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Marketplace at Perry sets new Smart Bar hours BY ANDREW FORTUNE Contributing Writer
The Marketplace at Perry offers an option for students and faculty who have celiac disease. The Smart Bar, located to the right of the salad bar, provides limited gluten-free options. Chef Dana Clemmons said she is concerned many
students and faculty are not aware of the Smart Bar. The Smart Bar does not only service students with special dietary needs. Any guest in Perry may visit the Smart Bar and have a specialty dish prepared in front of them. Meals prepared at the Smart Bar offer healthy options to those who wish to maintain a healthy diet.
Megan Grimes, a sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering, was not even aware MSU offered gluten-free options. “I think it is great that State is so concerned about the health of its students,” Grimes said. Currently, Aramark representatives tell students with special dietary needs to call
ahead in order to have more substantial meals prepared. With an increase in student interest in the Smart Bar, the Aramark directors said they will continue to improve the program. If the Smart Bar services a minimum of 50 students during the current hours of operation, Aramark will open additional dinner hours. SEE CELIAC, 2
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Local restaurant keeps it close to home BY ALIE DALEE Staff Writer
Walking into Stromboli’s, customers might see to the right their own signature penned on the wall, or to the left a record that used to play throughout the living room as a kid. This atmosphere is what owner Tim Turman, said is the aim for Stromboli’s. He said he wants Stromboli’s to feel like a home away from home. “I’ve always viewed it for students as a home away from home, and for locals, a gathering place,” Turman said.
He said the community supports Stromboli’s and, over time, he forms relationships with the customers. “Serving is one of our goals – not only food, but people,” he said. Stromboli’s originally started as pick-up and delivery only, run by a young couple in college. After graduation, Turman said the couple put Stromboli’s on the market, where a friend of Turman’s acquired it and sold it to Turman. Turman, along with his wife Janet, both Mississippi State University graduates,
opened Stromboli’s under their management Nov. 1, 2001. Turman said he always wanted to be in the restaurant business, and Stromboli’s is a true “mom and pop” establishment, with wife helping run the show and their daughter helping waitress. In the beginning, Turman kept Stromboli’s as pick-up and delivery only. However, in Oct. 2003, he said he saw the public demand for dining in and started collecting chairs and tables from around town. Around the same time, Stromboli’s became the sit-in eatery residents enjoy today.
However, Turman added he still does catering around town and for various MSU functions. As business took off, so did the demand for additional seating. Now on a bright autumn day, customers can now enjoy the patio seating added in 2004, behind the main restaurant. While Stromboli’s may be known for the food, the restaurant itself has an ambiance all its own. The memorabilia hung along the walls can have students and residents alike reminiscing on days gone by. SEE STROMBOLI’S, 2 STEPHANIE GODFREY | THE REFLECTOR
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Mississippi State University’s Mitchell Memorial Library is working to maximize students’ social media education and convenience through specialized workshops and updated technology. Frances Coleman, dean of libraries, said these modernized resources aim to make the library conducive to academic success and information literacy. “Our goal is to bring to students as much technology and connected pro-
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applications puts library resources at students’ fingertips. “You can now search the catalog and have the call number texted to your cell phone, which makes it easier to find a book on the shelves,” he said. Students can also use library resources without leaving Facebook, Cunetto said. “Within the past six months, a new app allows the library catalog to be searched within Facebook. If students “like” a book, it will show up on their news feed page,” he said.
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A fight that broke out in the student section of Mi s s i s s i p p i State’s Davis Wade stadium during Georgia Lindley the Saturday night football game against the University of South Alabama ended in five student arrests, Georgia Lindley, MSU police chief said. She said the fight took place in Section R of the stadium and began over an individual throwing drinks down the bleachers. “It started over people throwing cups and just grew into something much larger,” she said. In addition to the fight in the stands, there were two other fights over the weekend — one in the Junction and one on another part of campus. Across the board, 17 arrests (both students and non-stu-
dents) were made during the weekend, Lindley said. She said the police department follows a standard practice at every football game and will continue to follow its procedure. Police officers are assigned to specific parts of the stadium and wear green vests so they can be easily spotted if someone needs to report an issue, she said. Lindley said, in order to prevent incidents like this from happening again, students should be courteous to the people in the stands and not throw cups. She said students should avoid becoming involved in an altercation. She said although the stadium has seen fights from time to time, it is normally calm. She also said it can be crowded, and she encourages students not to provide their IDs to others. “The problem (of crowding) is compounded by students slipping others their IDs,” she said. “The stadium only holds ‘x’ amount of people.”
