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Students create new body camera system

by Samantha Neargarder Staff Writer

Mississippi State University encourages students to create and improve modern technologies around the world; body cameras have seen lots of light in the media recently and seniors at MSU created a triggering system that could help everyone.

Louie King, Zach DiGennaro, Derek Reeves and Nikhil Lokhand invented iLeAD, Integrated Law Enforcement Automated Documentation, a triggering system that automatically turns on the Wi-Fi enabled body cameras located on the belt of police officers and near his/her chest to record every instance in a high-stress or high-impact sitaution an officer may encounter. This is their senior design project for computer and electrical engineering.

“If they have to draw their [police officers] gun, the camera turns on,” King said. “We have sensors to determine when the gun is pulled, Taser is pulled, when their heart rate increases and if they start running.”

The idea for this

Mississippi Horse Park celebrates Super Bulldog Weekend

by Emmalynne Kwasny News Editor

Zach DiGennaro| Courtesy Photo

Senior engineering students stand next to the MSU Police Department exhibiting their senior design project, iLEAD, a new triggering system that could benefit police officers everywhere.

system to work with law enforcement body cameras came from Reeves and his father in law, who was a police officer, after talking about the current body cameras used in the police force today.

“Police are trained to assess the situation first, not make sure they are recording it,” King said. “Sometimes they just forget to turn it on.”

The group began working on this project last

semester, in senior design I. The group spends about 10-15 hours a week on it.

Their advisor for the project, Dr. Kurum, an assistant professor for MSU’s electrical and computer engineering department,

kept the students on track from the beginning.

Throughout this process, each member agrees that it was not only helpful with their major, but also taught them skills relevant to group work and time management. iLeAD, 2

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United Blood Services is partnering with Mississippi State University’s campus radio, WMSV, to put on the third annual “I Bleed Maroon” blood drive starting April 11 and continuing through April 13 on various locations across the MSU campus.

The goal for this year’s “I Bleed Maroon” drive is 163 units of blood.

The national blood supply must be ready for everyday needs and unexpected needs, such as accidents and natural or man-made disasters, and as the primary supplier of North Mississippi’s hospitals and others in both Mississippi and Alabama, the United Blood Services needs volunteer blood donors yearround.

The drive will collect both whole blood cells and double-red cells; donating whole blood takes just under an hour and double-red cell donations take a few minutes longer than a regular

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Blood donors must be at least 16 years of age, however, parental permission must be obtained before 16 and 17 year-olds can donate.

“I Bleed Maroon” donors must present a photo ID and are encouraged to eat a good meal before donating, but caffeinated beverages are discouraged, as they can raise a donor’s pulse rate and defer them from donating.

Donors will also receive a free T-shirt and earn online points toward special gifts, including movie tickets and gift cards.

For more information or to schedule an appointment for the “I Bleed Maroon” drive, call or text Caroline Pugh of the United Blood Services at 662-321-9988.

FORECAST: Although temperatures will be cooler on Friday, Starkville will finally see a weekend of clear, quiet spring weather. Have a great Super Bulldog Weekend, MSU!

Devin Edgar, Managing Editor

The Mississippi Horse Park will host their sixth annual Starkville Lucky Dog Barrel Race starting today and continuing through April 9 to celebrate Mississippi State University’s Super Bulldog Weekend.

The Horse Park has set up 416 horse stalls. 78 of the stalls are temporary to accommodate it’s the event’s growth.

Dana Traywick, Mississippi Horse Park’s marketing and communications coordinator, said the park expects to see more contestants traveling from multiple states to compete for the fastest time around the barrels.

In 2016, the Starkville Lucky Dog Barrel Race had 2,220 entries and contestants won $77,237 in prize money.

Bricklee Miller, facility manager at Mississippi Horse Park, said the horse park and Lucky Dog Productions’ partnership has been very successful.

“There was an instant connection between the Mississippi Horse Park and Lucky Dog Productions when we began working together six years ago,” Miller said.

