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One of the biggest events in the fall se-mester is Northwest Homecoming. This year’s theme was Ranger Na-tion. Homecoming was held Saturday Oct.27 at 2 p.m. During homecoming week, there were sev-eral events going on. On Thursday Oct. 25, there was a Ranger ROC Jam dance. It was held to get the student body pumped for Saturday. There was a homecom-ing lunch held Oct. 26 at the Desoto Center. On Oct. 27 there was a homecoming picnic held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. During the picnic, Jamie Miller Thompson was presented as the Alumna of the Year. The Rangers took on Jones county and came out on top 40-31. During halftime, all of the maids were in-troduced. Each campus had their own individual maids and queen. The queens from each campus were crowned by Northwest President Dr. Gary L. Spears. The Oxford campus included two freshmen and two sophomore maids. The freshman maids were Marquita El-lis, an elementary educa-tion major, and Magan Hubbard, a health care assistant major, both from Batesville. One sophomore maid was Kathren Bankston, a practi-cal nursing major from

Charleston. Last was the Queen, Jessica Zam-pella, a sophomore surgi-cal technology major from Water Valley. “I was very shocked,” Zampella said, “It still hasn’t soaked in yet.” The Desoto cam-pus included only one freshman maid and two sophomore maids. Court-ney Gibson, a respiratory therapy major from Holly Springs, was the lone freshman maid for the

Desoto campus. One of the two sopho-more maids was Heather Grist, a respiratory therapy major from Lake Cormorant. Lauren Woods, a sophomore biology major from Lewisberg, was named queen of the DeSoto campus. The last campus was Senatobia. The court also had two freshmen and sophomore maids. One of the freshmen

maids was Kendal Atkin-son, an education major from Senatobia. The other maid was Elainna Ferrell, a biology major from Hernando. One of the sopho-more maids was Victoria Grant, a pre-physical therapy major from Gre-nada. The last maid of the day was Queen Cath-erine Taylor, an exercise science major from Southaven.

“I was more nervous the night before home-coming than the day of homecoming,” Taylor said. The election process took three weeks to complete, and the maids were nominated by clubs and organizations around the campus. There was also a three-day voting period, where there were many technical prob-lems. “I’m not sure what

happened with the vot-ing,” Liesl Davenport, intramural sports coordi-nator and cheer sponsor, said. “Several nominees made me aware of the technical problem.” Vice President of Stu-dent Affairs Dan Smith sent an email to the student body stating that due to errors with the electronic balloting, vot-ing was extended until the following Monday.

President Dr. Gary L. Spears crowned the queens from each campus. The queens were (l-r) Jessica Zampella from the Oxford campus, Cath-erine Taylor from the Senatobia campus and Lauren Woods from the DeSoto campus. (Photo by De’Issac House)

Giving high school seniors a chance to view what they want to major in may help them suc-ceed in college. “Go West” is a per-fect opportunity for that. High school seniors from north Mississippi trav-eled to Northwest on Nov. 1 and 2 for this event. Each year Northwest gives away two scholar-ships to students se-lected from a raffl e. They select one boy and one girl from the crowd. They are awarded half-tu-

ition scholarshis to help pay for school. The fi rst

day winner was Antonio Love, a senior from Potts

Camp High School. The second day winner

was Tranisha Malone, a senoir from Byhalia High

School. High school students are introduced to differ-ent professors, and they learn about their pre-sumed major. After that each major has their own personal time with two profes-sors that are involved in teaching this major. Then they toured the campus and they went to the building the major is in. After they fi nished with that, they joined back up with their peers, and they had lunch. They were served in

Two scholarships awarded at Go WestBy De’Issac House

Antonio Love (left), a senior from Potts Camp, received a half-tuition scholarship during Go West, presented to him by Jere Herrington (right), director of recruiting. (Staff Photo)

Tranisha Malone (left), a senior from Byhalia, received a half-tuition scholarship durinig Go West, presented to her by Jere Herrington (right), director of recruiting. (Staff Photo)

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OPINION A2 • November 15, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

