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News • B1, B2, C1, D2

Arts & Life • C2

Sports • D1

INDEX

Several Northwest journalism students were recognized at the Missis-sippi Press Association’s 2011 Better Newspaper Contest for their work on the Northwest campus newspaper, The Ranger Rocket, on March 29. The contest took place in Jackson at the Missis-sippi Children’s Museum during the 13th annual O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference. The confer-ence, administered by the Mississippi Press Associa-tion’s Education Founda-tion, was underwritten by the O.C. McDavid Memorial Fund, and aims to promote journalism in Mississippi. Northwest competed against other two-year colleges throughout the state, including East Cen-tral Community College, Itawamba Community College, Jones County Junior College, Copiah-Lin-coln Community College, Natchez and Southwest

Mississippi Community College. Northwest students placed in the following categories: Will Whaley of Nesbit and Stacia Schom-mer from Lake Cormorant received third place for Best General News Story; Brian Lentz, a sophomore journalism major from Coldwater received sec-ond place for Best Sports Feature; Shelby Louwe-rens, a freshman journal-ism major from Senatobia received second place for Best General Interest Column. For photography, Louwerens received first place in the Best Gen-eral News Photograph category for her photos of Northwest’s theatre production of “Smoke on the Mountain. Lentz received second place in the Best Sports Pho-tograph category for his photos of a Northwest women’s soccer game. Whaley received second

place in the Best Feature Photograph category for his photo of the William Charles Band. Andrew Bartolotta, a sophomore majoring in graphic design technology and business marketing technology from South-aven, also received first

place in the Best Miscel-laneous Advertisement category for his advertise-ment of “Smoke on the Mountain,” and second place in the Best Single Advertisement category for his ad for the Jabali Dancers. The Ranger Rocket

placed first in the Best Graphic category and third place in the General Excellence category. The participating journalism students were pleased with the awards and appreciated the event and what it meant for them as journalists.

“I think it is a great experience for journalism students across Missis-sippi, because we get to compete on a level that we couldn’t otherwise,” Shaneka Flowers, a soph-omore journalism major from Clarksdale, said. Carroll Gunn, journal-ism instructor, is also the adviser for The Ranger Rocket as well as the Northwest yearbook, the Rocketeer. The news-paper’s sponsors are Sarah Sapp, director of Communications; Julie Bauer, assistant director of Communications; Kevin Maloney, coordinator of Sports Information and LaJuan Tallo, Communica-tions assistant. “Overall, I think the students did very well,” Gunn said. “I was very proud, especially since this is my first year here, and hope we can do even better next year.”

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Kelly wins Northwest Idol

Stormy Robison takes the crownBy: Brian Lentz

Northwest newspaper staff members won ten awards at the annual Better Newspaper Conference in Jackson on March 29. Carroll Gunn, journalism instructor and newspaper advisor, (l-r) Brian Lentz, Shaneka Flowers, Shelby Louwerens and Andrew Bartolotta at-tended the conference at the Children’s Museum. (Staff photo)

Ranger Rocket staff members take home 10 awardsBy: Shelby Louwerens

Northwest sopho-more Stormy Robison of Water Valley was named “Most Beautiful” at Northwest’s annual Beauty Review on March 22. The pre-optometry major is the daughter of Randy and Vicki Robison and was one of many contestants vying for the title. “I was very shocked when they called my name,” Robison, who is also an outfielder for the Northwest softball team, said. “Even after I was given the crown and holding the flowers, I still just couldn’t believe that I had won.” After Northwest, Robison plans to attend Delta State and finish the required courses for her pre-optometry major. Robison advises young girls to always be themselves. “Never let anyone change who you are,” Robison added. Courtney Clay, a sophomore nursing major from Horn Lake, was named first runner-up. Clay is the daughter of Jimmy and Sandy Clay and is an outfielder for the Northwest softball

team. Chosen as second runner-up was Mary Cath-erine Lloyd, a freshman elementary education ma-jor from Batesville. Lloyd is the daughter of Dale and Teresa Lloyd. Third runner-up was Ali Cheatwood, a sopho-more elementary educa-tion major from Potts

Camp. Cheatwood is the daughter of Tonya Cheat-wood. Cheatwood is also a cheerleader for North-west. Winning fourth runner-up was Kirstie Morgan, a freshman nursing major from Southaven. She is the daughter of Keith and Susan Morgan.

