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SA campaigns to begin, new senate seats available

by Emmalyne Kwasny Staff Writer

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The leaders of Mississippi State University’s EcoCar3 program triumphantly ring their cowbells during the unveiling of the Chevy Camero they will spend the next two years giving an efficiency overhaul.

MSU EcoCar3 starts work on Camero

by Reed Gaddis Staff Writer

Mississippi State University’s EcoCar3, a four-year collegiate competition, gives engineering students the opportunity to have a hands on auto-making experience.

Jared Oakley, engineering manager for the project and graduate student at MSU, described the engineering team set up.

“Under our engineering team, we have four different subteams,” Oakley said.

“We have system modeling and simulation, controls, electrical and mechanical.

All four of those subteams work together to progress

the project to the same point. It’s my job to manage those and make sure everybody’s working at the same time.”

Ashley Madison, junior, communication major, who serves as the team’s Communication Manager, said that there are currently 16 universities involved in the competition.

“Ultimately we’re trying to make a 2016 Camaro more energy efficient and environmentally friendly, but we also want it to have the same horsepower that you typically expect out of a Camaro,” Madison said, “All the teams are competing against one another to ultimately make this car the best car that we can make it.”

Madison said the team is broken down into two sections. One is a business side of the team and the other area is a very technical component.

“On the business side we have project management,” Madison said, “They handle development, fundraising and things like that.

Then we have communications, we handle media relations, outreach and all of those sorts of things.

Together all of those teams work together to actually do the hands on work and all the implementation and the components into the vehicle.”

Madison said the team travels to several different workshops over the course of the four year project.

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MSU Ecocar3 strips the Chevy Camero down to it’s frame, rebuilding it top to bottom to be as energy effecient as possible.

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SMART opens new route to GTRA

by Lacretia Wimbley Editor-in-Chief

Mississippi State University’s S.M.A.R.T. transit system now has a new route that transports members of the StarkvilleMSU area to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA).

A partnership between the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), MSU and the City of Starkville provided funding for the new route, and was made official on Jan. 4 through a ribbon cutting ceremony in GTRA’s airport terminal.

According to a University press release, GTR Director Mike Hainsey said the GTRA route will help the airport better serve its clients.

“We’re very excited about this,” Hainsey said in the release, “Our No. 1 client is Mississippi State University through its faculty, staff and students.

This just makes it easier to get to the airport, and for small airports like ours, it’s all about convenience.”

The new GTRA route will make four daily round

trips to Walmart, then the Mill, and finally the airport. It will arrive an hour before scheduled departure times and will remain at the airport 25 minutes after passengers return.

Angelia Knight, director of MBA programs at MSU, said the new shuttle route provides convenience.

“I think students and faculty will appreciate the shuttle route,” Knight said.

“I’m thinking about international students in particular, for whenever they want to fly home. Instead of driving two or three hours to catch a flight, or having to get a friend, they can take the shuttle.”

In addition to convenience for international students, Knight said she and her husband would benefit from new shuttle route as well.

“I know for my husband and myself, we prefer to drive out of GTR because we realized the closest airport is two and a half hours away and who wants to come in from a long trip just to drive that far back,” she said. “This is great because you won’t have to pay the parking fees when flying.

When I lived in Tuscaloosa, I really wish there had been a shuttle route like this.”

Russ Houston, Public Affairs GTR Executive Director Mike Hainsey, MSU President Mark E. Keenum, Mike Tagert, transportation commissioner for northern Mississippi, and Jeremiah Dumas, MSU director for parking, transit and sustainability, shake hands and celebrate benefits the new route will bring to the region.

Courtney Muhtaris, freshman meteorology major, said she has her own car, but the GTRA route is something she thinks will help students in general.

“That’s a very smart idea because a lot of people on campus don’t have a car or transportation,” Muhtaris said. “For people that live far away, they probably flew in to town.

So instead of getting a taxi to come over here, you can

ride the shuttle. I don’t see any problem with the new route. I’ve actually never rode the shuttle because I have a car of my own, but from what I’ve heard from other people, it’s very helpful because people get trips to Walmart and other places.”

