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BY MARY KATE MCGOWAN

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Decision time has arrived. Today, President Barack Obama and

Governor Mitt Romney will take a back seat to citizens’ popular votes and the Elec-toral College decision — which are pre-dicted to be uncomfortably close.

Some people are comparing this election to the 2000 election between President George Bush and then Vice President Al Gore.

Gore won the popular vote by just over 500,000 votes, but Bush won the Electoral College by fi ve out of 537 votes.

Bush won the election.Now, in 2012, people are wondering if

this could happen again during this presi-dential election.

Rob Mellen, Jr., Political Science and Public Administration Department as-sistant professor, said if a president were elected for the second time in 12 years who did not win the popular vote there would be more outcry from the politically knowledgeable.

“We didn’t hear a lot about it in 2000 because it’s become a relatively accepted thing in American politics and our system that the Electoral College decides presi-dents,” Mellen said.

Four presidents who failed to win the popular vote have been elected to the of-fi ce.

Karen Tumulty for The Washington Post said in an article no current president seek-ing re-election has ever won the Electoral College and lost the popular vote.

“A win in the Electoral College that is not accompanied by one in the popular vote casts a shadow over the president and his ability to govern,” she said in an article.

For example, Bush had to fi ght for ap-proval of the Democratic Party in D.C. and around the country in the beginning of his fi rst term.

If this election ends in the same manner as the 2000 election, the worth of the pop-ular vote may decrease.

“Voting is a central element in our de-mocracy. Brave men and women over the centuries have fought for the right for ev-ery individual to have a say in what their government looks like,” Mellen said. “If you choose not to vote, you are choosing not to have a say in the people who lead your country and your state and your city and town. You are basically choosing to say, ‘I don’t care.’”

BY ALEX HOLLOWAY

Staff Writer

After well over a year of campaign-ing, the 2012 election has fi nally ar-rived.

Here is a summary of the three foremost candidates for the presi-dency and the two main cand idates competing to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate.

President Barack Obama is run-ning for re-election to a second term as president. His running mate is Joe Biden, a former senator from Dela-ware.

Expectations show tax reform will be a centerpiece for a second term in

the Obama presidency. The plan put forth by the Obama

campaign said goals for a second term will include lowering taxes on middle class families and raising those of high-income classes.

This is likely to be done by letting the Bush Tax cuts either expire in full or holding the cuts for middle-in-come families and allowing the cuts for top earners to expire.

If the Bush cuts expire in full, taxes on everyone will go up unless more legislation is enacted.

The Bush Tax cuts are set to expire Dec. 31.

Plans to address the defi cit include closing tax loopholes on corpora-

tions. The Obama campaign’s plan also said a plan is to use half of the money that had been paid on the Iraq War and using it instead to pay on the debt.

The other half is to be used in in-frastructure investment.

For foreign policy, Obama has said repeatedly he plans to bring the Af-ghanistan War to an end in 2014.

He supports the continued use of heavy sanctions and diplomacy in an effort to deter Iran from its nuclear ambitions, though he has said that all options, including military ones, are on the table.

He is also working with the De-partment of Defense on plans to

make the U.S. military leaner, but more advanced, and also making the Asian Pacifi c a stronger point of fo-cus for U.S. policy.

Obama ended the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, so now gay men and women can serve openly in the United States military.

In May, he announced he does support gay marriage and became the fi rst sitting president to ever do so, though his campaign has not made a major push for it during the election cycle.

Under his administration, the De-partment of Justice does not actively defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which defi nes marriage in the U.S. as

a union between one man and one woman.

On the issue of abortion, Obama is pro-choice.

Gov. Mitt Romney is Obama’s pri-mary competitor in the presidential election. He is running with Paul Ryan, a senator from Wisconsin.

The centerpiece of the Romney campaign has been job creation.

A point of recent focus has been Gov. Romney’s plan to create 12 mil-lion new jobs.

Part of the plan put forward by the Romney campaign is to help foster American job growth by cutting tax rates on businesses to make hiring more attractive.

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The plan also said Romney would seek to limit the number of regulations on businesses to allow them to grow more ef-fi ciently.

Another point of emphasis in the plan to create jobs through expanding access to America’s natural resources and make the country energy independent in doing so.

Romney opposes the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, and has said repeatedly he will repeal it on the fi rst day of his presidency.

Romney supports letting states decide which ways to handle health care may work best for them and allowing them to institute them, rather than an overarching policy from the federal government.

Romney opposes gay marriage. The Romney campaign said Romney

would uphold the Defense of Marriage Act.

He would also push to add a Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution that would defi ne marriage as being be-tween one man and one woman.

Romney is opposed to abortion and has indicated he would appoint Supreme Court justices who may overturn Roe v Wade.

According to the Romney campaign, Romney intends to be able to complete a withdrawal from Afghanistan and to be able to hand security of the country to the Afghan people by 2014.

This would, however, be contingent on conditions in the country before then.

Romney is strongly opposed to Iran’s nuclear program.

He supports placing increased sanctions on Iran and keeping military options avail-able as a last resort.

Romney also said he will be tough on China and Russia.

He has said if elected, he will move quickly to label China a currency manip-ulator.

The foremost third-party candidate in the election is Gary Johnson, who is run-ning with James P. Grey, a former judge.

Johnson is running as the candidate for the Libertarian party.

Johnson is in favor of doing away with spending cuts across the board at a federal level and supports changes to social pro-grams like Medicare and Social Security.

He strongly opposes involvement from the federal government in economic affairs and advocates opposition to bailouts, the elimination of the Internal Revenue Ser-vice and restrictions on the Federal Re-serve.

He also supports the Fair Tax.Johnson does not favor the wars in Iraq

and Afghanistan. Johnson also advocates bringing home

soldiers stationed abroad at bases through-out Europe.

Johnson opposes the war on drugs, call-ing it a needless and expensive waste of resources.

He does support the legalization and regulation of marijuana.

Like Romney, Johnson is opposed to health care plans at a federal level.

Johnson is pro-choice and supports gay marriage through the belief the govern-ment should not interfere with an indi-vidual’s right to make their own choices or impose its values on marriage.

