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DAWGS WIN SEC OPENER

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ississippi State University’s football team had ample opportunity to give into the adversity it faced Saturday against the Auburn Tigers.

MSU could have allowed a costly turnover to drain all momentum.

State could have let a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown take the

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wind out of its sails early in the second half.

The Bulldogs could have let the negative memories of past, disappointing conference losses, play a role in their first SEC game of the 2012 season.

They didn’t.

At times, when it seemed as though the momentum was beginning to shift Auburn’s way, the Bulldogs always had a response.

When Auburn’s Onterrio McCalebb returned the opening kickoff of the second half 100 yards for a go-ahead touchdown, MSU answered with an eight-play 75-yard scoring drive that energized the crowd inside Davis Wade Stadium and helped MSU regain momentum and win its SEC opener for the first time since 1999.

Head coach Dan Mullen said the veteran players stepped up and led the team the entire game.

“We had a great team win today for our guys,” said Mullen, who has now beaten every SEC team in his coaching career. “We did a lot of things that, in the past, we wouldn’t have overcome. I loved the leadership of our guys; they kept it together and had great poise.”

With the softest portion of the schedule approaching, the importance of MSU’s win over Auburn cannot be overstated.

Now 2-0, the Bulldogs will face Troy and South Alabama before a bye week leads them to the second half of the season.

There were several seniors who made key plays for MSU in the 28-10 win on Saturday. Offensively, senior wide receivers Chad Bumphis, Arceto Clark and Chris Smith combined for nine receptions for 113 yards and a touchdown, and sixth-year senior tight end Marcus Green, who severely injured his knee in MSU’s game against Auburn in 2010, had four catches for 54 yards and two touchdowns.

Top: Josh Boyd rushes Auburn quarterback Kiehl Frazier during MSU’s conference opener. Bottom: MSU junior running back Ladarius Perkins ran for 83 yards and a touchdown in Saturday’s win over Auburn.

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Bike law enforced, Carskadon brings life to psychology helmets needed in city

BY JILLIAN FOWLER Staff Writer

BY JAMES TOBERMANN Staff Writer

Since an ordinance passed in 2010 which made riding a bicycle without a helmet illegal in Starkville, disputes have surfaced regarding exactly where campus ends and the city begins.

On Aug. 28, John Harper, a graduate student in public policy, and Judy Phillips, a research analyst at the Stennis Institute for Government, reported Starkville police officers were stopping cyclists and writing citations at 817 University Drive, which they said they believe is on campus.

“Two cops had set up a little bicycle roadblock and they were giving people tickets,” Harper said.

Jamie Edwards, dispatcher at the Mississippi State University Police Department, said the Stennis Institute building on University Drive is located in Starkville but is considered part of the campus.

“It would be MSU officers responding to that building,” he said.

Phillips said she thinks the Starkville police officers were overstepping their bounds by stopping cyclists at the Stennis Institute.

“Campus maintenance does all the grass, all the plantings here, the stanchions,” she said. “The map says it’s campus, and we pay rent to campus. They must be out of their jurisdiction by at least 300 feet.”

Kayla Lee, a graduate student in public policy, said the Aug. 28 incident is not the first.

“It happened last fall semester. Two cops were out of their vehicles giving tickets to bikers there,” she said.

Brandon Gann and Laura Hines Roberson, bicycle officers with the Starkville Police Department, said while the building is part of the MSU campus, the streets are city property.

“We didn’t go inside the building to write a ticket,” Hines Roberson said. “We were on city streets, not on campus.”

Hines Roberson said she and Gann had been patrolling throughout Starkville that day.

From the moment he walks into Dorman 100, 300 pairs of eyes turn to the professor with the light blue oxford shirt and colorful tie of the day, a uniform accompanied by a giant grin and chipper greeting, “Good morning, scholars.”

Forty years and 30,000 students later, Thomas Carskadon, professor of psychology, is still bursting with enthusiasm for teaching and love for his students.

“I am told I walk in looking delighted to be there, which is accurate,” he said. “To me, the first day of class in the fall is Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July all rolled into one day.”

If Carskadon’s class is Christmas, the stories he shares during his class are the presents under the tree.

Carskadon, or Dr. C as his students fondly call him, said anywhere he goes, even Disney World, he will bump into students who recall one specific story he told in class.

