize and The New York Times she and her family prepare for and confront the storm. of injustice ongoing on reservations. Dave Eggers’s “A Hologram for the garnered the majority of nominations and Washington Post writer.

For the 63rd year of the National For more information on the NaThank you for giving it a wider audi- King,” Ben Fountain’s “Billy Flynn’s in years past, according to The Times.

Long Halftime Walk” and Kevin Pow- Continuing that trajectory, the non- Book Award, the dinner was treated tional Book Award Foundation, curence.”

Erdrich emerged victorious among ers’s “The Yellow Birds.” The high fiction category was also spilling with a little differently. In attempts to in- rent and past winners and nominees, highly lauded competition; the final- profile nature of this year’s fiction cat- recognized talent, including biogra- crease the impact of the awards, the visit nationalbook.org.

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The Weeks will be playing a free show in Starkville on Saturday, at the fountain in the Cotton District, starting sometime between 1010:30 p.m. with a local band as the opening performance. This will be the second show the band has played free of charge this semester in Starkville. Cain Barnes, drummer for The Weeks, said the band especially enjoys playing in Starkville because of an almost-mishap which occurred here last fall.

“Our show here last year got broken up, and everybody helped out.

After that show, we kind of loved Starkville because everybody was pretty awesome,” Barnes said.

The show on Saturday night marks the end of a brief tour The Weeks have been on since returning from London. Naturally, the band is ending its tour in the state which the members started. Cyle Barnes, lead vocalist, said when it comes to Mississippi, the band jumps at the opportunity to perform.

“We are from Mississippi. Any chance we get to do anything in Mississippi, it doesn’t matter what part it is, if we can do it, and there’s time for us to do it, we will,” Cyle Barnes said.

Though their long stretch of time on the road is winding down, the members of The Weeks is not putting their career on complete hold.

Samuel Williams, the lead guitarist, said the band is simply going to take a breather from traveling.

“We’ve been on the road for a year pretty constantly. We are going to kind of give ourselves a little break. We aren’t going to stop or anything.

Just get off of the road for a minute and make some videos for this upcoming record,” Williams said.

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Only eight months after debuting the record-breaking their Up All Night album, the boys of One Direction are back to give their fans exactly what they want: more reasons to scream for their favorite United Kingdom heartthrobs. One Direction released its sophomore album titled Take Me Home in the United States on Nov. 13.

“Live While We’re Young,” the first single released from Take Me Home back in October, follows the similar cheesy yet catchy formula of 1D’s initial hit “What Makes You Beautiful.” Featured in a comical Pepsi commercial, the song was also recently recognized as the highest-ever Hot 100 debut by a U.K. group after reaching No. 3 on the Billboard songs chart.

Taking a step in a different direction, the acoustic ballad “Little Things” was recently released as the second single. This track was co-written by the members’ friend and fellow British singer Ed Sheeran and shares his sweetly vulnerable music style.

All five boys also participated in writing songs this time around.

“Last First Kiss,” “Back for You” and “Summer Love” each contain pop-rock vibes and lyrics added by 1D members.

Unlike boy bands of the past, not one personality dominates a majority of the “Take Me Home.” Highlights from its debut album commonly featured the typical line-up of Payne with the first verse, Styles following, Malik with the bridge and small bits from Horan and Tomlinson often hidden near the end. Sticking true to boy-band style, the song tempos and topics are generally similar to the members debut album. However, familiarity is what its fans want after only gaining this musical obsession less than a year ago. Several songs could be released as singles and easily succeed on radio charts.

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Ray, basketball team pick up first win of season

By Forrest BuCk Staff Writer

The Mississippi State men’s basketball team departed for Maui, Hawaii, on Thursday morning for the Maui Invitational Tournament but not before the team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday against Florida Atlantic.

State won easily in a 20-point blowout 78-58 to avoid its first 0-2 start since the 1967-68 season. Sophomore Roquez Johnson led the team in scoring with 17 points. Johnson missed the first game against Troy and said it was hard to miss that game.

“I really wanted to play in the Troy game because it was so close to home, and I had some of my people coming to the game, so I was disappointed I wasn’t able to play in that game,” Johnson said. “I felt like I had to make up for not play-

ing in that game in this game.” those sentiments of Steele’s inJunior team leader Jalen jury being a turning point in Steele was injured going to the the game for the team. hole for a layup when his shot “We were kind of down was blocked and he went crash- when it first happened, but we ing to the floor. Before Steele used that to pick ourselves up, went down, and we went the Bulldogs harder and This is the way we were playing a got the win,” want to play. We little stagnant.

Bloodman said. want to be a team After Steele Steele left the left the game, game and was that forces a lot of his teammates taken to the turnovers and that’s hospital after picked their game up a hard to play against.” he was assisted notch and off the floor.

Rick Ray, went on a run.