Congressman Roger Wicker is on the ballot and running for a second term.

It would be his fi rst full term after win-ning his seat in a special election in 2008 after Trent Lott’s resignation.

Wicker is a former member of the House of Representatives.

In his time in offi ce, he has worked on initiatives to bring better economic de-velopment to Mississippi and to keep the state more competitive in a global market-place.

He is a member of several committees in the Senate, including the Committee on Armed Services.

Wicker’s main challenger in the Senate race is Albert Gore.

Gore is a former Methodist minister and chaplain with the Armed Forces.

Wicker supports limiting subsidies from the government to help reduce the burden of the debt.

He also supports expanding access to en-ergy resources and investing in alternative energy sources like wind and solar power.

Wicker has said his priority as a senator would be work to build non-partisan coa-litions to work together with senators from both parties.

BY JAMIE ALLEN

Staff Writer

United Way at Mississippi State Uni-versity launched a cam-paign this year to raise $100,000 to give to agencies across Missis-sippi that touch lives in the state.

United Way at MSU’s campaign starts in the fall of each year and is an opportunity for MSU faculty, staffs and students, along with businesses and citizens in the commu-nity to make a pledge for the upcoming year.

The money given through this campaign is donated to 17 dif-ferent agencies includ-ing Habitat for Humanity, the Humane Society, the American Red Cross, 4-H

Clubs, Boy Scouts of America and many more.

Krista Smith, junior kinesiology major, said United Way affects students because it

provides them with ways they can give back to their community.

“Not only does taking advantage of volunteer opportunities help others in the community, it has a direct affect on students who are looking for an ex-tra edge on their resume when job searching,” Smith said.

Robert Cadenhead, university chairman for United Way, said the idea behind this campaign is to bring the campus togeth-er through a collaborative effort to help raise the money.

“This is about very moderate to small do-nations but everybody pitching in. If every-

body does just a little bit, it will be enough,” Cadenhead said.

To promote the campaign, United Way at MSU hosted the Bully’s 5K for United Way Run and Walk on Tuesday.

The organization is also selling promo-tional items on their website such as “Grin-din’ for My State” bracelets and drink hold-ers.

Cadenhead said there is also an online auction with items donated by various de-partments at MSU.

Items being auctioned vary from lunch with Scott Stricklin, a bottle of dirt from the football or baseball fi eld to a MSU gift basket or carrot cake.

Timothy Chamblee, director of Institu-tional Research and Effectiveness and di-vision leader for academic affairs through United Way at MSU, said every donation counts and is useful to these organizations touching lives.

“There are those that are less fortunate and this is an opportunity for us to provide for them through a large organization,” Chamblee said.

BY ALIE DALEE

Staff Writer

Penned by Bob Dylan in 1964, the iconic words “the times they are a-changing’” still holds true for the millennial generation nearly 50 years later.

An emerging voter profi le for the millennial generation was spotlighted in a special report in The New York Times in Au-gust. The report stated young voters have recently been fall-ing fi scally conservative in their views, while still holding a lib-eral mindset on social issues.

Political science profes-sor, Rob Mellen discussed his thoughts on the changes in voter profi le held by this year’s voters.

“Ron Paul has been making a concerted effort to attract younger people into his more l i b e r t a r i a n approach to American pol-itics, focusing on fi scal issues more than the social issues,” Mellen said.

Mellen said, as a whole, so-cial issues tend to have a divi-sive effect upon politics, while the American political system holds fi scally conservative, though they may defi ne their fi scal policies dif-ferently.

Democrats typically tend to approach tax levels at a per-centage that will pay for their programs, while Republicans want the lowest tax rate possi-ble.

Mellen said young voters are attracted to the mindset held by Ron Paul because he throws social issues out the window and says let the states decide.

“I think that is appealing to the younger generations that do not share the ties to the culture wars that their parents have gone through in the 1960s to the 1980s, and they are tired of all the bickering that goes along with that,” Mellen stated.

As far as a fi scal election,

Mellen said he felt there is a lot of confusion about the U.S. economy and how it en-tered into its current state.

He said the economy has been rapidly changing for a dozen years now, and the ane-mic job growth currently af-fl icting the United States can be seen as far back as George W. Bush’s fi rst administra-tion.

“There is not a magic bullet for economic growth. There is no magical tax rate you can have that is suddenly going to create 5 percent growth,” Mellen said.

As far as a split fi scal and social mindset in voters, Mel-len said the Democrats will always want to make social issues front in center, while the Republicans hold a strong position on fi scal issues.

M e l l e n stated histor-ically, there has been issue o w n e r s h i p amongst the two parties, and in the b e g i n n i n g of this cam-paign season, there was a great amount of fl ip fl op-ping between the candi-dates.

“I think the reason we’ve seen so much more social issues is this campaign is be-cause the president wants to defl ect discussion from the economy because he does not do well in that area,” Mellen said.

He said regardless of facts, the discussion will not sup-port Obama when concern-ing debates on the economy.

Mellen also said it is imper-ative that young Americans get out and vote, and let their voice be heard.

“A well-educated and well-informed electorate is essential to a democracy. De-mocracy cannot thrive, and it cannot survive with an apa-thetic and disinterested citi-zenry,” Mellen said.

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The largest voter turnout in presidential election history was in 2008, an election when President Obama won both the popular vote and Elec-toral College. In the current election, some are worried the popular vote will no longer matter and infl uence election results.

Mellen said amendments can be made to the Consti-tution to change the voting process and the worth of votes cast by American citizens.

“We could pressure our state offi cials to call for a con-stitutional convention. The Constitution can be amended by three-fourths of the states

calling for a constitution-al convention, which would mean 38 states,” Mellen said. “Now, that’s a bold and dan-gerous step to take because the last time the states did that, they threw out the Articles of the Confederation and wrote a brand new constitution.”

The founding fathers faced the problem of a fair election process for the early nation’s president.

According to the United States Electoral College, the Electoral College was created by the founding fathers as an agreement between the elec-tion of a president by popular vote and by Congress without

giving Congress majority of the power.

Each state has a certain number of electoral votes based on population. Elector-al votes tend to correlate with the state’s political party pref-erence.