“The growth of this event is proof of what can be accomplished when you have both a facility and producer invested in a quality event.”

Traywick said the race is in D format, meaning it allows all calibers of horses and riders to win.

Contestants will be of all ages and skill levels.

The event is hosted

by Better Barrel Races Association and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.

“With so many people being in town for Super Bulldog Weekend, we are excited to add the Lucky Dog Barrel Race to the festivities,” Miller said.

The show will begin at 4 p.m. this afternoon and last until 11 p.m., 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow, and 9:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday.

This event is free to the public and concessions will be available.

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Since technology is continuously advancing, DiGennaro knew their group had to do something that reflected today’s times.

“Everything is just documented now, anything that happens in court has documentation,” DiGennaro said.

With this invention, both parties involved in police interactions have accountability, something that is necessary now because of controversial issues. The group uses multiple sensors on the police belt for redundancies, and just in case any camera trigger malfunctions or does not activate, there is a backup in place.

“I guess we had multiple sensors because we figured not every situation would involve a gun,” King said.

The MSU Police Department donated parts of everyday police wear, including the belts they wear, to make sure the project is as accurate as possible.

MSU Police Chief, Vance Rice, encourages this idea and is glad these seniors designed something like this.

“We supported this research because of its potential t o improve officer safety and transparency for law enforcement,” Rice said.

MSU Police Department Sergeant Ken Holbrook and crime prevention/training and

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UNITY project intertwines campus The Holmes Cultural Diversity Center and Department of Health Promotion at Mississippi State University co-sponsored UNITY this week on campus. The art project featured an interactive structure and activity students could participate in to celebrate their uniqueness.

Each of the 32 posts were labeled with unique identifiers including, “I identify as Zach DiGennaro| Courtesy Photo

Pictured above is a police belt that features the iLeAD triggering system created by four MSU electrical and computer engineering seniors for their senior design project.

supply coordinator, also showed his support of this senior project.

“I like the idea because it is one less thing an officer has to be concerned with,” Holbrook said.

The group plans to sell their product as a contract deal than box store sale.

They would like to contract the invention with police law enforcement.

King, DiGennaro, Reeves and Lokhand hope to use the MSU police department as an example for other possible law enforcement agencies. The group plans to go to trade shows as an opportunity to get the word of their triggering system out.

The final “Demo Day” for their project will be showcased on April 20th.

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This Mississippi Horse Park is a division of Mississippi State University’s Extension Service.

The park consists of 100 acres and is located just south of MSU’s campus. The park hosts an average of 40 events and over 40,000 people each year. The park supports weekly labs and classes taught through MSU.

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LGBTQ” and “I am a parent” reflecting people’s identities. The participants tied yarn to different posts, all while intertwining and connecting with the other participants. The purpose of the UNITY project is to show we are all connected by something and even our individuality can strengthen our ties with others.

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Reading is key to leadership in a globalized world

by Mustafa Sen Staff Writer

Globalization is creating changes on a scale comparable to the emergence of the agricultural revolution or the industrial revolution. We see the world is becoming more global than ever because of trade agreements, technological improvements and international collaborations.

The world has changed noticeably during the last two decades, and the emergence of a new form of civilization has begun. In this era of fast and unforeseen changes with far reaching effects, the function of governments, people, groups, international relations, and collaboration between societies are changing quickly as well. Because of this, leadership is more important today than ever before.

The major challenge in developing leadership in our global society is this: we are regularly teaching students how to solve new problems by

using familiar methods when we should be teaching them the opposite. Particularly, future leaders should be learning how to improvise, innovate and be more creative about using both new tools and familiar resources to adapt to unfamiliar challenges and unexpected events.

Although there are some changes in how people interact with each other in our global world, there are certain leadership traits which have stayed the same. Examining these traits is essential for future leaders. A leader is a person who influences and inspires a group of people towards the achievement of a goal.

