BY MICAH GREEN News Editor Preliminary hearings will be held on April 12 for the three Mississippi State University students charged with kid- napping a female student last month. Corey Skelton, Fredrick Oglesby and Donovan Carroll were all arrested and charged with kidnapping on March 2 after a female student filed a report March 1 claiming she had been held against her will. All three men were identified at the time of the arrests as members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Starkville Police Department’s Lt. Troy Outlaw said the incident occurred at a residence located at 411 Scales St. He also said the female victim knew and was friends with the suspects prior to the incident. “She was a friend of theirs. She was there with them; it wasn’t an abduction or anything,” Outlaw said. 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Peter Ryan, associate provost for Aca- demic Affairs and president of Gamma Sigma Delta, said MSU will be a major part of the event. “We are actually the big gorilla at this event,” Ryan said. Last Thursday, James Giesen, assistant professor in the department of history, presented a lecture titled “History of the Morrill Act: The Mississippi Perspec- tive,” which was open to the public. His lecture was the inaugural spring seminar of Gamma Sigma Delta honor society. Giesen began by saying the simplicity of the Morrill Act itself had little effect on its success. “This piece of legislation is hard to get a handle on from a historical per- spective,” Giesen said. “There really isn’t much to it from a legal history perspec- tive, but its impact has been incredibly far-reaching.” Giesen said he views the act as a story about citizenship and as a depiction of how each level of government interacts with its citizenry. He said the history of the Morrill Act is really the history of America. The West was still seen as a desert because it was empty. However, it would no longer be a desert if someone farmed it, he said. Thus, the land grant act was established to fund the education of American citizens who would then farm the West. Ryan BY LIZZIE SMITH Contributing Writer Black Jack Road will finally receive repaired as part of a proj- ect expanding the south entrance. The road work will be com- pleted before school starts back in August. Mississippi State University pursued funding in Washington, D.C., in 2005. Kyle Steward, executive director of external af- fairs, said the purpose was to construct a new south entrance into campus. “The roadway would run from Poorhouse Road near the Mississippi Horse Park to the intersection of Stone Boulevard,” Steward said in an email. Funding for the south entrance project has been a multi-year effort. Funds have totaled $17 million in appropriations bills and in two federal highway bills. Some of the funding will re- quire a 20 percent match. While MSU is working closely with the Mississippi Depart- ment of Transportation, officials hope to offset a significant por- tion of the cash match by providing in-kind contributions, such as land and services. BY JENNIFER SABOURIN Contributing Writer Since 2005, Mississippi State Uni- versity has had a plan to alert and in- form students and the surrounding ar- eas about special situations that could impact campus. The Maroon Alert system informs students of incidents that are develop- ing on campus or in Oktibbeha Coun- ty. The system is made up of multiple ways to alert campus, including send- ing text messages, emails, updating the MSU webpage and alerting local me- dia. In severe weather, sirens and loud- speaker notifications will be activated. Bill Kibler, vice president for stu- dent affairs, said the Maroon Alert system was designed to give students multiple ways to receive information about circumstances around campus. Kibler said there are many benefits to the Maroon Alert system. The main purpose is to keep campus safe through the multiple alerts sent out in crisis situations. Kibler also said sending out accurate information to students about various situations is the system’s primary benefit. “It is absolutely important to in- form everyone on campus (about situ- ations) as quickly and accurately as possible,” Kibler said. Thomas Bourgeois, dean of stu- dents, said Maroon Alert has benefits but also some draw- backs. He said some students rely on the system to provide all the information they need, but the system is only used to alert stu- dents. “The Maroon Alert system is around to alert campus of something that is potentially hazard- ous or dangerous,” Bourgeois said. Maridith Geuder, director of uni- versity relations, said the Maroon Alert system should not be used as the only way to get information, especial- ly in weather situations. Geuder said anyone who receives Maroon Alerts should check multiple outlets to get information, such as websites, radio and television. “Any person receiving messages needs to be proactive in looking up or gaining additional information,” Geuder said. Geuder also said the reason there are so many avenues used by the Maroon Alert system is to encourage students to gather additional information for themselves. MSU has a crisis action team that controls when a Maroon Alert mes- sage is sent out and what medium should be used. The team is made up of representatives from a variety of ar- eas around MSU that include student affairs, university relations, housing, facilities, academic affairs and Infor- mation Technology Services. Kibler is the incident commander responsible for authorizing Maroon Alerts. He said the main concern about using the Maroon Alert system is to make sure it is not overused. If a Maroon Alert is issued, students should understand that a dangerous or hazardous situation is developing on or near campus, Kibler said. Bourgeois Project expected to be finished by August Hired: Rick Ray BY MATT TYLER | Staff Writer T he wait is over. After a lengthy coaching search that left many Mississippi State fans frustrated, Rick Ray was introduced Monday as the new head coach of the Bulldogs’ basketball program. Ray, who was hired to replace Rick Stansbury, arrived in Starkville af- ter a two-year stint as the associate head coach at Clemson University. SEE REPAIRS, 2 SEE GIESEN, 4 SEE ALERT, 3 JAY JOHNSON | THE REFLECTOR $900,000 to $950,000 will be spent to improve the poor condition of Black Jack Road on the south side of campus. MORROW’S SEE COACH, 12 TUESDAY APRIL 3 , 2012 FOR ALL THE LATEST, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WWW.REFLECTOR-ONLINE.COM @ All three charged with kidnapping STAR ? SPORTS | 100 ART SENIORS SHOW OUT LIFE | 7 JAY JOHNSON | THE REFLECTOR
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BY MICAH GREEN
News Editor
Preliminary hearings will be held on April 12 for the three Mississippi State University students charged with kid-napping a female student last month.
Corey Skelton, Fredrick Oglesby and Donovan Carroll were all arrested and charged with kidnapping on March 2 after a female student fi led a report March 1 claiming she had been held against her will.
All three men were identifi ed at the time of the arrests as members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Starkville Police Department’s Lt. Troy Outlaw said the incident occurred at a residence located at 411 Scales St.
He also said the female victim knew and was friends with the suspects prior to the incident.
“She was a friend of theirs. She was there with them; it wasn’t an abduction or anything,” Outlaw said.
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Maroon Alert system success vital in crisis situations
MSU celebrates 150th anniversary of historic Morrill Land Grant Act
Black Jack Road to undergo renovations
BY JAY BALLARD
Staff Writer
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862. Mississippi State University, being a land grant university, was established and still receives funds through this piece of legislation. MSU will be celebrating the anniversary of the Morrill Act in several ways this year.
One of the scheduled events is the Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. There, 18 uni-versities will be repre-sented, and MSU will have three projects on display: the EcoCar, the mobile veterinary clinic and a demonstration on
the benefi ts of thermal imaging technol-ogy in improving health and well-being of domestic and companion animals.
Peter Ryan, associate provost for Aca-demic Affairs and president of Gamma Sigma Delta, said MSU will be a major part of the event.
“We are actually the big gorilla at
this event,” Ryan said.Last Thursday, James Giesen, assistant
professor in the department of history, presented a lecture titled “History of the Morrill Act: The Mississippi Perspec-tive,” which was open to the public. His lecture was the inaugural spring seminar of Gamma Sigma Delta honor society.
Giesen began by saying the simplicity of the Morrill Act itself had little effect on its success.
“This piece of legislation is hard to get a handle on from a historical per-spective,” Giesen said. “There really isn’t much to it from a legal history perspec-tive, but its impact has been incredibly far-reaching.”
Giesen said he views the act as a story about citizenship and as a depiction of how each level of government interacts with its citizenry. He said the history of the Morrill Act is really the history of America. The West was still seen as a desert because it was empty. However, it would no longer be a desert if someone farmed it, he said. Thus, the land grant act was established to fund the education of American citizens who would then farm the West.