Tiara Trotter, sophomore biochemistry major, also said she sees the new route as a great help for her.

“Coming from students

who don’t have cars, this is still great because you don’t have to provide gas money or try to find a ride or get a car fixed,” Trotter said.

“The shuttles here take you where you need to go. I’m from Illinois, and my parents live a distance away. I don’t have to call them or get help going anywhere because I can just ride the shuttle.”

For more information on GTR, visit www.gtra.com.

TheStudentAssociationof Mississippi State University is now accepting forms of intent to run for Student Association Executive and Senate seats. Forms are due Jan. 19 at 12 p.m. The candidates meeting will be held in the Fowlkes Auditorium at 5 p.m. All students may run for positions in the SA as long as they meet the requirements.

In addition to the regular Senate seats, students can now run for seven newly-created ‘‘at-large’’ Senate seats recently added that represent the entirety of the MSU student population.

SA elections will take place on Feb. 2 and voting will be held from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. that day. Voting will take place through OrgSync.

If a runoff is necessary, it will be held on Feb. 4. MSU has recently combined MSU Meridian campus’ SA and MSU Starkville’s SA into a single MSU student association, and students from both campus’ can run and vote for every position.

All students running for a SA Senate College seat must have a declared major at the time of the election. All undergraduate student candidates must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.50.

Freshman candidates do not have any GPA requirement. Undergraduate candidates must take at least 12 semester hours with at least nine of them being held on the Starkville campus, also known as Campus 1.

Graduate Candidates must have a GPA of at least 3.00 unless entering graduate student where 2.50 is required.

They must take at least nine semester hours with at least six of them being held on Campus 1.

Roxanne Raven, the Vice President of SA, said, “The SA’s purpose is to represent the students. We are totally focused on serving students and work relentlessly behind the scenes to improve the college experience for them.”

Jamie Aron, SA Chief Justice and Elections Commissioner, said elected students will represent the student body in various meetings across campus.

The students will initiate legislation to change policies and procedures and will vote to fund other organizations on campus. They also run MSU’s special events such as The Drill, Bulldog Bash and Campaign for Change.

The main role of the Student Association is to serve fellow MSU students.

“The SA is important because it actively seeks to represent student needs in every way- by talking to administrators about student complaints, working with faculty senate to form academic operating policies, and to create programs that make student life on campus more fun!” said Raven.

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“We’re about to go to Austin, Texas, at the end of this month for our winter workshop, we went to Boston in the fall, and at the end of the year we’re going to Yuma, Arizona,” Madison said.

Madison said the vehicle will be shipped to Arizona and driven on GM’s proving ground.

Madison said learning how to work with people in other majors and other fields of expertise is valuable. Madison said, “This is almost a real world setting.

They model it after GM’s development process for their vehicles. These students get to come in here and dive into a real world setting that they can apply after college.”

Stephen Hayes, Project Manager and graduate student, said the competition is managed by Argon National Laboratory and that the headline sponsors are General Motors and U.S. Department of Energy.

“Year one was this past year and it focuses all on design,” Hayes said, “We hear about the project, we

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have to choose what our architecture’s going to be, make sure everything fits in the car, and then run different tests on that to see what the expected performance is,” Hayes said.

Hayes said year two is all about integration.

“This past semester we got all of our parts in and we had to test them all outside of the vehicle,” Hayes said.

“Just a few weeks ago we finally got the vehicle,” Hayes said. “The next stage is to take everything out of the vehicle and put our different components in.”

Hayes said year three will involve refining some of the parts that they have put in the car and year four will be all about consumer acceptability.

“We’re pretty excited about where the car’s going to go,” Hayes said, “We’re trying to improve fuel efficiency without sacrificing the performance that’s expected out of a Camaro.”

For further information regarding EcoCar3 contact Ashley Madison at 205-3174291 or via e- mail at amm1165@msstate.edu .

Above is a diagram detailing their plans to restructure the Chevy Camero to be more fuel-effi cient while still maintaining the performance most people expect from the brand and model.

