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ZACHARIAS REMEMBERED FOR PASSION, DEDICATION Lyceum Concert 1935 to 2013

BY EMMA CRAWFORD AND JOHN GALATAS News Editor and Campus News Editor

Former Mississippi State University president Donald Zacharias passed away Sunday at the age of 77 due to complications from multiple sclerosis, leaving behind a legacy of compassion, leadership and devotion to MSU that far surpasses his 12 and a half years as president of the university.

Zacharias served as 15th president of MSU from 1985 to 1997 when he came to Starkville after serving as president at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. Zacharias laid the foundation for growth in MSU’s enrollment, private contributions, research and athletic achievement as part of his legacy.

Zacharias worked toward construction of the Joe Frank Sanderson Center and Mitchell Memorial Library as well as achieving the highest enrollment in the state.

In a news release, current MSU president Mark Keenum said Zacharias’s leadership made changes at the university that will have a lasting effect on its future.

FILE PHOTO | THE REFLECTOR “Dr. Donald Zacharias was a transDonald Zacharias leaves a legacy of compassionate leadership at MSU.

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formative figure at Mississippi State University,” he said. “He really helped bring MSU into the modern era, and he did so by developing a broad vision for the leadership that Mississippi needed from a land grant university.

Keenum said Zacharias was a friend as well as a man dedicated to MSU and higher education in Mississippi.

“At our last visit during the Christmas holidays, Dr. Zacharias was still providing valuable, thoughtful counsel to me and still had the welfare of MSU students at the top of his mind,” he said. “I counted him as a friend, a mentor and an inspiration. Don Zacharias was a man of great courage and dignity, and he was one of the most influential leaders in the history of Mississippi higher education.”

In the midst of his death, those in the MSU community express their sadness at the passing of an influential figure in the university and the state’s history as well as remember the profound impact Zacharias had on them personally.

Sid Salter, director of university relations at MSU, said Zacharias had a tremendous impact on his professional and personal life.

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Gavin Ware, Tyson Cunningham, Fred Thomas and Trivante Bloodman celebrate with students after the Mississippi State Bulldogs upset the Ole Miss Rebels 73-67 Saturday in front of an energetic crowd at the Hump.

The win most likely knocked the Rebels out of the NCAA Tournament, barring a Rebel first place finish in the SEC Tournament.

Colin Borchert led MSU with a career-high 21 points and seven rebounds as the Dogs ended their 13-game losing streak.

Sophomore Roquez Johnson returned from his suspension to score 10 points and grab five rebounds.

State travels to South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks Wednesday before returning home to close out SEC play against Auburn Saturday.

celebrates blend of blues, African music

BY QUENTIN SMITH Contributing Writer

The second event in Mississippi State University’s 2013 Lyceum Series will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium.

Amelia Treptow, program coordinator of the Lyceum Series, said she thinks this concert in particular will bring something new for the students.

“I think it will be fantastic,” Treptow said. “This is the one I’m looking forward to the most, and it’ll be nice for a lot of the students to come out and support the event.”

The concert will feature the two musical guests Eric Bibb and Habib Koite.

Eric Bibb is a blues musician from New York. In 2008, Bibb was nominated for a Grammy and was also nominated for the Acoustic Artist of the Year by the Blues Music Awards.

During the concert, wellknown African musician, Habib Koite, will join forces and blend together the rhythmic sounds of both their guitars and voices.

Treptow said she looks forward to the two musical artists coming together.

“They are very interesting and it is a good mixture of the two together,” she said.

Those attending the event must enter and exit only through the east side doors closest to McCain Hall.

General admission for the public is $18 and free for students with an ID present.

Treptow said she hopes many students get involved with the concert.

“We’re always looking for student involvement and having good relations with the community to provide them service and entirety,” Treptow said. “I think it will be a really unique performance and something different than what most students would generally hear on the radio.”

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Montgomery Leadership, Jigsaw club host run for Autism awareness Students encouraged to participate in 5k, fun-run

BY ALIE DALEE Staff Writer

Montgomery Leadership Program students and Mississippi State University’s Jigsaw Club come together this month to host a fun-run and 5k raising awareness for autism.

Exceptionally Aware is organized by Montgomery Leadership Program students Molly Jobe, Kaitlyn Salter and Anne Claire Craig who united to create a joint capstone project aiming to raise awareness to MSU students living with a disability.

Exceptionally Aware is comprised of two parts. Jobe, junior special education major, said the event begins at 5 p.m. with a Disability Awareness Fair.

“Houston Everett, an MSU student, will be speaking on life with a disability, and there will various activities to help students better understand what it’s like to have a disability and maneuvering around campus,” Jobe said. “And then right after, there will be a one-mile fun-run and a 5k.

That is called Superheroes for Autism; it is to raise funds for Jigsaw, which is a summer camp that high school and college age students go to.”

Alex Orsak, junior communication major and president of Jigsaw Club, said Jigsaw is a campus organization aimed at integrating students falling on all sides of the autism spectrum with the rest of campus.

“Jigsaw, the campus group, we have a different age range. It’s open to any one, but we have college students on and off the spectrum,” Orsak said. “It’s about integration; it’s about helping those students who do have some kind of autism spectrum disorder get integrated with socializing with people on campus and those who are not on the spectrum. It’s about learning both sides ... it’s about becoming more sociable and about having a community. We have stuff like movie nights, lunch and bowl and social time.”

Orsak said the campus run specifically aims to raise funds for the Jigsaw summer camp, which shares similar goals with the Jigsaw Club.