A candidate must win 270 electoral votes to win the elec-tion.

“It may not matter here in Mississippi that much, it may not matter in Massachusetts that much, but if you’re in some of those swing states — Florida, Virginia, Ohio — it’s going to matter a lot that peo-ple are going to get out and vote,” Mellen said.

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SARAH ULMER

Same match-up, same shirt, same lonely drive home and the same feeling. There are

only a handful of times I have ever felt this way: a sense of com-plete loss.

The rug was pulled out from under me; I have been embar-rassed, humiliated and, worse, subject to more ridicule for the support I show. It’s times like these I refl ect on my love for sports.

Why would anyone in their right mind invest so much risk of falling so hard over a game? Where is the line drawn between fan and fanatic? It must either be unfi xed or thinner than the string holding Gene Chizik’s job at Au-burn. Either way, I have some-how found myself on the wrong side. How did this happen? I am (was?) much smarter than this.

Somewhere between USM and LSU, I have slipped my way down the icy hill from someone who cared nothing for sports to an addict. I knew letting my heart become invested in a sport was due to cause me pain someday, but I inexora-bly draped it in purple and gold, wore it on my chest and even tried to bury it af-ter Jan. 9.

I was greeted by my old friend, Pride, last Saturday night only to be tricked into believing I could

sleep soundly for the next year. In a game littered with bad calls (coaches and refs), lopsided stats and vicious momentum swings I am only left with the words I have been preaching since I fell in love with sports: it is the best form of drama out there.

If you don’t agree with this statement, then you are not a fan of sports. If you don’t feel the sense of emptiness or fullness by your team, then it is okay to ad-mit you only like the game. This argument holds water for many reasons.

First, the outcome is known by no one. Okay, so Vegas may lay some spreads out there that will give a nod to the direction of the game, but the bottom line always stands the outcome is never fi xed. From the moment of the fi rst pitch, serve or kickoff, all we can do as fans is watch and yell at our TV as the events transpire in real time. Sometimes it is like watch-ing a car crash right before your eyes while others, a miracle.

In the rare cases where the outcome is known or otherwise not independent of outside infl u-

ences, though, it is sniffed out very quickly and effectively. Even if a huge game does go in the direction of fraud, we anticipate the wake of drama it produces and salivate for the punishment.

Ending fi xed or unfi xed, we still get our drama high.

Second, the good guys don’t always win. This is probably one of the hardest burns to heal as it slowly eats away at our naive-ty. However, maybe we as fans should thank sports for giving us this punch in the gut; it makes us come face to face with the reality of life itself. Hidden in that foot-ball game where the team with the best stats and biggest heart got nicked in the last minute is a life lesson that says things don’t always go the way they should. I won’t even go into the argument of bad, game-changing calls feel-ing like robbery.

Thirdly, as much as we hate it, the media’s job of adding fuel to drama cannot be overlooked.

The media is simply a refl ec-tion of the public’s view on any subject. It is a business, like most, that seeks to maximize profi t. The media is constantly there to give us the “deets” on every player and angle needed to get a certain group turned on.

They know we love, and thrive, off of the drama.

To turn the pillow over, I will address a brief concern I have with all this excess drama sports harbor.

I am pretty sure being an ar-dent fan is detrimental to one’s health. The risk of high blood pressure caused by fl uctuating stress levels combined with the food and beverage consumed

throughout the game fl irts with danger for our “pump.” I am pretty sure some Bama fan (who didn’t go to school there) went into cardiac arrest while watching the game this past Saturday. Not to mention the ones who are risk-ing their lives by going into Death Valley. I don’t know whether to call them brave or idiotic.

For an emotional buffer as myself, it’s diffi cult to not let the feeling of hollowness sink in after a tough loss.

However, as much as I hate this feeling, I will still fl irt with my purple and gold-draped pride while I continue to nurture the new maroon and white one this season has planted within me.

Though the drama leaves me nail-less and sometimes unable to stomach anything, I will never turn away because the moment I do could be the one in which everything changes. My name is Matt, and I am addicted to the drama of sports.

THE WORD ON JOHNSON STREET | MATT TAYLORBen Hester is a junior majoring in communication. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

BEN HESTER

Ever since man walked outside the garden there has been a desire

to grow, achieve and conquer. We have sought out better ways to accomplish tasks in an attempt to simplify our lives. The growth of society can be documented in as short a pe-riod as a decade. Now 12 years into the 21st century, we can think back on just the ‘90s. Back then cell phones were not a must have to every teen. Home computers were much fewer and far between, and no one had ever heard of a CD player. Tapes were still the best on the market.

So even in the past few years our t e chno l -ogy has e v o l v e d so quick-ly we are afforded luxuries that may not have even been an idea in the last century. I mean, who would have thought there would be a cell phone able to log onto the Internet and surf the web at a higher speed than most computers at the time?

The question I want to pose today is easy. Has our desire

for simplicity only complicat-ed our lives all the more? What type of effect has this technol-ogy had on our personal and professional lives? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy how easy things are. I can drive my own car places, I can access all kinds of information with the touch of a button and I have running water in my house.

However, what if we didn’t have any of these things? Would our quality of life and happiness decrease if we knew less?

I bring all of this up because I feel like every time I turn on the TV there is an ad for the iPad 1000 or Windows lesser

but equal version of that fl at compute r iPad mix. I have yet to

understand why it is necessary to come out with a newer ver-sion of the same things.

Everything has to be bigger and better. There must be a “wow” factor to every new in-vention.

I also think all of this tech-nology has affected our per-sonal relationships. I wrote

about that aspect in a previous article so I will only briefl y touch on it now.

Everything is done so in-formally now days. We make dates over a text, phone con-versations are nearly non-ex-istent and breaking up with someone over an email actual-ly happens. What happened to face-to-face interaction?

Two summers ago, I lived in the Philippines. While I was there I lived in villag-es in a pretty remote part of the country. We had no cell phones, no computer access and only the occasional stereo that would blast in the wee hours of the morning. Life felt so simple there. We were there to build relationships, and that was honestly all we could do. I had experiences that I had only seen on TV. I climbed a coconut tree, paddled in hand-carved canoe, held a monkey and slept in bamboo houses.