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 12:23 a.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for DUI 1st, careless driving, disregard traffic device, and tint violation.

12:00 p.m. A student reported being harrassed via social media from another student.

3:12 p.m. A student reported losing her wallet near the Chapel of Memories.

11:02 p.m. A visitor was arrested at Kappa Sigma Fraternity House for public drunk.

In addition to creating the at-large seats, SA also recently ruled there will be one senate seat for every 550 students, lowered from the previous 650 students-perseat rule.

“As far as the SEC goes, our SA is one of the smallest if not the smallest. SA is committed to having a more diverse group of students involved with the Student Association, and I believe

diversity is the result of inclusion. So to be more diverse we need more seats,” SA President JoJo Dodd said.

Looking ahead to the coming elections, Dodd said, “Folks will be out campaigning for those two weeks talking to different groups and getting out in front of people. It should be a pretty active time.”

The SA has many different venues to get involved

handles legislation affecting all areas of campus. It is made up of both undergraduate and graduate students.

Senators are responsible for introducing any new motion, bill, act, resolution, amendment, or question that has the possibility to better student life at MSU. The Cabinet is made up of policy, programming and public relations positions with the members serving as

Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 5:33 p.m. A student reported receiving threatening messages via social media.

Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 5:51 p.m. A student cooking in Sessums Hall caused a fire.

Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 1:02 a.m. A visitor was arrested on College View Dr. for disregard of traffic device. A Justice Court citation was issued.

7:13 p.m. An officer reported smell of gas Lakeview Drive. SFD and Atmos Engery were called.

Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 2:02 a.m. A student reported an unknown person pointing a water gun at students near McCool Hall.

8:39 a.m. A visitor was having a seizure in Burger King parking lot. The subject was transported to OCH. 10:24 p.m. A Starkville resident was arrested on Blackjack for speeding 44/30 and a suspended driver’s license.

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in. It has four separate divisions: the executive council, Cabinet, Senate, Class Council. The Executive Council is composed of both elected and appointed officers. These officers are the official representatives of the SA and are responsible for the overall direction of the organization.

The Senate is the elected body that represents each academic college and

student directors. It develops and implements programs and events for the students throughout the year.

It advocates and provides entertainment for students.

The Class Council is comprised of students in the SA from each class that work to fundraise for the annual class gift. This council consists of eight to 16 members, with two students from every classification.

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Remembering Bowie: Rapist or Rock Star? feel about the entirety of the situation. Here is where I stand.

There is no doubt David Bowie was inspirational in allowing kids of the 70’s to better define their identity with his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. He also shaped the culture and industry of music for years to come with his androgynous, eccentric style and his No. 1 hit in 1983, “Let’s Dance.”

However, there is no wiggle room when saying he had sex with Lori Maddox, a groupie in Los Angeles at the time and other young groupies who idolized him as well. Although she firmly

should or should not grieve. I think they should recognize that it happened and it is something we need to absolutely address.

In present day, rape culture is accepted too often.

For example, let’s considerthe sexual allegations of R. Kelly, the Sarah Dutton pedophilia and molestation is a junior majoring in rumors of Michael Jackson communications. She can be or the legitimate truth of contacted at opinion@reflector.

Bill Cosby admitting to msstate.edu. sedating young women The inspirational to have sex with them. musician and actor David All of these examples Bowie peacefully died this include celebrities who past Sunday at the age of contained power, money 69 in his New York home and responsibility. In these “surrounded by his family situations, it seems rape after a courageous culture is brushed 18-month battle with under the rug when cancer,” according one is deemed to www.inquisitr.com. “Which David Bowie will ‘talented’ by society.

Although the website you remember? The inspiring So, it’s contradictory read, “While many of when people raise you will share in this musician, the problematic arguments such loss, we ask that you as, “Why are you respect the family’s rapist or both‑ and how will investing your time privacy during their on this guy who is time of grief,” this you let that influence yourself, now dead, when men has not stopped the are currently doing and our culture the same thing and explosion of grief that others is flooding practically are actually alive? every social media hereafter?”