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As college students, we have all discovered that social media plays an important role in college life today. From Blackboard assignments, to free time on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, we are a media-ridden generation. However, is this good or bad? I think that in moder-ation, it is a good thing. It provides a new outlet for students to inter-act with each other, as well as faculty and staff members. Social media keeps everyone con-nected, which is espe-cially helpful when those diffi cult assignments pop up. This new social media invasion could

be used to get students involved and interested in their schoolwork. Carroll Huebner, journalism instructor, as-signed the News Writing

and Reporting I class a Twitter scavenger hunt to work on using social media for journalism. This had a very positive impact on the students, as one student tweeted, “So, I get to use twit-ter for my #JOU1313

By Shelby Louwerens

“How many hours a day do you spend on social media, and what would you do without it?”

By Shelby Louwerens, De’Issac House & Mike Haskins

“A few hours. I’d probably revert back mostly to using my phone

and visiting.”

Tamari Jones Freshman • Nursing

Senatobia

“Probably less than an hour. Without it, I’d be okay; it might

be more diffi cult to keep up with far off friends.”

Abi WigginsSophomore • Theatre

Senatobia

“At least 4 hours a day. I’d go crazy without it..”

Travell HaleSophomore • Criminal Justice

Tallahatchie

“An hour or two. I’d miss a lot that goes on, and lose touch with a lot of people I’m not in

contact with otherwise.”

Matt Jones Freshman • Music Education

Oxford

Dear Ranger, Thanksgiving break is coming up quickly. I am excited to be com-ing home for a week, but I am also a little nervous about leav-ing my belongings in a dorm room over the break. What should I do?

Dear Student,All students and faculty are required to leave

campus during the Thanksgiving holidays. Not only will the cam-pus be closed to every-one, but the campus police will be patrol-ling the campus at all times. Therefore every-one’s personal belong-ings will be perfectly secure.

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assignment. #ilovecol-lege.” The 2012-2013 yearbook is also cen-tered around social media, saying that “We

are all connected,” featuring tweets and facebook comments about Northwest. Social media can be a positive experience when used the correct way. However, it is not always a good thing.

Yes, social media keeps everyone con-nected. But what are they connected with? Twitter connects stu-dents with quick access

to 140 characters of information at a time. This leads students to want immediate, quick information that is easy to digest. But how often can a person tell an entire story in 140 characters?

I believe that exces-sive use of social media could cause a lack of attention to the actual issues, and instead fo-cus solely on what was

said on Twitter or Face-book. In addition to only getting a piece of the information, students also run the risk of run-ning with this news and making harsh judgments based upon it. This is where cyber-

bullying begins. People can think about what is being said behind a computer screen with-out seeing immediate repercussions. However, most would not dare to say out loud what they are willing to post online. This can cause harm that could be oth-erwise avoided. Anything can be harmful in excess. This can also be said with social media. For students, be aware of the time spent on the internet, and weigh the benefi ts with the risks. Be connected, but do not become addicted.

A2 • November 15, 2012 Senatobia, Miss. NEWS B1 • November 15, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

By Terrell Wooten

By Shannon Thweatt

BSU Holds Halloween Party

The Baptist Student Union Halloween Party was Oct. 30 in the BSU building. The theme was 60s.The students dressed up in the 60s style to try to win t-shirts. The first prize winner was Eli Hickerson, a sophomore journalism major from Lake Cormorant. The second place winner was Kristen Cosby, a sophomore physical therapy major from Batesville, and the third place winner was Rachel Perkins, a fresh-man nursing major from Batesville. The BSU had a guest

speaker, Brett Frasier. He went to BSU at Hinds Community College. His message was about doubts, miracles, letting God use students in col-lege, storms and surren-dering to God. The main miracle Frasier talked about was Jesus walking on water. Frasier interacted with the crowd and asked-questions, before asking for student testimonies. Bobby Bryson, a sophomore computer information system major from Holly Springs, was the only one to give a testimony. The theme song for the night was

“Mighty To Save”. The First Baptist Church of Batesville brought the dinner for the service. They served spaghetti, chicken spa-ghetti, salad, cake and drinks. The BSU is collecting toys and putting them in boxes to give to Hope Ministries. The boxes will then be given to the less fortunate people all over the community. They have a box in the BSU lobby for any donations to Hope Ministries until Christmas break.