His legendary stories keep students on their toes and have an educational purpose. The next entertaining anecdote might come in 10 days or 10 minutes, but by keeping students guessing. Carskadon said they are likely to grab onto whatever piece of information is thrown to them and retain it.

He said it is a “parable technique,” which helps students connect to the material they need to remember while providing an illustration for hard-to-remember information.

Carskadon served as editor of the Journal of Psychological Type, the most widely used peer-reviewed academic journal in psychological type, for 33 years from 1977 to 2001.

In 1977, Carskadon began focusing on making classes and the first year of the college the best experience possible for freshmen or “freshlings,” as he affectionately calls them.

Ten years later, in 1987, Carskadon led the development

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Carskadon gives a lecture in his general psychology class.

of the First Year Experience program at Mississippi State University.

Carskadon said that is when he learned something he already knew: great teachers are great because of what they do.

The magic is in the method.

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Starkville Community Theatre presents ‘The Octette Bridge Club’

BY SASHA STEINBERG Staff Writer

For the first time in 25 years, the award-winning Starkville Community Theatre will perform P.J. Barry’s “The Octette Bridge Club” Sept. 13 to 16 and 18 to 22.

Pattye Archer, the play’s director, said all performances will begin at 7:30 p.m., with the exception of Sept.

16, which will be a 2 p.m. matinée.

“We do nine performances because it is a small theatre that seats 89 people. We have over 600 season ticket holders, but we’re always looking for more people to come,” Archer said.

Each season ticket costs $50 and is good for four entrances during the year, Archer said.

Patrons can also buy individual tickets at the door for $15. Student tickets are $10, but a current school ID must be presented at the time of purchase.

Thomas LaFoe, vice president of the play selection committee, said while SCT has strived to perform different shows every season for the past 36 years, “The Octette Bridge Club” was one production his committee decided it would like to bring back.

“We picked shows that were 15 years or older and asked the audience to vote on what they would like and after all the results were in, the play selection committee read through those

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and picked ‘The Octette Bridge Club’ from that group,” he said. “I know a lot of the attachment to this show was that it did really well at the Mississippi Theatre Association competition and 25 years ago, they announced a tie for Best Supporting Actress, and all eight of the actresses got that award.”

Archer said she would classify the play as a comedy-drama because there are both funny and serious moments.

“It’s a story about eight sisters that get together every other Friday and play bridge,” she said. “It’s really a story about their relationship as sisters and how they deal with the ups and downs of life. ” Because the play is set in a different time period, Archer said it may give younger generations a greater appreciation for older generations.

“People had different expectations and women acted differently,” she said. “They didn’t have the kind of opportunities that we do and they expected different things from family life, so it’s been really interesting to delve into that.”

For this particular play, Archer said the cast has been busy rehearsing since the first of August.

Archer also said one particular challenge with this production is the eight actresses are playing bridge for a big part of the show.

“To be able to do that, you have to

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STC cast members have been preparing for this season’s “The Octette Bridge Club.”

be able to carry on a conversation and play cards at the same time,” she said.

“Also, you’re sitting at a table, so to be able to stage that so the audience can still see what’s going on, you have to try to make it realistic.”

Archer said she strongly encourages everyone to come to the play, especially those who have never been to one before or those who may not fashion themselves as avid theatre fans.

“It really is a nice night. It’s as affordable as anything else, and it’s basically the price of a movie nowadays,” she said. “If you’re in school here, I think this is a great way to get involved with things that are happening in the local community and to expand your hori-

CARSKADON Exit surveys and positive feedback he has received from students prove Carskadon’s techniques and teaching style work for his social psychology, theories of personality and general psychology students.

He said a team of teaching experts from the Air Force who visited MSU in the 1960s served as his inspiration.

Carskadon said he asked himself, “How can I teach the maximum amount of material to the maximum number of students?”

In Carskadon’s classes, students are assigned seats according to their learning communities so students in his large class-

continued from 1 es will recognize classmates from their derful challenge in his general psychology other smaller learning community classes class was introducing psychology to stuand can easily form study groups. dents for the first time.