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The research guide for mobile resources at blogs.library.msstate.edu/webservices/?cat=18 can help library users determine which mobile apps are suited for their research and MSU-specific needs, such as apps for transit maps, tours of the library and MSU athletics. Beth Downey, the instructional services librarian and assistant professor, said the combination of library services and mobile applications promotes research opportunities anytime, anywhere. The EBSCOhost search engine, regarded as one of the world’s premium research services, is now available to students through their phones. “Students can use the EBSCOhost Mobile app for searching for articles, journals or books on their phones, just as they would on a computer, “ Downey said. The BookMyne app provides access to library services, such as scanning barcodes to see if a book is available and social recommendation searches that allow searching for books and titles friends have read. “BookMyne allows users to search the
library’s catalogs and access databases from their smartphones or iPods and is downloadable through iTunes,” Downey said. Cunetto said social media presence will last forever and students should take advantage of the library’s wide range of educational workshops on utilizing and navigating social media. “One workshop might cover the basics and another will show students how to download content the library has onto a nook. Students can learn how to use the iPad with e-books, download related services free of charge, and use them effectively in and out of the classroom,” he said. Upcoming library workshops include “iMovie on the iPad” at 10 a.m. and “Using Alert Services” at 3 p.m. on Sept. 21, and “What’s Hot in Social Media on Campus” at 10 a.m. and “BookMyne” at 3 p.m. on Sept. 27. Visit library.msstate.edu for a full list of the fall 2012 workshops. Students can download the apps from andrew finnigan | the reflector the library’s mobile website at library.msStudents can access library tools through apps. state.edu/m.
STROMBOLI’S Turman said the wall decorations started with just a few album covers and memorabilia he had from the 1970s. He said he feels students can relate to that era, bringing back memories from childhood and helps Stromboli’s feel like a home away from home. Scattered among the wall decorations in every nook and cranny are names sharpied, crayoned and penciled. Sorority stickers and letters, names of best friends and inside jokes can be found amongst the landscape of the walls. stephanie godfrey | the reflector Turman said the writing started with Tim Turman and his wife have worked hard to make him setting out crayons, for the children who came there to eat, to color Stromboli’s a Starkville favorite. with. One thing led to another and as Turman puts it, so began “the writings on the walls.” He said he can look around the restaurant and see different names, (WITH) different times, former employees and even a few engagements amongst the signatures. However, the thing that has Stromboli’s customers coming back again and again is the food. Turman said Stromboli’s signature dough comes from a family recipe.
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Saturday, September 22 • 7:45 p.m. A student was arrested at Davis Wade Stadium for fighting in the stadium. • 7:47 p.m. A student was arrested at Davis Wade Stadium for fighting in the stadium. • 7:48 p.m. A student was arrested at Davis Wade Stadium for fighting in the stadium. • 7:51 p.m. A student was arrested at Davis Wade Stadium for fighting in the stadium. • 8:48 p.m. A non-resident/visitor was arrested at Davis Wade Stadium for disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and resisting arrest. • 9:50 p.m. A non-resident/visitor was arrested in the Junction for minor in possession of alcohol. • 10:20 p.m. On A student arrested South Hall formisquoted minor in Correction: Friday,was Sept. 21, at The Reflector possession of alcohol. Josh Winter in the article regarding physics of football. Also, Josh Winter’s title is instructor and not professor, as was printed in the article. The Reflector regrets this error. • 1:32 a.m. An officer responded to a fight behind Cresswell Hall. continued from 1 • 1:32 a.m. A non-resident/visitor was arrested outside Cresswell Many restaurants advertise which the body cannot tolerate Hall for disorderly conduct. gluten-free onwas menus gluten. Individuals with Hall celiac • 6:36 p.m. options A student transported to OCH from Ruby and in lot advertisements. As a disease must maintain a comparking for medical assistance. result of the prevalence of pletely gluten-free diet. Failure wheat-processed food items, to do so can result in dangerous gluten can be found in most health complications including food products worldwide. Glu- digestive complications, malten is a protein found in prod- nutrition, ulcers and anemia. ucts that have been processed Those who have celiac diswith wheat. ease can live a normal, healthy Many people are born with life as long as they carefully or have developed a gluten in- monitor their diets. tolerance. Douell said she does find Addy Douell, freshman that having celiac can put microbiology major, was di- strains on her relationships in agnosed with celiac disease social situations. roughly two years ago. “I don’t want people to feel “I already knew what food bad about eating in front of tasted like, and it was hard me,” she said. when the doctor came in one Aramark encourages studay and said I couldn’t have dents and faculty to visit the most of what I liked anymore,” Smart Bar in the Perry Cafeteria during the current hours she said. Celiac disease is an autoim- of operation, 10:30 a.m. to 2 mune and digestive disorder in p.m.