What is the difference between a leader and a good leader? Who can answer this accurately? Thankfully, some of our finest and brightest leaders throughout history left behind some great bits of advice to help lead the way.

Here are some of the best quotes on how to be a better leader.

First, leaders provide

inspiration. John Quincy Adams said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

Perhaps the most fundamental leadership skill you can cultivate is the ability to

According to John F. Kennedy, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

Intelligent leaders are aware of what they do not know.

Learning is an endless process throughout your life, and it does not end when you

provide inspiration to your group. If you motivate your people to reach for the stars, they just might bring you back the moon.

Secondly, leaders both teach and learn.

become a group leader. It is important to always look for opportunities for development and pass on the knowledge you have learned to your people.

Thirdly, leaders should be

College is not the only option that those people are stupid or unmotivated, but it takes a specific kind of person to be comfortable with higher education.

Robert Farrington, a contributor for Forbes, says, “It’s important to remember that college isn’t the time to find yourself—the financial burdens of going to college with no purpose can be huge.”

It makes no sense for someone does not know what they want out of life to commit to such an endeavor. It does make sense, however, for someone to see that going to college can accrue massive amounts of debt, all without the guarantee of

tion to a full time education was in the cards.

This could be based on maturity issues at home, finances, or a wealth of other reasons. For those individuals, working on themselves should be the primary goal after high school.

Randye Hoder of Time.

Chris Lowe com says, “Robert Clagis a sophomore majoring in business ett, who served as a seinformation systems. He can be contacted nior admissions officer at at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

Harvard and is also the former dean of admisThere are many paths in sions at Middlebury Collife that may lead to suclege, has found that those cess. College is only one who delay a year before of many options people starting college have can take to set themselves GPAs that, on a 4.0 scale, up for a happy, prosperare 0.15 to 0.2 higher ous life. than otherwise would be Many people would disexpected.” agree this is We should the case, belet kids find cause a lot “I am not arguing against the idea of t h e m s e l v e s of people before they college, but I am arguing against it commit to see higher education as a college if being considered the end-all, be-all of that is what the next step they must they need. young adulthood.” take in life Creating after high a future for school. Coloneself is lege is seen not as an op- a job associated with the quite the task. Self-dition, but an inevitability, degree they earn. rected learning advoeven when there are trade Does a welder need a cate Blake Boles says, schools, the armed forces, bachelor’s degree? Does “embracing self-directapprenticeships and plen- an entrepreneur need a ed learning as an 18- to ty of other careers out piece of paper to take 23-year-old means emthere for 18 year olds to out a loan and start a bracing your fundamental take advantage of. business? Does a lawyer nature as an entrepreneur For some people, de- need a law degree to start at a younger age than pending on their career working at a firm? Only most. It means crafting ambitions, these options one of those scenarios a life of autonomy, masare better than college. yields an answer of “yes.” tery and purpose — the I love learning and have While college certainly three ingredients necesgreatly enjoyed the col- would not hurt either of sary for self-motivation lege experience in general. the other two hypothetical — while also creating However, I realize in or- people, it would be a rea- value for other people in der for our society to be sonable decision for them the process.” happy and efficient, we to forgo it entirely.

I am not arguing against must stop the bottleneck For others, college might the idea of college, but created by an influx of only be a feasible option I am arguing against it people who are in college later in life. I have met a being considered the just because they think it number of students here end-all, be-all of young is the only way of life. at Mississippi State alone, adulthood. While I perTo be frank, some peo- who, while not lacking sonally believe college is ple are just not wired to be the intelligence required, the right choice for me, it successful in the collegiate were not at a stage in is not the right choice for world. That is not to say their life where devo- everyone.

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bold. Ken Kesey states,“You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go.

You lead by going to that place and making a case.”

To be a worthy leader, you sometimes need to explore the untraveled path. Being bold in the face of uncertainty will assist you as you provide your group courage and inspire them to continue striving when things gets tough.