Workbooks for He said this is often his I just wish my Carskadon’s classes inonly chance at proving its clude outlines, space for students could see usefulness to non-psycholnotes and catch-up secthemselves through ogy majors. tions to keep students His personal stories and my eyes.” organized. humorous teaching style Student birthdays Thomas Carskadon forge a connection bethat fall on class days tween himself and his 600 are celebrated with a Bop’s gift certifi- or more students. cate and a serenade by the entire class Carskadon pinpointed the turning and Carskadon himself singing “Happy point of his career at MSU to when he beBirthday,” Michael Jackson style. gan to think beyond his own department Carskadon said he discovered the won- to the freshman experience, the university

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zons, which is what college is about.”

Whether helping to paint a set, bringing food for opening night parties, making a monetary donation or lending objects to be used as props, Archer said there are lots of ways for people to support SCT along with attending performances.

“There are great opportunities that are applicable to particular majors, but there are also just great opportunities for meeting new people and having fun,” she said. “We’re always looking for more volunteers, so we don’t ever turn anybody away.”

Archer said she enjoys directing plays because it is much like putting a puzzle together.

“You’ve got all these different moving parts and people with different emotions, and you are trying to pull them together so the audience sees an overall picture and gets an overall message,” she said.

Lorraine Hughes, an MSU math instructor who has been involved with SCT since spring 2010, said she is very excited about her first main role.

“There’s something so dynamic about live theatre,” she said. “With theatre, you get to explore the ‘what if:’ what if the character thought this way and how would they feel and what would they say? We get a lot of support from the community and that helps make the whole experience fun and memorable.”

Matt Crane, an MSU alumnus and reporter for the Starkville Daily News who has been involved with SCT for about five years, said theatre has provided him a fun outlet to meet a lot of interesting and caring people.

“A lot of the friendships I have made in the past five years have been because of theatre,” he said. “I think it will be fun for the audience to get to see the humorous and dramatic sides of family and the connection between these eight sisters and the love that they share. I think people will get to see some superb performances.”

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He said he feels he was meant to come to MSU. “It is the best kept secret in higher education and what I have devoted my life to,” Carskadon said.

His face lights up even more as he talks away about the possibililty of teaching the children of his current students.

“I just wish my students could see themselves through my eyes. They are awesome individuals with interesting ideas,” Carskadon said. “Forty is fine, but I am looking to 60.”

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MSU granted presidential library

BY JILLIAN FOWLER Staff Writer

Mississippi State University is now one of five colleges in the nation to house a presidential library. Mitchell Memorial Library’s Ulysses S. Grant Collection will be recognized as the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, as decided during the association’s 50th anniversary ceremony on May 18 through 20.

MSU’s collection of Ulysses S. Grant related materials is the most comprehensive, with up to 15,000 linear feet of correspondence, research notes, hundreds of photographs, over 30 family scrapbooks, digital renderings, memorabilia and more than 5,000 books.

Artifacts range from Grant’s childhood to his later military career, Civil War triumphs and presidency. His post-White House years up to his death are also on display, including the note Grant wrote to his son when he was dying and unable to speak from throat cancer.

MSU President Mark Keenum expressed his gratitude to the Ulysses S. Grant Association for, “entrusting Mississippi State University with the longterm responsibility for managing and showcasing this treasure trove of vital American history.”

Frances Coleman, Dean of Libraries,

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emphasized the opportunity and recognition the collection will bring to the library.

“Not many libraries have this premiere collection of resource materials that researchers from across the world come to utilize,” Coleman said. “Board members were seeking a new home for the collection and MSU indicated interest in being the recipient.”

Nineteenth century prints and photos of the Grant family hang on the walls of the exhibit room, which also contains a book of Grant’s general orders, a copy of his death mask and the Seven Mile Funeral Cortege.

Ryan Semmes, assistant archivist for MSU’s Congressional and Political Re-

search Center, said the cortege holds photographs of Grant’s tomb, his home in Detroit, Mich., and the longest funeral in American history.

“It is one of only four known to exist,” Semmes said.

Rhonda Keenum, MSU’s first lady, discovered the cribbage box and deck of cards displayed on the opposite wall at a local estate sale. H. P. Harvey, the owner of the set, was the surgeon on the USS Hartford ship during Grant’s presidency and is buried nearby in Crawford, Mississippi.

Tours of the exhibit space are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Appointments are not necessary, but encouraged.

Coleman said the museum aspect heightens appreciation for the collection.

“We will provide assistance in further development and maintenance,” she said.

Digitized elements of the collection, including political cartoons, sheet music of Decoration Day and Grant’s memorial service, and volumes 1 through 31 of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant can be found at library.msstate.edu/USGrant/.

