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