The Reflector - October 14, 2008
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BY COLIN CATCHINGS Staff Writer Shaherazad’s unnamed camel was stolen, mutilated and left on the front porch of the Delta Gamma sorority house early Thursday morning. Shaherazad’s manager Kenny Price said whoever took the camel tore its legs off, cut its throat, gouged out its eyes, ripped its ears off, tore its tail off and stole its bridle. “They ruined him,” he said. “They absolutely trashed him. There was no sense in that.” Lisa Dakhlalla, wife of Shaherazad’s owner, Oda, said she was the person who noticed the camel was missing. “I knew it was there the night before,” Dakhlalla said. “I opened up that morn- ing, and I did kind of a double take and I realized it was gone. I called Kenny so he could get after it and see what was going on.” Delta Gamma house director Mitsy Bailey said the girls originally did not know how to respond to the camel. “We were really just like, ‘This is weird,’” she said. “His head was kind of smashed in, and you could tell he had been abused, that he was not in perfect shape.” She said she eventually called the restaurant. “All my girls said, ‘That’s the one that sits outside of Shaherazad’s,’” Bailey said. “I called Mr. Price and told him, “‘I think we have something that belongs to you,’ and he was thrilled.” Price said Bailey called him about 10 a.m. Thursday. “I assumed that he [the camel] was still in the condition that he was when ENTERTAINMENT..................7 CROSSWORD/SUDOKU...............6 CLASSIFIEDS..........................5 SPORTS..................................10 READER’S GUIDE NEWS BRIEFS........................2 BAD DAWGS............................3 OPINION.................................4 CONTACT INFO.....................4 POLICY ANY PERSON MAY PICK UP A SINGLE COPY OF THE REFLECTOR FOR FREE. ADDITIONAL COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE MEYER STUDENT MEDIA CENTER FOR 25 CENTS PER COPY. 83 58 HIGH LOW Day One program increases numbers BY SARAH COLE Staff Writer Day One Leadership Community, a program for freshmen at Mississippi State, has experienced a significant increase in its number of students this school year. Day One director Allison Pearson said the number of freshmen par- ticipating in the program has grown from 216 last year to 285 this year. The purpose of Day One is to con- nect freshmen to leadership and ser- vice opportunities at the very begin- ning of their time at MSU, Pearson said. “It’s a leadership program that is based on community service,” she said. Each year freshmen are accepted into the one-semester program soon after their acceptance into the univer- sity. The increase in students this year is partially due to MSU initiative in publicizing the program, she said. “We send letters of invitation to MSU applicants,” Pearson said. Day One promotes itself during prospective student preview days, set- ting up booths with information on the program, and also advertises at freshman orientation, Pearson said, SEE LEADERSHIP, 3 BY DAVID BRELAND Managing Editor Junior mechanical engineering major Sarah Lanton, a transfer stu- dent from Harrisburg, Ill., was killed in a car accident while returning to Starkville after fall break Oct. 7. The accident occurred on Interstate 55 near West Memphis, Ark. Family and friends remember Lanton as a “ray of sunshine” with a consummate smile and a contagious happy spirit. “Her smile was so radiant and her spirit,” Maurice Allen, a close friend of Lanton, said. “She was just 20, but she was an old soul. She was like everyone’s mother.” After a visit to MSU, Lanton fell in love with the campus and decided to attend. This semester was Lanton’s first at MSU, but she had ties to the school going back to her hometown. While attending Southern Illinois SEE LANTON, 2 285 students are enrolled in leadership group Shaherazad’s iconic mascot taken, damaged early Thursday morning SEE THEFT, 2 The THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884 ENTERTAINMENT | 7 SINKING THE COMMODORES WHITNEY SISCO | THE REFLECTOR BULLDOGS UPSET #13 VANDY | MSU tight end Brandon Henderson catches a touchdown pass during Saturday’s victory against Vanderbilt. For full coverage of the game, see the story on page 10. Wreck claims life of student Price America’s colleges nix lunch trays BY WILL FERRAEZ Contributing Writer A longtime staple of the college caf- eteria is disappearing nationwide. Not the pizza station or the long lines, but the trays are vanishing. Anyone who frequents Perry Cafeteria has undoubtedly seen the signs saying going trayless is signifi- cantly cheaper and greener. Aramark and Sodexo, both cater- ing giants, have conducted extensive tests to determine the economical and environmental cost of maintaining cafeteria trays. Their conclu- sion is to ditch the trays altogether. The Associated Press reports over half of Aramark’s and over a third of Sodexo’s partners are expecting to get rid of their trays. According to an article in Time magazine, Sodexo spokesperson Monica Zimmer said five times more energy and water are consumed in dining halls than any other square foot on college campuses. A 2008 Aramark study found one- third to one-half gallons of water were used to wash each tray. This translates into 288,000 gallons saved through- out the various periods of the year these studies were conducted. Aramark spokesperson Jennifer Barnette said she is not surprised the movement will help save water and electricity. “A year on average, we waste about 648,000 gallons of water washing trays,” she said. Vice president for student affairs Bill Kibler said the transition also helps to eliminate waste. “[Aramark’s] research shows … there is a natural tendency, when you have a tray, to fill it up,” he said. Aramark’s nationwide study con- firms 1.2 ounces to 1.8 ounces of food waste is reduced per person when trayless dining is implemented. Removing trays reduced food waste by 25 to 30 percent. Many colleges have already begun SEE TRAYLESS, 3 Trays still offered in MSU’s Perry Cafeteria ROGER CREAGER ROPES THEATRE Lanton TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 2008 Kibler Stolen camel found at Delta Gamma house Reflector SOCCER’S LOSING STREAK CONTINUES 121ST YEAR | ISSUE 13 REFLECTOR-ONLINE.COM SPORTS | 8
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BY COLIN CATCHINGSStaff Writer
Shaherazad’s unnamed camel was stolen, mutilated and left on the front porch of the Delta Gamma sorority house early Thursday morning.