Students can visit the database tutorial at youtu.be/L7_OhEl1KCQ for guidance on how to research, find the names of Grant’s correspondents and navigate the collections.

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“Those students were the first we had seen that day who were violating the helmet law,” she said.

Phillips said she believes Starkville police are intentionally targeting students.

“I’m disturbed. I think it’s unfair,” she said. “It seems like harassment.”

David Lindley, Starkville police chief, said Starkville police write tickets in every part of the city and do not seek out students.

“We are not exclusive on where we enforce the law,” he said.

Hines Roberson said

Starkville police want to hold “We really try and make the everyone to the same standard. public aware of what’s going “We want students to be just on,” he said. as safe as citizens,” she said.

Lindley said enforcing the Gann said helmet ordiWe want students nance is an imbicycle officers hope to lead by to be just as safe as portant public example in bisafety issue. citizens.” cycle safety.

“There’s alLaura Hines Roberson ways been a “Hopefully, students will see us wearing need for people to wear helour helmets and see that they mets as far as public safety is need to wear helmets, too,” he concerned,” he said. said.

Lindley said the ordinance Lindley said the helmet or- was heavily influenced by dinance included a six-month traumatic accidents that have grace period before police be- occurred in the Starkville area gan issuing citations for a first in the past, as well as research offense. by the Brain Injury Associa-

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tion of Mississippi.

According to the ordinance, the penalty for violating the helmet law is $15.

Mike Harris, director of Parking Operations, said Parking Services encourages cycling and will give free helmets to students while supplies last.

“If you come by our office and ask for a helmet, we’ll give you one,” he said.

Lee suggested a meeting in which students could discuss the ordinance with aldermen and city officials.

“There should be a fair hearing with the students,” she said.

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Saturday, September 8 • 12:58 a.m. A student was arrested at McKee Hall for minor in possession of alcohol.

• 1:06 a.m. A non-resident/visitor was arrested on Stone Boulevard for public drunkenness.

• 1:59 a.m. A student was arrested in Cresswell Hall for minor in possession of alcohol.

• 10:41 a.m. A student stepped off the curb on Collegeview Street and injured her ankle. Subject was transported to OCH. • 7:05 p.m. A non-resident/visitor reported a suspicious incident in the Junction.

Sunday, September 9 • 12:29 a.m. A student was arrested between the Sigma Chi house and Sigma Alpha Epsilon house for public drunkenness.

• 1:41 a.m. A student was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol in Rice Hall.

• 2:07 a.m. A student was arrested at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house for disorderly conduct.

• 5:31 a.m. A student was arrested at Burger King for public drunkenness.

Corrections: On Friday, September 4, The Reflector misprinted the bike helmet article. The article has been reprinted on today’s front page. In the Life section, articles should have read the Starkville Cigar Lounge does offer live music, and Adam Levine is a judge on The Voice, not Adam Lambert. The Reflector regrets these errors.

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ith the great elec- way depending on our social tion of 2012 just circles and upbringings. The a few months biggest influence has to be away, we will all be asked to people’s parents. Just because do our civic duty in Novem- they think and vote one way ber and vote for the president does not mean you should. of the United States. Voting I encourage all of you first and politics are things many and foremost to vote but, college stubefore you dents do not do, I think With so many pay much you owe important issues attention to, yourself and happening here at your counlet alone fully understand. try a few home and abroad Often, I moments to we cannot afford hear statelook at the another four years c a n d i d a t e s ments people make about platforms of dysfunction.” the president and decide or the government and I who best represents what you wonder how they came to feel is the right direction for that conclusion. our country.

Being a political science Do not let the smear ads major, I often ask myself this on television all you know question when I hear people about the candidates. You debate in class. Is there a real will probably make a very reason why they do not agree uninformed, ignorant deciwith President Obama? Is sion. there a reason they agree with Do your own research Obama? Or is it simply that about a candidate. Do not they follow their parents’, forget the things you see friends’ or the media’s lead and hear on television are all and vote accordingly? put on there by a for-profit I think this is a major company; they are looking to problem among young voters make money at the expense because many of us are pres- of whole truths sometimes. sured into voting a certain You should look at a candi-

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CAMERON CLARKE Cameron Clarke is a sophomore majoring in physics. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu. body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium shape and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit,” and the IAU’s official reason for the demotion is, “Pluto now falls into the dwarf planet category on account of its size and the fact that it resides within a zone of other similarly-sized objects known as the transneptunian region.”