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But, the crowd-favorite, cookie dough bites, was a joint collaboration between his family and the employees at the time. He said two or three recipes were tried before finally settling on the current one. “If you’re going to be in the restaurant business, you’ve got to have good food,” he said. Stromboli’s was awarded “Best Italian” and “Best Pizza” in the August 2012 edition of Mississippi Magazine. Turman said he feels lucky to run a restaurant that is so loved. “For a ‘hole in the wall’ in a small town, we’ve been blessed,” he said. “We have a great clientele; that’s an honor within itself.”
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ast Tuesday, a video of presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaking at a private fundraiser leaked to the world, ruffling the feathers of many potential voters and causing his campaign team to work extra hard with damage control. For those of you who did not see it, I would like to share a quote from the fundraiser. This is from an official transcript on nbc.com, and Romney is talking about President Obama. “Well, there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. There are 47 percent who are with him--who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they’re entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. It’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what. These are people who pay no income tax. My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” Before I continue with my opinion in this article, I’d like to ask a favor of you, dear readers. Go ahead and toss the phrases “wealth distribution” and “socialism” out of your mind for a few minutes. Get rid of your pas-
sionate hatred for Obama or your al political analysts who run their overwhelming disdain for Romney. mouths in spite of their ignorance, I’d like to focus on humanity, not the root of the problem is selfish politics. human nature. The biggest problem Who exactly is the 47 percent to with our nation is greed. whom Romney is referring? AccordShould it not be the government’s ing to the Tax Policy Center, 46.4 job to take care of its citizens? How percent of Americans did not pay about the disabled citizens who simfederal income tax in 2011. Howev- ply cannot make enough money to er, of the 46.4 persupport themselves having money does enough to file income cent, 28.3 percent paid payroll tax taxes? What about the not make you any (employment tax), of the family more deserving of life father leaving 18.1 perof four who lost his than someone who job and is doing the cent who did not pay income or paybest he can? Are these has none.” roll tax. Of the 18.1 people undeserving of percent, 10.3 percent are the elderly “entitlements” like food, shelter and in our country, leaving 7.8 percent of health care? I think a lot of people Americans who are not elderly and don’t understand there are people in the country who do try and do the did not pay income or payroll tax. Although I believe Romney was best they can do, but still fall short of very irresponsible for throwing earning enough money to file income around percentages like that to as- taxes and live comfortably. The problem is greed, ignorance sure his audience Obama is going to get half of the vote no matter what, and/or a combination of both. I wish I think the content of his message I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard reflects a deeper issue. I’ve thought “these people need to get control about this for several weeks, and I of their lives” or “you can’t sit back believe this deeper issue is the root of and let the government take care of you.” I’ve personally witnessed peo“what’s wrong with the world.” Humans, by nature, are selfish. If ple make these remarks specifically you were to analyze each of the is- in response to Romney’s statements sues people believe are responsible and I’m sure most of them see the for “the mess our country is in” or 47 percent as lazy drug-addicts who “why we’re going down”, or any oth- live off the government. They are the er phrase you catch a glimpse of on catalysts who get people really fired Facebook from the semi-profession- up, and before you know it, they’re