Ole Miss holds Pre-Advising Day The Ole Miss Pre-Transfer Day took place on Oct. 18 in the Har-away Center. At the meeting, it was explained that stu-dents are not only given the chance to excel at Ole Miss and finish what was started at North-west, but they also have the choice of switching to something very similar as their previous major, or change their focus to something totally differ-ent. “Every year we assist students on the South-aven and Oxford cam-puses. Our program is basically like a one stop shop,” Daniel Christian, regional admissions counselor of the Ole

Miss DeSoto Center, said. Students may be accepted for transfer from other regionally accredited colleges and universities if a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA has been maintained on all course work attempted with the exception of vocational/technical or other courses not ac-cepted for transfer. “The program was very informative, and it is going to help me in the long run,” Paula Gallagher, a sophomore, accountancy major from Olive Branch, said. Every attempt on a repeated course is counted. Applicants must list all colleges

attended on the applica-tion for admission. A student who does not meet the 2.00 trans-fer GPA requirement and has been out of school for at least 12 months may be considered for admission on proba-tion. The student must submit a letter of peti-tion with the application and be approved by the academic dean of the college or school that the student wishes to enter. Students who have been out of school for at least 36 months can also be admitted without petition as Undergradu-ate Special Students.

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CareY“As a transfer student, I felt a lot of anxiety about moving

away from home when I graduated from community college. I didn’t feel I’d be a fit for a big school. When I toured

Carey for the first time, I knew I had found the place where I wanted to start the next chapter of my life.”

Kelsey Wells, 2011 graduateof Southwest Mississippi

Community College

“The small community feel of Carey was a definite attraction, as was the Christian environment and the kindness of the people. Another big attraction was

the generous scholarships I received as a transfer student. I’m so glad I found Carey.”

Kelsey discovered how unique and nurturing William Carey University is

and she invites you to do so, too!

Come explore William Carey University for yourself!

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Students speak with Ole Miss faculty during the Ole Miss Pre-Transfer Day. (Photo by Terrell Wooten)

Lauren Calvert, a freshman education major from Ole Miss (left), reads along with Lauren Gibson, a freshman pre-medicine major from Longtown, (right) at BSU.

Happy Thanksgiving from The Ranger Rocket

Staff!

The Northwest The-atre Department per-formed their fall show, “Slasher” on Oct. 25-28, with a special perfor-mance for the band and theatre majors on Oct. 24. “Slasher,” a dark comedy, featured Shee-na, a small town girl who was noticed by a horror fi lm director while work-ing in a bar, who casts her on the spot. Frances, Sheena’s ultra-feminist mother, disagrees with the making of the fi lm, and Sheena’s life at home and on set gradu-ally come together until she can’t decide what is real and what is not anymore. The cast for the show includes Cameron Jones, a freshman theatre ma-jor from Nesbit as “Marc Hunter”; Rhett Gamlin, a sophomore theatre major from Olive Branch, as “Jody”; Abi Wiggins, a sophomore theatre

major from Southaven, as “Christi Garcia”; Milly Rone, a freshman the-atre major from Water

Valley, as “Frances”; Leah Dill, a freshman theatre major from Olive Branch, as “Hildy”; and

Katie Dunaway, a sopho-more general college major from Southaven, as “Sheena.”

The special perfor-mance on Oct. 24 was the largest crowd, said Jones. “The show went well. The fi rst performance was the biggest crowd,” Jones said. “I enjoyed doing it. It defi nitely pushed the envelope compared to the shows we have done in the past.” The show was direct-ed towards a younger audience, who were vocal in their approval of the show. “The younger audi-ence seemed to enjoy the show more,” Joel King, technical director, said. “Nobody seemed to dislike the show. The younger audience was just more vocal.” “Slasher,” a contem-porary show, pushed the envelope for the produc-tions done previously at Northwest. Samantha King, guest director, said that she chose a

contemporary show for a reason. “We wanted to do a contemporary show to give students a taste of them. We do a lot of classics at Northwest, and we love them. Out in the real world, a lot of the productions are more contemporary,” King said. Overall, the show was labeled a success, and all proceeds from ticket sales went to funding to for select theatre majors to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival on Feb. 5-9. Northwest is already preparing for their next show, “Romeo and Juliet,” to be performed on Feb. 28-Mar. 3. Audi-tions for this show were Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. in the fi ne arts auditorium. All auditioning were asked to perform a one-minute Shakespearean mono-logue.