Next, leaders listen to their people.

Theodore Roosevelt said, “The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

Your group is your biggest resource; listen to their responses and encourage their goals. You never know where your next great idea will come from.

Finally, leaders tackle challenges. Henry Ford said, “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

For a good leader, there is

RE F L EC T I O N S Benjamin Franklin

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom—and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”

no such thing as a task too big.

When you have this attitude, your group will follow suit, and every hardship will present an opportunity for greater success.

These are all important leadership qualities. So, how do we develop them in our global world? The first and most important step to become a better leader is to read.

Harry S. Truman said, “not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”

According to Dave Olson, there are five reasons why all leaders are readers.

First, reading elevates us above our current situation.

Second, reading multiplies our experiences. Third, reading allows us to spend time with smart people. Fourth, reading can quickly build our expertise. Fifth, reading gives us an escape.

As counterintuitive as it might seem in our global, fastpaced society, taking the time to read constantly is the only possible way to stay ahead of the curve.

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Alcohol serves as a social lubricant stories, sharing laughs and having a fun time. You are Staff Writer not concerned with your shyness, or the fact that College is hard. Conyou would normally not sidering most of you who be conversing with these will read this are college people. A few drinks took students, I am preaching the edge off, it opened to the choir, right? Noneyour mind and showed theless, I will say it again, you everyone is just like college is hard. These you: seeking friendship four years have such an and a good time. impact on our future, so Everyone is different. how could they not be inIt makes sense that with credibly difficult? socializing comes a cerHowever, it is not altain anxiety. According to ways about the classroom CNN, we see the uniqueor the lab. Sure, those are ness of every group and the most important parts wonder how we will ever of colfit in with lege. these peo“When you are at the bar, societal divides do ple. HowDoing well ever, the not matter. You might notice them at first, but answer is to in those areas is to make after each drink you will lower your guard and try the reayourself son we available. see every individual as a potential friend.” are here This is in the why I befirst place and for a lot vice versa. The New York lieve alcohol is the perfect of people, those areas are Times says, society seeks social lubricant. Imagine, the easiest part of col- to divide, so we must seek if you will, a machine that lege. For many, the social to overcome the divides. operates with cogs and aspect of college is the As I mentioned earlier, gears.Without proper lubiggest challenge they will the way to do this is with brication, the machine face. will jam and will not funcalcohol.

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friends with whom they can make memories. For these people, I have an answer: alcohol.

Making friends has not always been an easy task for me. For the majority of my life I have been extremely introverted and shy. To make matters worse, society often separates us into groups based on arbitrary characteristics. An example of this would be Greek life.

Most people have the idea that those who are Greek will only befriend others who are Greek, and

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Cotton District Arts Festival

brings life to downtown Starkville

Cotton District Arts Festival Stage Performances The South Stage Page Avenue 9:30-10:00

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Homeschool Co-op

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AA of JC Praise Raisers

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Starkville Strings Poetry Slam

The West Stage 9:00

Brent Varner

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Huge Ghosts Jake Slinkard and Company

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Songwriter Girl Skouts

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The Doomsters Stagolee

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Kannawermz (with Bobby Shannon)

The East Stage

by Taylor Bowden Staff Writer

The Starkville Cotton District usually at its busiest during traditional night-life hours, will instead host thousands of people this Saturday for the Cotton District Arts Festival.

Part of the Super Bulldog Weekend package, the Cotton District Arts Festival will be held throughout the day with events, contests and live musictakingplaceatvarious times. The goal of the festival is to showcase the Golden Triangle’s artistic talent to not only people within the community, but also hundreds of visiting Bulldog fans and alumni who are drawn to Starkville for Super Bulldog Weekend.

Johnson Cooke, who handles the promotional aspects for the arts festival, said recent studies have shown upwards of 20 thousand people attend this event throughout the day.