“There is Jigsaw MSU which is the campus organization and there is Camp Jigsaw, and we’re connected,” Orsak said. “Camp

Jigsaw is a little different, because it’s for teenage boys with Asperger’s syndrome and other forms of autism. Basically, we’re raising funds so they can come to camp for free.”

Anyone interested in sponsoring the run can have their personal or company name placed on the back of the race’s official T-shirt with a donation of $150 or greater.

The Superheroes for Autism run will be held March 21 in front of the Colvard Student Union.

Those interested in participating in the run may register at active.com, or by printing off a registration form from the Exceptionally Aware website at facebook.com/ exceptionallyaware.

Registration forms and fees may be mailed in, or dropped off at Drill Field station March 5, 19 or 20.

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MSU hosts FBI interest session College football recruits create new standard of committment

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“You don’t have to be an agent, you don’t have to carry a gun or be transferred all over the place,” Parker said. “We have such a variety of things that A Federal Bureau of Investigation informational are available. We just try to get the word out.” meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in room Scott Maynard, director of the Career Center, 329 of the Colvard Student Union. said the event is for students in any field of study.

FBI interest meetings are held once per semester “The (FBI) hires a wide range of fields,” Mayat Mississippi State University. nard said. “They’ll talk to all majors.”

The meeting, led by FBI representative Erica Parker confirmed this and said careers in the FBI Parker, will give students a chance range from intelligence analyst It’s never too early to can to learn more about the types of cato electronic technician to accounstart looking at what tant. reers offered by the FBI. The meeting will be primarily held for up“We hire just about everybody. types of positions perclassmen and graduate students, We investigate all federal crimes, we hire, how your but it is open to all classifications so we have to have people with and majors. major can be used knowledge and abilities in all difParker, who is currently working and what we might ferent areas,” Parker said. “There in Jackson, Miss., said she recruits are all different types of positions be looking for in the out there.” for FBI positions all across the country.

Sam Miller, freshman commufuture.”

“It’s never too early to start looknication major, said he is interestErica Parker, ing at what types of positions we ed in the FBI and looks forward FBI representative to attending future meetings, eshire, how your major can be used and what we might be looking for in the future,” pecially when he is closer to graduation.

Parker said.

“I am looking forward to attending,” Miller Parker said she also hopes the meeting will dispel said. “I am not a senior yet, but it sounds like an any misconceptions students have about the FBI as exciting job. Plus, I would be able to contribute seen in movies and television shows. to society.”

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Any non-runners interested in participating have the opportunity to host a cheer station comprised of five to 10 people. Forms can be found on the website.

Jobe said everyone participating in the race should come dressed as their favorite superhero.

Orsak said he encouraged everyone to come out and be an

advocate of autism awareness.

“Come support autism, and come support Camp Jigsaw. We have lots of kids that want to come back for a fourth consecutive year,” Orsak said.

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College football has three seasons to die-hard fans: the regular season, spring practice and recruiting season.

National Signing Day has become as anticipated as some games for college football fans, especially fans of schools in the SEC. On the first Wednesday of February, senior high school prospects sign their National Letters of Intent and become official members of the school and program.

Paul Jones, Bulldawgs247.com publisher, said people want constant updates on kids every day.

“Even though things don’t change every day, people still want to read news about those final guys on somebody’s radar as you get closer to National Signing Day,” Jones said.

For the days, weeks, months and even years leading up to a senior prospect’s signing day, the process is full of uncertainty. A player can make a verbal commitment at any point during his recruitment, but nothing binds the prospect to sign with that school.

Similarly, a coach can rescind a prospect’s scholarship offer for any reason before NSD. Out of 349 official signees in the SEC announced on Feb. 6, a total of 92 prospects made mul-

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tiple verbal commitments during official visits as free vacations, their recruitment. Thirty-four of while others take a more serious those prospects were originally approach to other campuses. committed to another SEC pro- Mullen said the ones who take gram. The numbers could be an open mind on official visits larger because some prospects to other schools are the ones who choose not to make their com- cause concern. mitments public until NSD. “It’s hard to view those guys as A prospect can switch his really committed anymore at that commitment for numerous rea- point. You have to look around sons. The most likely scenario and make sure you are balancis a coaching change, whether it ing out your class and what you is the head coach or a position need,” Mullen said. coach. Another likely scenario The prize recruit for MSU occurs when a prospect accepts in this year’s class was five-star the first scholarship offered to defensive end Chris Jones from him instead of waiting for more Houston, Miss. Jones, who is offers later in the process. rated as high as the No. 2 pros“I think a lot of kids jump on pect in the nation by 247Sports. that first offer and , appeared I have actually heard com not realize that to be flirting a kid decommit other offers are with the idea going to be down of switching his because he liked the road,” Jones commitment to another school’s said. “A lot of Ole Miss after kids end up fliptaking multiple colors better.” ping to an SEC visits to Oxford Paul Jones, school because in January. MulBulldawgs247 that’s pretty much len, however, where every recruit in this region said Jones was honest with him wants to play.” throughout the whole process.

Coaching changes have both “He’s a 17-year-old kid. Some a positive and negative effect in of these kids, I bet if you expandrecruiting. For example, Auburn ed recruiting out a couple more and Tennessee had 10 and nine weeks, they might take a couprospects respectively switch ple more visits,” Mullen said. “I their commitments to another think he wants to go have a good D-1 program. time. It’s always hard to judge While Mississippi State did not what’s going on in a 17-year-old’s experience a coaching change, it mind from minute to minute did have seven decommitments sometimes.” in the class of 2013, including Despite the larger reasons for a three to SEC schools. prospect switching commitments Mullen said a prospect’s mind- before NSD, some recruits use set when taking visits to other other criteria when choosing a schools is important to consid- better school. er. Some prospects use their five “I have actually heard a kid decommit because he liked another school’s colors better,” Jones said.