Attack them.’’ platform you can think There are a handful of. However, while of alive, healthy viewing the numerous says it was consensual, football players who have distressed statements of she was 14 years old at the avoided consequences inspired fans, you will find time and that means she of sexual assault due to amongst the grievances was not of the age to make their status in society. many others who are not so that consensual decision, Situations such as theirs, sympathetic to his sexually hence why people are not Bowie’s and numerous problematic past. so sympathetic to the rock other influential celebrities That being said, and star’s stereotypical greasy still continuously get with it being barely a week and monstrous actions of brushed under the rug since Bowie’s passed, many committing statutory rape. until we ‘attack’ these people are not sure how to I do not think people situations. Continuing to

disregard certain people from the consequences of their horrific acts that are identical with others who do bear the consequences, insinuates rape culture is still OK. I’m not here to tell you to pick a side by posting another status about his significance or to go protest at his funeral. I am here to tell you that it’s not like this

man is being mocked for continuously making good music and making one bad album like Nickelback, which is problematic on its own, that’s not the case.

This man committed an immoral and illegal act that cannot go unnoticed like so many others. As James Nachtwey said during one of his TED Talks, “Society’s problems can

not be solved until they are identified.’’

Whether you agree rape culture is a problem or not is another situation entirely.

As for this one, you be the judge. Which David Bowie will you remember? The inspiring musician, the problematic rapist or bothand how will you let that influence yourself, others and our culture hereafter?

RE F L E C T I O N S “If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.”

- Alan Rickman

Quests & Questions

Defining right and wrong throughout U.S. history Right and wrong has never been as easy as black and white. From rooting for personal moral values or dropping bombs to stop wars, human history is haunted by ever inconclusive and confusing debates about what and who is really right.

If we dig deep enough, every side of the story seems to have a seemingly rational explanation and even heroes seem to have a dark side.

There are very interesting historical examples and patterns that might help us gain a fresh perspective as an unbiased spectator of this perpetual human drama revolving around conviction about right and wrong.

The dropping of the atomic bomb is a prominent example of a controversial ethical dilemma that we will never be able to fully justify for either side.

Although the bomb, in theory, forced the Japanese to surrender, the majority of the approximately 200,000 people killed were civilians.

In fact, only about 20,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and Nagasaki, location of the second bomb, did not even have a military base.

Wrong? Definitely yes for

the innocents killed. But in the despicable German were already well provided. a bigger picture, could we brutalities in Europe. Churchill has even been argue that Japan, taken as a However, on the other side quoted to have said, “Famine single entity, was innocent of the globe in India, the or no famine, Indians will throughout history? Not greed of the British Empire breed like rabbits.” Judging really, because even aside was causing bloody famines by the number of deaths from their alliance with the that would have been easily alone that could have been Germans before World War inevitable if only leaders easily prevented by a stroke II started in 1939, Japan like Churchill had empathy of pen and change of policies, began its invasion on China for native citizens of their do we still see the face of in 1937. This invasion in empire. But the British were a pure hero in Winston what is known as the Second too busy with war and their Churchill? The reason for Sino-Japanese War caused rule. Beginning with the such despicable actions? the deaths of 10 to 25 million famine from 1770-1773, I see it as greed for profit Chinese civilians. and arrogant The only motive ignorance about “Is the human race born into sin the value of for Japan to invade its neighbor human life. and always ready to take selfish was nothing Now let’s but military narrow down advantage of one another? I will the ambition to gain human more resources motivation for never believe that, at least not 80‑ and expand the doing the right Japanese empire. thing to more 90 percent of the time.”

But not all brutal specific research deaths happen in on individuals a show of flash in an office and spectacular clouds for during the British rule in environment.

