Meet the new dude on campus

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.

Columbus' Tennessee Williams Tribute hits Massachusetts

Ryan Savage

Reporter

The Tennessee Williams Tribute and Tour of Victorian Homes Volunteer Committee has been invited to bring their talent to Provincetown, Mass. Brenda D. Caradine, committee chair, stated that ten years ago, she received a call from Dr. David Kaplan, explaining that he was beginning his own festival in honor of the playwright's summer trips to Provincetown. This year, the group has been asked to join and perform "Suddenly Last Summer" for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival.

This is the committee's 14th year to host the Tennessee Williams Tribute Festival. The committee has made it their mission to commemorate the southern hospitality of Tennessee Williams and his birthplace by hosting, presenting and performing the famous literary works from the renowned, local playwright.

Forging your path: breaking out of your comfort zone

Asia Duren

Editor

This is my first column as editor, and I thought it might be nice for all of you to get to know me a little better. My name is Asia Claire Duren. I am 20 years old, and I am from Muscle Shoals, Ala. I am studying to get a communication degree with a minor in legal studies. I love being involved on campus.

For as long as I can remember, I have loved to tell stories. When I was little, I would always start stories with, "Ponce a wanna time," rather than the classic, "Once upon a time," not because I thought I was right, but because I wanted to be different than everybody else.

Social clubs begin recruiting new members

Liz Bosarge

Reporter

On Thursday, Sept. 10, Mississippi University for Women's four-year social clubs begin their process of recruiting new members. 

Applications for the clubs are still available and can be picked up in Room 204 of Cochran Hall. The D'Belle, Highlander, Rogue, Lockheart, Silhouette, Mam'Selle, Reveler and Troubadour social clubs are a long-standing tradition. Blacklist, a two-year social club, started 101 years ago. Lockhearts and Rogues started in 1938, and the youngest club on campus, D'Belles, was founded in 1962.

Spectator Sound-Off

Ryan Savage
Reporter

The selfie stick trend has extended itself to the top of the photography world. From friends wanting to take a group photo to adventurers at the tops of the tallest skyscrapers, this invention allows people to get everything they want inside their photo. Students and faculty were asked to comment on this new craze.

Q: What do you think about the selfie and the selfie stick?

Record-breaking year

Mallory Johnston

Reporter

The graduating class of Spring 2015 was a milestone class for the Mississippi University for Women. The class had more degrees awarded than at any other point in the school's history.

Dr. Jim Borsig thinks the increase in diplomas issued represents students who are finishing on time and who share a common focus on the future and what they can do with their degrees once they graduate. The last three years have been record-setting for the university, and he attributes it to hard work, both from students and faculty.

Frugal fall fashion

Jessica Barnett

Online Editor

In a world where most of our money is spent on books or bills and our energy is spent on getting that homework assignment turned in on time, fashion can take a backseat. Thankfully, this season, the old is new again, and a great outfit can be thrown together with very little effort or expense. 

"You can just wear jeans and Chucks, and it won't be a terrible fashion faux pas. You can start to wear plaid again. You can even raid your dad's wardrobe and start to wear his sweaters or roll up the sleeves on his plaid shirts. Very 90s Seattle of all of us," explains Mia, a Philadelphia, Penn., drummer who is excited to see the grunge look of her youth re-appearing on the runway.