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talking about guns and freedom and whatnot. I know most of these arguments are made toward people who truly take advantage of the government. I’m well aware of those who abuse government aid and I think it’s sickening, but I also know it’s not 47 percent of the country. I’d like to think if I ever achieve substantial wealth in my life, I won’t have a problem with my tax money going to help others who need food, health care or shelter. The last time I checked, I’m a flesh-and-blood, breathing soul just like the homeless man I see on the I-85 ramp every time I drive into Atlanta, or the man who sometimes asks for change outside of the CVS here in Starkville. Having money does not make you any more deserving of life than someone who has none. If you have money, and you’re “not hurting” in the words of my father, it’s so much easier to hate people who disapprove of tax breaks for the wealthy or support government financial aid. Mr. Romney, I disagree with you. If you’re trying to become the president of our country, I think it is your job to worry about its people. It’s your job to care about the fathers, the mothers, the families and the beating hearts who work overtime and live paycheck to paycheck. And you know what? It’s also your job to care about those somewhere in the 7.8 percent
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Poverty is close to home efore I start, I would just like to clarify this is not a political article. This article is not meant to target or attack a specific political party or one’s ideology. Poverty is a social issue America does not like to address. When the issue does come up, it is often met with hostility, judgmental attitudes, finger-pointing and blaming at those who suffer from it. This wrong on so many levels. The United States has the highest child poverty rate in the world. We do not have to go to Africa or other third-world countries to find hungry children or families. There is this myth people who rely on or need public assistance are lazy, unmotivated people, who are probably on drugs and do not want to work. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of individuals in poverty who receive government assistance are people who really need it and rely on it to survive: single mothers, the sick, the elderly and the disabled. However, I do acknowledge there are some people, a very small percentage I might add, who take advantage of the system. To those individuals, shame on you. But this statistic is nothing compared to the huge corporations, millionaires and billionaires who receive huge tax cuts at the expense of our generous tax dollars; yet they do not receive
nearly as much scrutiny as poverty-stricken individuals. Poverty affects everyone and can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, class or gender. It could even happen to you. Suppose you graduate college and land a great job. A few years later, due to tough economic times, you get laid off. You barely have enough savings to last you a few months and you know it will take you longer than a few months to find another job that pays you as good or even close to your previous salary at your last job. Meanwhile, the cost of food, gas, utilities and rent continues to rise. What would you do? Take another scenario: you get into an accident that leaves you permanently disabled and unable to work. Obtaining disability or social security benefits without hiring a lawyer to handle your case is very difficult and could take years to settle. What will you do to get by in the meantime? What would you do if your parents lost their jobs and could no longer help you with in college? As I said before, poverty can happen to anyone. All I am saying is to think twice about scolding someone who receives aid. The next person in line at the Department of Human Services line could be you.
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MARY CHASE BREEDLOVE Mary Chase Breedlove is the opinion editor at The Reflector. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu. who do live at the government’s expense and do need to take personal responsibility and care for their lives. They’re Americans, too. Sadly, the realization I’ve come to during my quest of figuring out our nation’s biggest problem is it can’t be fixed. You can’t tell people not to be greedy and expect them to react. You can’t convince the wealthy to stop being greedy and pay the same percentage of taxes the middle class pays, and you can’t convince those who take advantage of the government to stop being selfish. However, I think an effort to try would be the first step in fixing this problem. Romney’s going to have to work extra hard at reaching the people who make in one year what he makes in one day (he made a little over $20 million last year). Care and try. That’s all I can ask.