“They matched his high school colors, and he didn’t want to change all his clothing.”

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Thursday, February 28 • 12:01 a.m. A student reported a disturbance in Rice Hall. Student referrals were issued.

• 5:27 a.m. A student was arrested on Blackjack Road for possession of paraphernalia.

• 6:22 a.m. A resident adviser reported concerns for a student in Hull Hall.

• 9:53 a.m. An employee reported a missing laptop computer from the HPC building.

• 8:51 p.m. A student received a student referral for alcohol in North Hall.

• 8:51 p.m. A student was arrested on Highway 182 for minor in possession of alcohol.

• 9:56 p.m. A student was arrested on Russell Street for sale of alcohol to a minor.

Friday, March 1 • 12:03 a.m. A student was arrested for careless driving and driving under the influence.

• 5:02 p.m. A resident adviser reported an alcohol violation in Rice Hall.

• 5:11 p.m. A student reported his backpack and tennis shoes stolen from Perry Cafeteria.

• 9:45 p.m. A student was arrested on Russell Street for possession of a fake ID. • 11:16 p.m. A non-resident/visitor was arrested on Bully Boulevard for minor in possession of alcohol.

Saturday, March 2 • 2:50 a.m. A student reported his cooler stolen from his truck while parked on Fraternity Row. • 3:16 a.m. A student was having back pains in McKee Hall. The subject was transported to OCH. • 4:32 a.m. A vehicle belonging to a non-resident/visitor was partially parked in a flower bed in the Bost Extension parking lot.

• 5:50 p.m. A student was arrested at the Humphrey Coliseum for public drunkenness.

• 10:30 p.m. A student was arrested on Highway 182 for minor in possession of alcohol.

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• 1 citation was issued for driving the wrong way on a oneway.

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Donald Zacharias served as Mississippi State University president from 1985-1997. Under his tenure, MSU saw growth in academics, enrollment, service, research, contributions and athletics.

ZACHARIAS Salter said Zacharias was a wonderful friend to him and his family, including his late wife, who also suffered from multiple sclerosis.

“He was particularly compassionate to her and took a great interest in our family and how the illness affected the family,” he said.

Salter also said after his father’s death when he was 30, he looked to Zacharias for wisdom.

“When I needed council on some things, when I needed an opinion that I valued, he was one of the people that I counted on,” he said.

The transformative influence Zacharias had on MSU is one of the things, Salter said, that made him a great leader and visionary.

“I think about the university as it was before he came and how it was after he left and its just a remarkable difference,” he said.

Particularly, Salter said Zacharias strove to further MSU’s art and science departments, as well as its library and managed to do so while still recognizing the land grant university tradition.

“He pushed very hard for the non-agriculture side of the university to get its due and to move forward as a comprehensive university,” he said. “I think that’s also part of the legacy.”

Maridith Geuder, former MSU head of university relations, said she shared the field of communication with Zacharias and attributes his great leadership to his powerful communication skills.

“He was, I think, one of the best communicators I have ever had the privilege of knowing,” she said. “When he spoke, people listened.”

She said Zacharias gained respect through his ability to communicate his vision for MSU’s growth and success.

“He had a presence about him that demanded respect and he spoke in a voice that — he was trained as a broadcasting voice — so people would stop and listen when he spoke,” she said.

“He was very much an encourager, he was very much focused on his aspirations for the university, he wanted Mississippi State to grow in stature and in respect and he did a lot to ensure that that happened.”

Geuder said even after he retired, Zacharias continued to be a role model to her and play an active role in the university and her professional life by keeping in touch with her via email, often sending her suggestions.

“I think he became a role model for grace and for leadership…He was almost a legend in his

continued from 1 own time, people aspired to be like Dr. Zacharias in terms of their ability to make a difference,” she said. “I knew him as part of a team and he and Mrs. Zacharias were very much a team, and they were a team that represented Mississippi State at the highest caliber of professionalism and class.”

Carol Mason Schrader met with Zacharias weekly while she served as editor in chief of The Reflector from 1989 to 1990.

“His office had called and wanted me to be there every week, and I really didn’t know what to expect. Every single week I left feeling like I was a lot more important than I really was,” she said. “He gave me the impression that the time he spent with me was absolutely the most important part of the day.”

Schrader said Zacharias created opportunities for her and encouraged her.

“He opened doors for me constantly that year. He would call and say, ‘I’ve got a spot for you on the university plane. I want you at the Board of Higher Education with me this week,’ and I would rearrange my schedule to get on that plane,” she said.

Schrader said she was not the only student who saw that Zacharias believed in MSU. She said at one point, students heard he had been offered a job elsewhere and staged a rally to show their appreciation for Zacharias and to ask him to stay at MSU. “We held a huge rally in the middle of the Drill Field, ‘We Back Zach,’ kind of ‘we want you here,’ and he stayed. He believed in us as a university and that was exactly how you felt when you were in his presence, but he really thought I was all that.

You’re a college undergrad and you’re still trying to decide what your future looks like and I would leave his office thinking, ‘Wow, my future is pretty amazing,’ because he believed in me, and that’s how he felt about State,” she said. “He believed in Mississippi State. I still think we are a wonderful university because of Donald Zacharias. Sunday was a pretty sad day for us.”

