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The Reflector

Students in Hearts for the Homeless provide heart health resources to Starkville

Students in Hearts for the Homeless provide heart health resources to Starkville

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer November 12, 2024

Volunteers from Mississippi State University's student organization Hearts for the Homeless (H4H) set up a new tent at the Starkville Community Market on Saturday, offering free blood pressure...

Homecoming week at MSU is packed with activities

Homecoming week at MSU is packed with activities

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer October 29, 2024

Mississippi State University's homecoming events are this week, starting Oct.30 and ending Nov. 3. With traditions like the Longest Table, the Homecoming T-Shirt Swap & Soirée and the homecoming court...

Students ring cowbells at the game against Eastern Kentucky.

Cowbell Guide: Walmart is affordable, Lodge has it all

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer October 22, 2024

When most people think of Mississippi State University, they likely picture engineers and veterinarians and perhaps even crave muscadine ripple ice cream and Edam cheese, but MSU is known for something...

Stop letting disappointing moments define your life

Stop letting disappointing moments define your life

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer October 1, 2024

When I heard my boyfriend’s violent shouting last weekend, I knew that Mississippi State University was losing yet another game without even looking at the score, but his reaction led me to ponder all...

Robots to take the stage in Honors College comedy

Robots to take the stage in Honors College comedy

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer September 23, 2024

Three robots and a cast of Shackouls Honors College students will make their debut performance of the Latin comedy “Trinummus,” also called “Three-Dollar Day,” by the classical Roman playwright...

'Football for Dummies': A working understanding of football helps in the SEC

‘Football for Dummies’: A working understanding of football helps in the SEC

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer September 10, 2024

In elementary school, I carried children’s books to my high school’s football games and made my English-teacher mother’s heart happy, but I guarantee you she was the only one who found this charming....

Classroom Bullies are just as dangerous as Classroom Bystanders

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer August 27, 2024

In the first article I wrote for The Reflector, as a second-semester freshman, I lamented the lack of participation in auditorium classes, blaming what I called the "classroom bystander effect" and encouraging...

Mississippi museums offer unique entertainment across the state

Mississippi museums offer unique entertainment across the state

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer August 27, 2024

Before this summer, I had never left the country or really the South, having spent the majority of my life in rural Mississippi. Because of this, I had a few culture shocks during my six weeks studying...

Prioritizing local businesses is a great way to support them, according to TJ Manna of Proof Bakery.

Students should make an effort to support Starkville’s small businesses

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer May 2, 2024

I grew up in small-town Mississippi. My hometown has no red light and no Walmart, but we do have a Piggly Wiggly and a few small businesses. However, for as long as I can remember, many of the small businesses...

Fables are an accessible source of timeless lessons

Fables are an accessible source of timeless lessons

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer April 23, 2024

At the beginning of the semester, I started my Latin IV class by reading Latin fables – little stories about peacocks and panthers, donkeys and dogs. After studying these fables, Peter Corrigan, my professor,...

Starkville Community Theatre prepares to perform ‘Clue: On Stage’

Starkville Community Theatre prepares to perform ‘Clue: On Stage’

Rowan Feasel, Staff Writer April 9, 2024

Those who have played the infamous board game Clue have often found themselves asking, "Which of the six suspects committed the crime? In what room of the remote mansion did the nefarious deed take place?...

Classic chick-flicks should not be forgotten in favor of new movies

Classic chick-flicks should not be forgotten in favor of new movies

Rowan Feasel March 20, 2024

I like all sorts of movies. I know my “Star Wars” lore. I have seen all of the “Indiana Jones” and “Jurassic Park” films. I try to watch the latest movies regardless of genre, and I am not...

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