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MSU Runoff for Homecoming Queen: Bostick takes crown the Colvard Student Union “I think the reason is maintains to a crowd consisting of more students are paying both candidates and their attention,” Dodd said. “More supporters. think they can be a part of it high level Bostick said she was elated so more people participate.” after the announcement and Both Aron and Dodd of research runoff After a record-breaking considers her new position to said they believed the new selection process had a election Thursday, be a great honor.

“This week has been so positive result. Aron said Christina Bostick was activity for officially named MSU’s special,” Bostick said. “I she felt the selection process have just fallen in love with for the maids was fair and Homecoming Queen.

Jamie Aron, chief justice the Bulldog family all over representative. years “We are very proud of our of the Student Association again.”

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and election commissioner, announced Bostick as the winner at 8 p.m. in front of

by Pranaav Jadhav Staff Writer

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the front page of Mississippi State University’s website, a story that has continued to flash for the last four years and nine months is the Carnegie Foundation’s designation of “very high research activity” at MSU. MSU was the only public institution in the state that received the designation back in January of 2011.

108 other universities have received the award, including Harvard, Princeton, John Hopkins among others.

MSU has continued to publicize this designation for four years in various outlets including view books, newsletters, front page of the MSU website and other merchandise.

Sid Salter, chief communications officer at MSU, said the University continues to be Mississippi’s leading research university and has held that designation for a number of years.

“We value timeliness. But when it comes to advancing MSU’s superlatives, we also value repetition,” Salter said.

Jojo Dodd, SA president, said over 3,000 people voted in the runoff election.

students,” Aron said. “They are so dedicated to their classmates.”

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After the runoff election Thursday, SA named Christina Bostick (left, pictured beside sister Katie Bostick), Homecoming Queen for the 2015-16 school year.

New SI sessions assist in classroom

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As a student at Mississippi State University, finding assistance in the classroom as well adjusting to college life as a freshman can present its challenges. In light of these challenges, MSU kick-started the use of Freshmen Navigators last fall, along with the introduction the new Supplemental Instruction sessions this semester.

This semester, Supplemental Instruction (SI) features students who have done well in classes that have high failure rates to hold informative sessions for students who need assistance in those courses.

Rodney Pearson, director of student success at MSU, said SI differs from freshmen navigators in that for SI, 20 students

were hired to consult with professors of 21 different courses to hold the equivalent of tutoring for those courses.

“This semester, we try to identify classes in which a lot of students fail, make a D, or withdraw,” Pearson said. “We call them DFW classes. It’s going to be classes like chemistry, biology, college algebra. In those classes, we have 21 sections this fall that we hire a student who has done very well in that class to go to the class. Then three times a week, they hold supplemental instructions (SI) for students to go to.”

Reportedly, a total of 620 students have attended SI sessions so far this semester, with students having attended the sessions a total of 1,542 times. Pearson said they are keeping up with numbers to record just how successful these sessions actually are.

“The 20 students who lead SI report their attendance in a web-based form we have,” he said.

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MSU loses cheerful staff member Sept. 21

Donor Appreciation Day

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Mississippi State University lost a member of its staff this month when Nathaniel Pope, who worked as a mason within facilities management, died Sept. 21.

Pope, 52, would have been with MSU for two years this November. Marvell Howard, Pope’s supervisor at the Physical Plant, said Pope was constantly upbeat and in a good mood.

“I guess you could say he had a bubbly personality,” Howard said. “He was a great guy.”

Howard said people often would come into work with a bad mood, but after spending a day on the job with Pope would leave with their spirits uplifted.

“It didn’t matter what was going wrong with your day,” Howard said. “If you went out in the field with Nathaniel he would say or do something on the job that would make you laugh and

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get you going again.”

Pope was a mason, who worked with bricks and plaster to mend the buildings across campus. Howard said he worked closely with Dallas Stephens, whose job is to maintain building exteriors. Howard said Pope’s and Stephen’s relationship extended outside of work hours, and that the two were more like brothers than co-workers.

Stephens recalled one of the first times he worked with Pope was during a repair job on a portion of the Humphrey Coliseum outer wall. Stephens said the job required the use of a lift to access the damaged area and Pope was scared of heights.

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MSU Foundation Ambassadors is a student organization that supports the MSU Foundation with fundraising, stewardship and marketing. Each year the Ambassadors hold Donor Appreciation Day to showcase the importance of private donations to MSU. The event allows students to thank donors by writing short notes on a ‘thank-you board.’ The Foundation encourages students to donate any amount either to their college, scholarships, athletics, or any other facet of the University. Any donor that gives $10 or more and tweets @ambassadorsMSU will receive a #DawgsDigDonors T-shirt. The Foundation Ambassadors is now focusing on recruiting and will begin taking applications online at www.msufoundation.com/ambassadors starting Oct. 12.