Schrader recalled a moment when Zacharias showed that belief in her, when her senior year the library caught on fire and Zacharias allowed her exclusive access when she showed up to cover the story “All the newspapers were there — the Clarion Ledger had sent somebody up, the Starkville Daily News had sent somebody there and Dr. Zacha-

rias and Dr. Roy Ruby forbid any of the reporters to go in, and I had been standing outside and they made a beeline for me and opened the doors for me and my photographer to go in and get the exclusive story,” she said.

Cory Collins, Student Association president from 1994 to 1995, said he remembers Zacharias as an influential leader who valued the thoughts and opinions of the student body.

“I feel like we had a great personal and professional relationship when I was in student government. He definitely took the time to get to know each student he interacted with and really wanted and valued our opinions,” he said. “Specifically, I remember when I had been working on the campus shuttle project and we were trying to push that through administration for the school to evaluate it. He said, ‘what do you need?’ and we said, ‘we need to go to some campuses that have a system and meet with them and see how their system works and go to a campus the size like ours,’ and he helped me put together a team of university administrators and students to go to campuses to study it and fully supported it the whole way through. He did not brush it off as a wild college students’ dream or suggestion, and then it wound up happening.”

Overwhelmingly, the response from the those who knew Zacharias was that he was a kind-hearted, passionate man who cared genuinely for MSU, the students and the faculty he built relationships with during his presidency.

Jimmy Abraham, executive director of the MSU Alumni Association, said in an email Zacharias’s shining personality made him a superb president.

“Dr. Zacharias was an outstanding president, and an ever better person. He was a master communicator, and could relate to anyone,” he said.

“He especially enjoyed interacting with students, and many times during the lunch hour while President, Dr. Zacharias would go to the cafeteria and visit informally with them from table to table.

Those students are now alumni, and they, like everyone in the MSU family, have not forgotten nor will ever forget his caring spirit and all he did for our beloved university.”

Thomas Carskadon, professor of psychology and long-time friend of Zacharias, said in an email although he will remember Zacharias for his intelligence and outstanding contribution to

MSU, he will remember his good heart the most.

“I remember when my deceased wife was about to receive her long sought, hard earned Ph.D., she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of walking across the stage that bittersweet graduation day, she lay in recovery from surgery at the Mayo Clinic. Not only did President Zacharias send flowers and a kind note, but he even sent a videotape of the graduation ceremony where her name was read out and our son Gordon walked for her. She passed away a few months later, but that act of kindness meant the world to her and her family,” he said. “Dr. Zacharias did things like that all the time.”

Salter said even in his illness, Zacharias was always positive and never dwelled on his aches and pains. He said he wanted to talk about the world around him and the accomplishments of the students at MSU. He said he thinks Zacharias will be remembered as one of the greatest presidents of MSU and one of the most influential voices of higher education in Mississippi history.

To sum up Zacharias’s character and leadership at the university, Salter recalled attending a basketball game in 1996 in which MSU won over Yukon to advance to the Final Four.

“As we got ready to leave, he asked if he could hold onto my arm going up the steps of that arena,” he said. Salter said that moment was the first time he realized the extent of Zacharias’s physical problems.

“As soon as he took my arm I knew it was probably something like MS if not MS,” he said. “He kinda smiled and he said, ‘Just let me hold on and keep walking, and we’ll keep walking together and we’ll get there together.”

Salter said Zacharias believed much more could be accomplished together than in cliques or in groups divided, so he strove to exemplify that in his presidency.

“That sort of epitomized his leadership at the university. He wanted us to all walk together and get there together, and I think he left a lot of that spark in almost everyone he touched.”

A public memorial service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Foster Ballroom of the Colvard Student Union.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant ordered flags on MSU’s campus be lowered to half-staff through Thursday at sunset in honor of Zacharias.

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Glo4Haiti run to benefit medical missions trip a medical mission trip back to Haiti in May. The trip is through First United MethA Glo4Haiti run will take odist-Louisville, and partnered place March 26 at the research by Hispaniola Mountain Mispark at Mississippi State Uni- sions out of Jackson, Miss.

“The benefits go to the versity. The run is sponsored by Public Relations Student Soci- medical and dental mission in May. All the ety of America.

Laura WalThe benefits go to the proceeds go pay for our ton, assistant medical and dental to medicine and professor of mission in May. All equipment,” communicaLaura Walton tion, said afthe proceeds go to said. “Any adter an initial pay for our medical ditional funds mission trip to will contribHaiti this past equipment. Any June she felt additional funds will ute getting the nurses, doccompelled to contribute getting the tors and team raise awareness for the plight nurses, doctors and there.”

Laura Walin Haiti. team there.” ton said par“That was Laura Walton ticipants are how the trip started, and assistant professor of encouraged to wear glow atwhen the PRScommunication tire to the run, SA president and I were talking early fall, she which will be held at Thad was talking about her goals and Cochran Research Park.

“The really cool thing about ideas for her year as president of the race is that it is at the rePRSSA,” Laura Walton said.

Katie Beth Walton, PRSSA search park, so it’s a closed President and senior commu- course; it won’t be going nication major, said she want- through campus,” Laura Waled to implement a community ton said. “It’s three laps, so if service aspect into PRSSA, and you only finish one and that’s the organization decided on the all you want to do, you can call it a day.”

Glo4Haiti run.

Laura Walton said she hopes “We have a team of people within in PRSSA that have the run will raise awareness to made flyers and put the whole the growing state of poverty thing together,” Katie Beth facing the Haitian community.