Stormy Robison, a sophomore pre-optometry major from Water Valley, was crowned “Most Beautiful” at North-west’s annual Beauty Review on March 22. Robison was one of several contestants vying for the title. (Staff photo)

The top five winners from the Northwest Beauty Review (l-r) are third runner-up Ali Cheat-wood, first runner-up Courtney Clay, “Most Beautiful” Stormy Robison, second runner-up Mary Catherine Lloyd and fourth runner-up Kirstie Morgan. (Staff photo)

2012 Commencement ScheduleMay 11, 2012

Howard Coliseum/ Senatobia Campus8:30 a.m............... Associate of Applied Science

11 a.m.................. Career Certificate

2 p.m.................... Associate of Arts

Ranger on the Spot By: Shelby Louwerens, Brian Lentz & Shaneka Flowers

“What Northwest event do you plan on attending in April?”

Eden SmithSenatobia • Freshman

Pre-Radiological Sciences“I plan on attending the play

and the band concert, because I used to be in drama and my boyfriend used to be in the band. We still support them

both.”

OPINION A2 • April 19, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

STAFF

Editor..................................Shelby Louwerens

Lifestyle Section Editor........Shaneka Flowers

Sports Section Editor.....................Brian Lentz

Staff Reporters.............Michael Haskins & De-issac House

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Marquette HoltsWater Valley • Freshman

Pre-Engineering“I’ll probably go and watch the jazz band concert, because I

really like jazz.” 

Lajerrica JohnsonRosedale • Freshman

Pre-Nursing“I plan on attending the play and some softball

games. I’m a big softball fan.”

John StuartSenatobia • SophomoreBusiness Administration“I’ll probably watch some

of the baseball and softball games, because the weather is nice and both sports are in

season.”

Marcy CoxHickory Flat • Freshman

Pre-Nursing“I plan on attending the rodeo, because I love horses and I’m a

big rodeo fan.”

Music Matters with Shelby Louwerens

By: Shelby Louwerens

Gearing up for release of Rocketeer yearbook

Northwest’s 2011-2012 yearbook will be available for pick-up May 1-4. Though the fee for these yearbooks is includ-ed in the cost of tuition, it costs the students that create it a great deal of time and effort. Andrew Bartolotta, a sophomore majoring in graphic design technology and business marketing technology from South-aven, is the editor of the yearbook. According to Barto-lotta, the yearbook staff has been working on the newest yearbook since

July, with help from the Communication depart-ment and the College Publications class. Bartolotta also put in more effort personally, saying that the yearbook probably took about 500 hours to complete. “I probably put in about 100 hours a month on the yearbook,” Barto-lotta said. Bartolotta has put in an extraordinary amount of effort for this yearbook. Even creating the theme of it, “We Are Northwest” and creating QR codes for some of the photos in the yearbook, which will take

students to videos of the events. “It was really funny, because our yearbook this year is so advanced in using QR codes, but, ironically, I found the idea for the theme on a post-it note,” Bartolotta said. Personally working in the same office, I can attest to the amount of work that goes into making the yearbook a success. These books are something that students should take pride in and should be treated like something worth much more than an average yearbook.

The yearbooks will be given out May 1-4 in the Ranger Room in the Ad-ministration Building, from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. These yearbooks are worth the wait, and their design shows that they are worth the work that has been put into it. Students should pick one up, as a memoir of their time at Northwest and give credit to those students, such as Barto-lotta, who have worked so hard to design such an intricate yearbook.Andrew Bartolotta, editor of the 2011-2012 Rock-

eteer yearbook. (Staff photo)

Markerriez Hill, a sophomore drafting and design engineering technology major from Charleston, was a finalist in the spring 2012 North-west Idol competition. He is a singer who focuses mainly on R&B music, inspired by art-ists like NeYo, Usher and Chris Brown. Hill says that he performs whenever the opportunity presents itself, and has most recently performed at a wedding and at a church

benefit for True Bibleway Church in Tippo. He also performed in talent shows for his high school, West Tallahatchie High School. Hill learned that he had a talent for singing at age 8, and has continued to sing and write songs ever since. “I have always had a love for music,” Hill said. “I like NeYo because he writes his own songs, and even writes songs for other artists. He inspired me to write my own songs too.”