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Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 5:25 p.m. An Aramark employee was arrested in Starkville on a warrant for careless driving, speeding and three counts of child restraints.

10:50 p.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for driving under the influence, wrong way and no insurance.

LOW-COST RABIES CLINIC TOMORROW!

Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 4:00 p.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for Felony hindering of prosecution.

Have your Cat or Dog vaccinated for only $10 1-5 p.m., Oct. 3 at the Starkville Animal Shelter

Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 3:05 p.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for possession of paraphernalia.

Located at 510 Industrial Park Road Tomorrow from 1-5 p.m., the Starkville Animal Shelter will be hosting a lowcost rabies clinic for local pet owners. As of Sept. 23, Dr. Renee Westbrook of Self Creek Veterinary Clinic, Dr. Jeff Smith of Smith Animal Hospital, and Dr. Thomas Lenarduzzi of Village Animal Hospital have volunteered their time to provide rabies vaccinations for $10.

No appointments are necessary, vaccinations will be available for both cats and dogs. The shelter can be contacted at 662-338-9093. Information is also available on their website, http://www.ochsms.org.

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 5:47 a.m. A student was arrested in Starkville for felony possession of marijuana, driving under the influence and speeding.

10:17 p.m. A student reported an unknown person offered him money in exchange for posting a video of him on social media.

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Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 12:28 p.m. A visitor was arrested on Hardy Road for speeding 38/20 and a suspended driver’s license.

4:55 p.m. A student was arrested on B.S Hood Drive for improper tag and expired driver’s license.

11:16 p.m. A visitor was arrested on Stone Boulevard for improper equipment, driving under the influence, an expired tag, and a suspended driver’s license.

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Tia and Bugle Boy are both adoptable pets at the Oktibbeha County Humane Societyʼs Starkville Animal Shelter.

POPE “He was terrified. He wanted to quit. He said, ‘I may have to just go back to the house’,” Stephens said.

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Stephens said once he fi nally convinced Pope to get into the bucket and they made the repair, instead of lowering Pope back down to the ground he fi rst lifted him up the full 85 feet of the lift - well above the top of the coliseum.

“After that day he never had a problem with heights again,” Stephens said.

Stephens said he and Pope worked closely together for a year after that day.

“Everyone should get the chance to work with a guy like him. For a year, not just a day.”

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“I thought the world of him,” Stephens said.

“Everyone should get the

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chance to work with a guy like him. For a year, not just a day.”

Pope was not married, but is survived by his son and his brother Rodney Pope.

“He was real witty,” Rodney Pope said.

“Always humorous.”

Rodney Pope said his brother cared deeply about his family, and devoted a lot of his time not only to his son but also two his two twin nieces, who he ‘loved as much as his own.’

“Those girls would get off the school bus and he would be sitting right

there waiting for them to get home,” Rodney Pope said.

Pope’s funeral was held Monday at New Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Starkville officiated by Reverend Sam Bonner and was laid to rest in the church’s cemetery.

“He will be truly missed,” Howard said.

“Eventually his position will be filled but he left a hole in everyone’s heart that he came in contact with. We will never forget him.”

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STUDENTS “We see 300 or so students per week going to these sessions. We are hoping these are students who weren’t going to do that well so hopefully they will do better. We’ve had about 1.7 percent of the freshmen class attend so far.”

Chelsey Vincent, instructor coordinator and SI coordinator, said the new program recently had its highest turnout of 122 students for an SI Chemistry session Wednesday night.

“SI is for everyone,” Vincent said. “It’s for students who want to excel and improve their grades and GPA.” Shuvam Saha, sophomore aerospace engineering major and Chemistry SI leader this semester, said Wednesday night’s session had so many people attend, some had to

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sit on the floor.

“Wednesday night was like a discussion where we had a question and answer session and allowed people to ask questions and review with peers,” Saha said. “Because we actually know what’s going on in these classes we use that information to really help students.

Sometimes the professor doesn’t have enough time to explain everything and so since we have already taken the course we know which parts we can go into detail about to help students understand.”

John Williams, senior business information systems major and secondyear freshman navigator, said since beginning the freshmen navigator program last fall, they have experienced a great

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amount of success as well as SI this semester.

“It’s tremendously easier for us to interact with students this year because we’ve done a lot more promoting for freshmen navigators this summer,” Williams said. “We are trying to get students to understand what we are here for. We are really here to help students.”

Through working with freshmen he is assigned to this semester, Williams said he has received questions about how to obtain veteran aid, community service opportunities and general questions regarding getting involved on campus.

“Students should take advantage of freshmen navigators and the SI program,” he said.

To view full article and hear from other freshmen navigators, visit our website at www.reflector-online.com.