Whitepeople to condemn. Some India, approximately 10 collar crimes are parallel to lesser known atrocities in million people died as a result atrocities that happen in the history resulted in slow and of starvation. While the background without global painful deaths of millions of Europeans were busy with attention. A shop lifter is people. Winston Churchill, World War II, the Bengal publically shamed, in no for instance, was definitely Famine of 1943 killed 1.5 to way is his act justified. But a hero of World War II who 4 million people. Churchill the bank employer stealing fought with blood, sweat is said to have deterred the one cent from 3 billion and tears to save and inspire supply of aids to the famine customers would not be the British as well as the affected area and supply the caught as easily and shamed world to retaliate against British troops instead, who as he deserves. We do have

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some statistical data to shed light on white-collar crimes thanks to an economic experiment by Pal Feldman in the book Freakonomics by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt. Feldman began a simple business model where he delivered bagels to 140 companies and left a cash basket for customers to pay for the service, willingly, without any seller to maintain the purchase.

Feldman’s profit calculation showed that the payment rate was 80-90 percent, which means a lot of his customers were stealing his bagels with no one to watch. Could this bagel crime incident be a reflection of hidden criminal minds in our society? If so, it’s bad news because 1-2 out of every 10 people are ready to steal from you. However, it’s also good news because when Feldman started out a lot of people predicted that his “honor-system” of conducting business would result in loss. Reality proved otherwise. So it is good to see, that at least in those particular companies, 80-90 percent people were willing to pay and could be defined as “good”.

It should be a well

Eshan Newaz is a senior majoring in communications.

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understood fact that rules and regulations, books and revelations have never stopped the tides of crime.

Early settlers of the United States, despite being blessed by the knowledge of the holy books and in their pursuit of freedom, did not logically see the obvious value of freedom for innocent slaves.

So it is not a book written in stone that will dissuade immoral deeds, but rather it must be a book within us which is read with our cleanest consciousness and heart, will always help us distinguish wrong from right. Is the human race born into sin and always ready to take selfish advantage of one another? I will never believe that, at least not 80-90 percent of the time.

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The Mississippi State University campus is alive again as students returned to school this week. The Drill Field, Colvard Student Union, and various buildings were filled with students and faculty as they began a new semester.

Spring semester kick starts new year for students

by Kristian Hefley Staff Writer

The spring semester has started here at Mississippi State University and students are beginning their new routines.

After about a month off from school, getting back into an everyday routine

can be difficult for students. Usually the fi rst week of school consists of students trying to wake up early for class, fi nd the location of new class buildings, decide times to eat lunch and set new study times.

During the fi rst week of a new semester, timing is everything. Students have to calculate almost every minute of their school day. Students who live off

campus have to calculate how long it takes for them to arrive and how long it will take to hike from East parking to Dorman Hall.

Junior Communications major Summer Tadlock said she prepares for the new semester after the fi rst week of classes are over.

“Honestly, I like to go to my classes and get a feel for them before I jump into them,” Tadlock explained.

The beginning of the semester is always a very costly time. If students prepare properly, they could almost always save hundreds of dollars. Supplies and textbooks play a major role in the costs of a new semester.

“I like to wait until the end of the fi rst week before buying my supplies because sometimes textbooks for specific classes are bought

and never used,” Tadlock said. “So I like to wait just to be sure I am not wasting any money.”

Job Rivera, freshman civil engineering major, said he is preparing for the semester in a different way.

Rivera said waking up for classes is the most difficult part.

“Over Christmas break, I would stay up late almost every night and literally

use every part of the day to spend time with friends and family,” Rivera said. “I would sleep in late to make up for my late night. Now that school has started, I am having to mentally prepare myself for my early classes.”

Starting the new semester with a plan will lead to success at MSU. Creating good study habits and setting reasonable goals aid in the transition to a new year.

‘Daddy’s Home’ provides crude holiday comedy

confl ict, comedy is born,” ABC News also reported.

The supporting characStaff Writer ters in “Daddy’s Home” also add to the humor of the movie. Griff (Hannibal Buress) is a handyman who Will Ferrell and Mark befriends Dusty and shows Wahlberg reunite in the com- up at unexpected times in edy “Daddy’s Home,” which the movie, and Leo (Haden premiered in theaters on Dec. Church) is Brad’s boss who 25, providing viewers plenty always has a wacky story to of laughs over the Christmas tell.

