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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Columbus, Miss. -- Here’s what’s happening around town for the week of October 26- November 1.
The Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation and Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau will host the 2014 Decorative Arts and Preservation Forum and Antique Show & Sale October 30 - November 1. This year’s theme is “Comin’ For to Carry Me Home: 19th Century Mourning Customs.” It will explore how death was handled during this time as well as ways in which the departed were memorialized. The featured speakers include Ty Leslie, AIFD (Friday, 31st); Kate Sweeney, author of American Afterlife (Friday, 31st); Graham C. Boettcher, the William Cary Hulsey Chief Curator of American Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama (Saturday, 1st); internationally-recognized restaurateur Robert St. John (Saturday, 1st); and Terry Cournoyer.
Evan Fox
Managing Editor
Keanu Reeves’ presence in Hollywood has declined over the past decade, but with “John Wick,” he’s back in fine form. Much of what made Reeves such a venerated action star in “The Matrix” was his physicality, and he puts his all into this role.
The film follows former assassin John Wick as he grieves his dying wife. He receives a puppy from her post-mortem and finds a friend. Enter the spoiled gangster’s son (Alfie Allen, “Game of Thrones”) of John’s former employer. The overconfident boy wants John’s car and kills the dog while stealing the car. Of course, John doesn’t respond well and mayhem ensues.
The world of the film is believable and the cast is surprisingly filled out with big names. Willem Dafoe, Ian McShane, Adrianne Palicki, and John Leguizamo all take part in the fun as various members of the underground.