Ryan
BY LIZZIE SMITH
Contributing Writer
Black Jack Road will fi nally receive repaired as part of a proj-ect expanding the south entrance. The road work will be com-pleted before school starts back in August.
Mississippi State University pursued funding in Washington, D.C., in 2005. Kyle Steward, executive director of external af-fairs, said the purpose was to construct a new south entrance into campus.
“The roadway would run from Poorhouse Road near the Mississippi Horse Park to the intersection of Stone Boulevard,” Steward said in an email.
Funding for the south entrance project has been a multi-year effort. Funds have totaled $17 million in appropriations bills and in two federal highway bills. Some of the funding will re-quire a 20 percent match.
While MSU is working closely with the Mississippi Depart-ment of Transportation, offi cials hope to offset a signifi cant por-tion of the cash match by providing in-kind contributions, such as land and services.
BY JENNIFER SABOURIN
Contributing Writer
Since 2005, Mississippi State Uni-versity has had a plan to alert and in-form students and the surrounding ar-eas about special situations that could impact campus.
The Maroon Alert system informs students of incidents that are develop-ing on campus or in Oktibbeha Coun-ty. The system is made up of multiple ways to alert campus, including send-ing text messages, emails, updating the MSU webpage and alerting local me-dia. In severe weather, sirens and loud-
speaker notifi cations will be activated.Bill Kibler, vice president for stu-
dent affairs, said the Maroon Alert system was designed to give students multiple ways to receive information about circumstances around campus.
Kibler said there are many benefi ts to the Maroon Alert system. The main purpose is to keep campus safe through the multiple alerts sent out in crisis situations. Kibler also said sending out accurate information to students about various situations is the system’s primary benefi t.
“It is absolutely important to in-form everyone on campus (about situ-ations) as quickly and accurately as
possible,” Kibler said.Thomas Bourgeois, dean of stu-
dents, said Maroon Alert has benefi ts but also some draw-backs. He said some students rely on the system to provide all the information they need, but the system is only used to alert stu-dents.
“The Maroon Alert system is around to alert campus of something that is potentially hazard-ous or dangerous,” Bourgeois said.
Maridith Geuder, director of uni-versity relations, said the Maroon
Alert system should not be used as the only way to get information, especial-ly in weather situations. Geuder said anyone who receives Maroon Alerts should check multiple outlets to get information, such as websites, radio and television.
“Any person receiving messages needs to be proactive in looking up or gaining additional information,” Geuder said.
Geuder also said the reason there are so many avenues used by the Maroon Alert system is to encourage students to gather additional information for themselves.
MSU has a crisis action team that
controls when a Maroon Alert mes-sage is sent out and what medium should be used. The team is made up of representatives from a variety of ar-eas around MSU that include student affairs, university relations, housing, facilities, academic affairs and Infor-mation Technology Services.
Kibler is the incident commander responsible for authorizing Maroon Alerts. He said the main concern about using the Maroon Alert system is to make sure it is not overused. If a Maroon Alert is issued, students should understand that a dangerous or hazardous situation is developing on or near campus, Kibler said.
Bourgeois
Project expected to be finished by August
Hired: Rick Ray
BY MATT TYLER | Staff Writer
The wait is over. After a lengthy coaching search that left many Mississippi State fans frustrated, Rick Ray was introduced Monday as the new head coach of the Bulldogs’ basketball program.
Ray, who was hired to replace Rick Stansbury, arrived in Starkville af-ter a two-year stint as the associate head coach at Clemson University.
TRay, who was hired to replace Rick Stansbury, arrived in Starkville af-
ter a two-year stint as the associate head coach at Clemson University.
TRay, who was hired to replace Rick Stansbury, arrived in Starkville af-
ter a two-year stint as the associate head coach at Clemson University.
SEE REPAIRS, 2SEE GIESEN, 4
SEE ALERT, 3
JAY JOHNSON | THE REFLECTOR
$900,000 to $950,000 will be spent to improve the poor condition of Black Jack Road on the south side of campus.
MSU groups may send information for campus calendar to [email protected]. Additional campus events can be found online at msstate.edu/web/news.
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Engineering will still continue on the south en-trance and will begin construction sometime in 2014.
“This new path to campus will greatly aid traffi c fl ow by reducing pressure on South Montgomery Street and offering another major thoroughfare for alumni, faculty, staff and students who travel to campus from the Highway 25 corridor,” Steward said.
Part of the south entrance project included the repair of Black Jack Road.
Black Jack Road runs from the intersection at Locksley Way through the roundabout at the inter-section of Oktoc and Blackjack Roads.
Marvell Howard, president of Oktibbeha Board of Supervisors, said before construction could be-gin, an Interlocal Agreement had to be made.
An Interlocal Agreement combines the city of Starkville, Mississippi State and Oktibbeha Coun-ty.
The agreement specifi es that all parties give their permission to MSU to be the leading entity over the construction of Black Jack Road.
“All local governments had to enter a proposal joint effort,” Howard said.
Mayor Parker Wiseman was asked to provide data and the extent of the information.
“We were very happy to complete that request. We are very excited. It is a road that receives quite a lot of traffi c from the community, and it is in bad shape and this should dramatically improve the road conditions,” Wiseman said.
The cost of repairing and resurfacing Black Jack Road is estimated at $900,000 to $950,000.
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Kibler said there are two types of alerts that are issued by the system: emergency conditions and alert conditions. Under emergency conditions, a yellow bar will appear at the top of the MSU website which explains that a situation is developing. In alert conditions, a blue bar will appear at the top of the web-site, which is a way of drawing attention to a situation that may worsen.
Kibler said there is a price to using the text message aspect of the Maroon Alert system. MSU has a contract with a company that sends out text messages over any phone ser-vice with the push of a but-ton. Every time a text mes-sage is sent out, it costs MSU money.
“You cannot put a price on keeping campus safe. The cost is worth it,” Kibler said.
BY LAUREN CLARK
Staff Writer
Looking for a car is a task many Mississippi State Univer-sity students undertake each year for a variety of reasons. Whether he or she will receive a car as a graduation gift or needs a new car for his or her summer plans, a fi rst-time car buyer should be careful, attentive and confi dent when looking for a car.Think about the lifestyle of the buyer:
When buying a car, one of the most important things a poten-tial buyer can do is think about what he or she needs in a new vehicle and why he or she needs this car.
Chris Wilbourn, freshman political science major, said he chose his fi rst car by choosing between something that looked nice or something that was func-tional.
“I chose functionality when I chose my Jeep. I liked the way it looked, but I also liked how sporty it was. It fi ts my personal-ity,” he said.
Lindsay Linhares, junior com-munication and political sci-ence major, said she had a list of needs her car had to meet, including dependability, safety, high miles per gallon and a rea-sonable price. She also allowed herself to identify splurges she wanted in a car.
“Extra aspects that were im-portant to me were an auxiliary
plug-in for my iPhone for music, leather seats and the car being a charcoal gray color,” she said.
Students who enjoy mud rid-ing might consider vehicles with four-wheel-drive, while students who rarely use their vehicles ex-cept for longer trips should look for smaller cars with high gas mileage.Research your options:
Once a buyer knows his or her needs in a car, it is important to look at the options that can fulfi ll these needs. Looking for dependable models and makes is essential, especially if the car is used.
Linhares said she researched cars with her parents and made sure to drive a few before mak-ing a fi nal decision.
“Even though the fi rst car I drove was the one I knew I wanted, I made sure to go to other lots and test drove other cars before I settled on my fi nal choice,” she said.