True to its namesake, Cooke said the core of the arts festival are the numerous visual artists who will line the streets in stalls to display and sell their works, which in the past has ranged anywhere

from water-color paintings to elaborate glass and metal sculptures to just about anything else that can be smeared, sculpted or molded.

In addition to artists selling their crafts, there is a juried art competition many local artists enter with the hope of winning cash prizes.

Beyond that, however, there is also going to be a pet parade, a writer’s village, an international village and live music, Cooke said.

Cooke said the Writer’s Village is composed of local authors, and at the end of the day will host a poetry slam, which anyone is free to enter.

The international village encompasses a variety of cultures, ranging from Celtic bagpipes to African dance. In the morning, the pet parade will march down the street where pets of all shapes and sizes can join in.

All of this will be taking place in between three main stages, which will be located on the east, west, and south ends of the Cotton District.

Brent Varner, who serves as a co-chair on the board in charge of booking and organizing entertainment, said the lineup of bands and musicians for this year

is really good.

“We want to show people from out of town the caliber of the talent in the Golden Triangle,” Varner said.

The list of acts is extensive, Varner said, and many of the acts are local favorites. The East stage will host acts such as Old Memphis Kings, Tesheva, Flathead Ford, and the Cedric Burnside Project.

The West stage will host Varner himself in the morning followed by Huge Ghosts and Jake Slinkard and Company, and will end the day with acts such as the Girl Skouts, Stagolee, and Kannawemz.

For a complete list of the musicians, stage locations, and show times visit cdafestival.com.

Varner said the winners of the Singer Songwriter competition held at Dave’s Darkhorse Tavern in earlier weeks will each perform for 15 minutes at noon as well as receive their cash prizes from the competition. Varner said the first place award went to local heartthrob Johnny Hollis.

Hollis, who lives in Starkville and has been a musician for years, said he was ‘super pumped about it,’ and also a bit surprised.

“When I was watching the other songwriters play,

there was definitely a group of winners in my mind and I did not see myself in it,” Hollis said. “I wouldn’t be a good judge, I really just wanted everyone to win.”

The song he won with is titled “She Ain’t Getting Older.” Hollis said the song is about someone reflecting on a love from the past and seeing them as the person they remember being in love with and less the person they are now. He also admitted it is the only song he has ever written that has bad grammar.

“I am very much looking forward to playing this Saturday,” Hollis said.

“And I am so happy for the other artists. The arts festival is special because it offers much needed validation to artists.”

John Turner, chairman of the Cotton Districts Arts Festival, said much of the success of the festival and the large number of out-of-town visitors that attendisduetoapartnership with Mississippi State University to integrate the event into Super Bulldog Weekend. “[Mississippi State] University has been a really great partner,” Turner said.

“The help that they give us on one of their busiest weekends is tremendous and we really appreciate it.”

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Stormy Monday Blues Band

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The Dips Hard Luck Chuck Blue Matter

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Old Memphis Kings

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Tesheva Flathead Ford

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The Cedric Burnside Project

World Neighbors Association Stage 10:00 10:30

Saeddeh Ghassemi, Iranian Dance Chinese Folk Dance Team (4th/8th graders)

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Jing Xu- Chinese Peacock Dance Kayla Marie Gilmore, African Spiritual Interpretative Dance

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Cultural Fashion Show Asira, Belly Dancing Terpsichore DTC of MSU

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Starkville Chinese Christian & Church Association of Chinese Student Scholars

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Academy of Competitive and Performing Arts Downtown Martial Arts

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Aamani Kallura, India Bollywood Dance Japanese Club of MSU

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Starkville Steppers Line Dancers Terpsichore DTC of MSU “Dancing in the Streets” International World Jam Celebration”

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Chew on this: Vietnamese Pho makes a versatile meal for every occasion Quick Pho 4-6 servings