“About 77 percent of HaiWalton said.

Laura Walton said the pro- tians live in poverty. Poverty in ceeds raised from Glo4Haiti Haiti is people who live on less will go directly to sponsoring than a dollar a day. About 80

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percent of Haitians live on less than $2 a day; when you talk about a family of six eating off of $2 a day who go days without meals,” Laura Walton said. “The saddest part to me is how close Haiti is to America. You can get on an airplane in Atlanta, Ga., and be there in three hours. It’s just heartbreaking, and we’re so close and we just need to do more to help.”

Those who want to register for the run may do so at glo4haiti.com. The registration fee is $25. To be guaranteed an official race glow-in-the-dark t-shirt, participants must register

by March 15.

In addition, Laura Walton said students will receive “swag bags” featuring items from LA Green, Deep South Pout and other local Starkville vendors.

Participants will also be eligible for a $10 discount if interested in registering for “The Crucible,” which will be holding registration on race-night.

Katie Beth Walton said she hopes many members of the MSU community will come out and bring awareness to the cause in Haiti.

“We would love everyone to attend and help raise awareness, to give back to the community and support different organizations on campus,” Katie Beth Walton said. “This is the first event we’ve (PRSSA) held, and we would love other people’s support.”

Additional information can be found at glo4haiti.com or twitter.com/glo4haiti.

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Embrace sadness, do not run from pain College graduation rates alarmingly low

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I need to give thanks for ealing with sadness can be confusing. the man that he was and the What is sadness? Is it legacy he left. His life was a testament to what he believed, even possible to assuage it?

My grandfather passed and his love for me (an urban away last Thursday, and I miss grandkid who would only him already. Ed Hester was a break things on his farm) was 1955 graduate of Mississippi more than I can ever repay.

If such State UniverSadness reveals what thankfulness sity, a Korean was important to us. is in order War veteran and faithful Being sad reveals what (and I don’t how it husband for mattered in our lives. In see couldn’t be) 59 years. doing so, being sad leads then to run His chilfrom the dren and to our thankfulness.” sadness of grandchildren and great-grand children the situation would be to run cherished every moment they from the gratitude and the thanks that are due to the obhad with him.

He was and forever will be ject of my sadness. In this case — my grandfather. my granddad.

As such, I am sad he’s gone, Further, if I choose to run and I’m scared of the future. from this sadness, what will I I’m unsure as to how I am go- encounter? Where will I go? ing to handle this loss as time Knowing me, it would be rolls on. I’ve never lost anyone anger. Anger is easy, and it close to me before. centers itself on me.

Despite my fears, I know For others turn to apathy, a one thing for sure. Overcom- kind of burying of emotions ing this sadness can be inextri- by actively trying to forget the cably linked to me embracing past.

In either case, nothing this sadness. I need to sit in it. changes. The sadness will Feel it. Cherish it.

Because sadness reveals continue, and the expression what was important to us. Be- of that sadness, in both anger ing sad reveals what mattered and apathy, will only perpetuin our lives. In doing so, being ate more pain.

But some people really sad leads us to thankfulness.

In my case, I need to be do believe that bravery and thankful for the 20 years I got strength exist in compartto have with him, the football mentalizing your heart from games, the tractor rides and your mind — that you need to block your emotions from his many stories.

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BEN HESTER Ben Hester is a junior majoring in communication.

He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu. your thoughts. I couldn’t disagree more. To cope with sadness is to feel sadness. It’s to allow the sadness to force you to give thanks for what you lost, and to find a deeper, more lasting sense of joy.

I understand that I will never see my granddad again, in this life at least.

But in the few days since his passing, I’ve tasted this new kind of joy. I left the funeral and the cemetery with it.

But as I mentioned before, I am scared of the future. I’m scared I won’t be able to live out these words.

I say all of this because we all go through tough situations.

We all meet sadness at some point. It took me 20 years to find it.

I hope we might be bold enough to recognize the need we have to cherish the loved ones we have now and give thanks for the ones who are waiting for us.

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ewer than half of firsttime students graduate within six years at most Mississippi’s colleges and universities.

Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi stand among exceptions according to a recently released college scorecard by the U.S Department of Education.

The factual data is alarming; if less than 50 manage to graduate out of 100 admissions, we are facing a grim future.

The businesses who underline a bachelor’s degree as the minimum requirement for a job are constantly increasing. With a poor graduation rate to its name, the state of Mississippi will be battling an additional challenge with the economy if this continues.

College graduates are a major chunk of the tax-payee population; if the above figures continue to increase it will mean harnessing the growth of the state.

Dan Coleman, director of student recruitment at MSU said, “These figures disturb me but we offer a variety of excellent scholarships and financial aid opportunities for students from all backgrounds. We are committed to giving the best we can. I was raised by a single mother who worked two jobs to pay off our expenses so I know what it means when the expenditure is increasing and the income is limited,” he said.

At the pace in which the world is moving in the 21st century, education has become a priority in the basics for a good life. Changing these alarming figures will require strong political will from our politicians in Jackson.

Something must be done, tiply and grow the number of and the time to do it is now. graduates from the state of The implications of fewer Mississippi. graduates will result adversely The educators will need to to the economy and the soci- come up with a plan of having ety. the best faculty and adminisThe Clarion Ledger report- trators at the college. They ed that Mississippi’s commu- could create policies supportnity colleges success rate is ing students.