Deb Addington, MSU alum-na, said she checks Consumer Guide’s car-buying issue for the best and worst car models and asks advice from other experts.
“It tells you all the problems people have reported on each car,” she said. “I also check with a popular garage because they can tell you what make or model of cars have the least problems.”
Addington said she also looks for past information about the car and its previous owner if it is used.
“Ask for Car Fax to make sure the car has never been wrecked. Ask the seller for information on the previous owner. If it was a young male, it was probably driven harder than if it was an older person,” she said.Bargain with the salesperson:
One of the most common tips for fi rst-time car buyers is never to accept the list price without fi rst discussing a deal. Buyers need to know the invoice price of a new car or the “blue book” value of a used car to understand the infl ation used by car dealer-ships and how low the price can be.
Lisa Fulgham, an English graduate student, said she thinks buying a car requires a lot of pa-tience and consistency in know-
ing what the buyer wants.“Don’t give in until you’ve
thought the whole thing over, bargained and made a deal that you’re comfortable with,” she said.
Linhares said knowing the prices offered by other dealer-ships can help because a sales-person will often lower the price to keep you from buying from another lot.
Addington said she has made a habit of asking the dealership to help cover smaller costs re-lated to a new car as well.
“If you ask, they usually will eat the cost to put an inspec-tion sticker on your car and sometimes will even give you a full tank of gas, but you have to ask,” she said.
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Friday, March 30• 12:15 a.m. A student was arrested for possession of marijuana on Yeates Street.• 12:43 a.m. A student was arrested for driving with a suspended driver’s license on Stark Road.• 1:14 a.m. A student was arrested for running a red light, no insurance and a second DUI on University Drive.
Saturday, March 31• 1:21 a.m. A student was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol in the Cresswell Hall parking lot. • 10:27 a.m. A student reported a suspicious male in Mitchell Memorial Library.• 2:49 p.m. A student was issued a student referral for possession of drug paraphernalia in Cresswell Hall.• 5:46 p.m. A student reported a possible drug sale in South Hall.• 7:24 p.m. A non-resident/visitor was arrested for driving under the influence, possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle, speeding and minor in possession of alcohol on Stone Boulevard.
Sunday, April 1• 12:25 a.m. A student was arrested for no seat belt on Research Park and Miss. Highway 182.• 1:17 p.m. A student was having seizures in Hull Hall. Subject was transported to OCH Regional Medical Center.• 5:56 p.m. Students were issued student referrals for being on the intramural soccer field after hours.• 8:17 p.m. A student reported losing a wallet in Hull Hall.• 8:49 p.m. Non-resident/visitors were transported to OCH Regional Medical Center from Coliseum Boulevard for medical assistance.• 9:01 p.m. A student reported four males were walking toward her from behind the Phi Delta Theta house.
Citations:• 4 citations were issued for disregard for a traffic device.• 31 citations were issued for speeding.• 2 citations were issued for expired tag.• 1 citation was issued for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
CORRECTIONS:CORRECTION: In Friday’s edition of The Reflector, the graphic in the “Parking expands, costs rise” article said South Zone spaces would cost $51,045,000 when it should have said the cost was $1,045,000. The Reflector regrets this error.
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The Morrill Act was passed in 1862 during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, which was also during the Civil War. It gave federal land to each of the United States to fund colleges to teach agriculture and engineering, rephrased by Giesen as colleges for the industrial classes. The bill, however, stated land would not go to any state in rebellion against the United States.
Mark Keenum, MSU president, said the Morrill Act opened op-portunities for many students, which is something to be prideful about.
“Enactment of the Morrill Act was the fi rst in a series of steps that created the nation’s land-grant universities, which grew into the largest and most effective, public, higher-education system in the world. We take great pride in our land-grant heritage and the wide-ranging opportunities it has offered so many individuals over the years,” Keenum said. “From that solid foundation, Mississippi State continues to play a leadership role in educating the future leaders of our state and nation.”
Giesen said the two land-grant universities in Mississippi are Alcorn State University, which was originally the school for black Mississippians, and The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (now known as Mississippi State University), the school originally for white Mississippians. Only Kentucky and Mississippi funded seperate race-based land-grant colleges.
The fi rst president of MSU, Stephen D. Lee, was a questionable candidate for the position, Giesen said.
“When students arrived in 1880, the board of trustees fi gured ‘Who better to put in charge of this federally-created school than a former confederate general whose only experience farming had been an abject failure?’” Giesen said.
Giesen said Lee quickly learned he was starting from scratch. Lee noticed the northern land-grant colleges had an advantageous head start, so he embraced the model of the northern colleges instead of rejecting it, as did other southern states. He took trips to study those northern land-grant universities and occasionally returned with faculty from the colleges whom he had con-vinced to come work in Starkville.
The rivalry between The University of Mis-sissippi and MSU was evident as early as the 1890s, Giesen said. He said the rivalry took on powerful political meaning long before the two teams ever met on a football fi eld.
“People in the state were making an im-portant political statement by siding with one school over the other,” Giesen said. “The University of Mississippi represented the clas-sical education, and A&M (now MSU) was about teaching the industrial classes a skill that they could use immediately.”
When Lee left offi ce in 1899, one of his main achievements was he had industrialized southern agriculture by training a generation of new farmers, Giesen said. In the years that followed, the Morrill Act began to be less im-portant to the way the school was run.
Giesen brought his speech to a close by predicting how the namesake for the piece of legislation would feel
about the way the act has affected America.“I think Morrill would be shocked at
what the land-grant schools have become, and, though much of it would please him, I think in the end he might be disappointed at the way things are today,” Giesen said. “Certainly what would please him today would be the democratic nature of the university. He’d certainly be shocked and pleased at the amount of research the uni-versity does.”
He said the disappointment would come from Morrill seeing how the quality of life for Mississippi farmers fell within the 20th century. He also said Morrill would be dismayed at the fact that the Mississip-pi Delta, some of the richest farmland in the world, is home to some of the nation’s poorest citizens.
Giesen’s last statement was a summary of what he feels was the major effect of the Morrill Act.
“The Morrill Act laid the foundation for changing not only agriculture in Mississip-pi but the politics, as well,” Giesen said.
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James Giesen lectured on the Morrill Land Grant Act in Thompson Hall.
“Enactment of the Morrill Act was the fi rst in a series of steps that created the nationʼs land-grant universities, which grew into the largest and most effective, public, higher-education system in the world.”JAMES GIESEN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
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Student Broadcasting Association now accepting entries for video competition
According to a press release, the Mississippi State University, CO Student Broadcasting Association is hosting a video and broadcasting competition on April 26 at 6 p.m. in McCool Hall 124 for all MSU students.
The categories include news package/ feature, sports package, directing tape, best script, weather cast, public service announce-ment/ commercial, music video, movie scene, 8-minute documen-tary, 5-minute promotional video and 15 to 40 minute short film.
All entries are due by April 17 at 4:30 p.m. with a $5 fee per video. All entries are to be submitted on a DVD-R with proper la-beling. Students can submit multiple videos on one clearly labeled DVD-R. Entries and fees are to be submitted to the main office of the Department of Communication, 130 McComas Hall.
Entry fees are non-refundable and submissions will not be re-turned. Submissions must be original work. The awards ceremony will take place April 26, the same night as screening.
SBA encourages all MSU students to submit a video. For more information please contact [email protected] or on Face-book. The main office in 130 McComas Hall is only responsible for collecting entries.