ARTS & LIFE C1 • November 15, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

Music is an art that can be expressed by the heart and soul. KenOrtlepp, instructor, showed just that at his recital on Oct.16. Ortlepp had fun playing in the Fine Arts Auditorium, fi lled with his students, as well as fi ne arts students and band members. “I had fun tonight and felt good about the way I played,” Ortlepp said. His instrument of choice was the French horn, which he has

played most of his life. He played “Valse Triste” by Reinhold Gliere, “Concerto No. 3” by Mozart and “Con-certo No. 1” by Richard Strauss. Pianist Dr. Saundra Bishopaccompanied him. The fi rst piece was fi ve minutes, and the second piece was eight minutes and had three movements. These movements were an allegro, larghetto and another allegro. His fi nal piece was eleven minutes and it

also had three move-ments. The music was upbeat and had soothing elements. “I really enjoyed coming and hearing Mr. Ortlepp play,” ZandreyiaWilliams, a sophomore general college major from Batesville, said. Even if everyone did not know what they were listening for, the pro-grams came with notes so everyone could follow along.

By De’Issac House

“Slasher” performed at Northwest

Milly Rone (left), a freshman theatre major from Water Valley, holds a washcloth full of chloroform over the face of Abi Wiggins (right), a sophomore theatre major from Senatobia, during their performance in “Slasher.” (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

Instructor holds recital

the Haraway building. The English and Communications ma-jors were a small group that participated in “Go West.” English and Communications majors translate to being Jour-nalism and Broadcasting majors. These students will hopefully be a part of the Ranger Rocket one day. “I really would like to do some kind of broad-casting one day,” Davion Johnson, senior from Byhalia High School said. He said that he wanted to broadcast for sports one day after he retires from football. “Not only sports, but media in general is important to the world,” English Instructor, Phillip Underwood said. He talk-ed to the students and let them know what they

could do with a degree in communications. He also said that no matter what they would always have a job because the fi eld is so large. “The important thing is that the world gets the news,” Patrick Stedson, a senior from Byhalia said. He said that he plans to attend The University of Southern Mississippi one day. Stedson wants to get his master’s degree and someday change the media world. “News is important to the world, no matter how big or small it is,” Will Dawkins, English instruc-tor said. He told the two stu-dents that even if they decided to play sports, that their education should come fi rst. He said anything could go

wrong or they could get sick and not be able to play again. “Go West” is very in-formative and helps a lot of students. The profes-sors all hope that they had a positive infl uence of the students. They also hope they have encouraged them that no matter where they go in life, that their education comes fi rst.

“Go West”Continued from pg. 1

Ken Ortlepp performs on his french horn at his recital which was held on Oct. 16. (Photo by De’Issac House)

English instructor Dr. Phillip Underwood is bringing back a literary magazine after it was discontinued years ago. The new literary maga-zine, Manifest Review, is for not only students, but also professional writers. In order to get the magazine together, calls for submission are being sent out to differ-ent schools across the country. “I am acting as editor and sorting through all of the e-mails that are be-ing sent in,” Underwood said.

Any genre can be submitted, but poetry, fi ction, non-fi ction and artwork are the most common submissions. The magazine was shut down for various reasons. One of the rea-sons was because it was being printed everyday and it was very expen-sive. Although there have been problems with the publication in the past, Underwood feels quali-fi ed to bring the maga-zine back to life. “I feel very qualifi ed for the job because I have a Ph.D. in creative

writing,” Underwood said. The magazine is cur-rently online, with hopes of being printed in early February. “The school is try-ing to become greener,” Underwood said. The magazine is online now. The web address where it can be found is manifestrev-iew.com. For right now the website has weekly submissions of various genres.