Student union accommodations need improvement t’s 11:52, and your instruc- time before I spill something tor let you out of class late. on the nice carpet and then the You arrive at the Union to guy who stalks around refilling be faced with tremendous lines, napkins and making sure we but Panda Express is calling. aren’t all slobs hates me forever. You recieve your food at an al- Also the Dawg House can get most alarming speed and tum- surprisingly loud, though peoble out of line, chopsticks in ple in there don’t talk to one hand, thinking the worst part another because the TVs in is over, only to find every single there actually have audio. This table is occauses a probcupied. This i just want to be able lem for my is one of the ADHD when to get my food and only times I I’m trying to truly feel how take it somewhere in read that artimuch our I fell asleep the immediate vicinity cle university has reading last to eat it without using night before grown. The first too much brainpower.” my next class. time I walked Eating outthrough the Union and found side is also a popular option, absolutely zero empty tables, I one that I especially like bewas surprised; but now, it hap- cause spilling Chick-Fil-A sauce pens almost daily. Don’t get me on the ground is perfectly acwrong, I love that so many peo- ceptable. ple are coming to Mississippi The problem I have with State University. I just want to this set up is no matter how be able to get my food and take wonderful the weather is in it somewhere in the immediate Starkville, there is always a vicinity to eat it without using wind. One which invariably too much brainpower. blows at the most important The Dawg House seems to part of my homework, making be a popular place to go when eating my lunch at the same faced with no place. I’ve used it time impossible. myself at times, and it was way But more than the troubles too much pressure for me. I’m I have with coordination, I just clumsy and it’s only a matter of don’t want to have to leave the
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Union if I don’t want to. I like the Union, with its loud chatter and wide range of people, and I enjoy my time spent there. I think there’s a simple solution to this problem. I’ve noticed the majority of people eating lunch in the Union are alone, but the majority of the tables are made for four or more people. Odds are, if you’re not a freshman and haven’t orchestrated an elaborate meet-up via group.me, you’re eating lunch alone. Now, I remember my freshman days, frantically texting all my friends to find someone to eat lunch with me because I didn’t want to be seen eating alone. Since then, I’ve come to care a lot less, realizing at supper my friends will have much more to talk about since they will have done more than sleep and go to a few classes since I last saw them and be infinitely lazier and put off homework until the tiny breaks I have during the day. I have embraced the solitary eating lifestyle, but the tables at the Union have yet to accommodate me. I feel bad taking up an entire table for four just for myself, but that won’t keep me from doing it anyway.
WHITNEY KNIGHT Whitney Knight is a junior majoring in English education. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu. And those three imaginary friends I have, which the powers that be probably factored into the Union’s capacity, no longer have a place to sit. A corollary to this problem of wasteful seating is the situation where I’ve actually scored a seat in the Union and am trying to finish Act V of Hamlet while scarfing down chicken nuggets, when a friend stops by to say hello. For the first few minutes, I’m glad to catch up. But then, she notices my three extra seats. I see the gears turning in her head. One person taking up an entire table is ridiculous, she thinks. So she sits down. And I fail the quiz on Hamlet. And all of this could have been avoided if the Union had smaller tables.
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he purpose of adver- exasperating, but they are not the tising, whether it be on only ads that populate the Intertelevision, print or on- net. Ever opened a website to read line, is to get someone to buy a product or service, or to remem- an article only to have a full page ber the brand name. Ads may advertisement pop up and enbe the bane of some people’s gulf the entire screen? Generally, existence, but I’ve never minded the only way to get rid of such them too much. A world entire- a monstrosity is to either wait ly void of for the ad When an advertisment is advertising to finish or is about forcibly hoisted upon me, it to search as likely for the tiny has the effect of creating an “ C L O S E as a world intense dislike of whatever AD” butwithout T L C , product is being advertised.” ton usually which is hidden on something I learned to accept in the top left the screen. Even afmy lifetime. ter shutting down the massive One can usually avoid adver- pop-up, the website itself probtising simply by passing over it ably has scrolling banners that in magazines or newspapers, or follow you up or down the page by fast-forwarding or changing as you read the article, something the channel on television. On- that can be quite frustrating if one line advertising has proven to be happens to be reading a particua bit trickier to deal with. Any- larly lengthy piece. one who has watched a YouMost of the time, one can Tube video knows this. For a lot close these as well, but advertisers of popular videos, ads appear are getting craftier with their ad that either force one to watch placement. Recently, a website I 20 seconds of a grinning mani- was on had advertisements that ac wiping something down with slowly creeped up within the Clorox, or, allow one to skip the photographs that accompanied same Clorox ad after about five to the article, and these were adversix seconds. Either way, you are tisements that couldn’t be closed. going to see something getting Once I realized clicking smothered with cleaning product. upon the ad covering up half Commercials on YouTube are of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s face