University Relations announces “This is OUR Campus” video competition
According to a press release on the MSU website, the Mis-sissippi State University Alumni Association and the Office of University Relations are proud to announce the “This is OUR Campus” video competition for student organiza-tions. Students are asked to highlight their service, passion and support of MSU in a video no longer than 60 seconds and submit it by Monday, April 16, at 5 p.m. The winning organization’s video will be revealed Super Bulldog Weekend during the Maroon and White Spring Game. Winners will receive an Alumni Association prize pack.
Rules: Each student organization can submit only one video for the competition and the submitting team can have a maximum of 10 members. Videos should be 60 seconds or less and should not contain profanity, copyrighted music or inappropriate material. Mississippi State University reserves the right to disqualify any video not meeting these criteria.
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Though English is the primary language heard throughout our cam-
pus outside of foreign language classrooms, events such as the International Fiesta remind me that many people even within the greater Starkville area speak languages other than English. Which raises the question: if there’s a relatively large group of people in Starkville whose fi rst language is something other than English, how many more throughout our nation speak another language in their homes?
Even if they speak something other than English at home, should it be required to learn English to assimilate into our society? Do those who wish to make English the United State’s offi cial language believe it is truly the superior language, or do they assume that everyone “converting” to English would make everyday life more sim-ple?
Either way, the assumptions for the basis of the argument advocating English as the offi -cial language of the United States are false. According
to the United States Census Bureau, “Nearly 47 million people — about 1-in-5 U.S. residents — age fi ve and older, reported regularly speaking a foreign language at home in 2000. The figures represented an increase of 15 million people since the 1990 census.” The part of the nation’s population that speaks another language at home is clearly increasing, so why not embrace our own individualistic ideals and allow everyone to speak the language they choose?
Many in the past have tried to deem English as America’s official language, including President Theodore Roosevelt who once said, “We have one language here, and that is the English language, and we intend to see that the (assimila-tion) crucible turns our people out as Americans.” Though Roosevelt claims it would be more “American” for everyone to speak English, was it not to America many ran to escape persecution? Is it not prejudice in some ways to ask those who wish to preserve their own cul-ture and heritage to learn a new
language to fit into our current American society?
In response, some may argue that those who speak a lan-guage other than English would only have to learn it for the offi cial interactions that would need to take place outside of the home. However, how long would the children of those who speak other languages con-tinue in their parents’ ways if the schools they attended and the majority of their friends only spoke English? Susana C. Schultz, an employee of Strictly Spanish Translators, mirrors my sentiments when she said, “According to U.S. English, Inc., an advocacy group that supports declaring English as
our offi cial language, 322 lan-guages are spoken in the coun-try, with 24 of those spoken in every state and the District of Columbia. California has the most languages, with 207, while Wyoming has the fewest with 56. So why won’t Congress declare an offi cial language?
Because we are a nation of immigrants, and these num-bers prove it. Because declar-ing an offi cial language would abridge the rights of individuals with limited English profi cien-cy, individuals who are paying taxes and who are entitled to the same rights as those who speak English.”
When people are truly aware of the numbers, there’s only one other reason why they would support one national language: ethnocentrism. Ethnocentric views revolve around one cul-ture, such as those who speak English in the United States, believing that their ways are superior to others. If their only argument for deeming English the offi cial language is that it’s simply “the American way,” then I’d dare to say it isn’t American at all.
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DO YOU THINK THE NEWBASKETBALL COACH, RICK RAY,WILL DO A GOOD JOB?
- Yes, I think he will do a great job.
- No, I think he will hurt MSU’s basketball program.
- I don’t care.
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Canada has had some good ideas over the years: maple syrup. Calling ham bacon.
Public health care. Putting a leaf on their fl ag. And, most recently, deciding to get rid of their penny. Today I’m telling you that, like many of Canada’s decisions, the U.S. should follow suit.
Now, I hear you stirring. What, get rid of the one coin that looks different than the others, you say? What about Abraham Lincoln? Wouldn’t that make sellers raise prices? Don’t we need pennies? For, like, the metric system or something?
The simple answer is no, we don’t. In 1972, a penny was worth what a nickel is worth today, and yet the economy kept fl oating right along. In this day and age, there is no reason we need a coin worth 1/100 of a dollar. Do you get angry when gas stations round your total up from the 1/1000 of a cent they use to calcu-late? Probably not, because 1/1000 of a cent is not only beyond legal tender but also infi nitesi-mal. The penny is the same. Rounding up to the near-est nickel, or even dime, will have neg-ligible effects on consumers.
On my desk, along with a bunch of other stuff I rarely look at, I keep a plastic container full of almost all the coins I have received from transactions since freshman year. In all that time, I have collected $1.42 in pennies, in comparison to the $26 in quarters emptying the container in preparation for this article yielded. Statistically speaking, rounding every transaction to the nearest nickel would lose me barely any of that $1.42; but even if I did somehow lose ALL of that through rounding, the loss of a Coke’s worth of money over the span of two years seems inconsequential in the face of never having to deal with those fake copper discs ever again.
There is no reason we need a coin worth 1/100 of a dollar. The cheapest burger on the Mugshots menu costs $7.59 (which brings up another point. If we get rid of pennies, merchants will no longer be able to use this conde-scending “nine cents look cheap-er” practice). If you decided you wanted to pay for that burger
with only pennies, you would have to haul around over 4 lbs. in coins. Compare that to 1.67 lbs. in nickels. (Although in a perfect upheaval of the U.S. coin system, nickels would be done away with as well, or at the very least undergo a change in
composition: They cost 6 cents to make.) That is why vend-ing machines and parking meters and waiters at fancy res-taurants don’t accept pennies: they’re inef-fi cient and have a use value of next to nothing.
Indeed, pen-nies are more use-less now than ever before. It costs the U.S. Mint 1.6 cents to make each penny. This means the U.S. government actually LOSES money on
every single penny it makes. Not only does the government direct-ly lose money in making the penny, but several studies have shown that consumers also lose up to a billion dollars per year in effi ciency as cashiers, consumers and tellers fumble over pennies. Eliminating the penny could go a long way toward lowering the national debt.
So why do we still have pen-nies? Because getting rid of them is a nonpartisan issue without political pull. Democrats and Republicans cannot fi ght over whether or not we should kill the penny because an equal number of them agree we should and many of them are afraid of their districts. While Canada quickly and effi ciently revitalizes their economy, our Congress bickers over a budget and turns in their homework late. But you can do something about this. Send a note to your congressman telling him how you admire Canada’s action. We must stand together against the penny. It’s what Abraham Lincoln would do.
Pennies’ existencemakes no cents
Whitney Knight is a sophomore majoring in English education. She can be contacted at [email protected].
ONE LITTLE SPARK | WHITNEY KNIGHT
The Cameron Crazies at Duke. The 12th man at Texas A&M. The
Izzone at Michigan State. What’s the common denom-inator between these three things? They are all iconic student sections.
Take a good, hard look at the student sections at Michigan, Notre Dame and Nebraska football games. Watch what they do — how they act, how they cheer. Now take a good, hard look at ours.
See the difference?Since I became a student
at Mississippi State in 2008, it has troubled me we don’t have a student section — or a fan base in general — that consistently makes our home venues tough places to play. (Before I go any further, don’t misconstrue this with me say-ing I don’t like our fan base because that couldn’t be fur-ther from the truth. I love our fan base.)
However, there needs to be something more — some-thing that makes us unique. Right now, we don’t have it because right now, we don’t know how to cheer. What transpired this past weekend ultimately culminated into this article, but it’s been a recurring theme since I’ve
been a student here. I currently serve as the pub-
lic address announcer for the MSU softball team, and, dur-ing the series with Tennessee, something irked me.
That Saturday afternoon, we packed the stadium. There was not a seat available and people lined the outfield wall. It had all the makings to be a memorable atmosphere for our fans and players.
It never became that.