He needed head coach Fre s h m a n eight stitches Fred Thomas said Steele’s inju- in his head but did not sustain ry impacted the team. a concussion. He is expected “When he (Steele) went to miss up to six weeks with a down, we just all said we gon’ fractured right wrist but to be do it for J,” Thomas said. “We back in time for the start of just picked up our intensity SEC play. and energy and did it for him.”

There were a lot of positives Sophomore point guard that can be taken from this Trivante Bloodman echoed game, but State locked down

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on defense the entire game.

The Bulldogs forced 27 turnovers, 17 of which were steals which was the most since the team recorded 13 against Georgia in 2009. Forcing that many turnovers proved how active and aggressive the defense was all night. MSU also held Florida Atlantic to 33.3 percent shooting and did a good job of contesting shots and not allowing open looks all night.

Head coach Rick Ray said he was pleased with his team’s performance.

“This is the way we want to play. We want to be a team that forces a lot of turnovers and that’s hard to play against,” Ray said. “Once we get those turnovers or defensive stops, then we are able to go out and push the basketball and get some things in transition. The key to us being better offensively is getting those stops defensively because then you don’t have to worry about what type of offense we’re in. We can just go push the ball and make plays.”

Even though State won by a decisive margin, there are still areas the Dogs need to improve, mainly rebounding. Despite a 20-point win, the Dogs were outrebounded 42-40 and allowed Florida International to grab 17 offensive rebounds.

The Dogs play No. 11 North Carolina in the Maui Invitational Monday with two more games after that.

Freshman Gavin Ware said he is not fazed by the “mystique” of the Tarheels.

“They (UNC) are just a name,” Ware said. “They got-

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After missing the season opener, Roquez Johnson led the Dogs with 17 points in their 78-58 win over Florida Atlantic Tuesday. ta suit up just like we do, and they gotta come out and play just like we do.”

Junior forward Colin

Borchert has been suspended for violation of team rules and will not make the trip to Maui.

Volleyball hosts Ole Miss, Missouri in final home matches

By Austin ChAnCe Staff Writer

With no conference wins thus far this season, the Mississippi State volleyball team has been looking for a spark to keep the morale high.

Thanks to the lone senior, Chanelle Baker, that spark was found.

The Bulldogs come in to their final home weekend this season winless in conference play. This weekend features matches against in-state rival Ole Miss on Friday and Missouri on Sunday. Sunday’s match against Missouri will be the last home match Baker will play in her college career.

This volleyball season has courtesy of msu media relations | the reflector been plagued with every ob- Lone senior and captain Chanelle Baker is third on the team stacle a person can imagine, with 169 kills and 207 digs and tied for second with 41 blocks. beginning with the absence of middle blocker Lainey been unexpectedly difficult. of the season, the girls have Wyman during the opening “It feels like someone done a great job of keeping two weekthought of everything in the back of ends of the the worst their minds and staying foI know she (Baker) is things that cused on volleyball. Freshseason due to a suspension. fully prepared for the could happen man Sarah Nielsen said this The team a team in team is still all business. next step in her life, to continued to “We need to win this one season, and I have no doubt wrote it in weekend for multiple reabe plagued with issues a script and sons,” Nielsen said. “It has she will be such as playgave it to us,” been a year full of surprises, successful in all that H a z e l w o o d but we are ready to just play er illnesses, she does.” injuries and volleyball.” said. even a capThe team is aware this H o w e v e r, Jenny Hazelwood, tain leaving even though will be Baker’s final home head coach the team. the season has weekend, and the girls said Head coach Jenny Ha- not looked like it was once they are doing all they can zelwood said the season has hoped to be at the beginning to work harder than ever for

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a win this weekend for their senior leader.

Sophomore Rachel Williams said the tempo of practice throughout this week has been different than usual.

“We know how important this weekend is for Chan (Chanelle Baker), and we are working harder than ever to come out of this weekend with big wins,” Williams said.

A native of Carrolton, Texas, Baker was a part of Hazelwood’s first recruiting class at MSU. Since being at State, Baker has been successful on and off the court during her career.

During her freshman year, Baker was named to the 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll, as well as making the Dean’s List. On the court, Baker ended fifth overall for the team in kills with 113.

She continued her excellence on and off the court

every year after that, increasing her kill total her sophomore year, as well as setting career-high numbers in digs and block during her junior year. She has also been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll every year since being enrolled at MSU. Hazelwood said she has enjoyed coaching Baker and watching her mature throughout the years.

“It has been the best thing for me as a coach to watch

her grow as a player, as well as a person,” Hazelwood said. “I know she is fully prepared for the next step in her life, and I have no doubt that she will be successful in all that she does.”

Baker and the team will begin their final home weekend of the season against Ole Miss on Friday at 7 p.m., then ending the weekend against Missouri at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Newell Grissom Building.