I will never forget one day in the rain I was watching some children play on their version of a basketball court. The ball that they used was fl at and it was storming but their faces shone with smiles.

They didn’t have a DS or a

personal laptop, and they were more content than many kids I’ve met with tons of things.

I’m not knocking advance-ments in technology, because Lord knows I enjoy the ben-efi ts. However, are they a ne-cessity to our happiness, or do they complicate that sim-ple desire with the “next best thing?” I could only imagine what life was like back in a time when we didn’t have the stuff we can’t live without now.

The goal of technological advancements was to make life easier on humanity. Through this pursuit of simplicity has our technology only compli-cated a simple life. The re-wards are great, but was the risk too high?

Matt Taylor is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. He can be contacted at opinion@reflector.msstate.edu.

MATT TAYLOR

It’s almost over. The pres-idential election is almost here, and the bombard-

ment of political propaganda that you’re undoubtedly re-ceiving will be halted for the most part.

So now is the time to focus through the clutter, and ask yourself the tough questions, if you haven’t already.

In light of this, I want to give you a few, quick, random things to think about as well as leave you with a question.

First off, remember that this election is in no way su-perior to local or state elec-tions.

They all work together. If you care about what happens at the federal level, than you should use this election as a springboard into more partic-ipation with the local stuff.

Make sure your vote refl ects for what you stand. Fight through the mess that sur-rounds each issue, and get to the heart of them.

There are so many issues we don’t think clearly about, and we limit our voice when we m u d d l e t h e m . Embrace vigorous d i s c u s -sion. Sel-dom do we fi nd better oppor-tunities to engage with people about social issues than presi-dential elections.

This kind of dialogue is at the very heart of intellectual growth; we should not run from such a blessing.

Understand the gravity of this election.

President Obama and Gov-ernor Romney differ on some major issues, both economi-cally and socially.

As I’ve written elsewhere, I think that some of these differences reveal major par-adigm differences in how governments should work. If you’re curious, look up the equality of outcome and equality of purpose discus-sion.

And now the question I’d like to leave you with: How do we even decide on a presi-dential candidate?

Do we pick the candidate because of issues? Do we do it because of the potential for fi nancial gain?

Do we pick based on how much good the candidate could do for others? This question stresses me, because more than I’d like to admit, I give lip service to it.

But why does it matter? Most of us know exactly who

we’re going to bubble in, and we know exactly why we’re going to do it. We don’t need to go over this.

But I can’t help but wonder if, especially in the younger generation, we vote based on image more than anything else.

It’s no secret Obama dom-inated the younger vote in 2008 and is expected to have a similar backing in this elec-tion.

I’m not saying that young people only vote for Obama

b e c a u s e that’s the cool thing to do, but I am sur-prised at how little informed some of

us are on the issues. But it works both ways.

There are far too many Romney voters who will sim-ply vote that way because he is who their parents support. What does this tell us about ourselves?

I think it reveals that in either case, whether staying cool or pleasing parents, we just want to be liked.

We place value on our im-age above everything else, and all too often overlook politi-cal and moral issues in order to stay with the crowd.

I am just as guilty as any-one, and need this reminder to keep myself honest. I just wish that we, the younger generation, would let go of this fear and truly use our minds.

The hippies of the ‘60s may have been crazy, but at least they didn’t sit around and let fear stop them from thinking on their own.

If you can honestly account for your vote, then more pow-er to you. If you cannot, then I implore you to reject idle-ness and think.

And since I told you that I’m guilty of this, what it shows me more than anything is the thing I’m most scared of — myself.

THE VENT | SARAH ULMER

I can’t help but wonder if, especially in the younger generation, we vote based on image more than anything else.”

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Why would anyone in their right mind invest so much risk of falling so hard over a game?”

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Be an informed voter

“I think Romney will win, but it could go either way. People may want a change to see what Romney does, since it seems Obama put the country into more debt than past presidents.”

Skylar JonesFreshmanMechanical engineering

“I think Obama will win. I think Mitt Romney will take away a lot of things from the working class, and he won’t benefi t our fu-ture. The richer will be richer and the poorer will be poorer.”

Anthony Hodge JuniorMechanical engineering

“I want Romney to win. I like his conservative attitude and poli-cies. But I think Obama will win, because he’s the popular vote, and our think our country is more liber-al than conservative.”

Vanessa BlackFreshmanInternational business

Has our desire for simplicity only complicated our lives all the more?“

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Football drama causes exhaustion

Technology can hinder personal relationships

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BY DANIEL HARTStaff Writer

Professor Hans Herrmann has a lot on his plate. He has enough identities that he may be sneaking into phone booths to switch from one to another like Clark Kent. He morphs from as-sistant professor of architecture to student gain-ing a Master’s degree in landscape architecture. Then, to the research requirement of his profess-ing, on to residential architect to continuing col-laborative work at the Oktibbeha County Her-itage Museum, his current design-build project with students. Does he sleep? “Not much,” he said with a smile.

That is most likely the norm for him. Herr-mann said he has been pushing himself since col-lege, where he took extreme class loads (think 22 hours) to fi nish his Bachelor of Science in Design on time, after transferring to Clemson Universi-ty. Post-graduation, he worked for Ike Kligerman Barkley, an award-winning New York City fi rm, doing work he said was extremely benefi cial but a bit outside a realm in which he could envision himself working.

“After three years of doing estates that people only lived in for a month of the year maybe and working for less than they pay for a piece of fur-niture, I thought, there’s got to be something bet-ter I can do with my time,” he said.

Herrmann said time at the fi rm shaped a lot of his thoughts on the practice of architecture and the role of an architect.

“I felt strongly that it’s not about how much money you spend on it but how smart the de-signer is. The world can’t afford for us to work that way; architects get paid to be smart about using what we have,” he said.

He cited a quote by famed archi-tect Buckminster Fuller as an idea he has carried with him through his work and is also a driving force in his freshly-submitted application for the Rome Prize:

“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse be-cause we’ve been ignorant of their value.”

