To most students and even some alumni, Super Bulldog Weekend is used as an excuse to sit back, relax and party. But to others, it is a time to come together as a campus and show school spirit. In an attempt to create a “spring homecoming,” event planners extended the weekend to a week of festivities. Friday’s weather left much to be desired, but Saturday was ideal for getting out of dorms, frat/sorority houses and RVs. With events such as baseball games, the maroon and white scrimmage and the much anticipated Nickelback concert, it is safe to say that Mississippi State University’s first Super Bulldog Week was a huge success (even some friends from Oxford came down to party). The Diamond ‘Dawgs kicked off the weekend for MSU fans beating the Georgia Bulldogs 7-5. Saturday’s game hosted almost 12,000 people, making it the sixth largest crowd to ever visit Polk-Dement Stadium. Mississippi State fans were not disappointed with the outcome of 14-4, which secured the series win.
Fan Fare at Scott Field was a success, as usual, as kids and adults came to show support for the football players and of course, take pictures with Bully. The annual spring scrimmage was successful and attracted as many, if not more, recruits than most regular season football games.
In tennis action, the No. 28 men’s team shut out No. 18 Arkansas, 6-0, while the women’s team used their singles to place a 4-3 victory over Arkansas.
Even though The Hump was not full, Injected, Default and Nickelback were greeted with many people who were ready to rock. And that’s exactly what they did. Most of the fans were on their feet the whole three and a half hours. It was well worth the $20.
Rock ‘n’ roll wasn’t the only music weekenders enjoyed, though-the music education department performed its Spring Concert.
The Greek community also showed spirit and Greek unity with all of the fraternities hosting parties and crawfish boils and the sororities participating in Rush Brunches, which make it possible for potential new Greek members to see what Greek life is all about before they decide to go through formal recruitment.
In the midst of these goings-on, there was still time to focus on academics as the vet schools and the College of Arts and Sciences hosted open houses.
Other activities included the MSU spring volleyball tournament, with teams from MSU, Samford, Tulane and Ole Miss; the Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate Golf Tournament; the alumni soccer match; the Frisbee dog competition; the 17th annual pig cooking contest and the 12th annual International Fiesta, which helps to unite the international students.
With only about three weeks left until the beginning of finals, Super Bulldog Week couldn’t have come at a better time to boost the spirits of many students who are just ready for summer.
Now that the festivities are over and we’ve all gotten our fill of crawfish and pork, students have to find time to finish final projects, write papers and study for finals. Seniors suffer from senior-itis, and freshmen are probably glad this first year is finally over. To many students, summer is a time for rest, relaxation and mama’s home cooking; to others, it’s a time to get busy with graduate school applications, summer jobs or finishing those final few hours required for graduation.
But after all the toil and trouble of studenthood is finished, let’s leave for summer the same way Super Bulldog Week left us-excited about being a Bulldog and anticipating next year’s return.