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Fall Break Hours of Operation: Mississippi State Universityʼs (Select)

Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: The Fresh Food Company

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RESEARCH According to the story published on Jan. 26, 2011 titled, “MSU hits ‘very high research activity’ benchmark” which continues to remain on the front page of MSU website even today, the article states, “In the foundation’s latest analysis of American higher education, the state’s largest public institution of higher learning is designated as “a very high research activity university,” which represents the highest level of research activity for doctorate-granting universities in the U.S.” DavidShaw,vice president for Research and Economic Development at MSU, said it is not a competition

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between universities, but rather continuing to meet the criteria they have established.

“We still do hold this designation, so it is certainly legitimate that we continue to publicize the designation,” Shaw said, “As a part of MSU’s strategic plan, we continually are assessing both qualitative and quantitative measures of our research success.

We are on a very positive trajectory, as you have seen with the many success stories and announcements that OPA has released over the past couple of years.”

According to the article, “The Carnegie classification has been the leading

framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education for the past four decades. wIn FY 2010, the university secured $201 million in external research funding. In its most recent reporting of academic research and development expenditures (FY 2008), the National Science Foundation ranked Mississippi State 58th among public institutions for total R&D spending.

Among all institutions-public and private--the university’s expenditures in agricultural sciences ranked 7th nationally with engineering 34th.”

On the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education website there is a footnote which said, “Allinclusive classifications are time-specific snapshots of institutional attributes and behavior based on data from 2008 to 2010.

Institutions might be classified differently using a different timeframe,” it said.

Salter said as Mississippi’s flagship research university, that designation is the signature superlative of the university.

“It’s important for new visitors to the MSU site to be made aware of (the designation). We will

continue to keep that fact in our front page rotation on the site,” he said.

According to the Carnegie Institutions of Higher Education website, “Starting in 1970, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education developed a classification of colleges and universities to support its program of research and policy analysis.

Derived from empirical data on colleges and universities, the Carnegie Classification was originally published in 1973, and subsequently updated in 1976, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2005 and 2010 to reflect changes among colleges and universities.

This framework has been

widely used in the study of higher education, both as a way to represent and control for institutional differences, and also in the design of research studies to ensure adequate representation of sampled institutions, students, or faculty.”

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LGBTQ History Month Events

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National Coming Out Day Literature Drop HCDC Office, Union October 7, all day

Drill Field October 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Ally Appreciation Day HCDC Office, Union October 14, all day

Speaker Dese’Rae Stage “A Story of a Suicide Survivor” #MississippiStateSpiritDay Foster Ballroom, Union October 8, 6 p.m.

social media October 15, all day

“National Coming Out Day: Coming Out In MS” Panel Taylor Auditorium, McCool Hall October 15, 7 p.m.

Safe Zone Ally Training Foster Ballroom, Union October 19, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

LGBT After Hours Social HCDC Office, Union October 26, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.

Brown Bag Series:

Ann Treadaway on “Do Ask, Do Tell: LGBT Veterans Uncharted Territory” Dawg House, Union October 28, 6:30 p.m.

Out and In Print

Students should be aware of LGBTQ History Month

Bek Yake is the multimedia editor at the Reflector. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

With the controversy last year surrounding the ceremonial hanging of the rainbow flag in the Colvard Student Union, Mississippi State University and the surrounding area have proven why we need to hang it again this year.

Even if the world were really all sunshine and butterflies and free of any kind of inequality, we should continue to have such vital institutions such as memorial day, Black History Month and LGBT History

Month in reverence to those who have paved the road toward equality with blood, sweat, tears and corpses.

LGBTQ rights are not about having the right to marry who you love. It’s about being treated like a person. LGBTQ rights encompass many rights including the right to not be denied housing or employment simply because of who you are. They also include the right to not be violently abused or raped because someone wanted to prove to you what your gender or sexual orientation should be. It also includes the right to not be forced into psuedo medical “conversion therapy”, which tries to turn people straight and the right to have the same opportunities for adoption as any other couple.

A law passed by congress and signed by President Obama in 2009 amended the federal definition of

hate crimes to include the LGBTQ population as a protected class. Still, a common defense in assault and murder cases used today is the spontaneous reaction, often ending in assault or murder, to finding out someone is part of the LGBTQ community.

This is often called the “gay

Also, LGBTQ people with other minority classifications are at an even higher risk. The Trevor Project, a non-profit suicide hotline made to care for LGBTQ youth, says “Each episode of LGBT victimization, such as physical or verbal harassment or abuse, increases the likelihood

“LGBTQ rights are not simply about the right to marry who you love.” panic” or “trans panic” defense. California, according to The Advocate, was the first and only state to explicitly ban this defense in court in 2014.