This idea of reuse is a concept Herrmann integrates into his de-sign-build projects or projects students both design and physically construct; they have come in the form of a bus shel-ter in Bogue Chitto, Miss., and a lantern and enclosed space made of reclaimed wood built for students of Giles Hall. Most re-cently, Herrmann’s sustainable work has appeared in a student-faculty collab-orative project in Starkville: the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum Green Building Demonstra-tion Pavil-ion, a pa-v i l i o n

with a live green roof which Herrmann said uti-lizes the idea of SuperUse at its most basic level.

“SuperUse tries to avoid using more energy to reuse as opposed to recycling, which would be adding more energy to an existing material by grinding it up or melting it into a new form,” he said. “It’s about using it in exactly the state that it’s in.”

Herrmann said this translated to the Heritage Museum design-build project through the use of a local structure in an innovative way, to become a focal point of the museum property.

“For me, immediately this should function as a kind of billboard or piece of signage. Building at a scale much larger than they (the museum) can likely afford led me to looking for something I can take down and reuse,” he said. “Driving past Stromboli’s for the past four years and looking at that canopy, I asked Tim, the owner, would he like to be rid of it.”

An agreement was made, and the project was begun through a Maymester course in May 2012 led by Herrmann and assistant professor of land-scape architecture Cory Gallo, and is still under construction. Herrmann said the work happens with borrowed equipment over weekend ses-sions, but through the limitations the benefi ts of the project are numerous.

“The project demonstrates green building technologies while talking about how it can be done in a somewhat traditional way, reusing things,” he said. “And it lets us improve another part of the city, not just the site.”

The nature of the project, with its multiple functions, is character-

istic of Herrmann’s work and ethos; whether

it be reuse in de-sign-build projects

or saddling up an additional de-gree, as he said, he’s getting

m u l - tiple functions out of things:

“We’re trying to kill two or three birds with one stone.”

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money you spend on it but how smart the de-signer is. The world can’t afford for us to work that way; architects get paid to be smart about using what we have,” he said.

He cited a quote by famed archi-tect Buckminster Fuller as an idea he has carried with him through his work and is also a driving force in his freshly-submitted application for the Rome Prize:

“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse be-cause we’ve been ignorant of their value.”

This idea of reuse is a concept Herrmann integrates into his de-sign-build projects or projects students both design and physically construct; they have come in the form of a bus shel-ter in Bogue Chitto, Miss., and a lantern and enclosed space made of reclaimed wood built for students of Giles Hall. Most re-cently, Herrmann’s sustainable work has appeared in a student-faculty collab-orative project in Starkville: the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum Green Building Demonstra-tion Pavil-ion, a pa-v i l i o n

multiple functions, is character-istic of Herrmann’s work

and ethos; whether it be reuse in de-

sign-build projects or saddling up an additional de-gree, as he said, he’s getting

m u l - tiple functions out of things:

“We’re trying to kill two or three birds with one stone.”

BY CHRISTINE BOWMANStaff Writer

Trashion Show is the fourth annual event where architecture students design outfits out of recycled materials that models from the Mississsippi State University Fashion Board wear. This year’s event is scheduled for Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in Giles Hall.

The architecture students who create the designs out of “trash” are members of the National Organization of Minority Architect Students. This year, the show will feature 30 outfits to be produced by 27 teams of designers while pieces are pro-duced by a single student.

Taylor Howell and Alaina Griffin are both sophomore archi-tecture students this year and are collaborating on an outfit for the show.

“My favorite outfit from last year was a dress made of Dasani water bottles, and it was really cool,” Howell said.

This is the students’ first time to participate in the show and Griffin said viewers should look forward to seeing the layout of the set.

“The well-designed set, the runway and the outfits are going to be awesome. It is interesting to see what people picked for their materials and how they use them,” Griffin said.

Howell and Griffin have been secretly working on their de-sign for the show in the downstairs bathroom of Giles. They said they have been working on the outfit for the past three weeks and are eager to reveal their creation on Wednesday.

For people who cannot make it to the show, the gallery space on the second floor of Giles will be displaying the outfits after the event, and information will be provided on how the designs were created.

There will also be a “Junk 2 Funk” sale opening at 5 p.m. that evening in the Giles Gallery. The sale will have architec-ture students’ work available for purchase. All of the products will be made from recycled materials.

“The Junk 2 Funk sale will mostly be selling accessories, such as jewelry, but I am making a lamp shade out of old pill bot-tles,” Howell said.

NOMAS will be accepting donations at the door for philan-thropic events they will pursue next semester.

MSU’s Fashion Board is partnering with NOMAS for the show by providing models for the designers. Savannah White, sophomore communication major, is serving as Fashion Board’s vice president this year.

“I participated last year and wore a high-low skirt made from VHS tapes. I am looking forward to modeling again this year,” White said.

White said the models have two fittings with the designers. The first is to obtain their measurements and fit their design to the girl, and the final fitting is the day before the show to work out any last-minute details.

“An interesting part of the process is how secretive the archi-tecture students are about their outfits. Not even the models know,” White said.

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Disney buys Lucasfilms for billionsBY ALEX MONIÉ

Staff Writer

Tuesday afternoon the Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfi lm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. Why is Lucasfi lm Ltd. worth this gigantic mound of cash? Because it is the owner of two large movie franchises known as Indiana Jones and Star Wars.

Yes, Star Wars. The same company who owns Mickey, Donald and Goofy now has equal share over Luke, Han and Chewbacca. Also, keep in mind, the Walt Disney Company acquired Mar-vel Entertainment in Aug. 2009 for a slightly smaller $4 billion. Along with owning Pixar, Dis-ney now controls arguably the most iconic char-acters in entertainment history.

George Lucas, chairman and chief executive offi cer at Lucasfi lm, said in the press release Tues-day he always wanted another group to have a

chance to continue the franchise.“It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a

new generation of fi lmmakers,” said Lucas.Disney wasted no time in announcing the con-

tinuation of the fi lms. “Star Wars: Episode VII” has been offi cially announced for a 2015 release. Episode VII will be the beginning of a new trilo-gy with a new movie being released every two to three years. With “Avengers 2” also slated to be released during this time, 2015 will be a monu-mental year for Disney.