Bag of pho spices from Asian store 6 cups beef broth 1 tablespoon soy sauce 3 tablespoons of fish sauce 3 carrots, chopped 1/2 pound sirloin steak, round eye, or London broil: you can also use chicken 8 ounces dried rice noodles 1 frozen bag of peppers and onions (thawed) 1 cup bean sprouts 1 cup fresh herbs (cilantro, basil, mint) Put half of spice packet, broth, soy sauce, fish sauce, carrots, bag of peppers and onions and mint into a pot. Cover and simmer the broth. Chop up beef in thin slices or throw whole chicken thighs into skillet, brown slightly. Once meat is browned, add it to the pot. Bring the broth to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and continue simmering for 30 minutes to give time for everything to infuse in the broth. Cook the rice noodles: Bring a second saucepan of water to a boil, drop in the rice noodles and cook according to package instructions (this should be a minute or less). Strain the noodles and run them under cool water to stop cooking.

Prepare the pho bowls: Divide the noodles between bowls and top with the contents of the pot. You want the base of each bowl to be noodles, then yummy toppings.

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I went to my first International Fiesta on campus last weekend and was inspired by all the wonderful cultures that we have at Mississippi State University.

For all of you who missed the event or who left wanting more, I’d like to celebrate some culture in this Chew on This.

I grew up near Biloxi, Mississippi, where the Vietnamese food will rock your world. Pho, which is sometimes pronounced f•oh, but usually, fuh, is a Vietnamese soup made with herbs and seasoning, chicken, beef or tofu and delicious noodles.

The Vietnamese culture consumes pho as a universal food; it can be eaten for any meal, including breakfast.

The Vietnamese usually eat

this dish with chopsticks or spoons.

This pho recipe, while a bit untraditional, can be made in 30 minutes, unlike real pho, which takes a much longer time, but is worth every second.

I recommend visiting our local Asian Market to buy fish sauce and pho seasoning. The Asian Market, a local business, has locations in Starkville and Columbus.

I recommend visiting The Asian Market, simply because it’s fun to see what other cultures eat and try everything.

If you want to make chicken pho, you can buy stock, chicken thighs, some seasonings and a bag of pepper and onions from the dollar store.

You will have to go to a regular grocery for certain things, especially if you want the best bang for your buck, but this recipe is really worth

it. I personally prefer beef pho, but chicken is cheaper.

I’ve provided the few differences between cooking chicken and beef in the recipe.

Pho alone is a complete meal, but dollar stores, The Asian Market and regular grocery stores all sell frozen pot stickers.

This recipe is a cool dish to pull out on game nights and make everyone sit on the floor around a low table to eat.

Now, be warned, pho is really filling so a little can go a long way.

Pho can be made in a ton of different ways: with lime juice in the broth, topped with hot sauce, or even with beer in the broth. Pho can be made to suit anyone’s taste with some experimentation.

- Courtney O’Brien, Staff Writer

‘Beauty and the Beast’ brings a classic tale to life

by Shelby Poindexter Staff Writer

“Beauty and the Beast” truly is a “tale as old as time” and it recently recieved a modern update. Disney’s live-action re-telling of its classic animated film came to theaters March 17 and has been the No. 1 movie in the world since its opening weekend.

“Beauty and the Beast” is the story of a young woman, Belle, who dreams of adventure outside the small town she lives in.

She finds this adventure when her father, an inventor, is taken prisoner in a castle inhabited by a beast and his servants. Belle courageously takes her father’s place and learns of the curse placed on the Beast, his servants and the castle.

The story ends happily with the curse being lifted and the prince and Belle live happily ever after.

The original Disney animation was released in 1991. For those who were born in the ‘90s and are Disney fans, this was probably on the list of movies frequently watched.

Iconic characters like Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip and Belle, all brought the story to life in a magical way.

26 years later, Disney has brought the movie and its characters to life themselves. “Beauty and the

Beast” is the latest in a series of live-action re-tellings of classic animated movies. I had high expectations for this movie because of my love for the original film and the character Belle in particular. Disney definitely did what they do best.

The new film succeeded in meeting my, and many others, expectations.