LGBTQ people are far more prone to suicide due to discrimination and lack of acceptance than the general population.

of self-harming behavior by 2.5 times on average.”

LGBQ people, not including the astronomically high suicide attempt rates for transgender individuals, are four times more likely than straight youths of their age, grade, race and socioeconomic status to attempt suicide. Nearly

50 percent of young trans people report seriously contemplating suicide and one in four has attempted at least once. The latest trans suicide to make the news happened this past Monday. According to The Daily Dot, a transmasculine teen named Skylar Marcus Lee of Madison, Wisconsin committed suicide on Monday.

In addition to fighting for LGBTQ rights, LGBTQ people have created amazing and important progresses throughout history. Leonardo Da Vinci was famously not straight yet he created many impeccable works. Allan Turing, one of the pivotal individuals in the outcome of WWII, was famous in his ability to break the German code. Yet, he was forced to end his career due to his crime of “gross indecency,” also known as being gay. 59 years after his death, Queen Elizabeth pardoned him

according to the Washington Post. George Washington Carver, in addition to being an African-American historical figure for his contributions to science and industry, was not straight.

A trans woman named Lana Wachowski and her brother Andy Wachowski together wrote and directed the “Matrix” trilogy.

Freddie Mercury was the famous bisexual singer of Queen until his death.

Even one of America’s favorite songs throughout the ages, “America The Beautiful,” was written by Katharine Lee Bates, who was in a same-sex relationship with another woman named Katharine for many years, according to The Huffington Post.

This month, we remember those who have given their time, effort, money and lives to fight for the rights of LGBTQ individuals and those who are still fighting.

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Racial Contract rebuttal: Racial conversations sparked around MSU’s campus, various views

For the past week the Reflector published articles regarding the Social Contract by Pranaav Jadhav as well as a rebuttal by Kyle Waltman. These two articles were informative and educational to readers. On one side, Jadhav believes a social contract exists and has a hold on modern day America.

On the other side, Waltman says there is no social contract in society. “This social structure of white supremacy exists only in the minds of those willing to buy into it,” quoted from Waltman’s

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rebuttal article. The important thing about both articles is they have sparked conversation on campus. If we cannot have an educated conversation about racial issues or important issues in college, then we have failed society by not being adult enough not to respect one another’s opinion.

The social contract, as defined by Merriam-Webster is, “an actual or hypothetical agreement among the members of an organized society or between a community and its ruler that defines and

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limits the rights and duties of each.” To say that some form of a social contract does not exist whether it is racial or societal is an invalid statement. In our own society, we as Americans cast out people who are different and who do not want to assimilate to our societal norms. Some Americans cast out others for having different beliefs/religions, different sexual orientations and different skin colors. To turn a blind eye to the problems of our own society is ignorant and immoral. I love America but we do a wonderful job of criticizing other nations and countries on their problems but fail to recognize things we need to work on as a nation.

In Waltman’s article he wrote, “Most Americans are white, have been white and will likely continue to be white. Media often portrays racism as a prominent problem.” Racism will always be a problem because pretending that we live in a society where some parents and families are not racist is asinine. Asinine is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “very stupid and silly.” There is no person on this planet that is flawless. We all are prejudice in some shape or form because we all prejudge one another on our lack of knowledge of one another.

We use stereotypes to help fill in gaps we are afraid to ask about in our society. Yes, I prejudge sometimes and if you say you do not, you are lying to yourself.

Going off Waltman’s previous quote when he said, “Most Americans are white, have been white and will likely continue to be white.” This

statement is invalid as well.

The millennial generation (our generation) is the most racially diverse generation ever in history. According to an NBC news story, “50 percent say more interracial marriage is good for society.”

Not only is our generation racially diverse but in social issues as well. An NBC article also stated, “69 percent support legalizing marijuana - up from 34 percent eight years ago, 68 percent in favor of same-sex marriage - up from 44 percent in 2004.” These are just three small facts that show how diverse our generation will be and how America will not and should not be viewed as majority of white Americans.

One could make the argument that white people are really the minority when looking at a worldly scale compared to continents such as Asia, Africa and South America. These continents are full of people we consider minorities in America but looking at the bigger picture, white people are outnumbered by the ones we call minorities. The Huffington Post posted an article in 2013 that was a follow up to the Nat Geo story that showed what they predicted America to look like in 2050. The pictured showed an array of skin tones, none of them being “white.” How can we “continue to be white” when diversity and interracial relationships are increasing?

In his rebuttal, Waltman wrote, “despite or contrary to evidence that suggests the black community experiences a cultural segregation imposed partially by whites and partially by themselves,

in an attempt to celebrate their history, achievements and contributions separately.” He later said in the article, “Yet, the black community has BET, Ebony Magazine, Black History Month, etc.