Shaherazad’s manager Kenny Price said whoever took the camel tore its
legs off, cut its throat, gouged out its eyes, ripped its ears off, tore its tail off and stole its bridle.
“They ruined him,” he said. “They absolutely trashed him. There was no sense in that.”
Lisa Dakhlalla, wife of Shaherazad’s owner, Oda, said she was the person who noticed the camel was missing.
“I knew it was there the night before,” Dakhlalla said. “I opened up that morn-ing, and I did kind of a double take and I realized it was gone. I called Kenny so he could get after it and see what was going on.”
Delta Gamma house director Mitsy Bailey said the girls originally did not know how to respond to the camel.
“We were really just like, ‘This is weird,’” she said. “His head was kind of smashed in, and you could tell he
had been abused, that he was not in perfect shape.”
She said she eventually called the restaurant.
“All my girls said, ‘That’s the one that sits outside of Shaherazad’s,’” Bailey said. “I called Mr. Price and told him, “‘I think we have something that belongs to you,’ and he was thrilled.”
Price said Bailey called him about 10 a.m. Thursday.
“I assumed that he [the camel] was still in the condition that he was when
ENTERTAINMENT..................7CROSSWORD/SUDOKU...............6CLASSIFIEDS..........................5SPORTS..................................10
READER’S GUIDENEWS BRIEFS........................2BAD DAWGS............................3OPINION.................................4CONTACT INFO.....................4
POLICYANY PERSON MAY PICK UP A SINGLE COPY OF THE REFLECTOR FOR FREE. ADDITIONAL COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE MEYER STUDENT MEDIA CENTER FOR 25 CENTS PER COPY.
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Day One programincreases numbers
BY SARAH COLE
Staff Writer
Day One Leadership Community, a program for freshmen at Mississippi State, has experienced a significant increase in its number of students this school year.
Day One director Allison Pearson said the number of freshmen par-ticipating in the program has grown from 216 last year to 285 this year.
The purpose of Day One is to con-nect freshmen to leadership and ser-vice opportunities at the very begin-ning of their time at MSU, Pearson said.
“It’s a leadership program that is based on community service,” she said.
Each year freshmen are accepted into the one-semester program soon after their acceptance into the univer-sity. The increase in students this year is partially due to MSU initiative in publicizing the program, she said.
“We send letters of invitation to MSU applicants,” Pearson said.
Day One promotes itself during prospective student preview days, set-ting up booths with information on the program, and also advertises at freshman orientation, Pearson said,
SEE LEADERSHIP, 3
BY DAVID BRELAND
Managing Editor
Junior mechanical engineering major Sarah Lanton, a transfer stu-dent from Harrisburg, Ill., was killed in a car accident while returning to Starkville after fall break Oct. 7. The accident occurred on Interstate 55 near West Memphis, Ark.
Family and friends remember Lanton as a “ray of sunshine” with a consummate smile and a contagious happy spirit.
“Her smile was so radiant and her spirit,” Maurice Allen, a close friend of Lanton, said. “She was just 20, but she was an old soul. She was like everyone’s mother.”
After a visit to MSU, Lanton fell in love with the campus and decided to attend. This semester was Lanton’s first at MSU, but she had ties to the school going back to her hometown. While attending Southern Illinois
SEE LANTON, 2
285 students are enrolled in
leadership group
Shaherazad’s iconic mascot taken, damaged early Thursday morning
SEE THEFT, 2
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BULLDOGS UPSET #13 VANDY | MSU tight end Brandon Henderson catches a touchdown pass during Saturday’s victory against Vanderbilt. For full coverage of the game, see the story on page 10.
Wreck claims life of student
Price
America’scolleges nix lunch trays
BY WILL FERRAEZ
Contributing Writer
A longtime staple of the college caf-eteria is disappearing nationwide. Not the pizza station or the long lines, but the trays are vanishing.
Anyone who frequents Perry Cafeteria has undoubtedly seen the signs saying going trayless is signifi-cantly cheaper and greener.
Aramark and Sodexo, both cater-ing giants, have conducted extensive tests to determine the economical and environmental cost of maintaining cafeteria trays. Their conclu-sion is to ditch the trays altogether.
The Associated Press reports over half of Aramark’s and over a third of Sodexo’s partners are expecting to get rid of their trays.
According to an article in Time magazine, Sodexo spokesperson Monica Zimmer said five times more energy and water are consumed in dining halls than any other square foot on college campuses.
A 2008 Aramark study found one-third to one-half gallons of water were used to wash each tray. This translates into 288,000 gallons saved through-out the various periods of the year these studies were conducted.
Aramark spokesperson Jennifer Barnette said she is not surprised the movement will help save water and electricity.
“A year on average, we waste about 648,000 gallons of water washing trays,” she said.
Vice president for student affairs Bill Kibler said the transition also helps to eliminate waste.
“[Aramark’s] research shows … there is a natural tendency, when you have a tray, to fill it up,” he said.
Aramark’s nationwide study con-firms 1.2 ounces to 1.8 ounces of food waste is reduced per person when trayless dining is implemented. Removing trays reduced food waste by 25 to 30 percent.
Many colleges have already begun
SEE TRAYLESS, 3
Trays still offered in MSU’s Perry Cafeteria
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