According to “The holidays.

“Daddy’s Home” tells Georgetown Voice,” both the story of Brad Whitaker supporting characters are (Will Ferrell), a stereotypical important in keeping the white suburban dad, and his movie funny during serious attempts to bond with his parts of the fi lm.

“Hannibal Buress and new stepchildren, Megan and Dylan. Just as he begins to Thomas Haden Church make progress with the kids, prove invaluable to keeptheir biological father Dusty ing the movie funny. While Mayron (Mark Wahlberg) Cardellini makes the story grounded, shows up Buress and with the intentions “From that natural Church are always to win his kids and conf lict, comedy is present— sometimes ex-wife, born.” inexplicaSarah bly—to (Linda provide Cardellini), -ABC News relief in back. otherwise According to ABC News, Dusty is the too serious moments,” the polar opposite of Brad’s news source reported.

After a few injuries, awkgoofy character.

“He is, apparently, the per- ward moments and many fect man’s man: he rides a immature jokes, the conmotorcycle, can build or fix fl ict is predictably resolved anything, was and still might between Brad and Dusty. be in the military, and he “Daddy’s Home” has a looks like Mark Wahlberg. heartwarming yet hilarious Dusty is the polar opposite ending, with a few surprise of Brad – and he intends appearances from other to get his family back,” the stars. The ending is also open to the possibility of a news outlet reported.

The competition between sequel in the future.

Despite the plot of the the two stereotypical characters is predictable, but movie, “Daddy’s Home” still funny and entertaining. is not a family fi lm. With a Dusty and Brad appear to PG-13 rating, the commernot know they are in com- cial makes the movie appear petition with one another, to be suitable for all ages. which is even funnier for However, it is full of crude humor, sexual references the audience.

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MSU is curently looking to ban Hoverboards on campus. Hoverboards have sparked controversy across the nation in light of being a fire hazard.

MSU seeks Hoverboard ban

by ShaCamree Gowdy Staff Writer

For safety reasons, Mississippi State University is seeking to ban Hoverboards from all facilities on its campus.

The executive council will meet on Jan. 25 to further discuss the situation.

People all over the nation have been spending hundreds of dollars to keep up with the latest

trend, the Hoverboard.

A Hoverboard is a levitating board that is used for personal transportation. It is similar to a scooter, except it doesn’t have wheels. It has become extremely popular amongst children, teenagers and adults.

Daisha Blanford, freshman kinesiology major, said banning the boards may not be such a bad idea.

“I would not mind having them banned from the campus,” she said. “I don’t necessarily feel this way because of safety issues, but because I think people take advantage of them.”

Blanford said she is just tired of seeing people use them to show off in front of others.

“I could be on my way to class and I’ll see students rolling into the union on them, which is crazy.”

A few reports of the gadget bursting into flames have also been circulating

all over the media, which is another concern of the university.

Ashley Hollins, junior biology major who has been able to see what the Hoverboard is like thanks to a few of her friends, said she supports whatever decision MSU comes to in the end.

“I don’t think banning them is the best thing, simply because people should be allowed to ride them freely just as they do their bicycles and scooters,” Hollins said.

“However, when I think about all the recent injuries people have been obtaining from them, it’s a good idea for State to want to get rid of them. We’re all aware of how easy it is for a person to hurt themselves by walking on campus just from the concrete and construction, so I can only imagine what that pain would feel like from falling off of their Hoverboard.”

Xavier Moore, sophomore

kinesiology major, said the boards offer quicker transportation to class and they should not be prohibited.

“They are banning them for the wrong reasons,” he said. “It has only been a few occurrences where boards have caught fi re and they came from improper charging or buying cheap replicas of the board.”

Moore said there are plenty of acceptable items used on campus daily that can also be dangerous to the students around campus.

“If they are going to ban the boards, they may as well ban cellular phones and all other electric appliances because anything can be a fi re hazard if it is not maintained properly.”