I noticed people looking around when others were cheering with a look of, “What do I do next?” People didn’t know how or what to cheer. I’m not pick-ing on just the softball fans because this has been consistent of our fans in almost every sport.
In football, we’re steadily getting better, and I love how much has changed since 2008. Excitement is at an all-time high, and I couldn’t be happier with the direction in which things are headed.
In basketball, baseball, soft-ball and other sports, I can’t say the same.
I’m not saying you have to do everything the 12th man does or everything the Cameron Crazies and the Izzone do. But I am saying you need to cheer as loud as you can for the duration of the game. There’s no reason
we can’t make every venue we have the loud-est, hardest place to play in the country.
We have 55,082 seats at Davis Wade Stadium that are now filled every Saturday. We have 10,200 seats at Humphrey C o l i s e u m that are right on top of the court. We have the nicest and
arguably the most historic college baseball stadium in Dudy-Noble.
Make these even better than what they are.
To student groups like Rick’s Rowdies in the past: keep cheering, but don’t iso-late yourselves to where it
makes others not want to cheer. To everyone else: cheer anyway. I promise you’re not too cool to do it.
If I wanted to sit down for an entire basketball game, I’d stay at home and watch it. We reunited the student section at the Hump. Take advantage of that and buy into what the athletic department is trying to do.
Do this at every athletic event. Get to the field or arena early and cause hell for the opposing team. That’s what makes college athletics so much fun — the pageantry, the emotions and the student sections.
Don’t feel like you can only cheer when we play Kentucky in basketball or Alabama or LSU in football. Even if we’re playing a Division II team in basketball or a Football Championship Subdivision school in football, pack the arena or field and create the same atmosphere you would for the big games.
The sign behind Dudy-Noble Field says, “Home to College Baseball’s Greatest Fans.” That isn’t limited to just baseball, though. We have the greatest fans in the country, period.
Show everyone why we deserve that title.
Cheering fires up MSU teamsLETTER TO THE EDITOR | JONATHAN BARDEN
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Rebecca Kellum is a freshman majoring in English education. She can be contacted at [email protected].
“Indeed, pennies are more useless now than ever before. It costs the U.S. Mint 1.6 cents to make each penny.”
“To student groups like Rickʼs Rowdies in the past: keep cheering, but donʼt isolate yourselves to where it makes others not want to cheer. To everyone else: cheer anyway.”
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A simple, one-syllable, four-letter word has come to define 16 seniors' lives. That word is ‘seek.’ Today through Friday, April 13, "SEEK!," the Mississippi State University Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, will open and display senior fine arts majors’ gallery work.
According to the event’s press release, a public reception will be held Thursday, April 12 at McComas Hall in the Department of Art Gallery downstairs at 5:30 p.m. The reception will move to the Colvard Student Union Art Gallery and will end at the Visual Arts Center.
Blake McCollum, senior fine arts major with a concentration in photography, said every fine arts major, no matter if their emphasis is painting, drawing, sculpture or ceramics, has to go through the thesis process to get a degree.
“The thesis process happens the semester before you graduate. You take classes that help you research and draw a blueprint for your project,” he said.
Brent Funderburk, College of Architecture, Art and Design professor and thesis coordinator who teaches one of the required thesis classes, said all studio Bachelor of Fine Arts programs
culminate in an exhibition.“This is their first professional
show. It gives the students the opportunity to learn the exhi-bition process,” he said.
The senior art thesis grants students the oppor tun i ty to get a feel for the gallery atmosphere.
Paul Richey, senior fine art major with a concentration in sculpture, said the work to be shown has been com-pletely done this semester.
“It is a cul-mination of the work I have been pursu-ing while here at MSU,” he said.
Heidi Robinson, senior fine arts major with a concentration in photography, said the process has been fulfilling overall but very difficult at the same time.
“The most stressful part is the meetings with your committee (a board hand-picked by the student of two to four people who advise
the student during the entirety of the project). They are there to help you, but they have eagle
eyes for flaws,” she said.
Senior art theses are very important to these students and to their graduation. “If you do not make it through the thesis, you do not gradu-ate. This project has always been in the back of my mind since I began college,” M c C o l l u m said.
Fine arts seniors are expected to take a full course load in addition to complet-ing their senior project. “ I am taking 18
hours this semester to complete my requirements to graduate,” Richey said. “I wish I had not waited so long to take trigonom-etry.”
“This is a total commitment,” Funderburk said. “The students work on their projects at least 30 hours per week on top of other
classes. It takes every fiber of their being.”
The students are obviously passionate about their work and have also recently competed in the Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition where MSU won more awards than any other school.
“I love photography,” Robinson said. “I use traditional and alternative photo methods such as film and liquid emulsion, so it feels good that I am keeping
the darkroom tradition active.”The senior art thesis process
is long but is necessary for stu-dents’ future success.
“If I had to categorize the thesis project into three things, they would be stress, time man-agement and one big project that takes up a semester,” McCollum said.
With the concrete necessity of doing well on the senior art the-sis, students gain experience that will help propel them forward.
“These 16 senior students in Mississippi State University's Fine Art BFA degree program have spent their undergradu-ate careers seeking to create the work that demonstrates the skills they've acquired and the jour-ney they have and will continue to take,” said the event’s press release.
For more information, contact the MSU Department of Art or visit the “SEEK!” event page on Facebook.
courtesy photo | blake mccollum
Fine arts thesis students have been preparing all year for their final exhibition. Left, Paul Richey works on his wooden sculptural piece. Below, Heidi Robinson displays her photographic works on stone.
“The students work on their projects at least 30 hours per week on top of other classes. It takes every fiber of their being.” brent Funderburk, proFessor, thesis coordinator
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GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY | Music Makers Productions brought Ghostland Observatory to the Mississippi State University Horse Park last Saturday. A little over 1,000 people packed the enormous venue to see the electro/rock/funk duo. The band thrilled spectators with an energetic performance and world class light show. Ghostland's laser operator, who was with the band for the first time in four months, had been busy directing the lasers for Kanye West and Jay-Z on the Watch the Throne tour.
BY MICAH GREEN
News Editor
A new literary and art mag-azine being developed by the Shackouls Honors College has begun accepting submissions from students interested in hav-ing his or her work published next fall.
The still unnamed magazine is the brainchild of Christopher Snyder, dean of the honors col-lege, and will be managed by a group of students.
Only undergraduate students enrolled in the honors college are eligible to apply as an edi-tor for the magazine, but any student, regardless of major, may submit their work.
Gracy Hewes, junior kinesiol-ogy major and president of the honors council, said she and Snyder recognized the need for an outlet where students could have their work published. She said The Reflector gives student journalists a chance to have their work published, and the honors college wanted to give a simi-lar opportunity to other creative students on campus.
“I know students who work at The Reflector get to see their work whenever a paper comes out, and I know they take pride in that,” she said. “We want-ed other students to have that chance as well.”
Snyder and Hewes selected Julia Pendley, junior English major and managing editor at
The Reflector, as the lead editor for the project.
Pendley said the magazine will feature multiple literary and art forms including poetry, short stories, essays, paintings, sketches, photography and any-thing else students would like to submit. Any photos submitted should be of high quality and resolution.
She said the magazine will include print and online edi-tions with the print edition either running monthly or bimonthly.
“My goal is to have the first issue go to print by the end of September or the beginning of October,” Pendley said.
Pendley is one of three students work-ing on the project. She is currently being assisted by Field Brown, junior English major, and Morgan Marrero, sophomore biological engineer-ing major.
Pendley said she is searching for an editor for the arts section and especially encourages stu-dents with previous publication experience to apply.