He hopes to continue on to a performing arts school after graduating Northwest to be a singer or songwriter, though he hopes to focus more on the writing aspect. “Architecture has al-ways been something that interested me, and that’s why I am in the drafting and design major right now,” Hill said. “But after I get my degree in that, I hope to continue on with my music as well.” He has high hopes for his music career, stat-

ing that when he is able to make a CD, he wants NeYo and R. Kelly to be featured writers for it. To all those who seek to fol-low the dream of a career in the music industry, Hill says to continue reaching for your goals. “Keep striving, and keep doing what you’re doing, because that’s ex-actly what I’m doing,” Hill said. “Hopefully, the right people will hear your mu-sic and doors will open.”

Markerriez Hill, a sophomore drafting and design engi-neeering technology major from Charleston, performs at Northwest Idol. (Photo by Deissac House)

A2 • April 19, 2012 Senatobia, Miss. NEWS THE RANGER ROCKET B1

Gearing up for release of Rocketeer yearbook Students place in SkillsUSABy: Shelby Louwerens

Several Northwest students in the career technical fields placed at the SkillsUSA state level competition March 22-23 in Jackson. Wesley Tucker placed second for CNC Milling; Bradley Bishop placed first in CNC Turning; Kyle Long placed third in Preci-sion Machining; Charles Sellers placed second in Architectural Drafting; and Synterika Welch placed second in Cosmetology. The event was held on the Hinds Community

College campus. The stu-dents turned in their writ-ten exams on March 22, and worked in their skilled event on March 23. Shelly Tims and Tim Chavez were the advisers for the event. The advisers were pleased with the students’ overall performance. “Overall, they did great,” Tims said. “We had eight contestants, and five came home with medals.” Those who placed received medals, and Bishop, who placed first,

will continue on to the national level of competi-tion in Kansas City, Mo. in June. “These students show a great amount of dedi-cation, because that is what it takes to get to this point,” Tims said. “They put in twice as much work as a regular student in these fields.” To pay for these trips, the technical departments hold their annual BBQ cooking contest in May each year. Though this is normally only between the

technical departments, Tims and Chavez are encouraging academic programs to get involved as well. “We are challenging our academic programs to come and compete with us,” Tims said. “Bring it on, if you’ve got the skills.” For more information on how to become in-volved with the BBQ cook-out, students and faculty can contact Tim Chavez or Kristin Watson.

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Students of the North-west Education Associa-tion helped out in the Sen-atobia Municipal School District this semester. The program “class ob-servation” allowed qualify-ing students to observe in the classroom in the subject area and grade level that they chose. “This allowed our future educators to gain valuable ideas from the teaching profession,” Teri Hawkins, instructor and adviser in the Educa-tion Division, said. “The students observed in the classroom once a week for three consecu-tive weeks at one of the sites. Then the students

switched to another cam-pus for three more weeks of observation.” “They also had a wonderful opportunity to obtain new ideas for disci-pline, teaching strategies, and to get an idea of what it is like to be actively in-volved in children’s lives,” Pamela Simpson, reading instructor, said. The student organiza-tion is dedicated to pro-moting a positive image of education in the com-munity. “It was nice to be able to go into different schools and see how they operated. I also was able to watch teaching tech-niques that were different

from the ones I was sub-jected to growing up,” Ali Cheatwood, president of the club and a sophomore education major from Potts Camp, said. The organization wel-comes anyone who may be interested in working in a school setting to join their club. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month in the Cal-houn Building. Represen-tatives from surrounding senior colleges are invited to speak to members of the club. They also provide in-formation on admissions, scholarships, and Praxis testing.