We celebrate the Black community as if they are part of a separate entity rather than as if they are our American brothers and sisters. Black culture is American culture, and treating it as anything more or less than that unintentionally promotes racial segregation in our culture rather than racial equality.”

Both statements are true.

To educate most on why Black History Month is separate is because the founder Carter G. Woodson felt that the “Negroes” (called in his time) were being misrepresented in society, so he created Negro History Week in 1926. It was the second week in February because it was between Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln’s birth dates. The same reason goes for why Ebony Magazine, BET and other platforms were founded, not to segregate but to empower our people. When you are told by a racist society that you are not educated, you do not work hard and you are lazy, you do not want to go home and hear the same thing from the television or entertainment outlet you are using.

Sometimes it takes a community to uplift you from the negativities of others outside to make you feel unashamed to be black. To become upset with these things is so insignificant because in history classes we rarely discuss many achievements by minorities even though we claim to accept everyone’s culture. Yes,

Justin Brickler is a senior majoring in communications with a concentration in broadcasting. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

we need to accept everyone’s culture as a whole but first, we need to spark the conversation that some injustices still exist in our society. Racism did not die out in the sixties as most would like to believe.

Just because you do not experience racism, does not mean it is non-existent.

Remember this the next time you think about saying racism does not exist. Without dialogue or communication no one in our society will move forward. So, stop disrespecting one another, stop being ignorant and oblivious to others beliefs and stop being negative because someone has a different sexuality or may date someone outside of their race.

Newsflash people, times will evolve with or without you so do not be left behind just because you are closed minded on certain issues.

It is okay to disagree with someone’s lifestyle but you should show that person respect for being a human being. If you do not understand someone’s culture or, a life choice they have made, just ask them about it instead of stereotyping them because of your lack of knowledge on the subject.

RE F L E C T I O N S “It takes no compromise to give people their rights... it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.”

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Bachelor visits MSU Strange Brew pays it forward

by Georgeann Kenney Staff Writer

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Delta Gamma President Katie Berry, Sean Lowe, Catherine Lowe and Delta Gamma VP of Foundation Erin Walker Dillard (pictured L-R).

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Monday night, Sean and Catherine Lowe from ABC’s hit TV show “The Bachelor” attended Mississippi State University for a Q&A session to discuss all things love, life and “The Bachelor.”

The two lovebirds were brought in on behalf of Delta Gamma’s Dorothy Garrett Martin Lectureship in Values and Ethics.

This couple’s love story is nothing short of a match made in “The Bachelor” fairytale land.

“Neither one of us ever imagined ourselves being on some crazy reality show like “The Bachelor,” Catherine Lowe said.

Sean is known as “America’s most loved bachelor” due to the way he kept his own moral convictions throughout the process and how he did not give in to what the show desired for him to be. He made season 17 of “The Bachelor” like no other.

During the Q&A session, Catherine said if Sean had not been the bachelor, she

would have never agreed to be on the show.

“The way he carried himself—the way he respected others, I just knew there was something special about him,” she said.

When Sean was asked when he knew Catherine would be the one to whom he would give the final rose, he said, “I knew when there were only three girls left that it was Catherine. I just couldn’t stop thinking about her.”

This couple has impressed “The Bachelor” loving world with the feat of actually sticking with the marriage, all while enjoying the ride.

They credit this feat to their faith in Jesus Christ, which is the reason this couple is such an incredible role model to so many.

The Hump was fi lled with Bachelor-loving fans Monday. Caroline Stewart, junior Delta Gamma member, said it was an “absolute dream come true” to host the upstanding celebrities.

The lectureship event was free to the public and allowed students, adults and children to come out and hear “The Bachelor” speak.

Strange Brew coffee shop has created a program for customers to buy coffee or pastries for strangers. The program started in February of this year.

Shane Reed, owner of Strange Brew, said since the coffee shop opened, people have been purchasing items for strangers inside and in the drive-thru. Reed said they decided to put a Brew spin on it and gave the program a title: ‘Brew it Forward.’

“It grew from just having quirky requirements for drinks into something really special,” Reed said. “Some were fun like “Free Drink for Wearing Maroon” or “Free Cookie for Someone Talking like a Pirate” – then we started seeing ones that really grabbed us like ‘Free Coffee

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for a Cancer Survivor’ or ‘Free Smoothie for Someone that’s Homesick’.”

There are dozens of coffee sleeves hanging on a board at the front counter. The sleeves are labeled in sharpie or pen with an item and who it is for.

Free coffees and cookies are waiting for “a newly engaged couple,” an “MSU softball player needing a pick me up,” an “architect student,” a “tired nurse” and many more.

