How to: Reserve a space for an event on campus

Frederick L. Brown

Reporter

Reserving buildings on campus for events can sometimes be difficult, especially if you are unaware of the process. Throughout the semester, there are a lot of fun activities and events produced for students and faculty. Social clubs and other organizations on campus go through a lengthy process of making sure that their events are well-planned.

Resources Management, located in Whitfield Hall, is the place to go for forms and supportive staff members who will help you find a location on campus for your event. The department deals with property matters, including apartments for faculty and staff. 

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Rogues put the fun back in fundraiser

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Monica Kizer

Reporter

The Rogue Social Club kicked off the fall semester with its first fundraiser car wash on Aug. 29 at the local AutoZone in Columbus.

Social clubs are a great opportunity to get involved and make lasting friendships, but the fees can be very expensive. The main purpose of this particular fundraiser was to raise funds for new and existing members, so they will not have to pay out so much of their own money during the semester.

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.