Northwest’s divi-sion directors and Vice President for Educational Affairs Dr. Chuck Strong met at the Center for Manufacturing Excellence (CME) on the Ole Miss campus on March 27. They met to discuss the potential relationship between Northwest and Ole Miss through this new Center. “The meeting was about how Ole Miss can accommodate students interested in the major without them having to spend an extra year at Ole Miss taking the pre-requisites necessary to complete their program in manufacturing engineer-ing,” Sarah Sapp, director of Communications, said. They discussed the option of dual enrollment, summer school, distance learning and eLearning.

“Since we already have an articulation agreement with Ole Miss in the three key areas of CME- accountancy, engineering and business, it is easy for a student to transfer into the program, as long as they are able to take those pre-requi-sites not already offered at Northwest,” Sapp said. Therefore, finding a way to offer those pre-requisites was the major discussion. There is not a firm date yet, but poten-tially Northwest could be ready by next year to offer these pre-requisites through a partnership with Ole Miss. For those who do not know much about the new Center, it was creat-ed with the collaboration of Ole Miss and Toyota Motor Corporation. It is unique in its edu-

cational focus on under-graduate manufacturing education. The Center brings together the Schools of Engineering, Business Administration, and Accountancy, and the College of Liberal Arts to provide students the technical skills involved in successful manufactur-ing along with an under-standing of accounting, communication, human resources, leadership, management and market-ing. Through the CME, the School of Engineer-ing at Ole Miss will offer a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineer-ing with an emphasis in manufacturing. More in-formation can be found at www.olemiss.edu/depts/cme/.

By: Shaneka Flowers

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Articulation agreement in works Class observation a vital tool

The 12th annual Shoot for the Heart fundraiser will take place April 19 and April 21, at the Willows Sporting Clays Center in Tunica. For the second year, the event, sponsored by the Community Founda-tion of Northwest Missis-sippi as well as the Paper Packers Association, will benefit the Northwest Mississippi Community

College Division of Nurs-ing. The main event on Thursday consists of teams representing sev-eral states and sponsors. “Last year, there were over 400 shooters at the event, and over $35,000 was raised for the Nursing Division,” Ellen Williams, dean of the Division of Nursing, said. Williams added that

the proceeds from this year’s fundraiser would be used to buy new equip-ment for the labs and to provide scholarships to nursing students. This year, a separate shoot has also been planned to take place on April 21. “For those who are in our area who would like to compete and support our program, we are having

a local shoot. Presently, we have about 50 reg-istered, and we’d like to see about 100.” Williams said. Adults and teenag-ers who have an adult to accompany them are all invited to participate. The cost for individuals is $125 and $500 for teams. Each participant will receive a welcome pack,

100 rounds of clays, breakfast and lunch, water and soda, one door prize ticket and a com-memorative event T-shirt.Registration forms are available both in the main office of the Nurs-ing Building and online at www.shootfortheheart.org. For more information, contact Williams at [email protected] or by phone at 662-562-

3453, or visit the event website at www.shoot-fortheheart.org.

Shoot for the Heart fundraiser on April 21By: Mike Haskins

ARTS & LIFE THE RANGER ROCKET C2 C1 • April 19, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

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Northwest’s Fine Arts department performed their spring production, “Joined at the Head,” March 29-April 1. The show, a drama with come-dic elements, was per-formed by a cast of nine people. The cast members include Camille Bishop, a freshman theatre ma-jor from Orlando, Fla., as Maggie Mulroney; Garrett Atkinson, a sophomore theatre major from Olive Branch, as Jim Burroughs; and Abi Wiggins, a sopho-more theatre major from Senatobia, as Maggy Bur-roughs. The cast also includes six ensemble characters, played by Kevar Maffitt, a sophomore theatre major from Olive Branch; Nic Temple, a sophomore theatre major from South-aven; Katie Dunaway, a freshman early childhood education technology major from Southaven; Katie Hardeman, a sopho-more theatre major from