Literary magazine createdBy De’Issac House

By Shelby Louwerens

C1 • November 15, 2012 Senatobia, Miss. ARTS & LIFE C2 • November 15, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

Art Matters with Delayva Robinson

Elizabeth Buster, a graphic design major, is a member of the GSA club and anime club on the Senatobia campus. She grew up in Blue Springs, where she first became interested in art in the sixth grade. “I started because of my parent’s divorce and to keep from being depressed. It elevated from there. It was the best way to express myself,” Buster said. Buster attended the Mississippi School of Mathematics and Sci-ence in Columbus her junior and senior years of high school. There she took art classes such as drawing and sculpture that further honed her skills as an artist. From there, Buster won several awards including Excel-lence in Drawing, and the Renaissance Award for drawing, painting and sculpture. The one thing she loves most about art is the variety. Buster en-joys working in mediums

such as pen and pencil and drawing such things a cartoons and working in realism. “You could do the same picture and draw it, shade it and it would still look beautiful,” Buster said. Her favorite artist is Patrick Spaziante, the artist behind the cover works such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man, works that Buster greatly admires. Buster has great interest in studying in different countries such as Russia, Japan and Australia. “I would love to study abroad. The dif-ferent cultural arts, not just what you see in books, but up close and personal,” Buster said. Buster very much en-joys the art department. She finds it very inter-esting and challenging. “They push you to use your creative mind wisely,” Buster said. “As Mr. House says, ‘You’ve got to enter the back door of your mind.’”

When viewing works from various artists, Buster feels motivated and determined to do better. Seeing the art-ists’ works makes her evaluate herself as an artist. She feels that one can never feel 100 percent satisfied with their work; there will always be something to improve on. “You can do better; you just have to push yourself. I tell myself that I can do better,” Buster said. After graduating from Northwest, Buster plans to attend Savan-nah College of Art and Design in Savannah, and then graduate from Mississippi State. At-tending an out of state college gives Buster a chance to get out of the state as well as giving her a chance to attend a renowned art college. Buster has plans to be a children’s book il-lustrator or become a freelance designer.

Todd Logan Baker, a sophomore general education major from Searcy, Ark., is the gui-tarist for the rock band Parachutes for Dino-saurs. Around the age of eight, Baker started taking piano lessons. When he first became interested in rock and roll he wanted to be a drummer. He played the drums even after moving from Arkansas but was unable to upon moving to Hernando. “Guitar was my least favorite instrument. I begrudgingly picked up the guitar upon moving and ended up falling in love with it,” Baker said. “I only feel comfortable behind a guitar, but piano is a close second. I play drums a lot in

the studio, but I’m no Neil Peart. I also have a ukulele.” Artists and bands from all over the rock and roll genre have had a great deal of influence in his love for music. Jim Morrison, singer for the band The Doors, inspired Baker to sing, while Led Zeppelin inspired him to play rock and roll. Jimmy Page, legendary English guitarist, and John Frus-ciante, guitarist for the band Red Hot Chilli Pep-per, got him interested in playing guitar, but he thanks his brother for his love in music. “My brother inspired me to play music at a very young age though. I can’t thank him enough for that,” Baker said. The band played its first show on July 31,

2009 at The Carmichael Amphitheatre in Searcy, AR. Since then they’ve played at venues such as The Southaven Cin-ema and The New Daisy Theatre. Over recent years there have been chang-es in the bands line up, the current members being Todd Baker, Ste-phen Baker and Steven Jeter. They are currently working on a new album and can be reached on their Facebook page under Parachutes for Dinosaurs. They are very excited about the new album. “Stephen and I are writing the music, but Jeter brings a lot to the table on the drums,” Baker said.