Highly recognizeable actors brought these wellknown characters to life.

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while also being unique in its own way.

In addition to the classic soundtrack, new music was incorporated in the film. One song that stood out was the Beast’s song “Evermore.” This song gave me chills as I watched the scene. Going into the movie, I did not know new music would be added to the originals, so I was a little skeptical. However, the new songs, especially this one, truly brought new magic to an already enchanted film.

Quite possibly the reason the new music flowed so well with the old is because Alan Menken, musical theatre and film score composer, created the music for both the original movie and the new one. Memken is also known for creating the music for many other Disney classics and his talent was clearly heard in this film.

The setting of this movie looked as if it might have been filmed on a Broadway stage.

Jenn McFadden, The Reflector This kept the movie true to its original form, Stevens (Beast/the Prince), while also bringing the Luke Evans (Gaston), Josh story to life.

Disney knows how to Gad (LeFou) and many others displayed talent and bring magic to the big passion throughout the screen and it succeeded again with “Beauty and the film.

The film includes Beast.” This film transports beloved songs, such as the audience to a brand new “Belle,” “Gaston,” “Mob world. The characters are Song,” and my personal easy to fall in love with and favorite, “Be Our Guest.” the action keeps everyone The “Be Our Guest” scene on their toes, while also is one of the most iconic incorporating a lot of scene in the movie. The comic relief.

This movie brought me live-action film brought this scene to life in a big, back to my childhood, and and very magical way. It did truly deserves the title of the original scene justice No. 1 movie in the world.

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Rooker’s heroics propel diamond dawgs into Super Bulldog Weekend

by Taylor Rayburn Staff Writer

Brent Rooker smashed a walk-off home run in the 10th inning of Mississippi State University’s (20-11, 6-3 SEC) midweek game to give MSU the victory and regain some momentum going into Super Bulldog Weekend.

Rooker, a redshirt junior from Germantown, Tennessee, is having one of the best seasons of anyone in the country at the plate.

Batting .436, Rooker is almost averaging one RBI a hit this season. He has 51 hits on the year and 50 RBI. “I think he is the best hitter in America right now,” head coach Andy Cannizaro said. “It is not just right handed power, he is a complete hitter, he is seeing spin really well, he is using the whole field, and he is able to real damage to mistakes that are over the plate.”

Rooker continued his great season Wednesday night in MSU’s second midweek game versus Florida International University (17-12, 5-1 C-USA). MSU was coming off an embarrassing 3-8 loss to FIU the night before and were looking to regain momentum. Things were

not looking good as MSU saw themselves down 6-1 in the third inning. Behind Rooker’s play, they came back and won 9-7 in 10 innings. Rooker had three hits, two home runs, and five RBI in four at-bats.

“That is a huge maturity step for this young team,” Rooker said. “Coming off of last night and getting down early tonight, it would be really easy to cash it in and just say alright lets go into Super Bulldog Weekend, take our loses, but we showed a lot of fight, we showed a lot of resiliency. I’m really proud of our guys.”

It was Rooker who led the charge back into the game with a two-run homer in the fifth inning to close the gap to one with MSU only trailing 6-5. MSU ended up tying the game 7-7 and went into extra innings.

In the bottom of the 10th, Rooker stepped up to the plate and smashed his second homer of the night for the walk-off win. The home run was his 12th of the season.

Besides obviously getting the win, the most important part of the win was ending the game.

MSU’s bullpen has been plagued by injuries, with over a half dozen pitchers out with injuries.

MSU closer Spencer Price was on the mound

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Brent Rooker is leading the SEC in eight different offensive catagories. He had two home runs and five RBI against FIU on Wednesday.

and had already pitched 2.1 innings. He usually only goes one inning, or one inning and an out or two at most. The choice to use Price showed how much Cannizaro wanted to win this game with Price being an important piece of the rotation. Price is MSU’s go-to closer and has nine saves on the year for his efforts.