Shannon Shepherd, junior art major who works at Strange Brew, said she loves the program. As a huge Game of Thrones fan, Shepherd said her favorite experiences so far have been when people brew it forward for fellow supporters. She said she smiled when she saw “Small latte for someone who hates Cersei as much as I do.”

“It really shows the kindness in Starkville when

Pink Dawg Walk raises cancer awareness

by Shelby Poindexter Contributing Writer

The Mississippi State University Department of Health Promotion and Wellness is sponsoring its second Pink Dawg Walk this year, as a way to raise breast cancer awareness.

Last year, the first Pink Dawg Walk was held on campus.

JuLeigh Baker, health education specialist, said last year’s Dawg Walk was

the largest breast cancer awareness event their department had hosted and about 300 people came out to show their support for the cause.

“We have had breast cancer awareness events in the past but nothing on that large of a scale. We plan to make it an annual event and hope it continues to grow,” Baker said.

Baker said last year she was contacted by Vel Mathews-Smith who wanted to help plan a large campus

and community event for cancer awareness.

“As the word spread of the event, other people from the campus and community wanted to be involved,” she said. “It grew into a wonderful event for the entire community to enjoy.”

According to MSU’s website, the first 350 people that complete the walk will receive a free t-shirt. There will be a free T-shirt for the first 50 breast cancer survivors who complete the walk. Free breast health and cancer

prevention information will also be provided.

There will be free healthy recipes to try, popcorn, sweet treats and pink lemonade.

Information booths will also be set up around the track.

The event will take place on Oct. 8 at the Chadwick Lake track at the Joe Frank Sanderson Center from 4-6 p.m. Individuals are encouraged to come dressed in pink attire and show support for those who have and are breast cancer survivors.

Students lead ‘Pop-up Worship’ on campus

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people buy a coffee for someone they don’t even know,” Shepherd said.

“They get something from someone who shares the same interest as them and it’s really beautiful.”

Megan Grimes, another employee and senior biology major, said more people come in and buy one for someone else than they do for themselves. She also said many people pick one up around exam time, and some customers come in strictly to brew it forward.

“I think it’s really good for people having a bad day — a little gesture of kindness goes a long way,” Grimes said. “My favorite one was a ‘small hundred year’s war for someone who hasn’t seen their loved ones in 100 days.’”

Reed said the program has become an important part of the Strange Brew culture and he is glad to say it is here to stay.

Last Wednesday, more than 50 college students gathered in the Chapel of Memories to worship simply by the notification of a tweet.

This year, Michael Lewis, junior business administration major and a few others introduced a different way of worshipping to the student body through Pop-Up Worship. Lewis said everyone is welcome to join.

“Pop-Up Worship is just a time where a handful of people can come worship together as a campus and praise God regardless of their denomination and what they are involved in,” Lewis said.

Lewis and a few others are the masterminds behind

this student-led event. They brought this abandoned concept back to Mississippi State University. Pop-Up Worship was introduced to MSU when Lewis was a freshman, but was cast aside until this year.

Lewis said Pop-Up Worship is a student-led worship service where band members, MacAlister Parker, Walton Mallette, Robby Keifer and Nicholas Cobb, lead students in worship by singing multiple songs and a student gives a small devotion midway through the worship service.

The concept of Pop-Up Worship is nobody knows when it will happen. It typically occurs once every month, but no one knows when it will happen until the week of the service. Cobb said students can always expect the event

to take place once a month on a Wednesday night at 9:30 p.m. The only way to find out when it will happen is to follow their Twitter account, @MSUPopUpWorship.

“We are going to let you know about it right before it happens, so it can be a pick-me-up for your week with whatever you are going through and it is late enough to where you can get here and not have meetings or any distractions,” Cobb said.

Lewis said each time this event has been held, they have had an overwhelming amount of people show up to worship.

“We went in expecting 30 to 40 people last month and ended up having a full chapel with people sitting on the floor and guys standing up, Lewis said. “People just showing up by using

social media, being able to come without any warning beforehand and to have a full Chapel of Memories is just the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Emily Turner, freshman whose major is undeclared, said she regularly attends Pop-Up Worship and finds it to be an escape from her stressful week.

“My favorite part about it is that they aren’t trying to drill the Bible. They are just offering a calm welcoming place to sing, worship and pray not only for ourselves, but for those around us who we might not even know that well,” Turner said.

MSU has many Christian organizations that students can get involved in such as Baptist Student Union, Catholic Student Association, Reformed University Fellowship Canterbury Episcopal Fellowship and more.

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Richie Brown: The man behind the beard

by Shawanda Jones Contributing Writer

Standing 6’2, weighing 245 lbs, known by his full figured facial hair – Richie Brown has undoubtedly made a name for himself on the field and around the Mississippi State University campus.