The movies are the fi rst step in the creative pro-cess, but the possibilities are endless for how these characters can interact. Captain America could encounter Darth Vadar. Wall-E could fi nd him-self on the Death Star. R2-D2 and C3PO could fi nd their way into Stark Tower. Only time will tell what the juggernaut Disney has become will do next.

BY CHRISTINE BOWMANStaff Writer

Students’ schedules can get busy quickly as exam crunch time approaches, but taking the time to choose healthy snack options can potentially help students maintain body weight and shape.

Mandy Conrad, registered dietitian at the Longest Student Health Center, has some healthy tips for busy college students.

“Students should keep in mind what that snack is going to do for them. Think: is it a meal or is it supposed to only last a few hours? Don’t try to live off 100-calorie snacks all through the day. You need a meal,” Conrad said.

She also said healthy items to look for are complex carbohy-drates and proteins. These keep people fuller for longer, regulate consistency and help individuals think more clearly for the next food choice.

“Trail mix is a good snack that can include popcorn and pretzels, and then throw in nuts and dried fruits, so you are getting nutri-ents,” Conrad said.

She suggested sugar-free Jell-O puddings as a good idea for dip-ping fruit into like strawberries in chocolate pudding and apples

in vanilla pudding. Another al-ternative to unhealthy snacking is low-fat Greek yogurt that can be personally fl avored by adding cinnamon, vanilla or a Crystal Light packet.

“Students should stay away from things that provide lots of calories but no nutrients. Sugary drinks and snacks fall into this category. Instead, search for foods that offer proteins, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that your body needs,” Conrad said.

Exercise is also an issue when it comes to healthy lifestyles. Con-rad said not to let the high-rec-ommended amount scare stu-dents out of exercising at all.

“At least shoot for three days a week, the recommended amount is fi ve, but don’t let this intim-idate you. Do what you can,” Conrad said.

Conrad said the health benefi ts of exercising and eating healthy are vital to young adults’ futures. She also said some common health concerns include heart disease, type II diabetes and high blood pressure.

“Eating healthy gives students more energy, decreases irritability and exercising can be a form of stress release. This helps them feel better so that individuals can do

what they enjoy,” Conrad said.The Student Dietetic Associ-

ation at Mississippi State Uni-versity is an organization that promotes healthy lifestyles on campus and in the surrounding communities through awareness and involvement. Membership is available for any student with an interest in nutrition, food sci-ence, health promotion or culi-nary studies.

Lauren Manuel, junior nutri-tion major and SDA president, said a few healthy snack options to keep in mind are baby carrots, peanut butter, hummus, grapes and low fat cheese.

“Don’t deprive yourself of your favorites, but never reward yourself with food,” Manuel said.

Shelly Johnston, junior nutri-tion major, said she is familiar with the struggles of healthy eat-ing for college students.

“Especially in college, young adults should watch out for sweets. In the nutrition world, they are called SoFAS. This stands for solids, fats and added sugars,” she said.

Students do not have to be food gurus to eat healthy, but a smart snack choice can soon lead to a healthier lifestyle.

Students should be healthy

FASHION GETS TRASHED

COURTESY PHOTO | HALEY WHITEMAN

Top: Blair Toney, Kara Chapman, Jeremy Dixon and Paromita Mitra will model in Trashion Show | Top Left: Kara Chapman | Bottom Left: Paromita Mitra

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BY FORREST BUCK

Staff Writer

With basketball season approaching, the Mississippi State men’s team will be dif-ferent in almost every phase to what it has been the past few seasons as the Dogs ush-er in a new era under new head coach Rick Ray.

In his fi rst job as a head coach, Ray was hired to replace Rick Stansbury, who decided to resign after a dis-appointing season last year when the year ended with the Bull-dogs losing in the fi rst round of the N.I.T. t ou rnament . Also, all fi ve of the starters from last sea-son are gone, so this year’s team will feature fi ve new starters, fi ve fresh-men and only two seniors.

Ray said he believes lack of expe-rience could play a huge role in what happens this season for the Bulldogs.

“Lack of experience is going to be a huge deal. We basically just got a new team as only a couple of guys on this team have any real ex-

perience playing D1 basket-ball,” Ray said. “What we’re trying to do in practice right now to counter that is to play a lot of games and put them in game-like situations to get them used to making deci-sions in tough situations.”

MSU’s lack of experience was on display Sunday when State played William Carey in an exhibition game, which

the Dogs won 80-74. While the Dogs came away with the win, the game was not pretty as State struggled at times against a less talented and small-er William Carey team.

MSU’s youth was on full display as

the team committed 16 turnovers. Another

area of concern after the scrimmage was rebound-ing. The Bulldogs gave up 12 offensive rebounds to a team over which State had a signifi cant size advantage,

which does not bode well for when MSU plays bigger and better teams.

After the game, junior guard Jalen Steele said the team had to improve on re-bounding.

“We’ve got work on our rebounding. We need every-one crashing the boards,” Steele said. Freshman Fred Thomas

was one of the leading scor-ers in the scrimmage with 15 points in his fi rst collegiate action. From the looks of this game he is going to be a guy State depends on for buckets, and he is not afraid to shoot it, leading the team in shot attempts with 14.

Thomas said he is a con-fi dent player who will take

shots when he is open.“Sometimes some of my

shots are bad shots, so my coaches are really trying to work with me on my shot se-lection,” Thomas said.

State also struggled on the defensive end as the team al-lowed 76 points, a lot com-ing in the paint.

Ray said he is concerned about his defense.

“We’ve got to be the more aggressive team, and tonight (Sunday) I don’t think we were the more aggressive team,” Ray said.

For the exhibition game, Ray went with a starting lineup of Craig Sword at point guard, Jalen Steele at shooting guard, Fred Thom-as at small forward, Roquez Johnson at power forward

and Wendell Lewis at center. However, Ray said he is still undecided on a permanent lineup.

“I really don’t get too con-cerned right now with who’s starting and who’s not,” Ray said. “With the rotation we have right now, everyone is going to get to play.”

With Friday’s fi rst game at Troy approaching, Ray and

his players are continuing to get a feel for the game and learn how to play together.

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BY FORREST BUCK

Staff Writer

The Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team welcomes a state of transition as a new era begins under new head coach Vic Schaefer.

