Starkville

I am Elijah L. Stallings. I’m 18 years old. I’m from Starkville, MS. I want to be carpentry because it’s great to learn and you can build any and everything you want. I always wanted to be one cause of the salary. When I complete job-corps I will move on to advance training in Denver, Colorado. I came to job-corps because it was the best thing to do, and have a better life with the things I can do as a carpenter. I chose carpentry because I myself want to build my own house one day, but there’s…

There are 8 public universities in Mississippi that comes under the Institution of Higher Learning (IHL). Of the 8 universities, only Mississippi State University and University of Mississippi offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees in geography. Jackson State University, Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Mississippi State for Women, and Mississippi Valley State University offer no geography degrees. However, some of them offer geography related degrees. Mississippi State…

Oral History Biography: David King David King has been many things over the course of seventy-two-year life. He has studied political science, and law, he has been a father, political activist, chairman, and has even served as the commander of the main battle tank, for the united states army but during all his undertakings he has always been a citizen of East Saint Louis. It was East Saint Louis that shaped his life and career, it has been his love and loyalty for East Saint Louis that has…

Although many CSU students bike to school, researchers at the CDC have demonstrated that dangerous motor vehicle traffic poses a significant deterrent for many to bike to school (Dellinger et al, 2002). The prevalence of biking injuries may be preventing a greater adoption of this method of transportation. Studies have verified that various factors increase the probability of bicycle accidents and the severity of their associated injury. Inclement weather, poor lighting, and vehicle speed…

On Sunday, September 27, 2015 around 7:00pm, my life was changed. That Sunday, I went to a Drag Show at Rick’s Café. It was such amazing experience for me. I have never seen a drag show before, but always wanted to see one. I was really excited when I saw a posting about it in MSU Spectrum Facebook group. Also, my friend told me about it, and he really wanted to go to the show but not by himself. Of course, I was game to go to the show with him. When I walked into Rick’s Café, it seemed like…

Alone in the living room, Ethan Frome thought, “the return to reality was as painful as the return to consciousness after taking an anesthetic” (Wharton 52). This thought was born while Zeena was away, leaving Ethan and Mattie alone to decipher the future of their desired relationship. In Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, the character of Ethan Frome has deliberately sacrificed his love for Mattie in an attempt to preserve his shattered marriage with Zeena, illuminating the prevalence of social…

I believe i was in Starkville Mississippi when i came across a park. Huntsin park was rather large and had tall trees and soft grass. The sun was at its highest and i had been traveling for days two days straight. I was exhausted and rather bitter. i sat under one of the trees…

Some may be wondering how could laws meant to discriminate against the LGBT community also affect those that are not LGBT? How would such laws affect all of us in our everyday lives? Can our society be seeing the hands of time being turned back and if so how far will these types of discriminatory laws reach? On June 12, 1967 the Supreme Court of the United States decided declared Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statutes unconstitutional, ending all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the…

The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera.” Daniel J. Boorstin once stated (Quoteland). What is a photographer? A…

Cosplay has gained popularity since the 1980s and has recently surged into popular culture. This subculture contains individuals young and old from all backgrounds. The most common characteristic shared between cosplayers is the passion for the series they are representing. Cosplay has shaped standards on sexual harassment and acceptance of different ideals. One thing has not changed since cosplay began in 1939, the time and effort put forth by each cosplayer is shown in the extravagant costumes…