Music Matters with Delayva Robinson

Hamm honored

Seanna R. Hamm (center), received the Mississippi Funeral Directors Associa-tion’s Gale M. Galloway Memorial Award for being selected as Student of the Year for the Funeral Service Technology Program. Angela Hitchcock (left), and Larry Anderson (right), presented the award. (Submitted Photo)

Elizabeth Buster, a graphic design and Illustration major at Northwest, holds her artwork. (Photo by Delayva Robinson)

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The University of Mississippi, more af-fectionately known as “Ole Miss,” is located in Oxford. Ole Miss, established in 1848, is a liberal arts institution offering degree programs in the College of Liberal Arts, School of Accountancy, School of Applied Scienc-es, School of Business Administration, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Journalism and New Media, School of Law, and the School of Phar-macy. With the small enrollment, Ole Miss boasts a 19:1 student-faculty ratio, meaning professors are able to take a personal interest in their students, and are often available for ques-tions and advising. In addition, classes on the junior and senior level generally consist of 20-30 students, providing a more personal experi-ence. For students who are unable to attend the

Oxford campus, Ole Miss also operates satellite campuses at the DeSoto Center in Southaven, the Advanced Education Center in Tupelo, the Grenada Regional Cen-ter, and The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. The costs of a higher education are expen-sive, and Ole Miss un-derstands this well. As a result, nearly 75% of students receive some form of financial aid, and for transfer students, several different scholar-ships are available; The Lyceum Scholarship, the Community College Lead-ership Scholarship, the Phi Theta Kappa Scholar-ships, and the Luckyday University Scholarships are available to com-munity college transfer students. Departmental scholarships are avail-able in varying amounts through the University Bands , Athletics, Music/Theater/Art programs, and Air Force/Army/Navy

ROTC programs. Ole Miss offers students many activities outside of class in and around campus. Ole Miss features Southeast-ern Conference athletics, and over 250 organiza-tions on campus, includ-ing intramural sports, outdoor-adventuring clubs and community-ser-vice organizations. The city of Oxford combines the safety and charm of a small town with big-city attitude and excitement, and has something for just about any taste. Many independently-owned restaurants, music clubs, performing arts venues, bookstores, and clothing shops help make Oxford distinctive. For more information on Ole Miss, contact Ja-son McCormick, Transfer Admissions Counselor, by phone at 662-915-1724 or by email at [email protected], or visit the official Ole Miss website at www.olemiss.edu

D1 • November 15, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.SPORTS

Some teams have All-American players. Some have All-Academic athletes. Rarely does a team have both. The Rangers’ football team has theirvery own special student-athlete. Chase Carpenter, sophomore engineering major from Slayden, is in the spotlight in more ways than one. Carpenter led the team in scoring and is 35th in the nation. He went 8-13 in fi eld goals and is third in country in fi eld goals made. He is almost perfect from the 20-39 yard range. His longest fi eld goal is from 37 and

he has had only one blocked. He is also second in the nation in punting, averaging 40.7 yards a punt. He has put 11 inside the 20 and has two punts for 50 or more yards. He boomed one for 60 yards and that is his longest of the year. “I feel like I have played pretty good,” Car-penter said. “I want tofi nish the rest of the year strong.” Carpenter was nomi-nated for Capital One Academic All-District honors. “I work really hard and it’s nice to get re-warded for my grades.”

Carpenter said. He was also named the MACJC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 24. He was named the NJCAA Special Teams Player of the Week on

Sept. 26. He also has a chance to receive All-American honors at the end of the season. “I think it would be awesome if I got All-American at the end of the year,” Carpen-

ter said. “I will give my thanks to God no matter what happens.” He has helped the Rangers stay ranked in the nation. They made it to the playoffs, were knocked off by Copiah-Lincoln. The Rangers lead on him as he was a reliable kicker. The Rangers are fac-ing some injuries that might or might not hurt them in the long run. With the expulsion of their change of pace back Teshadi Talton, the Rangers have to fi nd other players to step in and fi ll the holes. “I don’t think those injuries will hurt us that bad,” Carpenter said.

“We have a lot of talent behind our starters.” The Rangers will look to gain a victory in The Brazos Valley Bowl which will be held, Dec. 1 at Kyle Field. The Stadium is located in College Sta-tion, Texas. This is the home of the Texas A&M Aggies. The Rangers will take on Kilgore College from Kilgore, Texas.

