1) The document is a newspaper called The Reflector that reports on local news stories from Mississippi State University and the surrounding area. 2) The main stories include a profile of the 3rd district congressional candidates Harper and Gill who are battling for a seat, MSU students holding a mock election where Obama defeated McCain, and a Halloween carnival that raised funds for a local girl with cancer. 3) Other brief articles report on a weekend football victory for MSU, the local music scene, an upcoming potato donation drive seeking volunteers, and an editorial criticizing a political ad.

1. BULLDOGS EYE HALLOWEEN HAUNTS
STARKVILLE MUSIC SCENE
SPORTS | 10
WEEKEND VICTORY ENTERTAINMENT | 9
EDITORIAL: ROGER WICKER SENATORIAL
OVER WILDCATS
OPINION | 4
CAMPAIGN AD FLIRTS WITH HOMOPHOBIA
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121ST YEAR | ISSUE 18
OCTOBER 31, 2008
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Harper, Gill square off for 3rd District control Halloween
carnival
Jordan Downs said Harper should be
Candidates battle for control of
entertains
elected because of his family values.
“Gregg is pro-life, he believes in the
Chip Pickering’s former seat Second Amendment, the right to bear
guests
arms, he has been a Sunday School
teacher and deacon at his church,” he
said. “We just believe that Gregg’s stance
BY COLIN CATCHINGS & on those issues puts him in line with the
Gregg Harper for a seat in the House of individual problems when you’re sitting
ideals of the people of the 3rd district.”
LAWRENCE SIMMONS Representatives Tuesday. there on that Board of Aldermen.”
Proceeds to aid
He said Harper has been in con-
Gill said he should be elected because
Staff Writers He also said because the National
tact with some administrative officials
of his 38 years of business experience. Democratic Party has not contributed to
little girl’s fight
at Mississippi State University and
“I know what it is to make a payroll,” his campaign, he would not be expected
Voters in Starkville and the rest of
plans on being a big supporter of the
he said. “I bring the experience of being a to toe the party line and would only be
the 3rd Congressional District will have
with cancer
school.
twice-elected public official, and believe beholden to Mississippi’s 3rd District.
the opportunity to choose between
me, you get used to solving people’s Harper’s campaign’s general staffer ELECTION, 3
Democrat Joel Gill and Republican SEE
BY SARAH COLE
Staff Writer
STUDENTS
Campus Activities Board hosted
parents and children of all ages at
the 36th annual Halloween Carnival
Tuesday evening in the Junction.
Children in Halloween costumes
filled the Junction and enjoyed
ELECT OBAMA
booths with games, candy and prizes
sponsored by local organizations.
CAB special events committee
leader Dejanae Banks said proceeds
from the carnival go to a different
child each year. This year’s proceeds
will go to Jolene Sexton.
She was diagnosed with bilateral
retinoblastoma, a cancer that affects
both eyes, when she was four months
old. She is currently at St. Jude’s
Hospital undergoing her ninth out of
11 rounds of chemotherapy, and has
responded well to treatment.
Banks said Sexton’s mother, Julie,
is an associate extension professor
in the school of human sciences at
Mississippi State.
Banks said the carnival is a fun
event for children in the area.
“It’s more of a community thing,”
she said. “It’s us reaching out to all
of our kids in the surrounding areas.
Organizations come up with these
really cool games — we have cake
walk, we’ve got a bean bag toss —
CARNIVAL, 3
SEE
Committee
seeks
helpers for
food drive
Group needs 200
volunteers for
Nov. 7 donations
BY WILL FERRAEZ
Contributing Writer
Mississippi State University’s Com-
ARIEL NACHTIGAL | THE REFLECTOR
Students cast their vote in the Mitchell Memorial Library during Tuesday’s election. 2.5 percent of students voted for a third-party candidate. mittee of 19 is collaborating with the
Society of St. Andrew to end local
hunger. Students will bag gleaned po-
Barack Obama defeats John McCain in MSU’s mock student election tatoes for distribution at the Palmeiro
Center Nov. 7. Approximately 200
students are needed for the Friday po-
tato drop-off.
BY PATRICK YOUNG | Staff Writer Despite the fact MSU’s committee is
only a year old, it has met with consid-
D
erable success in the past. In 2007, the
group coordinated a potato drop that
emocratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama won the MSU Decision ’08 mock election held Tuesday. Obama
netted 20,000 pounds of potatoes.
won the student-only vote with 52 percent of the vote. John McCain received 45.5 percent of the vote while third- Chiquita Briley, MSU associate pro-
fessor of food science, nutrition and
party candidate Ralph Nader received 2.5 percent. 832 votes were cast in the mock election.
health promotion, said although cur-
The election was sponsored by the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center, MSU Student Association, Black Student ing immediate hunger is viable and
righteous, she wants to extend MSU’s
Alliance, Pre-Law Society and the Stennis-Montgomery Association.
efforts to focus on a long-term ap-
Leonia Fowler, Holmes Cultural Diversity Center graduate assistant, said the organizations involved in the event helped make sure proach.
“As time goes on, we can hopefully
students of all ethnicities and political ideologies knew about the election.
have researchers look at the issue of
“All of these organizations are connected to a diverse group of students,” Fowler said. poverty,” she said. “By doing these
The notion of a student-held election began in the summer. SEE VOTE, 2 DRIVE, 2
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