If that definition and reason sounds lame to you then it probably is.

So, next time you lament the passing of Pluto, just remember that it never really belonged in the list of planets anyways. It was just a misunderstood dwarf planet, comet, Kuiper Belt object or whatever you want to call it, so long as you do not call it a planet.

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he dwarf planet Pluto much more stable orbit. In adwas initially discov- dition, Pluto has several moons. ered in 1930 by Clyde In the early 19th century the Tombaugh and was classified as large asteroid, dwarf planet Cethe ninth planet from the Sun. res was discovered in between However, The International As- Mars and Jupiter and unveiled tronomical Union in 2006 rede- the existence of the Asteroid fined Pluto as one of a growing belt, a sparsely populated area family of dwarf planets. To jok- of small debris with about four ingly quote Douglas Adams out large asteroids in it that are all of context, “This has made a lot just a little smaller than Pluto. of people very angry and been Unfortunately, Ceres lost widely regarded as a bad move.” its planetary status soon after But the IAU is actually justified; the discovery of other asteroids closer inspection reveals why sharing its orbit and has been Pluto does not deserve the title considered an asteroid ever since. of “planet.”

Though Pluto may be the According to popular astron- largest of its kind, it is still omer Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, smaller than a total of seven “Pluto has peculiar written all moons in the solar system and over it.” its own moon system is domiFirst, its orbit is much more nated by Charon, along with elliptical than the rest of the four other tiny moons. planets, so To see what It takes some close the non-circular actual that it actually damage is just inspection to see comes in front take a peek at why Pluto does not of Neptune’s the new, offideserve the title of orbit for a porcial and exclution of its orbit, sive definition ‘planet.’” having only of a planet just returned to its normal posi- the IAU has developed. The tion in 1999. It also lies outside official definition from iau. the plane of the rest of the plan- org is: “A celestial body that ets, rising above and below the is in orbit around the Sun, rest of the planets and behaving has sufficient mass for its generally like a comet but with a self-gravity to overcome rigid

date’s record for reaching out across the aisle and see if he or she has compromised with the other side. Americans usually vote for a divided government, not a dysfunctional one, and this election is no different.

Your vote is yours alone; do not let an outside factor influence who you think is most fit to lead our great nation.

With so many important issues happening here at home and abroad we cannot afford another four years of dysfunction.

America needs leaders who are willing to do what is right for our country, not their respective parties or special interests.

I know I will not be voting for a president or anyone else who plans to follow down the road of dysfunction.

American politics today are more polarized than since before the Civil War; President Lincoln said in one of his most famous speeches, “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” and the culture change needed in Washington begins with us in 2012.

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ink, blue, green, yellow, red — just a few of the many colors in which they appear.

Sometimes they even have patterns or sayings on them, oftentimes they have Greek letters written in a swooping hand, while others simply say “STATE.” Campus is saturated with them. They pop up in almost every classroom, in the Union or the Sanderson, and they are found off campus as well. However, different as each may be, they do share one thing in common: their size.

What I’m referring to are oversized T-shirts, a style quite prevalent at the Mississippi State and Ole Miss campuses. Though mainly associated with those affiliated in sororities, this style can truly be found on just about any young woman. Think I exaggerate? Go ahead, stand in the Union and just people watch for 15 minutes, and I can guarantee that you’ll spot an abundance of girls swarming around Chick-fil-a with giant, brightly-colored tanks and tees hanging off their bodies.

Now, before we dig any further, allow me to inform you I am one of these people. I