By De’Issac House

The end of the road has come for both North-west’s soccer teams. Both teams are disappointed at the season’s end because neither made theplayoffs. The Rangers ended their journey with a 5-7-1 overall record and a north division record of 1-6-1. They felt as if the season could have gone a lot better, but they gave their best effort. The men’s fi rst win for them came on the road against Copiah-Lincoln, which was a blowout resulting in a 6-0 win. With back-to-back road games they came out on the losing end facing Hinds. They dropped theball losing 3-1. They had back-to-back home games that resulted in wins against Southwest Mississippi and Meridian. Both games were shut outs. The fi rst game was 3-0 and the other

2-0. Traveling to Holmes resulted in a loss on Sept. 14 with a score of 3-2. They were hoping that traveling back home would get their confi -dence back up. The efforts by both Itawamba and the Rang-ers resulted in a tie of 1-1 in double overtime. At the halfway point of the season the Rang-ers were 3-2-1 and look-

ing good going into the second half of theseason. They traveled to East Central, and they lost 1-0. The next game pitted them against the team that gave them their fi rstvictory. They came out on top in a blowout victory against Copiah-Lincoln. The fi nal score was 8-1. Things went down

hill from there as the Rangers lost three in a row. The loss came against Hinds (3-2, dou-ble overtime), Meridian (1-0) and Holmes (2,0). Those lossesput would keep them out of the playoffs. That streak came to an end against Itawam-ba, as they won 2-1 in their third overtime game of the season.

The last home game and the last game of the season was against EastCentral. The last game for the sophomores re-sulted in a painful 3-2loss. The Lady Rangers fell to the same fate as their counter parts. Theywon at Copiah-Lincoln in blowout fashion 6-0. Next, they receivedtheir fi rst loss against Hinds 4-1. Their fi rst home game resulted ina 1-0 win over Southwest Mississippi. Their next home game was a disappoint-ing 5-0 loss against Meridian. After that they were back on the road at Holmes, winning 2-0. Coming back home, they lost 3-2 to Itawamba. At the halfway point the Lady Rangers had been on a rocky road as they were sitting at .500 with a 3-3 record. The road would only get worse after that.The Lady Rangers got back on the road against

East Central, losing1-0. They would come back home and get one of the last two wins theywould get for the rest of the season. They faced Copiah-Lincoln onceagain in another blowout victory, 5-0. After that, the Lady Rangers lost four in a row. The loss came against Hinds (3-1), Me-ridian (2-0), Holmes (2-1) and Itawamba (2,0). Their last home game ended on a goodnote resulting in a 3-2 win over East Central. At the end of the sea-son the Lady Rangers’ leading scorer was Allie Hodges with 9 points. The Rangers leading scorer was Gnande Zleh with 21 points. The Lady Rangers had a remarkable sea-son on offense, with ten different players scoring at least one goal.

By De’Issac House

Soccer season cut short

Player Spotlight: Carpenter

Chase Carpenter, a sophomore engineering major from Slayden, has recieved All-Academic honors and First Team All-Region honors.(Photo by De’Issac House)

Jessica Rushing, a freshman from Hernado, protects the ball from a defender as the they win agaisnt East Central 3-2. The game was held on Oct. 16. (Photo by Brian Lentz)

Students do not have to be an intercollegiateathlete to take part in sports on the Northwestcampus. Various intra-murals are offered toNorthwest students, who are looking for a way tobecome active on cam-pus. Every semester, the program offers around10 sports, according to Liesl Davenport, intramu-ral coordinator, including flag football, basketball,sand volleyball, wiffle-ball, ultimate frisbee, billiards, softball, tennis, table tennis, card gamesand disc golf. Disc golf is a newly offered intramural sportin which students can move the goals to createever-changing courses on campus. Flag football still reigns as the most popu-lar sport. Games were held weekly and the regular season contin-ued until Oct. 8. After that, the play-offs started, and the best-of-the-best wereheaded for battle. “Flag football was very competitive, al-though it was just flag football,” Deantae Smith, a broadcast journalism major from Oxford, said. “It had contact football intensity.” The playoffs were double elimination. Thegames had four quarters

and the quarters were10 minutes long. Some teams were underdogs,and some were shoe ins to win it all. “I felt pretty good about our chances,” Victor Lester, a physi-cal therapy major from Jacksonville, Fla. said. “I