Contests will be held in the fall to encourage students to submit material. Student works
can be submitted through email or personally delivered to the magazine’s office, a room in Griffis the honors college has set aside for the magazine opera-tions.
Hewes said the new magazine will differ from the Jabberwock Review, a literary magazine funded by the College of Arts
& Sciences and the De p a r t m e n t of English, because con-tent will come strictly from students. The J a b b e r w o c k Review cur-rently accepts s u b m i s s i o n s from any-one regard-less of their affiliation with M i s s i s s i p p i S t a t e University.
Submissions and inqui-ries for the new magazine should be sent via email to msu l i [email protected].
“We don’t really have a set-in-stone vision for the publication right now,” Hewes said. “We want to let Julia (Pendley) and the other students involved to really have the say as to what the magazine looks like and what direction it will go.”
Snyder was out of his office Monday and unavailable for comment prior to deadline.
“We want to let Julia (Pendley) and the other students involved to really have the say as to what the magazine looks like and what direction it will go.” GRACY HEWES, PRESIDENT OF THE HONORS COUNCIL
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As the temperature rises, the trends in menswear take on bold colors for this sea-
son. Expect to see bright yellow and tangerine orange in men’s wardrobe to create a sun-inspired look. Wearing a variation of blues is another trend seen on this year’s runway for those who are not feeling as bold.
Unlike last summer which was dominated by long shorts, shorter proportions in shorts and blazers are taking over. Instead of bright whites, sun-bleached neutrals will be prominent this summer with sand-like colors and off-whites.
Sarah Daws, junior human sci-ences major, discussed what men should look out for this summer.
“We’re going to see a lot of silk skinny ties with micro patterns. Also, instead of hi-tops or low-tops, mid-ankle shoes are coming into style,” she said.
She also said menswear will be brighter and more daring.
“There will defi nitely be a lot of color. Colored pants are going to be a big trend this summer. Red pants, especially. For specifi c colors, designers are focusing on primary colors. There will be a lot of greens, blues and reds,” Daws said.
While name-brand runway fashions can hurt your wallet, Daws said there are affordable ways to look fresh off the run-way.
“Gap is putting together a GQ line that will be reasonably af-fordable. Clothing from the line will be handpicked from GQ’s staff favorites,” Daws said.
For those who do not want to look too far, Reed’s in Starkville offers affordable and stylish menswear brands.
“Reed’s is probably the best in Starkville,” Daws said. “They have dress clothes that are good for church and going out, but they also have casual clothes that are stylish. They also sell TOMS. They just started selling the new TOMS eyewear.”
Austin Lenox, sophomore business major and employee at
Reed’s in Starkville, said Reed’s has picked up a new brand that follows this summer’s trends.
“We just picked up a new brand called Mine, and they sent us some awesome spring-colored linen button downs. North Face has sent us some great water shorts called Class Five Shorts perfect for summer,” he said.
C h a r l e s Freeman Jr., apparel, tex-tiles and mer-c h a n d i s i n g i n s t r u c t o r , said the big-gest trend for this summer will be print-ed pants and shorts.
“Pants or shorts with plaid, striped or bold prints will be a trend this summer,” he said.
Red and electric blues will most likely appear in this sum-mer’s color palette.
Freeman also said purchasing anything you can mix with a staple item is a fashion forward decision to make.
“You can put on a plain-colored tee with a bold pair of pants. You can also toss on a cotton blazer with it, and you will have a good, stylish look
this summer,” Freeman said.For those penny-pinchers,
Freeman suggested shopping at Old Navy.
“At Old Navy, although the quality may not be as great as other stores, you can still get some more of the trendier items as well as some of the staple items for a really good price,” he said.
Freeman said menswear is headed in a great direction.
“I think men are starting to dress up more,” he said. “Espe-cially with infl uences like ‘Mad Men,’ one of my personal favor-
ite shows, you see a lot more men starting to take a little bit more time with their appearance . You see that men are get-ting back to simple things like shaving, taking care of themselves and groom-ing. They are wearing lace-up shoes with nicer socks.”
F r e e m a n also said men’s fashion on campus is changing in an excellent way.
“ T h e y aren’t just putting on a pair of square toed slip-ons or stick-ing on a pair of fl ip fl ops with a pair of shorts and throwing a hat on backwards and going to class,” he said. “They are taking time now, saying, ‘If I’m going to be out and about today, I can at least do my best to look good.’ I’m really happy with the direction that menswear is go-ing, especially on campus when I see men dressing up more by wearing bow ties and blazers with jeans.”
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Zack Orsborn is chief designer for The Reflector. He can be contacted at [email protected].
“You can put on a plain colored tee with a bold pair of pants. You can also toss on a cotton blazer with it, and you will have a good, stylish look this summer” CHARLES FREEMAN JR., APPAREL, TEXTILES AND MERCHANDISING INSTRUCTOR
MSU students, staff hold production of Vagina Monologues
BY KAITLIN MULLINS
Life Editor
On April 4 at 7 p.m. Rick’s Café will host a production of the Vagina Monologues to raise funds for local and international women’s advocacy groups. The Vagina Monologues is the cor-nerstone of the V-Day move-ment. According to its website, V-Day generates broader atten-tion for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, includ-ing rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sex slav-ery. Each year between Feb. 1 and April 30, participants hold performances and other related events around the globe to ben-efit rape crisis centers and similar resource centers for women. In 2011, over 5,800 V-Day benefit events took place by volunteer activists in the United States and around the world.
According to its website, in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, V-Day commits ongoing sup-port to build movements and anti-violence networks. Working with local organizations, V-Day provided hard-won funding that helped open the first shelters for women in Egypt and Iraq; sponsored annual workshops and three national campaigns in Afghanistan; convened the "Confronting Violence" con-ference of South Asian women leaders; and donated satellite phones to Afghan women to
keep lines of communication open and action plans moving forward.
One of the most popular events related to V-Day, The Vagina Monologues is a series of mono logue s performed by women about e v e r y t h i n g from injustices against women to first men-strual cycles and child-birth.
This year, the famous collection of mono logue s will be directed and performed by Mississippi S t a t e University stu-dents and staff with the sup-port of MSU’s Gender Studies Program and Department of Relationship Violence and Outreach. For the third time this year Melanie Walsh, graduate student in counselor education, will be directing the collection.
According to a press release, Walsh brings this production to Starkville again this year with hopes to raise awareness of wom-
en’s issues, raise funds for orga-nizations dear to her heart and provide great entertainment.
“I’m so excited to bring this vital mes-sage to the Starkville and MSU commu-nities again,” Walsh said. “The Vagina Monologues is an impor-tant produc-tion because it brings to life the actu-al words of women from various reli-gions, age groups, races, cultural back-grounds and orientations. The produc-tion is filled with humor, rage, sadness and empower-ment, which sends a mes-
sage of strength and hope that should resonate with the audi-ence.”
The cost of admission is $2 with donations greatly appreciat-ed. Rick’s Café's doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and all donations will benefit Safe Haven Battered Women’s Shelter in Columbus and V-Day international.
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Morrow looks to bolster receiving coreBY RAY BUTLER
Staff Writer
When the Mississippi State football team enters Davis Wade Stadium this fall for the opening game of the 2012 season, the Bulldogs will have some key differences on the offensive side of the ball compared to the 2011 cam-paign. With quarterback Chris Relf and running back Vick Ballard both graduated and pursuing football op-tions at the next level, MSU will likely look to throw the ball more during the 2012 season than any other season during the tenure of head coach Dan Mullen.