Schaefer was the associate head coach under Gary Blair at Texas A&M, where he de-veloped a reputation as an ex-pert on defense and will look to bring his defensive exper-tise to MSU.

Last year’s team included six seniors, and this year’s team will only have one se-nior along with a lot of players who played few minutes last season.

S c h a e f e r said his team’s youth would not necessar-ily be a nega-tive aspect.

“You can always talk about youth in a negative way, but for us, we’ve real-ly tried to accentuate that as a positive,” Schaefer said. “These kids are hungry.”

The Lady B u l l d o g s played an ex-hibition game against Short-er this past Friday, where they won 55-49. Despite wanting to put a positive spin on youth, from the looks of the scrimmage, youth could be a problem.

The Lady Bulldogs com-mitted 23 turnovers in the game and will need to get that cleaned up if they hope

to compete in a tough SEC c o n f e r e n c e this season. The Bulldogs did display some positives on the defen-sive end in the game, how-ever, as it ap-pears that will be the team’s strength this season, as ex-pected when

Schaefer was hired. One of the new aspects

Schaefer brings to the team is a high-pressure, full-court-press defense, which he said

he intends to use regularly. “That’s how we’re going

to play. It’s going to be our M.O. this season,” Schaefer said. “When people come to the Hump, know they’re go-ing to be pressed and it may be for 40 minutes. That’s just an attitude and a way of life for us.”

In the exhibition game, the Bulldogs forced 26 turn-overs, held Shorter to 25.8 percent shooting from the fi eld and held Shorter under 50 points.

At an on-campus media day Thursday, Schaefer said the team was looking for new go-to options, and he said sophomore forward Carnecia Williams just might be that option. Against Shorter, Wil-liams was tied for the team lead with 13 points, and the Lady Bulldogs ran their of-fense through her in the post quite effectively, as she shot 50 percent from the fi eld on 6-12 shooting.

Williams said she feels she can be one of the go-to of-fensive options for the team throughout the year.

“I’m very confi dent. I’m getting used to being back on the fl oor again, and once I get my knee back healthy,

I can be that go-to person,” said Williams, who has been recovering from a knee inju-ry.

Senior guard Darriel Gay-

nor said the play of the post players was key in the victory.

“Our post players were very dominant today, and it shows they’re going to be a big rea-

son why we win games,” Gay-nor said.

The Lady Bulldogs host Houston Friday at 7 p.m. in their fi rst game of the season.

Women's Basketball Non-Conference Home Schedule

Friday, Nov. 9: Houston, 7 p.m.Monday, Nov. 12: Hampton, 7 p.m.Friday, Nov. 16: Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 28: Savannah State, 7 p.m.Friday, Dec. 7: Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 16: Florida A&M, 2 p.m.ThursdThursday, Dec. 20: Jacksonville State, 7 p.m.Friday, Dec. 28: Northwestern State, 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 29: Troy, 7 p.m.

When people come to the Hump, know they’re going to be pressed and it may be for 40 minutes. That’s just an attitude and a way of life for us.”Vic Schaefer,head coach

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Senior Wendell Lewis finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in State’s exhibition win over William Carey. Junior Jalen Steele led State with 17 points, going 3-6 from downtown. Freshman Fred Thomas and Colin Borchert had 15 points a piece.

In his fi rst job as a head coach, Ray was hired to replace Rick Stansbury, who decided to resign after a dis-appointing season last year when the year ended with the Bull-dogs losing in the fi rst round of the N.I.T. t ou rnament . Also, all fi ve of the starters from last sea-son are gone, so this year’s team will feature fi ve new starters, fi ve fresh-men and only two seniors.

Ray said he believes lack of expe-rience could play a huge role in what happens this season for the Bulldogs.

“Lack of experience is going to be a huge deal. We basically just got a new team as only a

in an exhibition game, which the Dogs won 80-74.

While the Dogs came away with the win, the game was not pretty as State struggled at times against a less talented and small-er William Carey team.

MSU’s youth was on full display as

the team committed 16 turnovers. Another

area of concern after the scrimmage was rebound-ing. The Bulldogs gave up 12 offensive rebounds to a team over which State had a signifi cant size advantage,

which does not bode well for when MSU plays bigger and better teams.

After the game, junior guard Jalen Steele said the team had to improve on re-bounding.

“We’ve got work on our rebounding. We need every-one crashing the boards,” Steele said. Freshman Fred Thomas

was one of the leading scor-ers in the scrimmage with 15 points in his fi rst collegiate action. From the looks of this game he is going to be a guy State depends on for buckets, and he is not afraid to shoot it, leading the team in shot attempts with 14.

shots when he is open.“Sometimes some of my

shots are bad shots, so my coaches are really trying to work with me on my shot se-lection,” Thomas said.

State also struggled on the defensive end as the team al-lowed 76 points, a lot com-ing in the paint.

Senior Wendell Lewis finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in State’s exhibition win over William Carey. Junior Jalen Steele led State with 17 points, going 3-6 from downtown. Freshman Fred Thomas and Colin Borchert had 15 points a piece.

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BY AUSTIN CHANCE

Staff Writer

The Mississippi State Bull-dogs will head into “Death Valley” Saturday to face the 7-2 LSU Tigers at 6 p.m. Af-ter losing this past weekend, both teams are in need of a win to move up in the stand-ings in the SEC West.

Dan Mullen looks to beat LSU for the fi rst time in his career at State. The Bulldogs have not lost three straight games since Dan Mullen’s fi rst year at MSU, when he played back-to-back ranked opponents (LSU and Georgia Tech) and then lost to Hous-ton the following weekend.

Last weekend’s game against Texas A&M felt like deja vu for fans and stu-dents alike on Saturday after the Dawgs were trampled by the Tex-as A&M Aggies in the “Snow Bowl Reunion.” The 24-0 defi cit at halftime was the same as the previous weekend in Tuscaloosa, and the outcome was similar as well.

Saturday’s game ended with a 38-13 loss, and State was shut down in every phase of the game. On offense, State could not drive the football throughout the entire game, with the exception of two drives late in the second half. Defensively, the Bulldogs al-lowed 386 yards of offense by halftime, while MSU gained only 310 yards total in the game.