Horn Lake; Haley Miller, a sophomore theatre major from Coldwater; and Tony Penn, a freshman theatre major from Senatobia. The show was directed by Sadie Shannon. The set of the show was more flexible than others seen onstage at Northwest. “The show is very non-literal,” Shannon said. “The audience will have to stretch their imaginations to envision the places the characters go.” Several of the students that performed in “Joined at the Head” stated that it would be their last show at Northwest before gradu-ating. Anthony Guy, a sopho-more theatre major from Olive Branch, said that he got a new experience during his last show at Northwest. “This was my first time doing lighting for a show, and it was really fun and an awesome experience,” Guy said. “I hope to do

more lighting when I go to Southern Miss.” Dunaway thought that the cast really came together for the show, especially with several sophomores performing for the last time at North-west. “Honestly, it was a re-ally good show, especially because all the sopho-mores are leaving, so the cast worked really hard and fit really well togeth-er,” Dunaway said. Others, like Penn, were just beginning their time onstage at Northwest. “I loved being onstage again for the first time in over a year,” Penn said. The cast was proud of their performance, and the audience members enjoyed the show as well. “The show was great!” Ian Eubanks, a freshman business administration major from Olive Branch, said. “It was so good, I cried like a baby…twice!”

By: Shelby Louwerens

Joseph Kelly, a fresh-man general college major from Oxford, was named Northwest Idol for the spring 2012 semes-ter on April 11. Twenty-four students auditioned for the judges, who chose 10 to con-tinue on to the semifinals on April 9, where the audience then voted for their favorite five contes-tants to continue to the finals on April 11. The five finalists were Brannon Gilliland, a sophomore music major from Southaven; Jamison Hunter, a freshman music education major from Nesbit; Markerriez Hill, a sophomore drafting and design engineering technology major from Charleston; the duo of Daniel Jones, a freshman theatre major from Kai-serslautern, Germany and Nicole Crawford, a fresh-man music major from

Southaven; and Kelly. Tickets cost $2, and served as a means for voting. Additional tick-ets could be bought for $1, and the audience could buy as many as they wanted to support their favorite contestant. After the five participants performed, the audience voted during a 10-minute intermission. Overall, the judges were impressed with the participants’ performances. “I think this is one of the most talented groups we’ve ever had,” Sadie Shannon, theatre instruc-tor, said. After the intermis-sion, the winner and run-ner-up were announced. Jones and Crawford won runner-up for their per-formance of “I’m Coming Home,” highlighted with Jones’ original rap. Kelly won Northwest Idol for his acoustic version of

Gnarles Barkley’s “Crazy.” “I’m really surprised, I didn’t expect it at all,” Kelly said. “It was just something I did just for the chance to perform, and it worked out really well.” Jones and Crawford were also pleased to place in the competition. “It was exciting and fun, and it was really great to have Nicole sing-ing with me,” Jones said. Crawford was also pleased with their perfor-mance. “We did great, and we made a great team,” Crawford said. All three agreed that Northwest Idol was a positive thing for any stu-dent to participate in. “It’s a great way to do your own thing and show your talents in your own way,” Kelly said.

By: Shelby Louwerens

Abi Wiggins, (left) a freshman theatre major from Senatobia and Garrett Atkin-son, a sophomore theatre major from Olive Branch exchange looks during a dinner scene in “Joined at the Head.” (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

Camille Bishop, (left) a freshman theatre major from Orlando, Fla., is being con-soled by Katie Hardeman, a sophomore theatre major from Horn Lake, during “Joined at the Head.” (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

Joseph Kelly, a freshman general college major from Oxford, was named Northwest Idol on April 11. Kelly sang “Crazy” by Gnarles Barkley. (Photo by Deissac House)

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SPORTS D1 • April 19, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

By: Brian Lentz

Ranger baseball winding down season After starting the season on a somewhat slow foot, the Northwest Ranger baseball team has picked up some momentum as they enter the final and most critical division stretch. The Rangers are po-sitioned in second place, behind Itawamba, and are in position to clinch another postseason berth. The Rangers hoped to gain some ground on Itawamba with home games against East Cen-tral and East Mississippi. In their first matchup of the three-game homes-tand, the Rangers hosted a very competitive East Central Warriors team in their final non-conference regular season matchup. The Rangers were on fire early, taking a 4-0 first inning lead, thanks to Dex Herrington’s three-run home run and Jimmy Braswell’s score on an infield error. However, the War-riors stormed back with a seven-run second in-ning, taking the 7-4 lead and never looking back. Though the margin was cut down to an 8-5 East Central lead, the Warriors put up six more runs in the fourth inning to take a commanding 14-5 lead. Though the Rangers