One player who has not yet seen playing time for the Bulldogs and is poised to make an impact in the fall is Joe Morrow, a redshirt freshman wide receiver from Ocean Springs. Mor-row, a player who has received a strong amount of praise by fellow teammates and coaches throughout the begin-ning of this year’s spring practice, is a physical, prototypical skill player who will undoubtedly add a new fold to the MSU offense for the next four seasons. At 6’4 and 205 pounds, Mor-row nearly saw playing time as a true freshman at State. Now with a year of practice under his belt, Morrow said he was thankful he was given time to learn and mature as a college football player.
“(Redshirting last season) re-ally helped me learn the speed of the game,” Morrow said. “I was also able to get in the weight room and get stronger during last season.”
The talented freshman also said be-ing able to be with the team during games was a valuable experience in his maturing process as an SEC football player.
“Being on the sidelines during games was really fun,” Morrow said. “Just being around my teammates on game day and during games was really helpful.”
With his fi rst week of spring prac-tice in the books, Morrow is quickly making his presence known amongst his teammates. One MSU veteran who has witnessed Morrow’s progress is Corey Broomfi eld, a defensive back who said Morrow is among a group of
young wide receivers who have greatly improved since last season.
“They have all gotten a lot better and are making the defensive backs work this spring,” Broomfi eld said.
With Morrow’s size and speed, MSU will fi nally have a tall receiving threat that can also run deep, vertical routes. During the 2011 season, the tallest receiver who saw substantial playing time for MSU was Chris Smith, who stood at 6’2. With the mismatches the redshirt freshman presents, opposing defenses will have increased problems focusing on just one Bulldog receiver, which will make life easier for quarter-back Tyler Russell, who is projected to be the starter for the 2012 season.
Along with the talent he brings to the MSU passing game, Morrow’s added presence will also increase the consistency of a passing game that was shaky for long stretches of the 2011 season. The Bulldogs have not sur-passed 300 yards passing in a single game since MSU’s 59-14 victory over the Memphis Tigers in the fi rst game last season.
“I feel like I know the offense really well,” Morrow said. “I just want to do whatever I can to help this team win.”
In the Southeastern Conference, there is no such thing as having too much depth, especially on the offen-sive side of the ball. Since Morrow must produce to see playing time in the 2012 season, having young play-ers with the necessary knowledge and talent to compete at the SEC level is crucial in building a team of conten-tion. This is felt from the coaching staff all the way to the players, like offensive lineman Gabe Jackson, who said teaching younger players, such as Morrow, is the responsibility of the veteran players on the team.
“Being able to rotate several play-ers in is very important,” Jackson said. “It takes some of the pressure off of the older guys, and it keeps everyone fresh.”
As Morrow continues to learn and mature, anxiety surrounding the po-tential of the redshirt freshman wide receiver continues to grow within the MSU football program. While Mor-row said remaining humble is impor-tant to him, he also said he does not see a ceiling to his potential at MSU.
“My motto has always been ‘the sky is the limit,’” Morrow said. “If I keep working hard and stay hungry, I think that someday, I’ll be the player that I want to be.”
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After watching and learning the Bulldog offense for a year, freshman Joe Morrow will look to strengthen MSUʼs receiving core next fall as an increased passing game is expected.
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BY JACK HILL
Staff Writer
The Bulldogs outhit but did not outscore the No. 2 Ala-bama Crimson Tide Sunday in Starkville.
After dropping close contests both Friday (5-4) and Saturday (4-2), the Lady Dogs lost a com-petitive 9-3 ballgame Sunday afternoon, completing the series sweep for the Tide.
With the loss, Mississippi State fell to 19-18 (3-13), and Alabama improved to 35-1 (12-1).
Leading the way for Alabama was pitcher Jackie Traina, the starter for both Friday and Sun-day, who came to Starkville at 19-0 and left 21-0. Her 18 strike-outs on the weekend proved to be the difference in an otherwise relatively even series.
Pitching was not the only rea-son the Crimson Tide edged the Bulldogs. On the series, Alabama hit four home runs to Mississippi State’s two; this included a game- deciding grand slam Sunday in the top of the fourth to give Ala-bama a 6-1 lead, one they would not relinquish. MSU head coach Vann Stuedeman said the grand slam was a key turning point in the game.
“They had a very key, timely home run. You just don’t have a break in that lineup,” Stuedeman said.
The Bulldogs did not go away lightly, though. Starting on the mound for State Friday and Sun-day was junior Stephanie Becker, who pitched 9.2 innings on the weekend while striking out 10 and giving her team a chance to win.
Although State wanted to take a game from the Tide, a moral vic-tory could certainly be taken from this weekend for this young team,
playing toe-to-toe against ar-guably the best team in college softball. Senior Ka’ili Smith said despite the losses, she was still proud of her team’s efforts.
“We still lost, so we’re never sat-isfi ed, and we always want the W. I am proud of my team for play-ing through all seven innings for three games,” Smith said.
A timely hit here or there could have made the difference in possi-bly grabbing a game in this series for the Dogs, who stranded 10 on base Sunday. The Bulldogs left the bases loaded in both the third and fi fth innings, losing a chance at a couple of huge innings. On the other side, Alabama capital-ized with the bases loaded, with Danae Hays hitting a grand slam in the fourth en route to a six-run inning.
“We have to be able to stop the bleeding. You have to follow an error with an out or follow a walk with an out,” Stuedeman said.
State’s only home run Sunday was a solo shot by senior Brittany Bell, her eighth, in the bottom of the seventh.
The Bulldogs now turn their attention to in-state rival South-ern Mississippi Wednesday and Arkansas, in Fayetteville, this weekend.
The Razorbacks were swept last weekend by LSU and are the only team in the SEC West behind State, sitting at 18-17 (2-13).
Stuedeman said MSU must fi g-ure out a way to get some timely hits.
“We’re hitting the ball and hit-ting it well. That timely hit is go-ing to fall, no doubt,” Stuedeman said.
Bama proves too much to handle for Lady Dogs
No. 10 Bulldogs on a roll in final stretchBY ELLIOTT REES
Staff Writer
A day after defeating Louisiana State University 6-1, Sunday’s Se-nior Day at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre featured Bulldogs Louis Cant, George Coupland and Ar-tem Ilyushin. All three were key contributors in the match as No. 10 Mississippi State defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks 4-1 to obtain its second match win in as many days and remain atop the SEC Western Division.
The day did not start off entirely the way the Bulldogs would have liked after the pairing of seniors Ilyushin and Coupland surpris-ingly fell to the Razorbacks 8-1 in doubles play. The duo had a record of 12-3 coming in, and Coupland said he was disappointed but cred-ited Arkansas for their great play.
“Me and Kit (Ilyushin) after the match said that we’ve never been beaten 8-1, and we were just like, ‘yeah, you’re right’,” he said. “The guys played really, really good double doubles today, and we didn’t make enough, and we didn’t take enough opportunities.”
State faced an early 1-0 defi -cit following its second doubles
loss shortly afterward when se-nior Cant and sophomore Malte Stropp fell 8-3. However, the Bulldogs took a 2-1 lead following two impressive match wins which ended almost simultaneously as Ilyushin, the No. 15 ranked player in the nation, and Stropp both won in straight sets posting 6-3, 6-1 wins. State’s ability to get the two early singles wins seemed to have shifted the momentum back in the Bulldogs’ favor, and, accord-ing to head coach Per Nilsson, it was something the team needed coming out of the locker room.
“College tennis is all about mo-mentum swings, and they had the momentum in the beginning with the doubles,” he said. “We felt that in the locker room that we could very easily make it feel like we were going to win this match within the next 10 minutes if we came out strong.”
The turning point of the match probably came when Cant, who had already won his fi rst set 6-1, battled to avoid his match being sent into a third as he won the second following a 7-3 tiebreak to win it 7-6 and give State a 3-1 lead in the match. The win gave MSU some breathing room with
only needing one more match out of three to obtain the victory. Nilsson said the win by Cant defi -nitely played a major role in the Bulldogs’ ability to set themselves up to win the match.