A wide range of scholarhigher than that of the United States. But are we giving ships can be offered. If the enough? If student needs Four years of hard the educacounseling that tors, faculcould prevent work and a degree ty and the him from leavcan be beneficial to ing school, he college adthe individual, the ministration should have accontinue to state and our nation cess to facilities foster and on campus. simultaneously.” build stuThe politidents to graduate college, the cians will need to play a major legislators should back them role in shaping the state’s edby good governance. ucation sector by having laws Will the state act? Will the placed to support the student. federal government be of any The state can increase its assistance? Will the students expenditure on education and who want to go to college offer additional financial supbe provided with financial port to the student. assistance? Education can be The financial institutions a complex issue with multi- who offer student loans must ple faces: There is difficulty have a leeway for students in to find an immediate convict college. Lower interest rates for the low graduation rates. and extended monetary periWho should be held respon- od to start repaying loans can be helpful. sible?

The policies such as reAre the educators at the colleges and universities with quired co-signer and loan low graduation rates respon- amount limits can be reconsible or are the politicians in sidered in some cases.

Jackson?

And finally, the student Can we shift the debate to should act responsibly and the high interest rates or no push himself as he can to subsidized student loans by make two ends meet while the financial institutions as in college. Four years of hard the talking point or are stu- work and a degree can be bendents who drop out of college eficial to the individual, the responsible themselves? state and our nation simultaTargeting one of the above neously. factors may be easy but difWe cannot ignore these ficult to scrutinize and have facts and leave them for fua thorough analysis of the ture generations to solve; problem. What is required is sustainability will suggest we a collective measure including achieve the building blocks of every aspect of the problem to the 21st century sooner than come up with a plan to mul- later.

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Brittany Henderson started her own D.I.Y fashion line called “Panache Flair.”

Between the constant studying and ongoing slew of extracurricular activities, the average college student barely has enough time to think, let alone start his or her own fashion line. However, students like Brittany Henderson and Helen Geary show there is always an exception.

Brittany Henderson, freshman biological sciences major, started her own clothing line, Panache Flair, last summer. The brand’s signature beanies are seen amongst many on campus with popular urban vernacular such as “Dope” or “Ju.” Now, the line is branching into customizing and reconstructing such items as denim shorts and bustiers.

“I woke up one morning, and I thought ‘I wanna design things,’” Henderson said. “I saw shirts and shorts from different boutiques that have the simple studding that you can buy from Ebay or Amazon, and they’re selling them for $40 to $50, and I do it at half that price.”

Henderson aspires to go into a more high fashion route, but currently she does more of a “Do It Yourself ” style of designing.

“I draw a lot of dresses, and I’d love to do more couture one day. My favorite designer, Sherri Hill, does a lot of prom dresses that way,” Henderson said, “but currently I’m going the more D.I.Y. route.”

Henderson has even been asked to feature her designs in fashion shows and is currently working on designs for some celebrity clientele.

“A friend in Dallas asked me to feature some of my designs, and rapper EMI contacted me via Twitter to sketch some samples for his clothing line,” Henderson said.

The one thing that constantly peeves yet laughably intrigues Henderson is the pronunciation of her line.

and their own fashion line

“People always asks, ‘How do you pronounce it,’ and I get so many pronunciation errors with it. It’s pronounced ‘pa-nash,’” Henderson said with a chuckle. “It means flamboyant, and flair, of course, is style.”

Helen Geary, sophomore psychology major, runs her own denim line, Dover Road Denim, based on the classic Americana look with which jeans are associated. Her passion for design, art and the South are reflected heavily within her line.

“The name comes from my family’s farm where all of my childhood pictures are of me on a bale of hay or a cotton field in overalls and denim jeans,” Geary said with a wry smile. “That’s where I got my love of denim from.”

Geary said her inspiration is heavily influenced by iconography and old advertisements from the past.

“I love the ‘60s and ‘70s,” Henderson said. “Like the Bruce Springsteen cover with just his butt in the jeans.

That shows you that there’s nothing better than a pair of jeans.”

Geary said the company signature would have to be classic denim shorts.

“I love making shorts, but not short-shorts or the studded shorts. They’re cute and trendy, but I love the classic American shorts,” Geary said.

Geary is interested making DRD a business but said she will wait and see what happens.

“Maybe I’ll do my own thing one day,” Geary said hopefully. “I got a couple years to figure it out. I’ll just wait and see where it goes and see where the good Lord takes me.”

Though aesthetically different, both talented designers price all of their items $30 or less depending on the item and/or customization.

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Athletics Bulldogs knock off Rebels Bulldog over the weekend

BY FORREST BUCK

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Staff Writer

With only two conference games remaining, the Mississippi State men’s basketball team picked up its biggest victory of the season Saturday, knocking off rival Ole Miss 7367.

Head coach Rick Ray and Bulldog players said the environment at the game was crazy and loud as it has been at the Hump all season.

The week leading up to the game, Ray visited numerous fraternity and sorority houses, along with speaking to different organizations, trying to increase support from the student body. After the game, Ray said he was very pleased with how the fans came out in support of the team.

“I really appreciate the fan support, especially from the student body,” Ray said. “I can’t tell you how much energy and enthusiasm our guys had EMMA KATHERINE HUTTO | THE REFLECTOR for that game when they saw Bulldogs post players Gavin Ware and Colin Borchert outscored the student section filled up Rebel big men Reginald Buckner and Murphy Holloway Saturday. like that.”

Ray said winning should Junior Colin Borchert also and go to the rim,’” Borchert be all the motivation his team said the fans helped fire the said. players up and played a huge Another huge motivating needs to finish the season role in the win. factor for MSU was diminish- strong.