Recent reports have revealed both Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama have already banned the gadget from their facilities.

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Bulldogs fall to No. 14 Wildcats at Rupp Arena

by Dimerious Townsend Staff Writer

The Mississippi State Bulldogs left all they had on the court. It took that and then some to erase a 20-point deficit againt the No. 14 Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington, Kentucky on Tuesday.

As valiant as the effort the Bulldogs put forth was their comeback efforts still fell just short as they were bested by Kentucky 80-74.

The game marked the third straight loss for Mississippi State and gives the squad and overall record of 7-8. The Bulldogs SEC record stands at 0-3 after the tough road loss.

“Our kids really gave a great effort,” head coach Ben Howland said. “When you already have a deficit, you can’t come out and give away possessions to start the second half. We fought hard in a difficult place to play.”

Howland’s squad has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded it before the season began.

With big names like Malik Newman, Quinndary Weatherspoon and Howland coming into town many fans had plenty of reason to have a sense of optimism going into the year. However, Newman, the freshman guard out of Jackson, has not really lived up to expectations.

Still, history shows that Howland is known for

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Senior guard Craig Sword moves the ball upcourt during a home game earlier this year. Sword paced the Bulldogs in scoring against Kentucky with 20 points but fouled out late as his team fell on the road.

having a losing record his fi rst season coaching in a new school. At UCLA, his fi rst season record was 11-17 and 7-11 in conference play.

The Bulldogs looked to bounce back Thursday against a formidable conference opponent.

Mississippi State came out strong in the fi rst half but wasn’t enough to hold off the Wildcats. By half time, the score was 31-39

with the Wildcats leading.

Kentucky opened the second half on fi re, quickly going on a 14-2 run to push the score to 53-33. Mississippi State had a big turnaround in the fourth quarter when they trailed by 20 until a scuffle between guards Tyler Ulis and I.J. Ready surfaced. After the minor situation, MSU went on a scoring rampage to bring

Sirmon to replace Manny

by Taylor Rayburn Staff Writer

Mississippi State football fi lled their last coaching opening this offseason with the reported hire of University of Southern California linebacker coach and recruiting coordinator ,Peter Sirmon. While no official word on his title, it is speculated he will be the new defensive coordinator for MSU. While the hire was fi rst reported by Lindsey Thiry of the L A Times, many other news outlets confi rmed the hire but there has not been any official confi rmation from the university.

Sirmon, a native of Walla Walla, Washington, played linebacker for University of Oregon before moving on to the NFL where he played for seven years with the Tennessee Titans.

He started coaching in 2008 when he became the Linebacker coach for Central Washington.

Sirmon has some Southeastern Conference experience as he was a Graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee in 2010 and the Linebackers Coach there the following year in 2011.

In 2012 and 2013 Sirmon was the linebacker coach at Washington before taking

over the same position at USC in 2014 and 2015.

The Defensive Coordinator job opened up after Manny Diaz left MSU to take over the same position at the University of Miami (Fl.). This will be head coach Dan Mullen’s sixth defensive coordinator change since he took the job in 2009. MSU has not had the same defensive coordinator for three consecutive years since Mullen took over. Despite holding the position of recruiting coordinator at USC, Sirmon is not expected to take the position at MSU. The Bulldogs have seen major changes this offseason on the defensive side of the ball. With Safeties coach Tony Hughes leaving to become the head coach at Jackson State as well. MSU hired Terrell Buckley to take over.

Buckley also played in the NFL for 14 years. Between Buckley, Sirmon and Cornerbacks Coach Deshea Townsend, MSU will have three coaches who played in the NFL. Two of which, Buckley and Townsend, won Super Bowls.

The timing of these hires is important as signing day is just around the corner on Feb. 3. Also, the no contact period between coaches and recruits ends January 14.

MSU will look to close strong on the recruiting front after losing key contributors like Taveze Calhoun, Will Redmond, Chris Jones, and Beniquez Brown to graduation and the NFL draft. MSU will still have to go through spring practice and summer camps before starting the 2016 Sept. 3 season at SouthAlabama.