Head coach Dan Mul-

len opened his post-game press conference by simply stating:

“We, as a team, played very, very poorly today. That’s 100 percent my fault as the head football coach. That all falls on my shoulders. In every phase we played very poor-ly,” Mullen said. “That was as bad of a performance as I think we’ve had here in quite a long time.”

The word “execution” was the most often used word for players af- ter the game on Satur- day. Line-backer C a m -e ron L a w -

r e n c e s a i d the team

lacked the abil-ity to execute

Saturday.“This game came

down to execution,” Lawrence said. “We

missed a lot of tackles, and that is a reoccurring problem that has to be fi xed.”

Texas A&M won the game, however, not simply because of a lack of execution by the Dogs, but mainly to the cred-it of a phenomenal game by freshman quarterback John-ny Manziel. “Johnny Foot-ball” threw for 311 yards, one more yard than MSU gained in total offense the entire game. Manziel also led the Aggies on the ground with 129 yards on 21 carries, as well as scoring two rushing touchdowns.

For MSU, quarterback Tyler Russell threw for 212 yards on 19 completions, as well as throwing one touch-down and one interception. Russell also ran for a four-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter for MSU’s fi nal touchdown of the game.

Russell’s touchdown pass was his 16th of the year and tied him for the MSU re-cord for single-season touch-downs. Russell said tying the record meant nothing to him since his team could not pull out the win.

“They had a really good defense. Give credit to those guys. They outplayed us to-day,” Russell said. “I can go out there and throw three picks, and as long as we win the game, I’m happy.”

LaDarius Perkins led the Bulldogs rushing with just 42 rush yards in the game. These lacks of offensive effi ciency lead to a stellar

game for punter Baker Swe-denburg. Swedenburg had fi ve punts on Saturday for 230 yards, an average of 46 yards per punt, all of which resulted in a fair catch for the Aggies.

Swedenburg said it was one of his better games of the year but not his best.

“I felt like the punt team came out today and did our part to keep Texas A&M from having good fi eld posi-

tion,” Swedenburg said.Defensively, the Dogs

missed numerous tackles, which must improve to suc-ceed against an LSU team that is coming off a drain-ing loss to No. 1 Alabama. LSU’s quarterback Zach Mettenberger is coming off a career-high game against Alabama in which the quar-terback seemed to fi nd his rhythm offensively.

Senior captain Johnthan

Banks said bouncing back from the loss will not be chal-lenging at all since the team has been in this situation be-fore.

“As a leader on this team, I have to keep my poise and keep my defense and my team calm and in good spirits,” Banks said. “We’re going to come back out and work hard and try to win again. We’re going to get back to the basics and keep grinding it out.”

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“We just started slow. We had a good game plan. We had a really good week of practice. It just comes down to execution, and we didn’t execute when we needed to execute … We gotta bounce back. A lot of teams are facing adversity right now. We’re facing adversity, and the great teams can bounce back from it and make something out of the rest of the season and continue to improve.”

Tyler Russell, junior, quarterback

They did exactly what we we were expecting. They came out with a tempo, but I don’t think that’s what hurt us. It comes down to execution. We had guys in the right place. Several missed tackles. That something that needs to get fi xed and will get fi xed. We’re 7-2 right now. The season is not over, but this is SEC ball. It’s a dog fi ght, and we know what to expect … He (Manziel) is a great player. He’s slippery. It’s hard to contain a guy like that. At times I thought we did a good job of containing him, but you let him get out one time and that can be trouble.”

Cameron Lawrence, senior, linebacker

“It was very different from last week. Very different offense, very different pace and very different style. That kid Manziel, Johnny Football, he’s a football player. He did a great job managing their offense. They executed well and we played poorly … If Coach says it’s his fault, it’s a lot my fault too. He made me a captain of this team. It’s my job to help him get our team ready and have us prepared and ready to play.”

Johnthan Banks, senior, cornerback

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both teams are in need of a win to move up in the stand-ings in the SEC West.

Dan Mullen looks to beat LSU for the fi rst time in his career at State. The Bulldogs have not lost three straight games since Dan Mullen’s fi rst year at MSU, when he played back-to-back ranked opponents (LSU and Georgia Tech) and then lost to Hous-ton the following weekend.

Last weekend’s game against Texas A&M felt like deja vu for fans and stu-dents alike on Saturday after the Dawgs were trampled by the Tex-as A&M Aggies in the “Snow Bowl Reunion.” The 24-0 defi cit at halftime was the same as the previous weekend in Tuscaloosa, and the outcome was similar as well.

Saturday’s game ended with a 38-13 loss, and State was shut down in every phase of the game. On offense, State could not drive the football throughout the entire game, with the exception of two drives late in the second half. Defensively, the Bulldogs al-lowed 386 yards of offense by halftime, while MSU gained only 310 yards total in the game.

Head coach Dan Mul-

phase we played very poor-ly,” Mullen said. “That was as bad of a performance as I think we’ve had here in quite a long time.”

The word “execution” was the most often used word for players af- ter the game on Satur- day. Line-backer C a m -e ron L a w -

r e n c e s a i d the team

lacked the abil-ity to execute

Saturday.“This game came

down to execution,” Lawrence said. “We

it of a phenomenal game by freshman quarterback John-ny Manziel. “Johnny Foot-ball” threw for 311 yards, one more yard than MSU gained in total offense the entire game. Manziel also led the Aggies on the ground with 129 yards on 21 carries, as well as scoring two rushing touchdowns.

For MSU, quarterback Tyler Russell threw for 212 yards on 19 completions, as well as throwing one touch-down and one interception. Russell also ran for a four-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter for MSU’s fi nal touchdown of the game.

Russell’s touchdown pass was his 16th of the year and tied him for the MSU re-cord for single-season touch-downs. Russell said tying the record meant nothing to him since his team could not pull out the win.

“They had a really good defense. Give credit to those guys. They outplayed us to-day,” Russell said. “I can go out there and throw three picks, and as long as we win the game, I’m happy.”

LaDarius Perkins led the Bulldogs rushing with just 42 rush yards in the game. These lacks of offensive effi ciency lead to a stellar

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