The first thoughts that come to mind when asked about Richie Brown? Beast, beard, and interceptions.

That last thought is most likely specifically courtesy of Brown’s three interception perfomance against Texas A&M last season. With 12 solo tackles and one assisted tackle during last week’s game against Auburn, Brown led the team with by far the most tackles.

Going into this year’s mathcup in College Station against the No. 14 Aggies, Brown leads the team in total tackles with 39. He also has four and half tackles for a loss and an intrception.

Despite his statistics, the linebacker has never started a single game until this season. Mentored

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Junior linebacker Richie Brown (far right) moves to assist a teammate to bring down an Auburn running back. Brown was named SEC ‘Defensive Player of the Week’ for his performance.

for the Houston Texans), Brown ranks fourth in SEC making 89 career tackles and four interceptions.

Last season’s home win over the No. 6 ranked Texas A&M Aggies is unequivocally the breakout game of the junior linebacker’s collegiate career. During that game, he was the first SEC player since 2008 and the sixth

player in Mississippi State history to have three interceptions in one game.

Head Coach Dan Mullen spoke highly of Brown’s achievement. “It’s a great honor that Richie Brown was the SEC Defensive Player of the Week,” Mullen said.

“He played a heck of a game… I thought with the type of game he played, he

was very deserving.”

Brown reminisced on the game momentarily but spoke humbly of his contirbutions, turning the focus to the team as a whole “It was an exciting game,” Brown said. “I just want to help my team the best way I can this week and try not to focus on that too much and make sure my team is prepared.”

Because Brown has had 39 tackles this season alone, expectations on his performance are soaring. So when asked about challenges the Bulldog defense will face on Saturday, Brown elaborated.

“They are a good hightempo offense. They like to throw the ball and are pretty good at it. They do a lot of the things normal spread

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teams do so we’re going to get locked in on that (in practice).” Head Coach Dan Mullen agrees, “They have an extremely explosive offense and probably the best defense that we’ve faced so far with speed on the field… It’s going to be a huge challenge for us.”

“Last year, he was a guy that played a bunch, but he wasn’t the guy,” said Mullen.

“As the mike linebacker out there for us this year, you want to see a guy who is going to make a bunch of plays. I think his athleticism really showed the other night, being able to run, not just tackling, but in between the tackles, and makingthose inside plays and his ability to go run plays down on the perimeter.”

Brown’s tackles and interceptions aren’t the only factors that contribute the defense’s standing. “It’s what our mindset is since we have been here. We might bend, we might get knocked back sometimes, but we are not going to break. That’s the mindset from strength staff to coaches, it’s how we practice,” Brown said.

After being added to the Butkus Award watchlist Brown may be up for the title of the country’s top linebacker.

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WHO SHOULD CARRY THE LOAD? Brandon Holloway

Aeris Williams

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Dimerious Townsend is a sophomore majoring in sports communication. He can be contacted at reflectorsports@gmail.com.

One of the most debated topics in Mississippi State football right now is the running position. Many feel as if our current tailback, Ashton Shumpert, isn’t fully living up to the standard Mississippi State is used to seeing in players such as Vick Ballard, Anthony Dixon, or even Josh Robinson.

Through four games Shumpert has accounted for 128 yards on 32 carries, good for an average of four yards per tote.

By comparison Josh Robinson totaled 62 carries for 485 yards with 7.8 yards per carry.

This being the case, Mississippi State fans are seeing various backs with no guaranteed position. We often see Shumpert running for negative yards and then see Brandon Holloway run for positive, minus the size difference. While many

fans are concerned with Holloway’s well-being in the backfield, we should also enforce other new backs into the running scheme like Aries Williams. Holloway is a good a reliable back but the Bulldogs would probaly need another reliable tailback, besides Shumpert, who can be a force on the ground.

Aeris Williams is 6’1 and 205 pounds. The redshirted freshman is a four star recruit out of West Point, Mississippi. He is a bruiser type of back with an impressive field vision for the field. Williams might not get you the full 10 yards every time, but he is exactly what we need in the backfield. A running back that isn’t afraid to hit the hole when called upon, which will also help out Dak Prescott and the offense.

We also don’t have the experienced offensive line we had a year ago, but with a big force running back that will fi ll the whole, Mississippi State will get back to the traditional NFL potential running backs we have always possessed in the past. With William’s size and speed to fi ll the hole, he isn’t the type of tail back to shy away from contact.

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when your running back can show how strong he is with enough speed to keep the secondary on their toes.

Davis Wade has a high stand in football. We have expectations from our fans to be great. With all the record breaking and packed games week after week, I think it is only fair that we give the Bulldog family exactly that. Shumpert will not take us to the promise land with him running scared like in previous games. Holloway is a real contributor to the team, but he can’t carry the load every game with his size difference.