believe the actual transition walking around in actual fithappened sometime in the be- ted T-shirts? It’s not 83 perginning of freshman year — cent of the upperclassmen, all of a sudden I found myself that’s for sure. Thus, as new ordering not smalls or medi- college kids desperate to ums but larges — and there is blend in, they quickly adapt a certain appeal that goes with to the situation and supersize it. There’s something about a their T-shirt wardrobes. loose, large T-shirt that just This is a natural thing, and makes life cozier. It’s like hav- there really isn’t anything ing a shirt-shaped blanket wrong with it (unless we’re with you all the time. Besides, talking from a fashion point wearing an extra-large tee all of view, but hey! It’s college. the time keeps one from hav- Be a bum while you can.) but ing to worry too much about eventually we must pose the scarfing down half-price Son- question: When does the shirt ic milkchange an shakes five from I see a world where large u p p e r nights a tees will eventually become body garweek. Calextra large and continue to ment into ories don’t count if increase until all we will be a dress? you can’t This is a able to see are piles of fabric reasonable see the rolls, right? rolling across the Drill Field to question to Howevpose. Many their respective classes.” er, comfort T- s h i r t and body-image issues aside, sizes are starting to be made what’s really behind this… bigger just to keep up with the explosion of large tees? Some- demand. There is no harm in how, I believe it has to do wanting clothes to be a bit bigwith the perception of matu- ger, or looser, but what’s the rity. Actually, less perception end game here? What does of maturity and more of the this mean for the tees and idea of screaming “I’m not a tanks of State and Ole Miss? freshman.” Because, let’s be Will they continue enlarging honest, when the school year and exploding until each indirolls around who is usually vidual T-shirt takes the same

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CLAIRE MOSLEY Claire Mosley is a sophomore majoring in accounting. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu. amount of cotton to create, say, a circus tent?

I see a world where large tees will eventually become extra-large and continue to increase until all we will be able to see are piles of fabric rolling across the Drill Field to their respective classes.

It’ll be a minefield of cotton, with students having to leave 30 minutes earlier for class in order to navigate the Drill Field without being crushed by a rolling ball of cloth.

This is why we must act now. From now on, everyone should order not just small, or extra-small T-shirts, but extra-extra-small. Drastic? Maybe, but do you want your children to grow up and live in fear of death by fabric? Hmph, I thought not.

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Will Bryant: nice alumnus makes cool things

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I sometimes don’t because you’re always doing it.

Q: Is there an explainable something, Upon careful research begun in the fall of 2008, I have come to the complete- like a concept maybe, that you hope to ly unbiased opinion of Mississippi State convey in your work?

A: Humor is often the vehicle or even University graduate Will Bryant as such: he is one of the nicest, most gifted, effec- the entry point in some of my work. tual and infectiously positive people one Something I’m trying to convey would probably be “play.” could ever meet.

Even if you’re doing I just link back to Since completing the something that doesn’t childhood, not having graphic design program in 2008, this indepenmatter to you, it’s not in art directors, creative directors, clients and dent illustrator, designa creative field, in your this need to serve someer and self-proclaimed spare time: do something. one, to appease some“professional goofball,” has been spreading Reading: if you can read, one, meet objectives. It’s this genuine – I smiles and good vibes if you know how to read don’t know if with his many and varied creations. and you like reading, you genuine is the word beStarkville veterans or have a gift. That’s where right cause thats kind fifth-year seniors, such that self motivation of hard to deas myself, may have our first fond memory of comes in, too. The more fine, especially philosophically.

Will Bryant as the pupstuff you see, the more But, this need peteer behind the events stuff you experience.” to make things, of “The Hooded Deer,” to interact with but it is likely you’ve objects and seen his work around.

Will Bryant, visual artist our environWill has worked with ment and space esteemed clients such as Nike Global, Facebook, Stussy, Dent and connect with other people May, Florence & The Machine, Chron- through these artifacts that are icle books, New York Times Magazine, made.

So I guess that positivity, too, is Converse, Ray Ban, TOMS and the list another thing that is always prescontinues.

His work, seen on this page, echoes what ent. And it’s this honest thing. It’s he describes as two of his most important not this front. It’s not something I feel like people need in their expressions: positivity and play.

According to a bio written for his exhi- lives and want to hear. It’s more bition at MSU (Wait for it; we’re getting of “this is what I’m about,” and to that), “Bryant’s work is about language, that’s where it comes out. nostalgia, the senses and nonsenses. This Q: Art isn’t an easy business includes but is not limited to: ‘90s basketball, the everyday, pop culture, process, to break into. Do you have any art history, cats and self-deprecation. The words of wisdom for those of work can be experienced in various forms us who simply don’t want to do such as drawing, painting, lunch dates, anything else with our lives but printmaking, publications, backyard bar- make stuff?

A: The easiest way to do that is make a becues, sculpture, epic dance parties and ton of stuff and continue to make work. other happenings.”

Whichever way you experience Will or his work, it is sure to be full of personality and positive energy.