liked having the under-dog role though.” Two teams dominat-ed the playoffs and metin the championship game. The teams that met were the undefeat-ed Trojans and North-best. Northbest had for-mer Northwest Ranger football player Deantae Smith, who shined in themoment of truth for his team. The Trojans had aformer Juco player from Dodge City CommunityCollege in Kansas. “I felt we could make it to the championshipgame because we had

the talent,” Smith said. The two teams met the last game of the regular season and the Trojans won. In the origi-nal championship game, the two teams met, butNorthbest had to pull off a two-game upset. Northbest kept their

hopes alive by winning inblow out fashion, which declared a secondchampionship game. The game was close and came down to thewire. The Trojans were the team that came outon top. They earned re-spect and intramuralschampionship shirts. The MVP of the play-offs was Lester. He had five interceptions in the playoffs. “It felt good to win, but in the end it is just an intramural game,” Lester said.

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Intramurals beginBy De’Issac House

A reciever from the championship team of intramural football, makes an amazing catch. (Photo by De’Issac House)

The Rangers came out for their homecom-ing game against Jones County with a lot of hype. When the game started Northwest came out strong and put a touchdown on a 89 yard punt return by freshman defensive back Lawon Debardelaben. Jones County came back with their own touchdown, taking the lead 7-6. The first Jones County score was not enough as they came back a scored again, taking their lead to two touchdowns. In the second quar-ter the game became a battlefield as both teams went on the at-tack. Northwest came cut into the lead as freshman receiver Jalen Gaston fought his way into the end zone to bring the Rangers within two. Gaston was hungry as he came back and scored again and gave the rangers a 20-14 lead. That did not stop Jones County as they punched it in from eight yards out on the ground with a run by Ducksworth. The Rang-ers starting driving down to put another in before the half, but sophomore Domonique Harris threw an interception. The game went into halftime

with Jones County lead-ing it, 21-20. Coming out of the half, Jones County got their act together. They put up three with a 44 yard field goal. Following that, the Rangers put to-gether a drive that took them from their own

23 yard line to the end zone. Freshmen running back, Percy O’Bannon could not be stopped as he took it in from the one. This took the lead to 27- 20. Jones County fum-bled on the following kick-off and Northwest recovered the ball. O’Bannon carried the team until Harris threw his second interception on the game. Jones County tried to score, but sophomore defen-sive back Al Hentz inter-cepted a pass. The Rangers were

having a promising drive, but it stalled out as they could not convert on a fourth down play. Jones County finally struck back with 17 yard rush-ing touchdown by Thur-mon. This brought the lead to 31-27. With only 3:05 on

the clock, the Rangers had to find a way to win. Harris started the drive at their own 10 yard line. Freshman Darrell Lovelady caught the most important pass of his career. This gave the Rangers a 34-31 lead. Jones County only got their opening play because sophomore Jerome McClain stripped the ball from the quar-terback sophomore Ran-dolph Williams scooped and scored The Rangers took a victory of home-coming, 40-31.

Football ends with a bangBy De’Issac House

Freshman Jalen Gaston catches his first out of two touchdowns against Jones County for Homecoming (Photo by De’Issac House)

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Representing the DeSoto campus for Homecoming are (l-r) freshman maid Courtney Gibson, Queen Lauren Woods and sophmore Heather Grist. (Photo by De’Issac House)

Representing the Oxford campus for Homecoming are (l to r) sophomore maid Kathren Bankston, freshman maid Magan Hubbuard, Queen Jessica Zampella and freshman maid Marquita Ellis. (Photo by De’Issac House)

Brazos Valley Bowl#11 Kilgore vs. #13 NorthwestDec. 1, 2012 | College Station

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During halftime the Homecoming court was the center of attention and they were accompinied by Dr. Gary L. Spears. (Photo by De’Issac House)

Representing the Senatobia campus for Homecoming are (l to r) sophomore Victoria Grant, Queen Catherine Taylor, freshman maids Kendal Atkinson and Elainna Ferrell. (Photo by De’Issac House)