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the score to 74-71 with 1:15 remaining.

Six consecutive free throws by the Wildcats would end the threat posed by the visiting team. Craig “Chicken” Sword had a team high of 20 points followed behind Newman’s 13. For the Wildcats, Ulis had 21 points while Jamal Murray had 22. Surprisingly, senior big man Gavin Ware was limited to only 11 points in

the SEC bout.

Next, Mississippi State will host Tennessee at home this Saturday. Tennessee is currently 8-5 and 1-2 in conference play. It will be another key game seeing that Mississippi State is currently 0-3 in conference play. The SEC matchup will tip-off at 2:30 p.m. on SEC Network. It will be vital for the Bulldogs to get going in conference

play seeing as this next game will be home. Even though it’s a slow start, Mississippi State still has enough time to get things back competitive.

After the home game against the Volunteers, the Bulldogs will travel to Gainesville for a Jan. 19 game against the Florida Gators. Tip-off for that matchup is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Several Bulldogs excel in summer league play

by Dalton Middleton Staff Writer

After a disappointing season in 2015, the Mississippi State baseball team is expected to be great early and is gaining recognition as one of the nation’s best teams. After jumping out to a 13-0 record to start the 2015 season, MSU slowly collapsed. They then plummeted in the rankings and continued to lose games.

At the end of the season, they finished with a 24-30 record and 8-22 in conference play.

Although the losing record last season, the Bulldogs enter this season ranked 15th in the Division1 baseball polls.

Mississippi State is the only team in the top 25 rankings who had a losing record last season.

The Bulldogs have a tough road ahead of them though, with six other SEC teams ranked in the top 25, and MSU has seven teams on their schedule that are currently ranked top 14 of the rankings and three out of the top five teams.

One reason the Bulldogs are expected to have a better

season is the returning position players. The three leading hitters from last season, Jacob Robson, Cody Brown and Luke Reynolds are all coming back for another season at Dudy Noble.

The middle infield is also returning, which consists of John Holland who set the record of highest fielding percentage by a second baseman in school history.

The shortstop, Ryan Gridley, is returning after taking home the All-SEC freshman award at shortstop.

On the pitching staff, the Bulldogs are led by Dakota Hudson who was tabbed preseason All American

by Perfect Game. He had a stellar summer league season with a 1.69 ERA (Earned Run Average) and 41 strikeouts, which just so happened to lead the league in both categories.

Hudson was named one of the top 40 college prospects of the season after his great performance over the summer and he is not the only threat on the mound this season. Zac Houston dominated this summer with a 1.68 ERA and was also named a top 70 college prospect this season.

The main reason for MSU being ranked so high this season was the performance by the entire squad in the summer league. Mississippi State was named NACSB Most Valuable Program out of 845 programs.

Mississippi State sent 21 players from this season’s roster, including 13 position players and eight pitchers. With the 13 hitters combined, they had a .314 batting average with 241 RBIs, 86 doubles, 13 triples, and 31 home runs.

The eight pitchers combined to have a 2.13 ERA in 292 innings with 251 strikeouts and allowed a 1.15 WHIP. Even more ridiculous than that, 21 MSU pitchers touched at least 90 MPH on the radar gun in the fall scrimmages.

Out of the 21 members of the MSU squad, 11 team members were elected Allstars and two members even won MVP in their league.

The two MVPs were Tanner Poole and Brent Rooker.

Rooker, who has been named a team captain alongside Hudson and Robson, ended the summer league with 59 hits, 10 home runs, and 33 runs scored. He

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The Mississippi State baseball team was recently named the Most Valuable Program by the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball.

has been tabbed as a top 20 college prospect.

Robson, Reynolds and Cole Gordon also had fantastic summer leagues, with all three players

playing in their all star games. Gordon fi nished the league with a .400 batting average and seven home runs while Reynolds hit .344 with 29 runs scored

and 12 doubles.

The Bulldogs have bright expectations this season as they open up the season on Feb. 19 against Florida Atlantic.

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