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was only going to take me to a web page that offered me a vast amount of information on credit scores, I gave up and closed down the site. When an advertisement is forcibly hoisted upon me, it has the effect of creating an intense dislike of whatever product is being advertised and actually making me go out of the way not to purchase that product. Not only that, but when websites allow these obnoxious, screen-eating ads get in the way of their content, it frustrates readers and viewers and drives them away. Being battered over and over again with a mandatory commercial for Mentos before one can view a singing cat video usually does not instill any great feeling in the viewer for the product or the site that hosts it. There is no problem with advertising for a product. There are countless examples of great ads, such as Old Spice and Geico, which rely on humor and wit to get their products and services name recognition. The thing is, when watching television or reading a magazine, one can fast-forward through commercials or rip out the print ads, but online? It’s one thing to ignore side banners, but it’s quite another to have
CLAIRE MOSLEY Claire Mosley is a sophomore majoring in accounting. She can be contacted at opinion@ reflector.msstate.edu. to close countless pop-up or scrolling ads or to have to skip through commercial after commercial in order to see a video on YouTube. The thing is, for the most part this type of aggressive and grating advertising does little to engender feelings of brand loyalty in the average viewer. Most of the time, the only thoughts these ads spark are thoughts of irritability and annoyance. I understand websites need advertising to pay for hosting and content, but when a site drops an ad the size of a small tarantula on my screen, I’m not thinking, “Hey! I really DO like Clorox cleaning products!” What’s actually going on in my head is, “GET IT AWAY FROM ME.” I’m fairly certain that’s not the reaction advertisers had in mind.
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I open my eyes. My alarm clock display screams 4:32 a.m. as I drag myself out of bed and exit my room to use the bathroom. I look down the hall and see both of my roommates’ doors are open, their rooms dark. They are still up doing schoolwork, although school just started two weeks ago. They are architecture students. On Aug. 20, as many students sat through reiterations of what was printed on the syllabus, Landon Kennedy, junior architecture major, said third-year architecture students began an intense redesign of Mississippi State University’s closed family-housing complex. “Basically we had to start from scratch at Aiken Village and create a program, think about not only the architecture, but how it affects the city and the school. We had only two weeks to get everything nailed down, finalized, designed,” he said. The Architecture Design Studio, a six credit-hour course taken each semester of the five years required to receive a Bachelor’s of Architecture here, takes
place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Kennedy said the class tends to function differently than normal lecture classes. “Studio, a lot of times you don’t know what to expect. Sometimes it’s a work day and sometimes it’s strenuous, meeting with professors, having pin-ups and desk crits,” he said. These long hours in class and seemingly infinite hours outside of class completing projects with harsh deadlines seem aligned with the myths surrounding Giles Hall: whispers of the lights always being on and students staying up all night with cots lining the halls. These myths result from the misunderstanding (and workloads) associated with the nature of learning in a broad, expansive field such as architecture. Taylor Keefer, senior architecture major, shared reasoning for these intense hours. “In architecture, there is not a correct answer. You just keep working, thinking and changing things until you arrive at a good project, and this process takes weeks, not hours,” she said. In between flashes of photos of the juniors’ five-day field trip to Chicago, Ill., Jordan Hanson, ju-
nior architecture major, revealed his thoughts on the relationship between professors and what is learned in studio courses. “The professors have different interpretations; you could be thrown into studios with professors that focus on different areas. It’s about creating the process,” he said Clusters of drafting desks grouped by year level comprise the studios; third-year space is in The Barn (a converted, ancient, brick cattle barn) where cables dangle from the exposed metal structure painted in primary colors. David Lewis, junior architecture major, said the group environment the studios create is important, a community striving toward a common goal. “The studio environment is fraternal in the sense that we go through something together; we have a shared struggle,” he said. Kennedy said the community fostered by the studio allows these students to work through difficult problems without easily defined solutions. “You’re never really done in architecture school. There’s not 30 problems, and you’re done. There’s always that issue: you could always continue working
on a project, developing ideas. You get to final reviews and they tell you these are things you could change if you keep working on it, and you’re done with the semester,” he said. In the time I spent with these architecture students, I noticed a bond between them; jokes shouted across the studio were commonplace, and a relaxed atmosphere pervaded this place of stressful deadlines. Hanson said they were still on a high from their field trip in Chicago. “Field trips are like the light at the end of the tunnel. They give you a little bit of hope. Every time you go on one you remember why architecture gets you excited,” Hanson said. Through the long hours (the lights are indeed often on all night) without sleep (no, there are not cots in Giles) filled with Kilimanjaro-sized workloads, these students keep each other focused and sane. Through the ambiguity and intensity, Keefer said the process has taught her an invaluable amount. “I have learned so much more than I have expected to learn,” she said. A student cannot ask for much more from college than that.