would pick up one run shortly after, the Warriors picked up two runs in the sixth inning, leading to a 16-6 run-rule victory in

game one. Nolan Ryan (2-4) picked up the loss for the Rangers. Herrington, Josh Johnson, Justin Rose, and Bradley Noland each picked up hits for the Rangers in the loss. Determined to shake off their performance in game one, the Rangers came out looking for a win in game two to sal-vage a series split. After the game re-

mained scoreless for the first three and a half in-nings, the Rangers finally broke the scoring drought using an error on a stolen

base attempt into second and Jimmy Braswell’s RBI-single into centerfield, to take a 2-0 lead. The Rangers would add another run in the bottom of the fifth, to a passed ball that brought Josh Johnson home. The Warriors would score an unearned run in the sev-enth inning, but it wasn’t enough to take down the Rangers, who came away with the 3-1 victory. Colt

Burns (5-0) picked up the win for the Rangers, with Braswell and Herrington earning the lone hits for the Rangers. With the

split, the Rangers and Warriors have now split the last 18 meetings dating back to the 2001 season. After earning a sweep against North Division rival Holmes, the Rangers hosted the East Missis-sippi Lions. Both teams put on a true baseball show, with five total lead changes throughout the game. After the Rangers took a 4-3 lead from Luke

McCullough and Bradley Noland’s RBI singles, the Lions took control of the first game with a five-run sixth inning, to jump

ahead 8-4. Northwest rallied to get one back in the seventh before a groundout ended the game. Colt Burns (5-1) picked up the loss for the Rangers, allowing eight earned runs in six innings of work. Three different Lions finished with mul-tiple hits as EMCC out-hit Northwest 8-6. The Rangers and Lions squared off again in the second game, this time

with the Rangers taking a 2-0 lead heading into the seventh inning. However, five singles in the seventh inning off Garrett Radi-cioni, Garrett Blaylock and Cody Reed allowed the Lions to take their only lead of the game, with Tyler Bonaventure’s only hit of the day bringing in the winning run, as EMCC defeated the Rangers 3-2. Garrett Blaylock (1-2) picked up the loss for the Rangers, coming in for Radicioni in the seventh. Radicioni did break his previous career-high of six strikeouts, earning 11 through six innings, and allowing only three hits. Radicioni was hit with a no-decision after leaving the seventh inning with two runners on base and no outs. The Rangers’ record now stands at 18-18 overall and 9-5 in North Division play. The Rangers will travel to Northeast on April 17 and Coahoma on April 21, before returning home for their final regu-lar season home game against Mississippi Delta on April 25.

Walt McCullough gets a double against the East Mississippi Lions as the Rangers fall 8-6. (Photo by Deissac House)

D1 • April 19, 2012 Senatobia, Miss. THE RANGER ROCKET D2NEWSRanger baseball winding down season

By: Mike Haskins

Northwest Rodeo gearing up for competitionBy: Shelby Louwerens

The Northwest ro-deo team will compete against roughly 200 other students from 15 other colleges and universities in the NIRA’s Ozark Re-gion at the annual spring rodeo, to be held April 19-21.

The event will take place at the Northwest Multipurpose Arena, be-ginning each night at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 at the gate and $8 for an advanced ticket. April 19 features ID night, where students can gain free

entrance to the event by providing a valid North-west ID. The rodeo will feature events such as bareback and saddlebronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, as well as ladies’ barrel rac-ing and ladies’ goat tying.

Lucas Boatwright, a sophomore civil engineer-ing technology major from Olive Branch; Ben Cul-lum, Michael Crenshaw and Brian Dowdy will be participating in bull riding, in addition to Jake Keith, who bull rides and ropes

calves. In the ladies’ division, Racheal Speltz, Taylor Inglish, a freshman nurs-ing major from Senatobia; and Morgan Winters, a freshman pre-radiology major from Hernando, will participate in ladies’ bar-rel racing, in addition to Lauren Sanders, who bar-rel races and participates in goat tying. These students all compete for a cash prize. The students show enthu-siasm for the upcoming event. “I’m nervous and ex-cited,” Winters said. The male competitors agree with Winters. “I’m feeling good about it,” Boatwright said. “I’m ready for it to get here.” While some, like bull riders, can focus more on themselves in preparation for their events, others, like barrel racers, have to focus on other aspects as well. “I ride my horses ev-

