Dylan Scott
Reporter
"Wait Until Dark," by Frederick Knott, is the first play to be performed by the MUW Theatre Department this fall.
"Wait Until Dark" is a thriller about a con man's search for a mysterious doll that leads him to a game of cat-and-mouse with the blind wife of a man who has the doll. This is the first suspenseful thriller that the department will be performing.
Toni Burkett
Reporter
On Friday, Sept. 18, the Starkville-Mississippi State University Symphony Orchestra performed at Rent Auditorium for the Southern Talent String Symposium II.
The program included pieces composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Camille Saint Saens and Franz Shubert. The music director was Dr. Michael R. Brown, a professor of music at MSU. Dr. Jim Borsig, president of The W, was the narrator for the arrangement known as "Carnival of the Animals." Accompanying the orchestra were Dr. Valentin Bogdan and Dr. Julia Mortyakova, both of the MUW Department of Music. Mortyakova serves as chair of the department.
Chris Richardson
Reporter
On Sept. 24, Campus Recreation hosted the first event of the Parliament Cup at the pool. Each residence hall on campus had a small team of individuals who created boats for the race. The catch is that they could only use cardboard boxes and duct tape to create the boat. The man in charge of this event was Glenn Alexander, the residence hall director for Columbus Hall, Calloway Hall, Hasting-Simmons Hall and Grossnickle Hall.
"I liked the event. It was a lot of participation. It was a couple of rough edges starting out, because we had to promote, but I think it's gonna be an overall good event. A lot of people turned out, even though it's a late-night event. And registration was a little late, because people weren't quite sure of how it was gonna go, but I think it's gonna turn out good," said Alexander.
Eric Wiggins
Reporter
The W recently hosted the Creatively Independent acting workshop. With the help of Christopher Beaulieu, the participating actors were able to "dig deeper" and find a depth to themselves that maybe they didn't know existed.
Beaulieu co-founded Creatively Independent in 2005, but he has been on the stage much longer. He started performing in plays in high school and began acting professionally once he graduated high school. At the age of 21, he started working for Shakespeare & Co. as a stage combat instructor. Over the years, he has played many roles, including Pistol in Shakespeare's "Henry V," Tilbot in "Romeo and Juliet" and both Vladimir and Estragon in "Waiting for Godot."
Mallory Johnston
Reporter
Advocate. Faith-driven. Inspiring.
These are three words to describe Blossom Brown, an openly transgender woman who is studying public health education at Mississippi University for Women. The Greenwood, Miss., native is a motivational speaker and a volunteer for the Human Rights Campaign, where she works to solve issues that surround the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer (LGBTQ) community. She has appeared on the popular daytime talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," and the reality show, "I Am Cait," a series documenting the life of Caitlyn Jenner after Jenner's gender transition.
Dylan Scott
Reporter
Mississippi University for Women continues to fly the state flag, despite recent controversy involving the Confederate battle flag and the massacre at a church in Charleston, S.C.
The mass shooting of nine people in South Carolina was the tipping point that got many Americans talking about whether the Mississippi flag should be redesigned. The massacre was widely regarded as a hate crime by gunman Dylann Roof, who hosted a website that had multiple pictures of him posing with the Confederate flag, along with other photos and writings involving white supremacy.
Monica Kizer
Reporter
The Residence Hall Association and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., hosted a night of entertainment at the W's Got Talent show on Sept. 9 in Nissan Auditorium.
The purpose of this event was to get students engaged and step away from their comfort zone. The ultimate goal was to get the freshman class to break out of its shells and express themselves in front of a crowd.
Frederick L. Brown
Reporter
As September rolls along, there are a lot of great films showing in theaters. The top movies showing at local theaters are: "The Perfect Guy," "War Room," "The Visit," and "A Walk in the Woods." So far, "The Perfect Guy" has earned more than $25.9 million at the box office.
"The Perfect Guy" is a suspenseful thriller that features an all-star cast, including actress Sanaa Lathan, in addition to actors Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut.
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