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Men’s golf team posts impressive showing standings only to average a score of 280 in the final two rounds to enable the team to The Mississippi State Uni- finish well. versity men’s golf team got off However, head coach Clay to a slow start for the second Homan said the golf team’s consecutive tournament but first round jitters are because of was able to put together two several factors. solid final rounds once again to “Some things we have to do finish fourth at the Mason Ru- a better job of are getting off dolph Championship this past to a better start, being more weekend. mentally prepared to play the Although golf course, not State has finas many Some things we have making ished in the mistakes in that to do a better job of first round and top five in each of its not waiting unare getting off to a first two tourtil the second better start, being naments, the or third round Bulldogs have to start making more mentally had to battle prepared to play the a comeback,” back due to Homan said. golf course.” slow starts. The Bulldogs MSU has finished the Clay Homan, averaged an first day with men’s golf coach opening day a score of 293 score of 292.5 and has found and found themselves in 10th itself near the bottom of the place. However, behind the BY ELLIOTT REES Staff Writer
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second round scores of junior Chad Ramey’s 68 and junior Axel Boasson’s 67, State was able to shave a total Ramey of 11 strokes off its first day total to post a score of 282 and move up seven spots to third place. State managed to end up with a three-round total of 862 to ultimately finish fourth and improve its record to 24-4 for the season. MSU will be entering its next tournament without three of its players as junior Axel Boasson, freshman Haraldur Magnus and senior Robi Calvesbert will be traveling to Antalya, Turkey, to participate in the 2012 World Team Amateur Championships in Golf. Boasson and Magnus will be representing Iceland, and
Calvesbert will be a member of the Puerto Rican squad. The absence of these three players will give other members of the team, such as sophomores Tyler Smith and Fletcher Johnson and junior Barrett Edens, an opportunity to show their potential. Calvesbert said this will be a good chance for those players to step up. “The guys are definitely excited about getting an opportunity to get on the team,” he said. “For those that did not do too well qualifying for the first unit, it’s going to give them an opportunity to show coach that they are ready to play.” The Bulldogs will travel to Baton Rouge, La., to play in the David Toms Intercollegiate at the University Club Oct. 6 through 7 for their next tournament. It is the third different venue for this tournament in as many years.
MASON RANDOLPH CLASSIC RESULTS
TEAM RESULTS 1. Vanderbilt (-5)
2. Oklahoma (+2) 3. Ole Miss (+6) 4. Mississippi State (+9) 5. Georgia Southern (+12) 6. South Alabama (+13) 7. Georgia State (+19) 8. College of Charleston (+21) 9. Davidson (+29) 10. Middle Tennessee State (+30) 11. East Tennessee State (+31) 12. Virginia (+33) 13. Rice (+36) 13 14. Tennessee Tech (+40) 15. Arkansas State (+44)
MSU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS T8. Chad Ramey: 74+68+69=212, -2 T17. Axel Boasson: 76+67+73=216, +3 T23. Robi Calvesbert: 71+74+73=218, +5 T23. Joe Sakulpolphaisan: 72+75+71=218, +5 T80. Fletcher Johnson: 82+73+85=240, +27
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fidence,” Bell said. “Tonight (Saturday), I was a lot more relaxed and was just ready to go.” Now ranked No. 19, acFor the first time since the cording to the latest Associat1999 season, the Mississippi ed Press poll, MSU will enjoy State football team will leave the a bye week before traveling to month of September with a perLexington, fect 4-0 record. Ky., to take on This feat the Wildcats. comes after the Mullen said Bulldogs defeatalong with ed the South overall imAlabama Jaguars provement, 30-10, markthe plan ing MSU’s 14th The Bulldog offense has scored 144 points through the first during the bye consecutive four games, its highest point total through the first four games week will be to non-conference of the season since 1944. allow starters victory, as well to regain full as a current sixThe 53 points allowed by State through the first four games is health while game winning