“We can’t be relying on a big “Coach has been putting in ing the Rebels’ NCAA tournaa lot of hard work lately to get ment hopes. Ole Miss will most home crowd or playing Ole our fan base to come back,” likely have to win out and win Miss or trying to knock them Borchert said. “They came out the SEC tournament just to out of the tournament,” Ray said. “I just want guys that are tonight (Saturday), and they make the Big Dance. showed out. They were there Junior Jalen Steele said the motivated by playing good and from the beginning just hol- players knew they damaged winning.”

State will travel to Columbia lering, and they were there for Ole Miss’s tournament hopes. us.”

“It feels great to hurt their to play South Carolina WednesBorchert had his best game as chances,” Steele said. “We day for the second time this seaa Bulldog with a might as well go son. MSU won the first meetcareer-high 21 I just want guys that ahead and try ing 56-54 back in early January. points on 70 and hurt other In this game, the Dogs held the are motivated by percent shootpeople’s NCAA Gamecocks to four points in the playing good and To u r n a m e n t final five minutes of the game to ing from the field. He also chances because rally from a 50-44 deficit. winning.”

Both South Carolina and led the team in we’re just fightRick Ray, rebounds with ing for what we MSU are 3-13 in conference head coach seven. Ray said got left at the play this season, which is the the rest of the end of the sea- worst record in the division.

USC has lost three straight and team fed off him all night as he son.” made one big shot after another With the win, State snapped nine of its last 10 games, so to help lead MSU to victory. a 13-game losing streak. Now both teams are looking to end Borchert attributed his big that the Dogs have tasted vic- their seasons on a positive note.

MSU will host Auburn to game to his coach’s advice. tory again for the first time “Coach always tells me, since Jan. 12, they can use this end regular season play Satur‘When you hit a couple of as momentum to carry them day at 4:30 p.m. and then travel threes, they are going to start through their last two games of to Nashville for the SEC Tournament. flying at you, so just up fake the season.

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Dogs stay perfect

BY ALDEN THORNHILL Staff Writer

The Mississippi State pitching staff posted yet another solid weekend as the Bulldogs swept the visiting Hawks of Saint Joseph’s, and the No. 3 Diamond Dogs moved to 15-0 on the season.

The MSU staff combined for an outstanding weekend, only giving up three runs to the visiting Hawks through four games, two of which were shutouts.

Head coach John Cohen said his team handled the wintry conditions throughout the series well.

“I thought our bullpen was just magnificent,” Cohen said.

“I know some might look at

numbers of this Saint Joseph’s club; they’re not a great offensive club, but their kids hung in there and competed.”

The series started with the Bulldogs continuing their hot pitching and hitting combination in the Friday matchup.

LHP Jacob Lindgren struck out 13 batters, and reliever John Marc Shelly shut out the Hawks for two innings, and the two pitchers only allowed three hits on the day.

Cohen said his pitching staff met expectations this weekend.

“Our pitching staff has been remarkable,” Cohen said. “Our kids understand their roles.”

Sophomore Jonathan Holder recorded his fifth save on the season, surpassing former MSU

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Daryl Norris and the hot-hitting Bulldogs host Mississippi Valley State Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. as they look to stay undefeated.

and Boston Red Sox great and now Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon for eighth on MSU’s all-time career saves list.

Though it was cold outside with snow flurries mixed in, the Maroon and White’s hitting stayed hot. Shortstop Adam Frazier and first baseman Alex Detz led the barrage from the plate. In Friday’s 10-0 win, Frazier knocked in two runs and Detz added two.

Along with dominant pitching, the hitting of Detz has been a surprising catalyst to the Bulldogs’ success. Detz first got the start after Wes Rea’s quad injury kept him on the bench, and since then, Detz has been garnering attention nationwide.

He hit an unprecedented 11-18 in six games with a team-leading nine RBIs while having an on base percentage of .668. The junior from California has also been phenomenal defensively in his starts at first, assisting in 14 double plays on the year.

Rea said Detz has played solid filling in at first.

“He’s (Detz) doing a great job, doing everything you could ask him to do while I’ve been out,” Rea said. “He’s been working hard.”

Detz was not the only Bulldog continuing his hot hitting over the weekend. Frazier and Hunter Renfroe extended their hit streaks to nine games, while C.T. Bradford extended his streak to 10 games. Sunday’s 2-0 win halted their hitting streaks, however.

After the 10-0 win Friday, the Bulldogs have now scored double-digit runs in four games after only posting five of those games the entire year last year.

The Bulldogs look to extend their win streak to 16 games when the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State travel to Dudy Noble Tuesday night at 6:30.

The Bulldogs started SEC play on the road and defeated No. 32 Auburn 4-3 and No. 31 Alabama 4-2.

MSU won the doubles point when N0. 24 Jordan Angus and Malte Stropp came from behind to defeat the No. 1 doubles team in the nation of Daniel Cochrane and Andreas Mies by a score of 9-8(4).

No. 23 Romain Bogaerts, No. 59 Stropp and Zach White picked up singles wins for the Dogs.

In Tuscaloosa, the Tide took the doubles point, but State came back, winning four singles matches. Bogaerts, Stefan Vinti, White and Pedro Dumont won their matches Sunday.

In a news release, head coach Per Nilsson said the team did a great job bouncing back after losing the doubles point.

“We built a big lead, but let a few of them slip away. We were fortunate to get out of there with a win. Now we need a really good week of practice to get ready for next weekend,” Nilsson said.

