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Nikolay Minaev's journey into car restoration leads to viral video

Nikolay Minaev’s journey into car restoration leads to viral video

Lauren McKay, Graphic Design Editor November 5, 2025

For Nikolay Minaev, a third-year doctoral student in agronomy and turfgrass management at Mississippi State University, experimentation does not always happen in a lab. Sometimes, it takes place in a garage...

Shertok shares debut poetry collection 'No Rhododendron'

Shertok shares debut poetry collection ‘No Rhododendron’

Sydnie Orgeron, Contributing Writer November 5, 2025

For Samyak Shertok, Mississippi State University’s newest poet and professor in the English department, poetry is a tapestry in which every small design is just as equally important as the more prominent...

Mallard: Neubauer keeps history alive with Starkville Civil War Arsenal

Mallard: Neubauer keeps history alive with Starkville Civil War Arsenal

Mathaius Mallard, Contributing Writer October 1, 2025

It is every man’s dream to start a collection of something. Some people collect jewelry. Some collect coins, and some collect clothes and other random things. Duffy Neubauer collects weapons and...

Ty Abernathy and his students take a photo while abroad.

#TravelWithTy: MSU professor leads students across the globe

Grace Goff, Staff Writer September 24, 2025

Larry "Ty" Abernathy sat relaxed in the fifth-floor staff lounge in Allen Hall, wearing a Delta State swimming team t-shirt, a gold chain and stud earrings. Famous across campus for leading study abroad...

MSU's Formula SAE team builds cars and careers

MSU’s Formula SAE team builds cars and careers

Swarup Bhattarai, Contributing Writer September 17, 2025

Not all races are won slow and steady. For Mississippi State University’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team, the real race begins months before their car ever touches the track. Roaring with...

Cole Withers: Timeless Project amplifies generational wisdom

Cole Withers: Timeless Project amplifies generational wisdom

Cole Withers, Contributing Writer September 9, 2025

When I asked an older man named Billy Lefleur what advice he would give people in their twenties, he paused pensively and then responded. Lefleur said, “When you’re in your twenties, that’s the...

Glo is 'shining example' for future entrepreneurs

Glo is ‘shining example’ for future entrepreneurs

Ivy Rose Ball, Editor-in-Chief August 27, 2025

Nine years after starting their business as Mississippi State University students, two MSU alums continue to achieve global success in the business world, partnering with well-known children's shows like...

Green Man spreads joy, lifts spirits of MSU students

Green Man spreads joy, lifts spirits of MSU students

Samata Luintel, Contributing Writer March 25, 2025

First seen supporting the Philadelphia Eagles around Super Bowl season, a man in a head-to-toe green bodysuit made himself known at Mississippi State University as he lingered through the Drill Field,...

The Scene: A club for those want to pursue a passion or interest in film

The Scene: A club for those want to pursue a passion or interest in film

Kensi Brandenburg, Staff Writer March 25, 2025

With over 300 organizations on campus, students often overlook potential opportunities during their collegiate career. For those looking for a way to expand their interests in filmmaking or film-watching,...

Brooks (left) and Suddarth (Right) sell their product in the Maroon Market at Bulldog Bash.

MagneBrite: MSU graduates find success in start-up invention

Elena Harman, Staff Writer November 19, 2024

MagneBrite, a Mississippi State University StartUp invention, is an innovative flashlight designed to solve a common problem faced by anyone working with their hands: inadequate lighting. Created by...

Students observe and analyze arguments the debaters make.

Round Table encourages healthy debate and discussions

Haylee Morman, Staff Writer November 19, 2024

At 7 p.m. on Monday nights, student members of Round Table at Mississippi State University meet in Old Main to verbally duke it out in what may as well be an oral "Fight Club." Perhaps it is not that...

Indian Student Association hosts Diwali Festival

Indian Student Association hosts Diwali Festival

Haylee Morman, Staff Writer November 12, 2024

On Nov. 10, the Indian Student Association (ISA) hosted a Diwali celebration in the Colvard Student Union’s Foster Ballroom for members of the Starkville community. The night was chock full of performances...

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