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Ambassador Angelos Pangratis, deputy head of the delegation of the European Commission to the United States, lec-tured on E.U.-U.S. economic and political relations to Mississippi State University students and faculty in the Dorman Hall auditorium Wednesday.

He spoke about cooperation between the E.U. and the U.S., addressing how both presidential candidates will bring further cooperation.

“They have announced initiatives and policy that will cer-tainly go in the direc-tion of European posi-tions,” he said. “[For example they have out-lined plans to address climate change], like emission control, where both candidates have indicated willingness to accept tar-gets of emission reductions, and eventu-ally accept cap and trade systems for emissions.”

In a cap and trade system, the govern-ment puts a limit on CO2 emissions, and companies that go above the limit must buy emission rights from compa-nies that do not exceed the limit.

“It is a very important issue for the Europeans, and we consider it an impor-tant instrument to control CO2 emis-sions and climate change,” Pangratis said.

The chair of International Security Studies Janos Radvanyi said when Pangratis spoke in Jackson two years ago he found it was important for

Americans to have a clear view on where they stand with the Atlantic Alliance, the alliance between the U.S. and the E.U. He said he learned from Pangratis that some countries have made great progress by joining the E.U.

Director of the Stennis Institute of Government Marty Wiseman said it is important for Mississippi to recognize the global economy.

“The days are long gone when a country or certainly a state could iso-late itself and survive without contact

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Blues Traveler played its new songs, old favorites and a few covers Tuesday night at the State Theatre.

Despite being stuck in traffic for nine hours upon leaving the Austin City Limits Festival Sunday, they were chipper with the crowd before and after the show.

“We got caught in nine hour traffic delay, but it was well worth the wait,” said bassist Tad Kinchla. “We are excited to kick off our tour in Starkville. [The crowd] was very engaging. We love Starkville.”

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Starkville Police Department offi cials are looking into reports of an alleged peeping tom snooping around apartment complexes south of Academy Road.

SPD Sgt. Steve Lyle said the report was made by a young woman.

“At this time, from the description the young woman gave us, we are looking for an average white male with a stocky build,” Lyle said.

The report given by the woman is the only formal report police have received, but there have been multi-ple unconfi rmed reports of a peeping tom around the area, SPD detectives said.

Police arrested Leresche Avant of Maben last week in connection with a separate voyeurism incident off Garrard Road, SPD detectives said.

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John Popper, lead singer of Blues Traveler, treated the State Theatre audience to their ’90s hits “Hook” and “Run Around” Tuesday night.

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As the state auditor’s investiga-tion of Mississippi State University Interim President Vance Watson and the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Commissioner Tom Meredith continues, many IHL and MSU offi cials are declining to comment on the case.

Debby Golson, executive assistant to the interim president, said Watson has been on and off campus this week, but could not comment to whether he has set up an interview with the IHL or whether he has met with State Auditor Stacey Pickering’s offi ce.

Amy Whiten, IHL Board of Trustees president, issued a statement Tuesday indicating the state auditor’s investigation could last about two weeks.

“While I’m not at liberty to discuss the details of the investigation, we anticipate it will take approximately two weeks,” she said. “The board is confi dent that the system will operate smoothly during this time.”

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