Over Starbucks, I was lucky enough to pick his brain about a number of topics, ranging from what he really wants his work to express to the sentiment that ‘90s country/George Strait is incredible.

Here are some highlights:

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Q: You say you make stuff because you get sad if you don’t. Can you elaborate on what creating art means to you – whether in relationship to yourself or others?

A: For me it’s this necessity – it’s something that I’m here to do, I have to do.

I can’t not do that. Whether I call it art or not, it still feels weird to me, trying to label things. I just never liked labels.

I feel like pinpointing, putting it in this genre where it has to be something; why can’t it be on all these different fences? Because that’s how I am ... I mean it comes to everyday life.

Instead of it being “is this art?”

What is art? … Sometimes I look at it through the lens of contemporary art and if it matters or not to me; it’s like building something with my wife for our house.

Like having a backyard party and entertaining everyone and creating this atmosphere of putting up decorations and stylizing the place, and then generally hosting someone and sharing a meal and having conversations... that’s part of the research that goes into art.

So it’s once I realized that that happens all the time, and it’s all part of the process of making, its life. Its not necessarily like this other thing that I sometimes do, and

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To be self-motivated and put it in front of people that matter.

Then, also, be very aware of other people that are doing things that interest you and why you’re interested in that. And also people who are doing things that are similar to you, and know how they’re ap-

proaching making/thinking about work.

And what sets you apart and what makes you the same. Self-awareness and being self-motivated are the two things you really gotta focus on. And, of course, don’t get hung up on something. If you have an idea, just make it!

As quickly as you can to get through that, ‘cause you’re going to learn some-

thing through that experience ... Also, I would advise anyone to get experience outside of undergrad, no matter what it is, before grad school.

Even if you’re doing something that doesn’t matter to you, it’s not in a creative field, in your spare time: do something.

Negative experiences are especially revealing, and will help you quickly gravitate towards something you want to be doing.

Reading: if you can read, if you know how to read and you like reading, you have a gift.

That’s where that self motivation comes in, too. The more stuff you see, the more stuff you experience. …

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For those who have ever been to one of the epic dance parties under the moniker “The Hooded Deer,” hosted by a collective but headed up by Will Bryant, you know these are more than just dance parties. It began as another outlet for him to create. When asked about The Hooded Deer”...

“What I’ve realized in grad school is that, that whole ‘Hooded Deer’ experience is more like art than anything I’ve ever done because I didn’t know it was art. The people that experienced it, that’s who ‘The Hooded Deer’ is. It’s not just me. I might’ve been this instigator and this driving force of making it happen, but it was about the people. And there have been people that kind of carried that kind of energy on,” he said.

Will’s current exhibition, RETROSPECTACLE, in the McComas gallery on campus, runs until Oct. 3.

Ranging from illustrations to sculptures, this exhibition is sure to give a better understanding of the art that is Will Bryant.

Chock-full of good vibes and fun messages, this show brings a welcomed energy back to MSU. As for Will, he’s in Portland, Ore., working on his MFA in the Studio Practice Program as well as teaching design classes at Portland State University.

It seems as if there is only more JAY JOHNSON | THE REFLECTOR good feelin’s and creations to come from Will, whether it’s a dinner party at his South-away-from-the-South “branded” home, Dixieland Delight or another illustration your wall would be happy to hold.

Will Bryant via George Strait says it best, “I ain’t here for a long time, I’m here for a good time.”

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HEAD FOOTBALL COACH DAN MULLEN’S RECORD AT MISSISSIPPI STATE WHEN LEADING AFTER THREE QUARTERS.

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understanding what Auburn Defensively, the Bullwould try to do to us.” dogs were Les Koenning said Rusanchored by sell’s success is a tribute to senior capMSU’s offense playing great tain Johnthan as a whole.

Banks, who, “When it all comes togethwith a pair Banks er, you’re going to have the of intercepopportunity to score some tions, helped improve MSU’s points,” Koenning said. record under Dan Mullen to Saturday’s triumph over 18-1 when winning the turn- Auburn is arguably MSU’s over battle. biggest win in Dan Mullen’s “We played great defense four-year tenure. Not only all game,” Banks said. “Ev- does the win set the stage erything was great. We played for MSU to potentially have well as a team, not just on an a historic season, but it also individual level.” erases Mullen’s previous 0-12 Along with Banks, senior record versus SEC West opmiddle linebacker Camer- ponents, excluding Ole Miss, on Lawrence led State with while at MSU. The win also 10 tackles in the game, and gave Mullen sole possession Darius Slay, another senior of fifth-place all time in wins cornerback, also had an in- at MSU with 23. terception and finished the Mullen said the win was game with a pair of tackles. good but the pressure is still “We need our seniors,” not off of him or the team.

