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The Reflector

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The Reflector

Face-off: No more SNL cowbell

Face-off: No more SNL cowbell

Michael Cassidy, Staff Writer September 24, 2024

There is nothing more enjoyable than the pre-game hype-ups at a football game. The enthusiasm from the crowd builds up in excitement for their beloved team to charge the field and take on their foes. It's...

Face Off: I gotta have 'more cowbell'

Face Off: I gotta have ‘more cowbell’

John Baladi, Life&Entertainment Editor September 24, 2024

The football tradition "More Cowbell" is the reason I came to Mississippi State University. My first game day experience here came after many game days at the dastardly school up north. Wanting to pursue...

Face-off: In-person testing allows for a more focused environment

Face-off: In-person testing allows for a more focused environment

Lucy Hallmark, Opinion Editor May 2, 2024

I was lucky enough to never experience the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic whilst in college. I lived my COVID year when I was 15, doing my online Algebra III and Economics assignments on a Chromebook...

Face-off: Corporate greed has ruined Valentine's Day

Face-off: Corporate greed has ruined Valentine’s Day

Michael Cassidy, Staff Writer February 13, 2024

As the bitter, cold January nights turn into still bitter but slightly more tolerable February days, a funny feeling starts to fill the atmosphere. A feeling of warmth and compassion. A sense of empathy...

Face-off: Commercialism is necessary to Valentine's festivities

Face-off: Commercialism is necessary to Valentine’s festivities

Cadence Harvey, Managing Editor February 13, 2024

The moment the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 26, Christmas decorations come crashing down while behind them, an explosion of bright reds and hot pinks, contained only loosely by white ribbons and hot...

Halloween Candy Face-off

Face-off: Houses should stick to passing out fan-favorite candies

Lucy Hallmark, Opinion Editor October 23, 2023

I can think of numerous holiday occasions that ended with the same collection of candy from multiple outside sources. Whether it was Halloween, Easter or Christmas parades, I vividly remember sitting down...

Halloween Candy Face-off

Face-off: Trick-or-treaters should be given old school classics

Joshua Britt, Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2023

After a long night of traveling up and down scarily-decorated streets, collecting Halloween candy door-to-door while dressed as a vampire, there were no greater joys to the grade school version of myself...

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Face-off: Pledge attire is a hilarious annoyance

Elisa Stocking, Staff Writer October 1, 2023

Welcome back to your regularly scheduled program featuring freshmen boys in polos and khakis. Although the Career Fair has come and gone, we are still seeing business casual on this campus, and it is not...

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Face-off: Pledge attire inspires masses, teaches important lesson

John Baladi, Staff Writer October 1, 2023

Every year, there is a new wave of freshmen just waiting to begin their journey on campus. One group of freshmen that is always spoken about is the pledges. Pledges are the backbone of student activity...

Ice Week

Face-off: Ice Week sucked

Hannah Rae Kennedy February 20, 2023

Ice Week is an experience that those of us who watched it live could recall with ease, considering Starkville, Mississippi has snow on the ground for no more than four days a year. Although this is a time...

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Face-off: Ice Week ruled

John Balladi February 20, 2023

Two years ago last week, poetic justice gave Mississippi State University students a week off of school in a semester where spring break was not on the calendar. I am not one to look back at a natural...

Two of our staff writers went on a date. We asked them to independently review how it went. To view a timelapse of this graphic, click here.

Face-Off Valentine’s Edition: Hallmark forgives flaws, shares correct TV opinions

John Baladi, Staff Writer February 5, 2023

They say you should not date your coworkers, yet when Opinion Editor Luke Copley found out two of his workers, Lucy Hallmark (of bathroom reviews fame) and I planned a first date, instead of telling us...

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