ery day, because they are athletes too and need to be taken care of and kept in shape,” Inglish said. The proceeds from the rodeo go toward scholarships and travel expenses to help the ro-deo team. Overall, Bruce Lee, coach of the rodeo team, has solid expecta-tions for the team mem-bers. “I think they’ll do pretty good,” Lee said. “The hometown crowd really helps.” Inglish agrees, saying that the atmosphere af-fects a rodeo in a posi-tive way. “My favorite part of participating in rodeos would have to be the whole rodeo atmosphere. It’s what I enjoy doing, and there is just some-thing about being around other people that love it just as much as you do that really makes rodeo great.”

In an evening filled with sounds from clas-sic Betty Boop cartoons, to a jazzy rendition of “These Boots are Made for Walkin,” the Northwest Jazz Band performed their spring concert April 12 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. After warming up the crowd with pieces includ-ing jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie’s “Manteca” and the Spanish flair of Johnny Richard’s “La Surte de los Tontos,” the ensemble was joined by guest jazz vocalist Kathy Kosins. Kosins, an ASCAP award-winning jazz song-writer and record produc-er, joined the band on the pieces “I’m Glad There is You” by C. Kauffold, “Old Man of the Mountain,” a piece from a Betty Boop

cartoon of the same name by Cab Calloway, and sang a jazzy, upbeat rendition of “These Boots are Made for Walkin” by Doug Stone. Kosins is currently on a mini-tour of the South, performing in several states over the past two weeks. John Ungurait, director of Bands at Northwest, was pleased with the per-formance. “The students worked hard on the pieces to-night, and sounded fan-tastic,” he said with a smile. “Kathy (Kosins) was fantastic as well, and we really enjoyed having the opportunity to work with her.” Several other North-west musical concerts are also approaching: the

Northwest Entertainers on April 19, the Percussion Ensemble on April 23, the Steel Band on April 24, and the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds Concert on April 26. All performances will be held at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium and are free to the public. For more informa-tion on Northwest Bands, contact Ungurait by phone at (662) 562-3335, or by email at [email protected]. For more on Kathy Kosins, visit her website at www.kathykosins.com.

Jazz band concert an evening of fun

Northwest Hotel and Restaurant Management Technology students (l to r) Karol Ann Burr of Olive Branch and Terri Smith of Byhalia prepare a dish for presentation during the Spring Into Spring Luncheon held April 11 at DeSoto Center. Proceeds from the three-course meal support Collegiate DECA students attending the International DECA Competition April 20-25 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Submitted photo)

Spring luncheon preparation

NEWSB2 • April 19, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

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Mary Wilson, a freshman elementary education major from Pope, assists students in Robbie Robison’s Kindergarten class at Senatobia Elementary School. Pictured l-r are Cedreyon Renix, Ethan Mann and Madison Jones. Wilson is one of several students from Northwest who have been helping in classrooms this semester at Senatobia City Schools. The students are members of the Northwest Education Association, a stu-dent organization dedicated to promoting a positive image of education in the commu-nity. (Staff Photo)

Northwest students are active in April

(l-r) Hannah Goff, a freshman education major from Hernando; Holly Wells, a sopho-more elementary education major from Grenada; Mary Wilson, a sophomore elemen-tary education major from Pope; Ali Cheatwood, a sophomore elementary education major from Potts Camp and Katie Greer, freshman elementary education major from Charleston are members of the Northwest Education Association and have observed schools in Senatobia in the classroom setting. (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

The Business and Marketing Management Technology program participated in an all-day radio advertising workshop on Tuesday, April 3 in French Camp. WFCA Radio escorted 10 students in the program through radio advertising sales and production experiences. (Submitted photo)

Northwest cosmetology student Stacy Thomason of Olive Branch demonstrates a tech-nique during the open house on March 1 at Northwest’s Ashland campus. Instructors and students invited area high school counselors and students to show off the facility and the programs offered there. (Submitted photo)