This weekend, No. 10 MSU will host No. 8 Tennesee and No. 9 Georgia. Next weekend, the Dogs host No. 25 Vanderbilt and No. 6 Kentucky.

Women’s Basketball The Lady Bulldogs fell on the road to Auburn 74-65 Sunday. Sophomore Martha Alwal recorded her leagueleading 16th double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, and sophomore Kendra Grant added 15 points.

This loss came three days after State upset No. 11 Georgia at home 50-38 in MSU’s first win over a rnked opponent since 2010. On senior night, lone senior Darriel Gaynor had 11 points and four steals. State held Georgia to just five field goals in the second half and a field goal percentage of 18.2 percent on the game.

For the SEC Tournament, MSU earned the No. 12 seed and will face No. 13 Alabama, who the Dogs beat by 24 earlier this year, Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Deluth, Ga. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Net. In a news release, head coach Vic Schaefer said all thoughts are now on the postseason.

“We’re going to embrace that opportunity and go do it,” Schaefer said.

“We’re excited about it and look forward to playing on Wednesday, when no one else is playing. I’m sure Alabama will be ready for us, and it will be a great opportunity for both teams.”

Also, Monday the league named Lady Bulldog junior Candace Foster to the SEC community service team.

Softball The softball team recorded five wins in the Citrus Classic over the weekend.

The Bulldogs defeated Hofstra 9-1, Maryland 4-3, LIU-Brooklyn 2-0 on a one-hitter by Stephanie Becker, Fordham 8-0 on a no-hit complete game by SEC Pitcher of the Week Alison Owen and Syracuse 4-1.

Junior Sam Lenahan went 6-11 from the plate with six RBIs, and junior Logan Foulks blasted three home runs on the weekend.

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Mitchell creates ‘The Movement’ to gain awareness for slavery

BY PATRICK BESSELIEVRE Staff Writer

An idea that started as a simple fashion statement has turned into something far greater for Mississippi State pitcher Ross Mitchell.

Mitchell, who is 4-0 this year for the Dogs, called his idea “The Movement,” and the sophomore said it has taken on a much deeper meaning for him.

“One day I just tucked my pants in my socks, like a normal day, and I just took a picture to put it on Instagram, and I captioned it ‘Day one of the movement’ just kind of joking around,” Mitchell said. “Then I thought I should have a reason behind ‘The Movement.’”

After attending a Passion Conference in Atlanta over Christmas break, Mitchell said he knew exactly what he should make “The Movement” about.

Each year over one million children are sold into slavery in 161 countries across the globe.

Slavery is a major world problem that goes unnoticed year after year, and Mitchell said he intends to bring awareness to it.

“A lot of people don’t know that there are 27 million slaves in the world, which is the most

of any time in history,” Mitchell said. “That was on my heart, so I just wanted to do it in support for awareness for the slaves and give them a voice.”

Mitchell has kept up his end of the deal. Even when he walks around campus, his pants will be tucked into his socks. The look has become a symbol for those familiar with “The Movement.” Although Mitchell wants this trend to catch on, he encourages anyone to help in any way in the fight against slavery.

“I am going to try and do it for 365 days, but I want it to get to the point where people know why I am doing it so that maybe they can either join or start their own movement for the slaves just to give them a voice that they don’t have because right now they aren’t heard at all. That’s kind of my purpose,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell has gotten great acceptance from people who have come to find out about “The Movement.” Even MSU’s own athletic director Scott Stricklin joined the movement when posted a picture on Instagram of himself with his pant legs tucked into his socks.

Other MSU baseball players have also joined, including

sophomore RHP Will Cox, who also attended the Passion Conference. Cox said he is extremely proud of what Mitchell has been able to accomplish in raising awareness for slavery.

“We’ve got to get the realization of it out there, and that is exactly what Ross Mitchell is doing,” Cox said. “God is moving him in such an amazing way, and it’s a blessing being able to call him a teammate and a brother in Christ.”

For barely being a 10th of the way through the 365-day movement, Mitchell has certainly gained quite a bit of attention. All of the attention helps his cause of raising awareness for the horrors of slavery in the world today. Mitchell said he is happy with “The Movement” so far and hopes when it is over, it will have shined a light on what is one of the most overlooked abominations in today’s society.

“I just want to really encourage people to be aware of it,” said Mitchell. “I want people to know that it is real and it is all over the world and even in America. I want to encourage people to do something or at least bring awareness to it somehow. I encourage people to hop on board.”

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Catcher Zach Randolph and pitchers Ross Mitchell, Preston Brown and Brandon Woodruff show their support for “The Movement” to raise awareness for slavery by tucking their pants into their socks.

State will host two events to increase awareness for slavery.

Run to Rescue, which includes a 5K run and a one-mile fun

run, will take place Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Junction.

The MSU Student Association is hosting a Stand for

Freedom Thursday at 3 p.m. in which students will stand for 27 hours to honor the 27 million slaves worldwide.

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Three Days Grace • Gary Clark Jr. • Gavin Degraw • The Deftones • Jerry Lee Lewis • The Wallflowers BiG Boi • PaTti Smith • AWOLNATioN • Papa roach • Gov’t Mule • Mavis StapLes • Cracker • The Joy formidaBle MimoSa • LucerO • CharLes BradLey • Yngwie MalmSteen • roYal Southern Brotherhood • Deer Tick LouiSe hoffSten • al kapone • heriTage Blues orchestra • vintage TrouBle • Star & MiCey • Jake Bugg Coco Montoya • Don Trip • shannOn McnaLly • pickwiCk • Davy knowLes and many MOre!

$85

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2013 Memphis in May International Festival