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STAT OF THE DAY:

JOHNTHAN BANKS IS THE FIRST MSU PLAYER TO BE NAMED A SEMIFINALIST FOR THE LOTT IMPACT TROPHY, GIVEN TO THE STUDENT-ATHLETE WHO HAS THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON HIS TEAM ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

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SENIORS Senior Cameron Lawrence said remembering Bell as a part of the senior class will be special.

“You can’t ever honor him enough,” Lawrence said.

“Nick was a great guy. I’m glad we’re still keeping him in mind every time we take the field.”

While Bell was officially part of MSU’s 2008 signing class along with Broomfield, they saw their first on-field action in 2009, when current seniors, such as Lawrence, cornerback Johnthan Banks, defensive tackle Josh Boyd and wide receivers Chad Bumphis and Chris Smith saw significant playing time as true freshmen.

Since arriving at State, the class of 2013 has recorded an overall record of 28-20 and has accumulated bowl wins in consecutive seasons, a feat that had not been done a t M S U since the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

“This is the last home game for our seniors,” Mullen said. “This is my first recruiting class, and I think they’re leaving one of the most successful classes in school history.”

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continued from 1 niors, MSU’s 2009 recruiting class also featured Pernell McPhee, Chris White and Fletcher Cox, all of whom are now playing in the NFL. State’s seniors will certainly leave Mississippi State as one of the most accomplished classes in MSU’s football history, but one thing the class has failed to do is beat the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Since Mullen’s arrival at MSU, the Bulldogs are 0-3 against the Razorbacks and have been outscored by combined margin of 12469. This could certainly change Satu rd a y, though, when t h e 4 - 6 R a -

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Arkansas’s 2012 s e a s o n took an unexpected turn months

before the season even started. On April 10, Bobby Petrino was fired as head coach of the Razorbacks after reports of an extra-marital affair with an employee in the athletic department at the University of Arkansas surfaced.

Although its head coach had a less-than-admirable and sudden exit from the university, expectations had never been so high for the Razorbacks, who returned several key starters on both sides of the ball. The football program awarded the head coaching position to John L. Smith, a long-time coach who had previously orchestrated the special teams at UA from 2009 to 2011.

The results on the field, though, have been less than spectacular for the Razorbacks. After being upset at home against Louisiana Monroe, UA was thrashed

by Alabama 52-0, and t h e game w e n t down in Arkansas’s record books as one of the

FOOTBALL SENIORS and their hometowns

Chad Bumphis: Tupelo, Miss.

Brandon Heavens: Bessemer, Ala. Chris Smith: Meridian, Miss.

Darius Slay: Brunswick, Ga. Cameron Lawrence: Coldwater, Miss.

Johnthan Banks: Maben, Miss.

Arceto Clark: Tupelo, Miss.

Louis Watson: Mobile, Ala. Sylvester Hemphill: Olive Branch, Miss.

Corey Broomfield: Palm Bay, Fla.

Marcus Green: Scooba, Miss.

Devin Jones: Olive Branch, Miss.

Michael Turner: McCarley, Miss.

Tobias Smith: Columbus, Miss.

Templeton Hardy: Como, Miss.

Dewayne Cherrington: Gwinnett, Ga. Joey Trapp: Rolling Hills, Calif.

Shane McCardell: Beaumont, Texas Josh Boyd: Philadelphia, Miss.

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worst losses in the program’s history. The Razorbacks also lost to Rutgers, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and South Carolina, marking one of the biggest collapses in the history of college football by a team ranked in the preseason top 10.

While Arkansas has had a disappointing season, Banks said the Razorbacks remain

talented, especially on offense.

“They have a really good quarterback in Tyler Wilson,” Banks said. “They have pretty good receivers and a really good receiver in Cobi Hamilton. They’re going to do what they do, and we’re going to try and defend it.”

Wilson, a senior, has thrown for 2,803 yards during

the 2012 season. Much of the quarterback’s yardage has come through Hamilton, another senior, who has 73 receptions for 1,149 yards and four touchdowns.

Saturday’s game at Davis Wade Stadium is slated to kick off at 11:21 a.m. and will be televised on the SEC Network.

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Located on Highway 12 West 662-320-2080

Specials FREE December Rent • $100 Off January Rent $100 Administration Fee is waived Refer a Friend for Spring 2013 and receive $50

1 Bedroom - $781 3 Bedroom - $470 4 Bedroom - $431 4 Bedroom Townhome - $471 Set your appointment today:

662.338.3421

Spacious floor plans / Fully furnished • All-inclusive pricing Convenient access to campus • Community center & social events Resort-style swimming pool • Cable TV with HBO Planned community events • 24-hr emergency maintenance Washer/dryer in every unit • Private bedrooms/bathrooms High-speed internet • On-site management Free tanning salon • Ample parking • Gated community Game Room • Media & Fitness Centers • Computer lab & Study Rooms

21 Ace Avenue Starkville, MS 39759 • www.21apts.com