Evan Fox
Managing Editor
Action films revolving around the tired veteran getting pulled back into the life they left behind are common and rarely rise above simple entertainment. “The Equalizer” is not a common action film, injecting fresh moments into a tired script.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”) and starring Denzel Washington and Martin Csokas, the film keeps the audience captive throughout the proceedings.
Sayonara Jones
Reporter
Here’s what’s happening around town for the week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4.
The Seventh Avenue Heritage Festival will be held on Oct. 3-4 on Seventh Avenue and 15th Street N.
This will be a heritage festival with an emphasis on African-American history and music in blues, gospel and R&B Grammy-award winning venues.
The polls are in, and MUW jumps to No. 18 in the rankings for best public Southern regional universities according to U.S. News & World Report. There are several factors that were considered in these rankings. Some of these factors included the Alumni Association, the all-around success of the university and a survey that students and faculty completed
“The increase is due to the growing perception of what our students, staff and faculty accomplish here,” said Dr. Jim Borsig, MUW president. “A heavy component of rankings is based off of what our peers think of the institution, graduation rates and the success in our students.”
Being ranked so highly while also having one of the most affordable tuitions in the Southern region says a lot about MUW and what the institution has to offer.
Evan Fox
Erinn Holloway with the Alicante flyer
Managing Editor
Every year, MUW sends a small group of students on trips that they will never forget through its study abroad program. Everyone who studies abroad agrees that it is an opportunity that should never be passed up.
This year, the W is sponsoring two study abroad trips. The first will go to Alicante, Spain, which will be available to all interested students.
The Alicante program will leave in May and last four weeks. Students will stay in host homes as they study language courses at the University of Alicante and a cultural course taught by Erinn Holloway, instructor of Spanish and the interim coordinator for the study abroad programs.
Ryan Lake
Reporter
When Kris Sullivan tells people where he attends college, he gets some odd looks.
“At first, people are like, huh?” he says.
That’s because Sullivan attends Mississippi University for Women – yes, women.
He’s gotten into the habit of launching into a quick explanation that the university also admits male students to avoid the misconceptions the name causes.
“There are men that go to it. You always have to say ‘and men,’ because of the name,” he explains.
Sullivan isn’t alone in his struggle to describe his college choice.
The university, which began accepting men in 1982 after a U.S. Supreme Court decision forced it to change its women-only policy, has yet to change its name. With men now making up 17 percent of the student body, there is a question in the air. Should the name of the university be changed?
Antonio Small
Reporter
Now that London Fashion Week is finally over, we now have Milan Fashion Week to recap. Everyone was excited about London’s big fashion week, but Milan tops them all.
Milan Fashion Week finished its last show on Sept. 23, and as the fashion teams pack up and head to Paris to kick off the fourth round of Fashion Week, there’s no time like now to round up the 15 best runway looks from Milan Fashion Week.
This year there were several noteworthy trends on the catwalks to keep in mind as people begin to fill their closets with warm weather staples for the next year. Skin is in.
Charlie Benton
Entertainment Editor
The MUW Theater Department offers a Master of Fine Arts in physical theatre.
The program, which is offered through the Accademia Dell’arte in Tuscany, Italy, and is the only graduate program currently offered in the MUW Theatre Department, encompasses two and a half years of study in Europe.
Tevin Arrington
Janna Ingan
Reporter
Mississippi University for Women’s dance group Audacity has plans for another exciting year of performances.
In less than one year, Audacity has made quite a name for itself both on campus and outside of it. The group officially started in November of 2013, but plans for creating a dance group were discussed in the summer of that year.
Charlie Benton
Entertainment Editor
Versatile, useful and often misunderstood, a major in communication can lead to many places.
According to the article “Why Communications Majors Might Have More Choices in Life,” on Collegerecruiter.com, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists more career opportunities for communication graduates than for graduates from any other major. These include journalism, public relations, marketing and television.