Mullen said. “We’re going to “It feels great,” Mullen go as far as our said. “I guess We need our seniors. the monkey seniors take us.

They can’t be is off my back We’re going to go looking around but I as far as our seniors now, for anyone else view it as a take us. They can’t to make a play bigger one anymore. Evbe looking around for just jumped eryone’s looking I hope anyone else to make on. at them to make in November a play anymore. the plays.” we’re talking Along with about an Everyone’s looking the seniors, 800-pound at them to make the gorilla jumpMSU received significant coning on my plays.” tributions from back.”

Dan Mullen, many others, All-Amerhead football coach ican Johnincluding junior quarterback Tyler Russell, than Banks echoed Mullen who was 20-29 passing for and said expectations will 222 yards and three touch- be higher after defeating Audowns. Russell’s breakout burn. game earned him SEC Player “People are going to expect of the Week and was largely us to beat everybody now,” due to the offensive line, who Banks said. “There’s a bigger only allowed one sack to a monkey on our back now.” stout Auburn defensive line.

The Dogs play two non“It goes back to our scout conference games at Troy team,” Russell said of the of- and against South Alabama fensive line’s success. “It also before returning to SEC play goes back to practice and at Kentucky.

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The soccer team finished nonconference play undefeated after two wins on the weekend.

The team defeated Mississippi Valley State 2-0 Friday night on goals by sophomores Dana Forbes and Amy Hoover.

Sunday night, Southern Miss put up a fight, but the Bulldogs came out with a 1-0 win in overtime. Senior Jasmine Simmons scored her first goal of the season in the 98th minute of the game.

The 7-0 start is State’s best start since the 2009 season, and MSU is one of two SEC schools to finish nonconference play undefeated. The Dogs now turn their attention to SEC opponent South Carolina as they begin conference play Friday night in Columbia.

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Junior quarterback Tyler Russell was named SEC Player of the Week after going 20-29 for 222 yards and three touchdowns.

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- MSU won its SEC opener for the first time since 1999.

- State defeated Auburn for the first time since 2007.

- Auburn's -2 yards passing in the first half was the lowest amount of passing yards given up by MSU in the first half since 1989.

- With his two interceptions, Johnthan Banks became the interceptions leader among active acti FBS players and is three picks away from breaking the MSU record of 16.

- Tyler Russell completed a career-best 20 passes, and with his 222 passing yards, he recorded his first 200-yard SEC passing game.

- Chad Bumphis moved up in three MSU top-10 lists to seventh in career receptions with 105, 10th in receiving yards with 1,404, and tied for third with 14 touchdown receptions.

1,404 - Davis Wade Stadium recorded its 18th-straight sellout with 56,111 people in attendance.

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The Bulldog volleyball team traveled to New Orleans last weekend to play in the All State Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic. The girls opened up strong on Friday defeating Sam Houston State in straight sets and Tulane in five sets. State then dropped the championship game Saturday to Pittsburgh in four sets.

The Dogs were led by their middle blockers over the weekend. Sophomore Lainey Wyman registered 47 kills and 10 block assists on the weekend, and freshman Sarah Nielsen recorded 43 kills and 16 block assists.

This weekend marks the start of SEC play for the volleyball team as it hosts Auburn on Friday and Georgia on Sunday.

The men’s and women’s tennis teams made their fall debuts last weekend. The women’s team played in the Auburn Invitational and finished 7-3 in singles and 2-1 in doubles matches the first day.

On the final day, the girls went 4-1 in singles matches and 3-3 in doubles play. Freshman Georgiana Patrasc went 3-0 on the weekend, clinching the Flight Two single’s title.

The men’s team traveled to Athens, Ga,. to play in the Southern Intercollegiate Championships. The men went 4-3 in singles play and 1-0 in doubles play to begin the tournament.

Junior James Chaudry and sophomore Malte Stropp lost in the quarterfinals of doubles play, and yesterday, freshmen Pedro Dumont and Jordan Angus lost in the semifinal round of doubles.

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