giving younger the lowest total allowed through the first four contests of a streak. players ample MSU fans MSU season since 1999. opportunities will justifiably in practice. be happy with MSU leads the FBS with a plus-13 turnover turn margin. “We have a the Bulldogs’ lot of improvearly season sucHead Coach Dan Mullen improved his record to 24-0 when ing we have cess, but there leading after three quarters, and the Bulldogs won their 28th-straight to do on both is also cause for contest when holding a lead entering the fourth quarter. sides of the concern as the ball, but we’ll meat of State’s Defensive back Johnthan Banks recorded his 15th-career interception. get a lot of that conference Banks now leads the FBS in interceptions and is one away from tying fixed during schedule begins Walt Harris’ school record. Banks also broke Derek Pegues’ school the bye week to approach. Alrecord of 241interception return yards set from 2005-08 (274) this week,” though State’s and currently ranks first among active FBS players in that category. Mullen said. defense showed “The young definite imguys have to provement a Quarterback Tyler Russell tied the school record set with 137-straight continue to week after a near passing attempts without an interception. improve and debacle at the COURTESY OF MSU MEDIA RELATIONS have to conhands of Troy, zack orsborn | the reflector tinue to make State’s offense struggled significantly against which were longer than 30 yards. plays.” Senior cornerback Johnthan Bell improved to 4-7 on the year, South Alabama. Junior quarterback Tyler Rus- after starting with just one make Banks, who Mullen pointed out as a guy who would probsell completed only 13 of 27 in his first four attempts. “He was perfect tonight (Sat- ably get more rest than others passes for 171 yards. Though he added a touchdown on a short urday) on kicks,” Mullen said. during the bye week, said he quarterback sneak in the third “You can see that his kicks were looks forward to working hard quarter, a mixture of solid cover- solid all night long. Hopefully, I at practice this week in prepaage by South Alabama defenders imagine, this will give him some ration for a difficult slate of and untimely miscues led to a confidence moving forward and games during the month of less-than-average performance have him perform how we ex- October. “I might not be doing as pect him to perform.” for MSU’s starting quarterback. Bell, who is the first MSU much as a freshman, but I’m Head coach Dan Mullen said Russell did not have a great game. kicker to make multiple field going to come out there and “To me, Tyler (Russell) was goals of more than 40 yards since work every day,” Banks said. just a little bit off tonight,” Mul- Sean Brauchle in 2009, echoed “I want to be great, and I can’t len said. “We put a lot on him. his head coach and said although be great sitting on the sidelines When we’re not throwing the he got off to a sour start in his when I can be working.” ball well, to come up with a win collegiate career, Mullen never lost patience or confidence in the is still big.” Although the offense sput- young kicker. “(Mullen’s) told me after evtered at times, MSU’s special teams put together what was ery single kick that he knows I arguably its best performance in can make them,” Bell said. “He Dan Mullen’s four-year tenure at knew that as a true freshman State. With 135 yards in kickoff coming in and kicking, that I and punt returns, seniors John- was going to struggle a little bit, than Banks and Chad Bumphis but he is patient with that, and and sophomore Jameon Lewis now I’m good.” Bell also said seeing one of his consistently gave the Dogs great kicks go through the uprights field position. Mullen, who coaches the spe- against Troy a week ago did cial teams, said he was pleased wonders for his self-confidence and played a critical role in his with his kickers and returners. “The special teams coach did success against South Alabama. “Getting that field goal at a good job today,” Mullen joked. “Our kick returns, overall, were Troy really got the monkey off my back and gave me some conpretty solid.” By Ray ButleR Staff Writer
The Bulldog kicking game performed exceptionally well against the Jaguars. Junior punter Baker Swedenberg averaged 47.7 yards on four punts, and freshman kicker Devon Bell nailed three field goals, all of
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