Frederick L. Brown
Reporter
The W's Dining Services tried out something new recently by offering s'mores, a popular campfire treat, in the cafeteria and selling them for $2 each.
Lakeydra Walls, marketing coordinator of Dining Services, said the additional charge for the s'mores bar was to cover the cost of extra ingredients. Only 27 students participated in the s'mores event, which was less than hoped. Still, Walls said she was pleased with the popularity of the s'mores.
Dylan Scott
Reporter
"Wait Until Dark," by Frederick Knott, is the first play to be performed by the MUW Theatre Department this fall.
"Wait Until Dark" is a thriller about a con man's search for a mysterious doll that leads him to a game of cat-and-mouse with the blind wife of a man who has the doll. This is the first suspenseful thriller that the department will be performing.
Toni Burkett
Reporter
On Friday, Sept. 18, the Starkville-Mississippi State University Symphony Orchestra performed at Rent Auditorium for the Southern Talent String Symposium II.
The program included pieces composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Camille Saint Saens and Franz Shubert. The music director was Dr. Michael R. Brown, a professor of music at MSU. Dr. Jim Borsig, president of The W, was the narrator for the arrangement known as "Carnival of the Animals." Accompanying the orchestra were Dr. Valentin Bogdan and Dr. Julia Mortyakova, both of the MUW Department of Music. Mortyakova serves as chair of the department.
Chris Richardson
Reporter
On Sept. 24, Campus Recreation hosted the first event of the Parliament Cup at the pool. Each residence hall on campus had a small team of individuals who created boats for the race. The catch is that they could only use cardboard boxes and duct tape to create the boat. The man in charge of this event was Glenn Alexander, the residence hall director for Columbus Hall, Calloway Hall, Hasting-Simmons Hall and Grossnickle Hall.
"I liked the event. It was a lot of participation. It was a couple of rough edges starting out, because we had to promote, but I think it's gonna be an overall good event. A lot of people turned out, even though it's a late-night event. And registration was a little late, because people weren't quite sure of how it was gonna go, but I think it's gonna turn out good," said Alexander.
Eric Wiggins
Reporter
The W recently hosted the Creatively Independent acting workshop. With the help of Christopher Beaulieu, the participating actors were able to "dig deeper" and find a depth to themselves that maybe they didn't know existed.
Beaulieu co-founded Creatively Independent in 2005, but he has been on the stage much longer. He started performing in plays in high school and began acting professionally once he graduated high school. At the age of 21, he started working for Shakespeare & Co. as a stage combat instructor. Over the years, he has played many roles, including Pistol in Shakespeare's "Henry V," Tilbot in "Romeo and Juliet" and both Vladimir and Estragon in "Waiting for Godot."
Dylan Scott
Reporter
Mississippi University for Women continues to fly the state flag, despite recent controversy involving the Confederate battle flag and the massacre at a church in Charleston, S.C.
The mass shooting of nine people in South Carolina was the tipping point that got many Americans talking about whether the Mississippi flag should be redesigned. The massacre was widely regarded as a hate crime by gunman Dylann Roof, who hosted a website that had multiple pictures of him posing with the Confederate flag, along with other photos and writings involving white supremacy.
Liz Bosarge
Reporter
On Wednesday, Sept. 2, campus social organizations gathered in Pope Banquet Room to honor the seniors who will graduate in December with a candle-lighting ceremony hosted by the Student Programming Board.
The "100th Night" ceremony marks one hundred nights until graduation. With roses and balloons adorning the room, each organization took the microphone to honor its seniors with kind words, a few tears and a gift of appreciation.
Mallory Johnston
Reporter
The Mississippi University for Women's Art Department has kicked off a busy gallery season with an exhibit that showcases the work of sculptor Wayne Edge of Memphis.
This exhibit is being held in the Eugenia Summer Gallery and will run through Sept. 30. Edge's pieces combine natural objects, such as shells, wood and even rock, in a rhythmic piece.
Monica Kizer
Reporter
The Rogue Social Club kicked off the fall semester with its first fundraiser car wash on Aug. 29 at the local AutoZone in Columbus.
Social clubs are a great opportunity to get involved and make lasting friendships, but the fees can be very expensive. The main purpose of this particular fundraiser was to raise funds for new and existing members, so they will not have to pay out so much of their own money during the semester.
Chris Richardson
Reporter
Many students and faculty have heard that there will be a new dude on campus. Some may say, "What's the big deal? A lot of new guys are on campus." However, the new dude is not a person, but an app.
"School Dude Crisis Manager" is the new crisis management app on campus. Jim Jones, the project director for the university, said it will help students have crisis information at their fingertips.