Price was credited the win and only gave up one hit. He struck out three of the nine batters he faced.

Price, a sophomore from Olive Branch, Mississippi, said he was hoping MSU would come back so he could throw, even if he is needed for this weekend.

“I’m always looking for a tight ballgame, so I can throw,” Price said. “It is what I love to do, a win is a win and I’ll take them when I can get them.”

With MSU’s use of five pitchers Tuesday night, and six on Wednesday, they were running out of arms. If Rooker did not

end the game in the 10th, coach Cannizaro said he had no idea who he would send out there to pitch.

“We were out of bullets for the night,” Cannizaro said. “It was either Spencer Price was going to go back on the mound for one more inning and then after that I have absolutely no idea, it was going to be someone’s knuckleball that is going to go out on the mound there, was really glad Rooker won the ball game when he did because we were officially

out of bullets at that point.”

MSU to make the staff work this weekend, using usual weekend relievers Riley Self and Spencer Price Wednesday night.

Cannizaro said the pitchers who threw on Tuesday would be able to throw on Friday. The pitchers of note from Tuesday are usual game two starter Peyton Plumlee, and reliever Trey Jolly. He also said reliever Riley Self should be able to go and Spencer Price could be used Friday in a very limited role.

MSU’s Super Bulldog Weekend opponent is No. 10 Kentucky (21-9, 7-2 SEC), who is coming off of a 5-3 loss to No. 2 Louisville. The game will be against a familiar face as Kentucky is led by head coach Nick Mingione.

Mingione coached under John Cohen for eight seasons, including when Cohen coached at MSU. He coached a number of MSU’s current players, including Rooker.

“It is going to be fun,” Rooker said on playing against Mingione. “It will be a little weird with him being in the other dugout but it will make for a good matchup.”

Game one starts today at 6 p.m., game two starts tomorrow at 6 p.m. and game three is on Sunday at 1 p.m. All the games are at Dudy Noble field.

u B l r l dog e p u S Weekend!

Friday, April 7 8:00 a.m.

Pig Cooking Begins parking lot north of Howell Building 3:00 p.m.

Men's Tennis vs. Texas A&M A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre 4:00 p.m.

Pig Cooking Sampling of the Grill parking lot north of Howell Building 4:30 p.m.

Hail State Family Party Women's Basketball celebration Starkville City Hall 6:00 p.m.

Baseball vs. Kentucky Dudy Noble Field/Polk-DeMent Stadium 6:00 p.m.

Softball vs. South Carolina Nusz Park 7:00 p.m.

Volleyball Alumni Game Newell-Grissom Building Saturday, April 8 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Cotton District Arts Festival 9:00 a.m. - 12p.m.

Pig Cooking Judging parking lot north of Howell Building 10:00 a.m.

Volleyball vs. Southeastern Loiuisiana 11:30 a.m.

12:00 p.m.: 12:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Newell-Grissom Building Volleyball vs. Samford Newell-Grissom Building Pig Cooking Sampling of the Grill parking lot north of Howell Building Softball vs. South Carolina Nusz Park Maroon/White Spring Football Game

Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field Baseball vs. Kentucky Dudy Noble Field/Polk-DeMent Stadium

Sunday, April 9 12:00 p.m.

Softball vs. South Carolina Nusz Park 1:00 p.m.

Baseball vs. Kentucky Dudy Noble Field/Polk-DeMent Stadium 1:00 p.m.

Men's Tennis vs. LSU A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre Jenn McFadden, The Reflector

IMAGINE A BETTER WORLD.

WE A R E .

Imagine a world where sustainable energy powers our daily commute and where our nation is safe from cyber-attacks. Imagine a world where food shortages are replaced with food abundance and where the flu is something our children will read about in history books. Imagine a world where the spark of an idea can grow into a solution that molds the future. Imagine a world where inspiration gives birth to innovation. We are, at Mississippi State University, where we ring true. MSSTATE.EDU

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