Food Blog: Last Meals

Charlie Benton

Entertainment Editor

 

It is a question that few will ever have to answer and not something that people generally think about. However, everyone has one meal that they would select as their final food on this Earth. Here’s what nine MUW students would choose.

 

Question: What would you request for your last meal?

 

“My last meal would definitely be something spicy, some really good Chinese food, General Tso’s chicken, coconut shrimp, hot wings and hash brown casserole," said Toi Beckworth, a sophomore culinary arts major from Memphis, Tenn.

 

“Either alligator or fried deer meat, Chick-fil-a, Frisco Deli or fried chicken," said Mae Giles, a freshman elementary education major from Madison, Miss.

Keeping You Current in Columbus

Sayonara Jones

Reporter

 

Here’s what’s happening around town for the week of Nov. 2- Nov. 8.

 

The Ghosts & Legends Tours will be held on Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8.

 

The bus tours are scheduled to be leaving the Tennessee Williams home at 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on both nights.

 

POUND Gets Students Moving

Ryan Lake

Reporter

 

The W has introduced a new fitness class, POUND, to the students, faculty and staff at Campus Recreation.

 

The class is a full-body cardio workout combining light resistance with constant simulated drumming to help participants pursue a healthy lifestyle. The highlight of the class is the addition of the drumsticks to the workout. Participants drummed their way to fitness to the sound of popular songs. The personal instructor for the class is Melissa Parsons.

 

“I’ve been doing fitness instruction for about 25 years. This is my second class here. I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve wanted to be a W employee for a long time,” said Parsons.

 

POUND was actually started by drummers themselves by accident.

MUW receives generous donation of more than $2 million

Antonio Small

Reporter

 

Mississippi University for Women is the beneficiary of a gift of $2 million from Dr. Ann Coleman Peyton, granddaughter of MUW founding mother Annie Coleman Peyton.

 

This gift was designated for students who are studying history. The scholarship can be used to help cover expenses for history majors who are participating in internship programs or the W’s study-abroad program. If the funds available to be awarded exceed the scholarship needs of history majors, the scholarship may be used to support students whose course of study includes a substantial history component.

Opinion: When is there too much gore in movies?

Patrick Wiggins

Reporter

Each week, I will be bringing my opinions on different subjects from the movie world. Some will be about movie genres, others will be about actors, but most will be everyday questions that I find myself asking. And since Halloween is just around the corner, what a better first question than, “How much gore is too much?”

When it comes to gore, I believe it falls into two categories. First, you have realistic gore. Second, you have non-realistic gore.

Big Plans in Store for Fant Library

Tevin Arrington

Reporter

 

If a student were to walk into the John Clayton Fant Memorial Library right now, the first thing he or she might pay attention to is the sound of power tools as construction workers work on the interior of the building.

 

The current location of the library has been on the campus of Mississippi University for Women for 45 years. Built in 1969, the building has never been updated, until now.

Staff Spotlight: LeAnn Alexander

Pedro Acevedo

Sports Editor

LeAnn Alexander, a native of Starkville, Miss., was recently named director of campus recreation at the W. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in family studies from MUW and a Master of Science degree in Counselor Education with emphasis in student affairs from Mississippi State University.

How long have you been at the W? How long have your worked for the Recreation Center?

“I did do my undergrad work here, graduated spring 2011. After that I ended up going to grad school and majoring in student affairs. Through the time I was a student here I worked as a student worker here at the recreation center all four years, and so I already the experience of campus rec, specifically at this gym.”

The war in Ukraine hits close to home

Ryan Lake

Reporter

War. It’s a word that’s all too familiar in our daily lives, and yet somehow it always seems so removed. But for one of MUW’s faculty members, Dr. George Pinchuk, professor of biology, the word war hits home. For him, the events are clear.

“It’s an invasion,” said Pinchuk softly in his second-floor office of Parkinson Hall.

The division of Ukraine between east and west which the Western media has portrayed is largely a farce according to Pinchuk. He said the people of Ukraine stand as one nation against the Russian invader whose method of entrance was a propaganda blitz in East Ukraine.