That’s why Williams would be the next obvious option to place in the backfield.

Given that rising star Gabe Myles is from Starkville, it would be really something to have our running back from West Point, which is also a neighboring city to Starkville.

This will show that Dan Mullen is improving his recruiting in the Magnolia State. All in all, Williams would be the best option for the backfield to help our football team. So continue to watch our tail back position and expect some changes to the backfield.

Taylor Rayburn is a freshman majoring in communication. He can be contacted at reflectorsports@gmail.com.

While Mississippi State has won games through their passing attack, they need the ground game to work in order to beat Texas A&M this weekend. The most effective way for the ground game top work is to give most of the carries to Junior Brandon Holloway.

Brandon Holloway is a 5’8” 160 pound speedster from Tampa, Florida. Holloway was a three star recruit, and 59th ranked athlete in the country his senior year. So like many Bulldogs before him, Holloway was not highly ranked coming out of high school.

However, he has been the most effective carrier out of the backfield, even though he is not getting the majority of the carries. That would be Ashton Shumpert, who should remain the starter because of his ability to catch the ball out of the

backfield and block in pass protection, however, should not be getting the majority of rushing attempts.

Holloway has 134 yards on 18 carries this season, which leads MSU in rushing. To compare, Shumpert is second on the team in rushing with 128 yards, but he did it on 32 carries. Holloway also leads MSU in yards per rush for players who have carried the ball at least 15 times at 7.3 yards per rush.

There have always been two knocks on Holloway in the past. His size and his ability to gain yards in between the tackles. While he is still small, he has shown an ability to gain yards in between the tackles this season, something that was not present last year.

With a weaker offensive line this season, the holes for running backs have been smaller, and his size has proven to be an advantage as he can hide a find the holes and get up field to gain those 3-5 crucial yards needed. He is also yet to get tackled for loss this season.

His real strength comes in that any time he touches the ball he could go the distance.

Being a speedster and one of the fastest players in the SEC, if Holloway gets to the second level he is gone. For

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Holloway looks for running room last week.

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Basically at the end of the day Holloway, is not only the most explosive running back on the team, he is also the most consistent. With his yards per carry average of 7.3 and his proven ability to grind out 3-5 yards in between the tackles, and not lose yards.

He is player defenses have to account for and respect, and more importantly makes the MSU run game respectable again.

Streaking Bulldogs head to College Station

by Amber Dodd Contributing Writer

As Mississippi State University (3-5-2) soccer settled in Friday night at the field, the intensity rose to beat the Tennessee Volunteers (5-1-4), but it all resulted in a tie. Friday night the Bulldogs didn’t get a chance to score but they did put up an exciting and long fi ght. Going to two overtimes, the Volunteers and Bulldogs both went at each other’s game play and

pace.

The fi rst regulation half was very slow paced, and the Bulldogs were slowly getting themselves to Tanya de Souza’s pace, who saved multiple goals by the midpoint of the fi rst half. State received six corner kicks yet all deemed to be unsuccessful as Tennessee’s goalie Julie Eckel stood her ground and defended her goal. The midfielders tried to get some on field chemistry going, but by the time they had an opportunity to take shots, the Tennessee

defense from heated up and waited for the time to play a role.

Throughout the game, the intensity rose to aggressiveness and yellow cards were distributed. At times it felt like the game’s focus was more toward the aggression and not the sport. Six yellow cards were given out to both teams. In the fi rst half, Tennessee’s Ariel Kupritz for received the fi rst yellow card of the game at 29:41. Five seconds later, our Ariana Holmes received hers.

Right after the penalty

Kupritz received, Holmes answered back to even the score. Tennessee as a team collected three yellow cards during the second half, giving up easy shots and chances for State to shoot a penalty kick and end it all. The last of the six penalties were given to Courtney Robicheaux in the 105th minute of game time.

“We came out and fought a very tough team,” Head Coach Aaron Gordon said.

“As young as we are, results matter and a tie is like money in the bank.”

That following Sunday, the ladies played Mizzou, which also ended up in a tie. Unlike the Tennessee game, Kennadi Carbin did put a goal in the 38th minute in order to equalize Mizzou’s Savannah Trujillo goal in the 11th. Though we had two draws in two SEC games, this 1-1-2 start is the successful since the MSU Women’s Soccer team in 2001.

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The Aggies(9-3-0, 2-2-0 SEC) enter the match ranked No. 16 in the nation by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Gordon said he and he team look forward to the challenge.

“We are going to one of the most hostile environmens in the country on Friday in Texas,” Gordon said. “We are going in there with the mindest of getting a result.”

The Bulldogs will hit he road again on Oct. 9 when they head to Athens to face Georgia.