“That was the key to the match,” he said. “If that goes the other way, Arkansas for sure would think they could win on every court out there; instead, we’re looking at all we got to do is win one of these three, and we’re out of here.”
A storybook ending to Senior Day was achieved as Coupland, after dropping his fi rst set 3-6, went on to win the fi nal two 6-2, 6-4 and clinching the match with State’s fourth point. The win im-proved State’s overall record to 16-4 and 7-1 in conference play. Coupland’s win also gave all three seniors a win as State ended the regular season home schedule in style. Coupland said it is impor-tant for him and his fellow seniors to perform well for this team to have further success.
“It was good to feel for all three seniors to have won the singles,” he said. “It shows how much we have meant to this team and this program and hopefully how much we are going to mean to the future
of this program. It is important that each three of us fi ght hard and keep playing the way we’re playing.”
Mississippi State has three matches remaining on the sched-ule, all of which are on the road, but none are as big as this team’s next foe, No. 9 Kentucky. The Bulldogs are second only to the Wildcats in the SEC overall stand-ings, and a win this coming week-end on April 6 against the Wild-cats could not only lead to State winning the West but also the entire Southeastern Conference regular season crown. Nilsson said winning the West last year was a goal, but this team wants more than a Western Division crown this year.
“This year our goal is to win the whole SEC, and we have to beat Kentucky to do it,” he said. “I know the guys will be really fi red up.”
State will round up the regular season with trips to Vanderbilt on April 8 and in-state rival the school up North on April 14. The Bulldogs will fi nish out conference play by hosting the SEC Tourna-ment, which will begin the Friday of Super Bulldog Weekend.
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Zach White and Ethan Wilkinson celebrate after winning a point in their doubles match. MSU now stands alone atop the SEC West at 6-1 in the conference. The Bulldogs have a tough task ahead, though, when they take on No. 9 Kentucky in a match that has the potential to decide the SEC.
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During his time at Clemson, the Tigers won 38 games and qualifi ed for the NCAA Tourna-ment one time. Prior to becom-ing the associate head coach at Clemson, Ray was an assistant at Purdue for four years, where he helped sign one of the top recruiting classes in school his-tory. This class was rated No. 5 nationally by Scout.com and included All-American Robbie Hummel.
Athletic director Scott Strick-lin said Ray fi ts the characteris-tics of a coach he looks for when trying to fi ll a job.
“Rick fi ts the model of head coach we have sought to bring into our program over the last several years,” Stricklin said. “He is bright, enthusiastic, dis-ciplined and is a man of integ-rity. He has served with some of the top head and assistant coaches in college basketball and will bring a piece of all of them to our head coaching po-sition.”
Ray may not be a well-known commodity to many MSU fans, but he wasted little time letting people know what to expect of the MSU basketball program under his watch.
“We will be successful. I don’t know how to lose. The only thing I’ve ever done is win ball-games,” Ray said. “I don’t care if you are an assistant coach or as-sociate head coach. If you come from a winning program, you know how to win.”
With MSU’s basketball pro-gram serving as the butt of many jokes over the last few years, Ray emphasized his desire to see his team perform well on and off the court.
“I’m really big on doing things the right way. We are go-
ing to instill toughness. Some-times you don’t have a banner year recruiting; you miss out on the McDonald’s All-American. You better have a system that will overcome some sort of bad recruiting year or attrition,” Ray said. “I want to make sure we put a team on this court that you guys can support and feel good about. That is very impor-tant to me. I want to make sure our guys are going out there and fi ghting and competing.”
Ray’s next few weeks will be spent trying to sell the program to potential assistant coaches, recruits and fans. With the spring signing period right around the corner, it is impor-tant he try and assuage any fears current signees might have as well as work to add any talented players who are not currently signed with a school. Ray said he believes his style of play will be attractive to recruits.
“This is going to be an ex-citing brand of basketball, of-fensively. We want to push the basketball and put people on their heels. We want to make sure we run a motion offense,” Ray said. “I believe the motion offense does one thing: it allows guys who are good enough to do what they need to do to go and make plays. It is as simple as that. I want them to go out there, make plays and be free.”
When it comes to fi lling out his staff, Ray would like to keep one of the current MSU assis-tants on staff to help with the transition and to ensure MSU continues to recruit well in Mis-sissippi. Along with keeping one of the current assistants, Ray said he wishes to bring in an as-sistant he knows, and he wishes to bring in another who really
wants to be at MSU (a “wild card” as he referred to him).
Due to the transition phase that will take place after Stans-bury’s 14 years on the job, Ray stressed that fans should cast their doubts aside and believe in him and Mississippi State.
“As a basketball coach, I want to go out and connect with our players. I want them to have a positive experience at Mis-sissippi State. I’ve been on the phone non-stop with recruits and players. It will take time, and it will take some patience,” Ray said. “All I ask you to do is throw away your doubts, throw away your fears and just go two feet in to Mississippi State bas-ketball and then see what hap-
pens. If it doesn’t happen, then you can be judgmental, but don’t be judgmental right now. Just make sure you go out and support these guys because they need it. We’re going to be good, and we’re going to be success-ful. We’re going to do it the right way, and we’re going to put a brand of basketball on the court that all you guys can be proud of.”
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JUST A BIT OUTSIDE | JAMES CARSKADON
Monday’s press confer-ence to introduce for-mer Clemson associate
head coach Rick Ray as Missis-sippi State’s 19th head basketball coach had all the normal bells and whistles.
Fans cheered, Ray shook hands with athletic director Scott Stricklin and then rang a chrome cowbell. The press conference was the easy part for Ray.
What happens next is the hard part.
Before a single X or O can be drawn, Ray must keep the cur-rent team and signing class in-tact to keep MSU competitive in the SEC and on the national radar. Ray said Monday the “most important recruits” are those already on the team. In the case of Rodney Hood, he’s right. Hood, who was freshman All-SEC this season, has hinted in reports about transferring. That loss would be a huge blow to an already thin roster. If he stays, Hood has the kind of talent and work ethic around which Ray can build the program.
Of course, there’s the recruit-ing trail, where Ray quickly needs to become familiar with the talent in Mississippi. Also, keeping Josh Gray, MSU’s guard signee out of Texas, is key for this signing class.
Once the 2012-2013 roster is set, then Ray can start drawing out the motion offense he plans on running.
It’s far from a ‘sexy’ hire, and Stricklin has admitted that much.
The hire has been both criticized by some MSU fans and praised by national college basketball columnists. I fall somewhere in-between, but depending on how much talent he can convince to come to Starkville, I think Ray could prove to be a good hire.
Stricklin’s fi rst public com-ments on Ray were that he “fi ts the model of head coach we have sought to bring into our pro-gram,” and Scott is right on this one. A relatively young, high-energy guy that can sell MSU is certainly the type of coaches that have been hired recently, and Ray fi ts that mold. We’ll fi nd out soon enough how good he is at selling the program once we see who stays and who goes.
Rick Stansbury built MSU into a program that could achieve consistent success, but unfortunately for Ray, he left it with a bare cupboard. Now it’s up to Ray to replinish that cup-board.
It won’t be easy, but it can be done. The baton is now passed from one Rick to another.
James Carskadon is the sports editor of The Reflector. He can be contacted at [email protected]
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Rick Ray was introduced as the MSU head basketball coach yesterday morning in front of an estimated 200 fans at Humphrey Coliseum.
LOOKING FOR MORE?For more information on the timeline of the Rick Ray hiring, see the graphic on page 11.
